The E factor at 30: a passion for pollution prevention

RA Sheldon - Green Chemistry, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The introduction of the E Factor in 1992 focussed attention on the problem of waste
generation, defined as everything but the desired product, in chemicals manufacture and …

Electrocatalysis as an enabling technology for organic synthesis

LFT Novaes, J Liu, Y Shen, L Lu… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Electrochemistry has recently gained increased attention as a versatile strategy for
achieving challenging transformations at the forefront of synthetic organic chemistry …

Upcycling CO2 into energy-rich long-chain compounds via electrochemical and metabolic engineering

T Zheng, M Zhang, L Wu, S Guo, X Liu, J Zhao… - Nature Catalysis, 2022 - nature.com
Upcycling of carbon dioxide (CO2) into value-added products represents a substantially
untapped opportunity to tackle environmental issues and achieve a circular economy …

Photons or electrons? A critical comparison of electrochemistry and photoredox catalysis for organic synthesis

NES Tay, D Lehnherr, T Rovis - Chemical reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Redox processes are at the heart of synthetic methods that rely on either electrochemistry or
photoredox catalysis, but how do electrochemistry and photoredox catalysis compare? Both …

Organic electrochemistry: molecular syntheses with potential

C Zhu, NWJ Ang, TH Meyer, Y Qiu… - ACS central …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Efficient and selective molecular syntheses are paramount to inter alia biomolecular
chemistry and material sciences as well as for practitioners in chemical, agrochemical, and …

Engineering extracellular electron transfer pathways of electroactive microorganisms by synthetic biology for energy and chemicals production

J Zhang, F Li, D Liu, Q Liu, H Song - Chemical Society Reviews, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The excessive consumption of fossil fuels causes massive emission of CO2, leading to
climate deterioration and environmental pollution. The development of substitutes and …

Stabilizing highly active Ru sites by suppressing lattice oxygen participation in acidic water oxidation

Y Wen, P Chen, L Wang, S Li, Z Wang… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
In hydrogen production, the anodic oxygen evolution reaction (OER) limits the energy
conversion efficiency and also impacts stability in proton-exchange membrane water …

A roadmap to the ammonia economy

DR MacFarlane, PV Cherepanov, J Choi… - Joule, 2020 - cell.com
Ammonia is increasingly recognized as an important, sustainable fuel for global use in the
future. Applications of ammonia in heavy transport, power generation, and distributed …

Construction of an Internal Charge Field: CoS1.097/Ni3S2 Heterojunction Promotes Efficient Urea Oxidation Reaction

M Du, Y Ji, Y Li, S Liu, J Yan - Advanced Functional Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Urea oxidation reaction (UOR) features a lower overpotential compared to the oxygen
evolution reaction (OER) during electrolysis, facilitating the hydrogen evolution reaction …

New redox strategies in organic synthesis by means of electrochemistry and photochemistry

J Liu, L Lu, D Wood, S Lin - ACS Central Science, 2020 - ACS Publications
As the breadth of radical chemistry grows, new means to promote and regulate single-
electron redox activities play increasingly important roles in driving modern synthetic …