Semiconductor photocatalysis acts as a sustainable green technology to convert solar
energy for environmental purification and production of renewable energy. However, the …

Energy crisis and environmental problems urgently drive the proposal of new strategies to
improve human wellbeing and assist sustainable development. To this end, scientists have …

Catalysts with tailored structures are crucial to determine the selectivity of chemical
reactions. However, the design of catalyst structures for the selective cleavage of hydroxylic …

In heterogeneous catalysis catalyst activation is often observed during the reaction process,
which is mostly attributed to the induction by reactants. In this work we report that surface …

The water–gas shift (WGS) reaction is an industrially important source of pure hydrogen (H2)
at the expense of carbon monoxide and water,. This reaction is of interest for fuel-cell …

Platinum (Pt)-based-nanomaterials are currently the most successful catalysts for the oxygen
reduction reaction (ORR) in electrochemical energy conversion devices such as fuel cells …

The development of efficient and durable earth-abundant electrocatalysts for the acidic
oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is crucial for the large-scale application of proton exchange …

In the electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR), CO2 activation is always the first
step, followed by the subsequent hydrogenation. The catalytic performance of CO2RR is …

Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is essential to decrease the carbon footprint of the aviation
industry. Although many strategies have been developed to provide the linear and branched …

The reduction of carbon dioxide using electrochemical cells is an appealing technology to
store renewable electricity in a chemical form. The preferential adsorption of oxygen over …