Communication
Enhanced N2 capture and cleavage promoted by lithium nanoparticles
Lithium nanoparticles exhibit a high capacity for the capture and cleavage of N2, displaying thermodynamically favourable spontaneous N2 adsorption and reaction kinetics with accessible energy barriers at mild temperature and pressure.
Communication
Selective and sustainable quinoline hydrogenation with a robust hierarchical catalyst framework
A hierarchical heterogeneous palladium on nickel foam-based catalyst system was demonstrated for the selective hydrogenation of quinoline and quinoline derivatives under low H2 pressures, with green solvents (ethanol, ethanol water mixture).
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Manganese-catalysed HIE of arenes and heteroarenes
Manganese catalysis enabled the hydrogen isotope exchange of carboarenes, furans, thiophenes, indoles and pyrroles.
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Design of Pt-based pseudo-binary intermetallic catalysts for dry reforming of propane using CO2
Design of Pt–Co–In pseudo-binary intermetallic catalysts enables intermetallic phase evolution and switches catalysis from CO2-ODP to DRP, achieving selective DRP with excellent stability and coke resistance.
CO2-mediated direct N-formylation of nitro compounds by a metal–organic framework node-supported cobalt(II) catalyst
The one-pot reductive N-formylation of nitro substrates using CO2 as a renewable C1 feedstock is a sustainable and practical route to access formamides, key intermediates in pharmaceuticals and bioactive molecules.
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C bond hydrogenation
Water-assisted proton shuttling at a bifunctional metal-acid interface promotes hydrogenation of CC bonds in a cyclohexene molecule.
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Electronic structure modulation of a Mo-doped NiO/Ni bifunctional electrocatalyst for efficient urea-assisted water splitting
Mo-doped NiO/Ni nanoparticles were electrodeposited and annealed (Ar/H2, 450 °C, 2 h). Mo tuned the NiO electronic structure, accelerating HER and UOR for energy-efficient H2 production via urea-assisted water electrolysis.
Importance of metal intimacy in tuning CO2 hydrogenation selectivity over Cu-exchanged TiO2 supported Rh catalysts via enhanced CO intermediate interaction
Strengthened Rh–Cu interaction stabilizes *CO, promoting its dissociation to *CHx and coupling with *CO, thereby enhancing CO2 hydrogenation to ethanol and methane.
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