Oxygen Evolution/Reduction Reaction Catalysts: From In Situ Monitoring and Reaction Mechanisms to Rational Design

Y Zhao, DP Adiyeri Saseendran, C Huang… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) are core steps of
various energy conversion and storage systems. However, their sluggish reaction kinetics …

Supramolecular tuning of supported metal phthalocyanine catalysts for hydrogen peroxide electrosynthesis

BH Lee, H Shin, AS Rasouli, H Choubisa, P Ou… - Nature Catalysis, 2023 - nature.com
Two-electron oxygen reduction offers a route to H2O2 that is potentially cost-effective and
less energy-intensive than the industrial anthraquinone process. However, the catalytic …

Anion‐trap engineering toward remarkable crystallographic reorientation and efficient cation migration of Zn ion batteries

M Qiu, P Sun, Y Wang, L Ma, C Zhi… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Zn batteries are considered as potential candidates in future power sources, however suffer
problems of rampant dendrite/by‐product on Zn anodes, torpid Zn2+ transfer/diffusion and …

MOF encapsulating N‐heterocyclic carbene‐ligated copper single‐atom site catalyst towards efficient methane electrosynthesis

S Chen, WH Li, W Jiang, J Yang, J Zhu… - Angewandte …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The exploitation of highly efficient carbon dioxide reduction (CO2RR) electrocatalyst for
methane (CH4) electrosynthesis has attracted great attention for the intermittent renewable …

Spatiotemporal control for integrated catalysis

S Deng, BJ Jolly, JR Wilkes, Y Mu, JA Byers… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Integrated catalysis is an emerging methodology that can streamline the multi-step synthesis
of complicated products in a single reaction vessel, achieving a high degree of control and …

Host-guest-induced electronic state triggers two-electron oxygen reduction electrocatalysis

H Chen, C Wang, H Wu, L Li, Y **ng, C Zhang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Supramolecular polymers possess great potential in catalysis owing to their distinctive
molecular recognition and dynamic crosslinking features. However, investigating …

Non-covalent ligand-oxide interaction promotes oxygen evolution

Q Wu, J Liang, M **ao, C Long, L Li, Z Zeng… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Strategies to generate high-valence metal species capable of oxidizing water often employ
composition and coordination tuning of oxide-based catalysts, where strong covalent …

Guest molecule-mediated energy harvesting in a conformationally sensitive peptide–metal organic framework

Y Chen, S Guerin, H Yuan, J O'Donnell… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The apparent piezoelectricity of biological materials is not yet fully understood at the
molecular level. In particular, dynamic noncovalent interactions, such as host–guest binding …

A covalent organic framework for cooperative water oxidation

S Karak, V Stepanenko, MA Addicoat… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The future of water-derived hydrogen as the “sustainable energy source” straightaway bets
on the success of the sluggish oxygen-generating half-reaction. The endeavor to emulate …

Surface-active site engineering: Synergy of photo-and supermolecular catalysis in hydrogen transfer enables biomass upgrading and H2 evolution

Y Meng, Y Jian, J Li, H Wu, H Zhang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
The appropriate regulation of photocatalyst band structure by simultaneous introduction of
active sites is an effective strategy in constructing efficient photocatalytic systems for …