Designing sites in heterogeneous catalysis: are we reaching selectivities competitive with those of homogeneous catalysts?

F Zaera - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
A critical review of different prominent nanotechnologies adapted to catalysis is provided,
with focus on how they contribute to the improvement of selectivity in heterogeneous …

A theory/experience description of support effects in carbon-supported catalysts

IC Gerber, P Serp - Chemical Reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
The support plays an important role for supported metal catalysts by positioning itself as a
macromolecular ligand, which conditions the nature of the active site and contributes …

Carbon nanozymes: enzymatic properties, catalytic mechanism, and applications

H Sun, Y Zhou, J Ren, X Qu - … Chemie International Edition, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Nanozymes have advantages over natural enzymes, such as facile production on large
scale, long storage time, low costs, and high stability in harsh environments. Carbon …

Metal-free carbon materials for persulfate-based advanced oxidation process: Microstructure, property and tailoring

J Yu, H Feng, L Tang, Y Pang, G Zeng, Y Lu… - Progress in Materials …, 2020 - Elsevier
Metal-free carbon materials (MFCMs), as newly emerging efficient catalysts in persulfate-
based advanced oxidation process (PS-AOP), have exhibited great engineering-application …

Internal electric field on steering charge migration: modulations, determinations and energy‐related applications

X Yue, J Fan, Q **ang - Advanced Functional Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Energy‐related problems induced by ever‐continuous fossil consumption have arisen as
one of the most challenging issues in the 21st century, imposing urgent demands on …

A review of in-situ techniques for probing active sites and mechanisms of electrocatalytic oxygen reduction reactions

J Zhao, J Lian, Z Zhao, X Wang, J Zhang - Nano-Micro Letters, 2023 - Springer
Electrocatalytic oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is one of the most important reactions in
electrochemical energy technologies such as fuel cells and metal–O2/air batteries, etc …

Carbon‐based metal‐free catalysts for key reactions involved in energy conversion and storage

S Zhao, DW Wang, R Amal, L Dai - Advanced Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Electrocatalysts are key for renewable energy technologies and other important industrial
processes. Currently, noble metals and metal oxides are the most widely used catalysts for …

Two-dimensional materials to address the lithium battery challenges

R Rojaee, R Shahbazian-Yassar - ACS nano, 2020 - ACS Publications
Despite the ever-growing demand in safe and high power/energy density of Li+ ion and Li
metal rechargeable batteries (LIBs), materials-related challenges are responsible for the …

Carbon surface chemistry: new insight into the old story

Y Ding, ZA Qiao - Advanced Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The enormous complexity of the carbon material family has provoked a phenomenological
approach to develop its potential in different applications. Although the electronic, chemical …

Nanocarbon-based catalytic ozonation for aqueous oxidation: engineering defects for active sites and tunable reaction pathways

Y Wang, X Duan, Y **e, H Sun, S Wang - ACS Catalysis, 2020 - ACS Publications
Catalytic ozonation relies on the direct oxidation by ozone (O3) and indirect oxidation by
reactive oxygen species (ROS) produced from activated ozone molecules, and the …