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This work reviews advances in CO₂-to-DME synthesis under mild conditions, emphasizing gas and liquid-phase routes, catalyst design, and a novel methyl formate pathway, highlighting both its potential and current limitations.

The recent progresses in the ethylene conversion catalyzed by Ni-aluminosilicates, including types of catalysts depending on the support, active sites, oligomerization mechanism and kinetics and catalyst deactivation are examined in this review.

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).

The work demonstrates the necessity of monomer purification prior to COF synthesis and monomer impurities contributing to catalytic activity.

Polymer supported Mn acts as an efficient catalyst in the hydrosilylation of aldehydes, esters and an amide.

Ossified Zn-Alendronate catalyst cycles CO₂ combining glycerol forming glycerol carbonate in a sustainable approach.

Photocatalytic degradation of diclofenac (DCF) using a polysulfone ultrafiltration membrane modified with ZnO–GO.

A Ni(OH)₂/BiVO₄ heterostructure enables photo-driven Ni(OH)₂-NiOOH formation and effective oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfura to 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid with high operational stability and a low interfacial activation energy.

We believe that the novelty of our manuscript can be expressed as: uses the highest spatially resolved techniques for shaped catalysts and highlights coke spillover from micropores to the external surface during MTH.

Metal–support interaction (MSI) is a well-established strategy for tuning catalytic activity in thermal catalysis, yet its role in nonthermal plasma catalytic CO₂ methanation remains insufficiently explored.

Ni and Cu hydroxide catalysts are compared for CO₂ electroreduction: Cu promotes C₂ products via C–C coupling, while Ni^δ+ sites enable a hydrogenation-driven route yielding trace C₃ hydrocarbons.

The selective conversion of biomass-derived 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) to 1,6-hexanediol (1,6-HDO) is a promising pathway for sustainable production of chemicals from renewable feedstock.

Magnetically induced heating catalysis using encapsulated magnetic nanoparticles as heating agents presents itself as a new efficient method for carrying out high-temperature reactions.

Single-atom Mn sites on MOF-808 catalyze sarin simulant degradation under solid, unbuffered conditions. Spectroscopic and computational results show altered product binding that mitigates poisoning and sustains reactivity.

Ball milling or kneading of polypropylene with zeolite enforces contact during mechano-chemical recycling. Zeolite instability and low impact efficiency can be addressed by attaching zeolite to spheres to create surface-activated mechano-catalysts.

In this work, we have expanded our recently published combined density functional theory (DFT) – Monte Carlo (MC) approach to model supported Co nanoparticles (NPs) to include the effects of Co–CO interactions.

A sulfonated carbon catalyst was rapidly synthesized via a one-pot microwave method, achieving >90% biodiesel conversion under mild conditions.

Heterometallic cooperativity can improve catalyst performance in lactide polymerisation, yet some heterocombinations do not cooperate. This work shows how the metal roles change with different heterocombinations, affecting polymerisation efficiency.

Bamboo activated carbon in bed-packed column flow system.

A stable, defect-rich peroxo-TiO₂ photocatalyst with low bandgap and high S_BET (>380 m² g⁻¹) shows high solar photocatalytic activity and regeneration.

The need for sustainable hydrogen production has driven the search for efficient, earth-abundant catalysts.

An innovative SiO₂–[PEIH]_x[POM] nanocatalyst efficiently converts fructose to HMF and oxidizes HMF to DFF, achieving a high TON of 1720 via a sustainable pathway.

Electronic tuning of the para-R group of the Ni precatalyst allows a means to regulate the branching density and the M_w of the PE. The E_1/2 value of the precatalyst has been used as a quantitative descriptor of this electronic effect.

Local confinement of the active site, estimated by CO bite angle from CO-DRIFTS, directs hydroformylation of ethylene over phosphonic acid modified Rh₁/TiO₂ catalysts.

Propane oxidative dehydrogenation with CO₂ is key for on-purpose propene production. V/CHA zeolites emerge as candidates. Insights into catalytic performance using box-and-whisker plots support data representation for catalyst design.

This study examines fructose dehydration to HMF over hydrothermally synthesized SrNb₂O₆, yielding 74.9% HMF (78.5% selectivity) via optimal acidity. The catalyst showed good recyclability, retaining stability over six runs with minor activity loss.

Different activation methods were applied to rice husk biochar from slow pyrolysis for use as sustainable catalyst support. Results show activation method greatly affects performance, with KOH activation yielding especially strong results.

Cerium oxide nanoparticles possess inherent strain, which facilitates the stabilization of various reactive oxygen species, such as hydrogen peroxide and its dissociation products, on their surfaces, thereby altering their surface activity.