Themed collection 2023 Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers Review-type Articles

Current data suggest that radii and N–H bonds control the solubility and phase segregation in mixed A-cation lead iodide perovskites.

Organosilicon compounds via electrosynthesis – the recent developments and further challenges.

Tin (Sn) as a co-catalyst exerts a substantial influence on multiple electrocatalytic reactions. Delving into Sn's role in electrocatalysts and pioneering novel strategies have an immense impact for green synthesis and energy production.

This review article focuses on catalytic interconversion between hydrogen and liquid or solid solar fuels using metal complexes as redox catalysts.

The mechanisms, synthesis methods and strategies for application of W/Mo-based ORR electrocatalysts are briefly introduced. Recent advances in W/Mo-based ORR electrocatalysts are discussed in detail.

Organelle imaging is an efficient approach to gain information about intracellular events and dynamics of subcellular structures.

Exploring the nanostructures of platinum-based fuel cell electrocatalysts through the lens of advanced transmission electron microscopy techniques unveils the secrets of structure-activity-stability relationships.

The manifold chemistry of terpyridine (tpy) ligands with main-group elements is reviewed not only to provide an overview on this topic but to also inspire intensified research in this often disregarded field.

The role and classification of rare earth elements in photocatalysts are summarized, with the aim of providing suggestions for the future development of rare earth photocatalysts.

In this review, we discuss the catalytically active sites of single-atom catalysts regulated by modulating the metal single-atoms and coordination environment, as well as summarizing major challenges and development opportunities for the field of SACs.

In this review article, we aim to offer a focused overview of metal oxide CTLs for large-area PSCs, emphasizing recent advancements in deposition techniques, modification strategies, and their suitability for large-area device applications.

This review article highlights the advantages of niobium as a dopant and a coating constituent for improving cycling performance of layered Ni-rich oxide cathodes in liquid- and solid-electrolyte-based Li-ion batteries.

Tin tungstate is an emerging complex oxide photoelectrode for solar water splitting. Here, recent developments in the material are thoroughly reviewed, summarizing its properties, different syntheses, limitations, modification strategies and outlook.

The effects of climate change have arisen due to greenhouse gases emitted into the atmosphere, and the finite supply of fossil fuels will eventually be unable to support the needs of the petrochemical industry.

Pt, an ideal HER catalyst, is costly, hindering its use in wide-scale applications. Here, we discuss how advances to Pt alloys, heterostructures, and SACs improve Pt atomic utilization for HER, and how spectator ions and pH affect performance.

The structural advantages and disadvantages of various 3D current collectors are summarized to provide suggestions for the future development of anode in lithium metal batteries.

In this review, we aim to systematically investigate the interaction of nitrogen species with iron sulfides and related materials, with the goal of understanding how abiotic processes may have contributed to the evolution of enzymes responsible for nitrogen transformations.

Secondary interactions occur beyond the primary coordination sphere and can influence the performance of single molecule magnets (SMMs). This article highlights the role that secondary interactions play in the synthesis and performance of SMMs.

For electrocatalytic water splitting, MOFs can be optimized through structural modification, plane design and synergetic composite systems, and the annealing process further expands the types of MOF-based electrocatalytic materials.

Ammonia (NH₃) is a crucial chemical commodity used extensively in fertilizer production and as a renewable potential energy carrier.

The increasing presence of chemical contaminants in the environment due to demands associated with a growing population and industrial development poses risks to human health due to their exposure.

This review discusses the challenges and recent advancements in direct ammonia solid oxide fuel cells for electricity generation in a single step to pave the way for developing kilowatt-scale technology and offering future recommendations.

Hydrogen-bonded frameworks (HOFs) are a new and appealing class of porous crystalline materials that are constructed from organic moieties through hydrogen bonding.

The latest progress of proton-conductive HOFs in terms of preparation, structural characteristics, proton conductivity, and proton-conducting mechanism are presented. The future trends and design ideas are also highlighted and prospected.

