Artikel3D‐Printed Organic Conjugated Trimer for Visible‐Light‐Driven Photocatalytic Applicationsvon Xiaojiao Yuan et al. · 19.05.2023 Printed power: A 3D-printed organic conjugated trimer with visible light absorption is evaluated for the degradation of organic pollutants and hydrogen generation. Despite the low amount of organic semiconductor (0.05 %), the resulting 3D-printed st...
ArtikelModulating the Catalytic Properties of Bimetallic Atomic Catalysts: Role of Dangling Bonds and Chargingvon Xin Guan et al. · 19.05.2023 Close eye on species adsorption onto bimetallic atomic catalyst for CO2 electroreduction was achieved through an intrinsic descriptor, based on the valence-electron number and electronegativity of the active center. It was found that dangling bonds ...
ArtikelChemoenzymatic Cascade Reaction for the Valorization of the Lignin Depolymerization Product G−C2‐Dioxolane Phenolvon Henrik Terholsen et al. · 19.05.2023 A chemoenzymatic cascade reaction in a buffered aqueous system has been developed for the valorization of the lignin depolymerization product G−C2 dioxolane phenol. PDMS-protected Amberlyst-15 enables deacetalization at pH 6.0 and allows coupling wi...
ArtikelSubstituent Effect on Ligand‐Centered Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution of Phosphorus Corrolesvon Gang Yang et al. · 19.05.2023 Electrocatalytic hydrogen: The substituent effect on the ligand-centered electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) of phosphorus corroles in homogeneous system had been investigated by experimental and DFT calculation. The HER activity sign...
ArtikelFront Cover: The Implications of Coupling an Electron Transfer Mediated Oxidation with a Proton Coupled Electron Transfer Reduction in Hybrid Water Electrolysis (ChemSusChem 10/2023)von Biswajit Mondal et al. · 19.05.2023 The Front Cover shows the combination of an electron transfer mediated anode for [(2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-1-piperidin-1-yl)oxyl] (TEMPO)-catalysed benzylamine oxidation to valuable chemicals and proton-coupled electron transfer process at the cathode f...
ArtikelCover Feature: Novel Strategy for the Formulation of High‐Energy‐Density Cathodes via Porous Carbon for Li‐S Batteries (ChemSusChem 10/2023)von Dae‐Seong Kim et al. · 19.05.2023 The Cover Feature shows the design of a high-energy sulfur electrode of a lithium–sulfur battery made of porous carbon. The porous carbon material not only functions as a conductive network by taking up sulfur, but it also suppresses the release of ...
ArtikelCover Feature: Impact of Structural Flexibility of Amine Moieties as Bridges for Redox‐Active Sites on Secondary Battery Performance (ChemSusChem 10/2023)von Siku Choi et al. · 19.05.2023 The Cover Feature shows two organic compounds, 3-dithione-diamine and 3-dithione-amine, as organic cathode candidates for secondary batteries in this study. The study highlights that the 3-dithione-diamine, located in the bottom left corner and know...
ArtikelMetal‐Organic Assembly Strategy for the Synthesis of Layered Metal Chalcogenide Anodes for Na+/K+‐Ion Batteriesvon Yuyu Wang et al. · 19.05.2023 Assembly line: Benefitting from the tunable structure, porous characteristics, and easy surface functionalization of metal-organic complexes, 2D layered MX of Mo-, W-, V-, and Sn-based chalcogenides can be designed based on a metal-organic assembly ...
ArtikelAerobic Oxidative Cleavage of C(OH)‐C Bonds to Produce Aromatic Aldehydes Catalyzed by CuI‐1,10‐phenanthroline Complexvon Ziwei Zhao et al. · 01.06.2023Effective cleavage and functionalization of C(OH)-C bonds is of great importance for the production of value-added chemicals from renewable biomass resources such as carbohydrates, lignin and their derivatives. The efficiency and selectivity of oxida...
ArtikelPrinciples of Self‐Repairing Ability of Tripodal Ligand‐Stabilized Hybrid Cobalt Hydroxide Nanosheets for Alkaline Water Electrolysisvon Ritsuki Nakajima et al. · 31.05.2023Self-repairing catalysts are promising new materials for achieving long lifetime of alkaline water electrolyzers powered by renewable energy. Catalytic nanoparticles dispersed in an electrolyte were deposited on the anode to repair a catalyst layer b...
ArtikelFe and Mo Co‐modulated Coral‐like Nickel Pyrophosphate in‐situ Derived from Nickel‐Foam for Oxygen Evolutionvon Wen Guo et al. · 31.05.2023The highly active catalyst for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is critial to achieving high efficiency in hydrogen generation from water splitting. Direct converting nickel foam (NF) into nickel-based catalysts has attracted intensive interest du...
ArtikelBiomass‐Derived Carbon Electrodes for High‐Performance Supercapacitorsvon Liqiong Zhang et al. · 31.05.2023 Some electrode! High mass loading freestanding electrode material with multilayered brain neural-like structure was prepared through controllable addition of active carbon (SSP-900) (0.2 g), chitosan as binder and an applied carbonization temperatur...
