Themed collection Oxidation for a Sustainable Future and Clean Environment

Efficient and selective functionalization of methane is one of the most important tasks in chemistry in light of its utilization as a naturally abundant feedstock toward the development of a sustainable society.

We present feasible regulation strategies of a g-C₃N₄-based photocatalytic system for selective oxidation of biomass-derived alcohols for better biomass valorization.

Silica-supported NiO nanoparticles as hosts for isolated PdO catalytic sites. Isolate PdO is confirmed as the species responsible for the chemoselective oxidation of cinnamyl alcohol to cinnamaldehyde by operando X-ray absorption spectroscopy.

Ruthenium ion catalyzed oxidative depolymerisation of lignin model hexamer.

The selective oxidation of methane to methanol, using in situ generated H₂O₂ has been investigated using a series of TS-1 supported palladium-based catalysts, with the introduction of Au or Ni considerably improving catalytic performance.

Optimized reflux synthesis of MoVTeNbo catalysts.

The highly active peroxomolybdate, TBA₃{PO₄[MoO(O₂)₂]₄}·3H₂O was incorporated for the first time in various porous MOF support structures (MIL-101, MOF-808, and ZIF-8) to form heterogeneous catalysts with different structural properties.

This study on surface-modifications of bulk oxidation catalysts with sub-monolayers of PO_x, BO_x and MnO_xvia atomic layer deposition demonstrates this method to be a powerful tool for tuning the performance in selective oxidations of light alkanes.

Heterogeneous catalytic oxidative dehydrogenative processes for N-heterocycles are presented, which enable waste-minimized (additive-, oxidant-, base-free), efficient cyclisations/couplings via transition metal oxide–Bi(III) cooperative catalysis.

Low-temperature nitric oxide oxidation using silver promoted manganese catalyst can reduce energy footprint of industrial nitric acid production.

Catalytic oxidation using non-noble metal-based catalysts is a promising approach to mitigate pollution due to VOCs in the air.

A sustainable and heterogeneous iron-mediated oxidative cleavage of lignin to phenol and methyl benzoate is achieved in the presence of molecular oxygen.

The Fe₃O₄/TBADT composite catalyst (M-DT) can efficiently oxidize aromatic amine compounds selectively into nitroso compounds in the presence of H₂O₂. The high efficiency is due to the strong interaction between Fe₃O₄ and TBADT.

Continuous-flow, gas-phase selective oxidative dehydrogenation (ODH) of unsaturated long chain alcohols (i.e. decen-1-ol isomers) to the corresponding aldehydes over an innovative, highly dispersed Cu-based catalyst supported over ferrite.