Developing bifunctional catalysts is critical for ensuring renewable energy applications via small molecule activation.

This article summarizes recent advances in metal oxides catalyzed ammonia production via the electrocatalysis of N₂ and nitrates. Critical challenges and future research directions to accomplish their potential industrialization are discussed.

We analyze the unique roles played by rare earth elements from the three perspectives of cathode, anode and electrolyte. We summarize their potential applications and rational optimization strategies towards electrodes, separators and electrolytes.

This review summarizes the recent research efforts on MOFs/COFs employed in Zn anodes of zinc-ion batteries (ZIBs) and analyzes the structure-property relationship to guide the rational design of MOFs/COFs for future ZIB applications.

This review summarizes the preparation of MoSe₂-based materials, their application in hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), the catalytic mechanism for improved HER performance, structure–performance correlations and the challenges in the future.

This review article provides an overview of Mg-based IR nonlinear optical materials including synthetic methods, structural chemistry, structure–activity relationships, current problems and future development.

Incorporating Ln(III) ions into coordination framework structures confers multifunctional properties such as single-ion magnetism, host–guest interactions, and more, which could have broad applications in diverse fields.

First-row transition metal-based electrocatalysts, including Cu, Fe, Co, Ni, and Ti-based electrocatalysts, for high-efficiency NO_x⁻ reduction are reviewed. These electrocatalysts should possess three advantages indicated in the figure above.

Li₂ZnTi₃O₈ anode has been widely reviewed with respect to material design, electrode design, and device construction design.

Electrochemical NO₃⁻-to-NH₃ conversion is an available option for sewage treatment and ammonia synthesis. This review summarized the theoretical insights, design strategy and challenges of Ti-based electrocatalysts for NO₃⁻-to-NH₃ conversion.

This review summarizes recent advances in the application of manganese dioxide and its composites for theranostics.

Bimetallic-based compounds are regarded as promising anode materials. This review highlights design strategies of various bimetallic-based compounds and summarizes the latest research progress, challenges and prospectives for their applications in PIBs.

Photoelectrocatalytic NH₃ synthesis from N₂ and H₂O is a promising approach for N-neutralization goal based on catalytic strategies, such as vacancy engineering, ion doping, frustrated Lewis pair design, heterojunction construction, etc.

The urgent demand for sustainable energy resources has boosted research into highly efficient electrocatalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER).

Nitrate (NO₃⁻) and nitrite (NO₂⁻) ions are common health-threatening contaminants in water. Thermal catalytic hydrogenation is a promising strategy to reduce nitrate and nitrite during water treatment.

In this study, the preparation methods of MXenes and layered dihydroxides (LDHs) are reviewed. In addition, the preparation and the electrochemical performances for supercapacitors of MXene/LDHs composites are summarized in detail.

N-heterocyclic carbenes are structurally versatile ligands, which have strong σ-donor properties to form covalent bonds with metal centers. This frontier article provides a review on active NHC-stabilized metal complexes and clusters for photocatalytic CO₂ reduction.

Exchange interaction plays a pivotal role in dictating the single-molecule magnet (SMM) behaviour in heterometallic complexes. This review covers SMM and magnetocaloric effects of Cr(III)–Ln(III)-based heterometallic complexes.

The production of quantum dots by microorganisms is regulated by both intracellular and extracellular factors. Gaining a better understanding of the regulatory mechanism will facilitate the precise modulation of their properties.

This review covers the principles and recent advances in photovoltaic-electrochemical fuel production. It suggests the structural, compositional, and interfacial engineering of OER, HER, bifunctional, CRR catalysts, and halide perovskite solar cells.

Photocatalysis is deemed a highly prominent technology to solve environmental problems such as pollution, CO₂ emission and bacterial contamination.

This review presents a survey of representative mononuclear and multinuclear actinide SMMs to look back at how far we have come, trying to seek out a feasible strategy for top-performing An-SMMs.

