Toward realistic models of the electrocatalytic oxygen evolution reaction

TE Jones, D Teschner, S Piccinin - Chemical Reviews, 2024 - ACS Publications
The electrocatalytic oxygen evolution reaction (OER) supplies the protons and electrons
needed to transform renewable electricity into chemicals and fuels. However, the OER is …

C–H bond activation in light alkanes: a theoretical perspective

Y Wang, P Hu, J Yang, YA Zhu, D Chen - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Alkanes are the major constituents of natural gas and crude oil, the feedstocks for the
chemical industry. The efficient and selective activation of C–H bonds can convert abundant …

Surface hydroxide promotes CO2 electrolysis to ethylene in acidic conditions

Y Cao, Z Chen, P Li, A Ozden, P Ou, W Ni… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Performing CO2 reduction in acidic conditions enables high single-pass CO2 conversion
efficiency. However, a faster kinetics of the hydrogen evolution reaction compared to CO2 …

Synergistic promotions between CO2 capture and in-situ conversion on Ni-CaO composite catalyst

B Shao, ZQ Wang, XQ Gong, H Liu, F Qian… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The integrated CO2 capture and conversion (iCCC) technology has been booming as a
promising cost-effective approach for Carbon Neutrality. However, the lack of the long …

Ru–Cu nanoheterostructures for efficient hydrogen evolution reaction in alkaline water electrolyzers

Y Zuo, S Bellani, G Saleh, M Ferri… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Combining multiple species working in tandem for different hydrogen evolution reaction
(HER) steps is an effective strategy to design HER electrocatalysts. Here, we engineered a …

A unique Co@ CoO catalyst for hydrogenolysis of biomass-derived 5-hydroxymethylfurfural to 2, 5-dimethylfuran

S **ang, L Dong, ZQ Wang, X Han, LL Daemen… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The development of precious-metal-free catalysts to promote the sustainable production of
fuels and chemicals from biomass remains an important and challenging target. Here, we …

Efficient electrically powered CO2-to-ethanol via suppression of deoxygenation

X Wang, Z Wang, FP García de Arquer, CT Dinh… - Nature Energy, 2020 - nature.com
The carbon dioxide electroreduction reaction (CO2RR) provides ways to produce ethanol
but its Faradaic efficiency could be further improved, especially in CO2RR studies reported …

Catalyst synthesis under CO2 electroreduction favours faceting and promotes renewable fuels electrosynthesis

Y Wang, Z Wang, CT Dinh, J Li, A Ozden… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The electrosynthesis of C2+ hydrocarbons from CO2 has attracted recent attention in light of
the relatively high market price per unit energy input. Today's low selectivities and stabilities …

A universal descriptor for complicated interfacial effects on electrochemical reduction reactions

C Ren, S Lu, Y Wu, Y Ouyang, Y Zhang… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Supported catalysts have exhibited excellent performance in various reactions. However,
the rational design of supported catalysts with high activity and certain selectivity remains a …

Theory-guided design of catalytic materials using scaling relationships and reactivity descriptors

ZJ Zhao, S Liu, S Zha, D Cheng, F Studt… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
The active sites of heterogeneous catalysts can be difficult to identify and understand, and,
hence, the introduction of active sites into catalysts to tailor their function is challenging …