Morphologies oriented different composite materials of In₂O₃-based gas sensors.

This review summarizes recent advancements in catalysts for NH₃ electrosynthesis from NO₃⁻, highlights various strategies to regulate their apparent or intrinsic activities, and proposes the perspective and challenges in this emerging area.

Mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) have modifiable porous surfaces, can be easily modified/functionalized, and have good chemical/thermal stability; thus, they are promising candidates in the field of CO₂ conversion/reduction reactions.

1-octene is used to produce linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE), polyolefin elastomers (POE) etc. This review provides an overview of the history, recent advancements and future opportunities in selective ethylene tetramerization.

This review offers an overview of the design principles, progress, and perspectives of applying multi-site electrocatalysts for the HER in neutral media.

This review mainly focuses on the discussion of mechanisms behind improved potassium storage properties, starting from some specific optimization strategies, and presents a perspective for the further development of carbon anodes.

The precipitation of anhydrous Mg carbonates is hindered by the high energy barrier for dehydrating Mg²⁺ cations, and the mechanisms involved (classical or non-classical crystallization) in their precipitation remains as a scientific gap.

Diruthenium(II,III) paddlewheel carboxylates combine the pharmacological properties of the dimetallic center with those ascribed to the μ-bridged carboxylates, thus leading to novel, dual-acting anticancer metallodrugs.

Polyoxometalate–viologen hybrids are reviewed, including structural design, competing electron transfer process, and new knowledge on photochromic mechanisms and their applications.

This mini review chronicles the role of Ru(edta) (edta⁴⁻ = ethylenediaminetetraacetate) towards catalysing the electrochemical transformation of nitrogen cycle reactions, elucidating the complex mechanistic schemes.

Asymmetrically functionalized Anderson-type polyoxometalates were overviewed, including the key factors of various synthesis methods, separation methods, advantages of asymmetric structures, and their applications.

Recent developments in syntheses strategies, catalytic performance as well as structure–property relationships of core–shell structured catalysts for NH₃-SCR of NO_x with improved low-temperature activity and poisoning tolerance is surveyed.

Self-adaptive electrocatalysis of inorganic materials was proposed and its origin, basic principles, and recent advances were discussed toward the fabrication of self-adaptive cycles for sustainable electrocatalysis.

Problems of practical sodium-ion batteries.

In this review, the structure, photophysical properties, and white-light mechanism of organic–inorganic hybrid metal halide perovskites with white emission are summarized, with an emphasis on the adjustment strategy for white-light performance.

Electrophilic borane and nucleophilic boryl transition metal catalysts for H₂ activation.

The coordination chemistry of group 14 metallole dianions, compared to monoanionic cyclopentadienides, is underexplored. This perspective reviews η⁵-coordination in group 14 metallole dianions, revealing their potential in organometallic chemistry.

Single-atom nanozymes represent a unique class of enzyme mimics that exhibit maximal atomic utilization, a well-defined electronic/geometric structure, and high catalytic activity, and have found diverse applications in biomedicine and biosensing.

This short article discusses nanoarchitectonics as a frontier in inorganic chemistry as exemplified by high entropy alloys, quasi-subnanometer-sized particles, probe-manipulated nanomaterials, and interfacial-processed nanofilms.

This Chemistry Frontiers article systematically parses the inherent principles of universal component selection strategies, catalytic mechanisms, and structure–activity relationships for novel heterostructural electrocatalysts.

A quintessential approach to activate and functionalize the exceptionally stable diatomic nitrogen (N₂) consists of its coordination to transition metal complexes.

Compartmentalization of catalysts has potential to become a powerful synthetic tool, however, further work in understanding its fundamental principles is required. Herein, those principles are elucidated through the lens of biomimicry.

Third-row transition-metal complexes displaying efficient true-blue (∼460–470 nm) and near infrared (∼700–1000 nm) emissions were strategically analyzed.