ArtikelThermochemical Expansion and Protonic and Electronic Hole Conductivity of Grain Interior and Grain Boundaries in 10 mol% Y‐Substituted SrZrO3von Lulu Jiang et al. · 31.05.2023Proton conducting acceptor-doped SrZrO3 has a history as long as that of BaZrO3, but has attracted less interest. Inspired by its higher transport number of ionic conduction in wet oxygen, we here explore further aspects of doped SrZrO3 as electrolyt...
ArtikelCloso‐[B12H12]2− derivatives with polar groups as promising building blocks in MOFs for gas separationvon Chuanxi Chen et al. · 30.05.2023Engineering design of metal organic frameworks (MOFs) for gas separation applications is nowadays a thriving field of investigation. Based on the recent experimental studies of dodecaborate-hybrid MOFs as potential materials to separate industry-rele...
ArtikelPhotocatalytic Synthesis of Ultrafine Pt Electrocatalysts with High Stability Using TiO2 Decorated N‐Doped Carbon as Composite Supportvon Le Shen et al. · 30.05.2023Commercial Pt/C (Com. Pt/C) electrocatalysts are considered optimal for oxygen reduction hydrogen evolution reactions (ORR and HER). However, their high Pt content and poor stability restrict their large-scale application. In this study, photocatalyt...
ArtikelAmmonia synthesis over Fe supported catalysts mediated by face‐sharing nitrogen sites in BaTiO3−xN y oxynitridevon Masayoshi Miyazaki et al. · 27.05.2023Nitride and hydride materials have been proposed as active supports for the loading of transition metal catalysts in ammonia synthesis. However, the contribution of nitrogen or hydride anions in the support to the catalytic activity for supported tra...
ArtikelRoughness‐Dependent Electro‐Reductive Coupling of Nitrobenzenes and Aldehydes on Copper Electrodesvon Yinjian Zheng et al. · 26.05.2023 Roughness-dependence of Cu electrodes is for the first time identified in the electro-reductive coupling of nitro and carbonyl compounds. With increased roughness, the selectivity of nitrones decreases, while that of imines increases, thanks to the ...
ArtikelRecycling of All‐Solid‐State Li‐ion Batteries: A Case Study of the Separation of Individual Components Within a System Composed of LTO, LLZTO and NMCvon Aamir Iqbal et al. · 26.05.2023 All-solid state lithium-ion batteries are suitable candidates for high energy density mobile and grid-storage energy applications. It is important to develop a strategy to obtain metals back used in their synthesis, either as pure or useful form for...
ArtikelConstructing N, S and N, P co‐coordination in Fe single atom catalyst for high‐performance oxygen redox reactionsvon Xiaoqing Lu et al. · 26.05.2023Single atom catalysts (SACs) are promising electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER), in which the coordination environment plays a crucial role in activating the intrinsic activity of the central metal....
ArtikelEffect of Temperature and H Flux on the NH3 Synthesis via Electrochemical Hydrogen Permeationvon Davide Ripepi et al. · 25.05.2023 Green ammonia: The effect of temperature on NH3 synthesis using Ni hydrogen permeable electrodes was investigated. Increasing temperature improves the NH3 production activity, efficiency and stability, thanks to the enhanced nitrogen adsorption and ...
ArtikelDensity Functional Theory Based Protocol to Calculate the Redox Potentials of First‐row Transition Metal Complexes for Aqueous Targeting Redox Flow Batteries.von Noura Rahbani et al. · 25.05.2023Transition metal complexes are a promising class of redox mediators for targeting redox flow batteries due to the tunability of their electrochemical potentials. However, reliable time-efficient tools for the prediction of their reduction potentials ...
ArtikelEnhancing CO2 Transport Across a PEEK‐Ionene Membrane and Water‐Lean Solvent Interfacevon Eric D. et al. · 24.05.2023 Favorable conditions! For selective membranes to perform when in contact with a carbon capture solvent, their chemical and physical interactions need to be studied. The interactions between a water-lean solvent and polyether ether ketone (PEEK) ione...
ArtikelFluorinated Solid Electrolyte Interphase Derived From Fluorinated Polymer Electrolyte To Stabilize Li Metalvon Jialong Fu et al. · 24.05.2023 The reinforced metallic Li electrode realized by the fluorinated polymer skeleton guarantees a stable Li metal battery with high performance. The LiNi0.8Co0.1Mn0.1O2||Li battery delivers a long-term cycling performance, where the capacity retains 87...
ArtikelExtension of Biodiesel aging mechanism – the role and influence of Methyl Oleate and the contribution of alcohols through the use of Solketal.von Julian Türck et al. · 23.05.2023The energy crisis and dependence on fossil fuels forces society to develop alternative pathways to secure energy supplies. Therefore, non-fossil fuels such as biofuels and e-fuels can help counteract the resulting demand for existing combustion engin...
ArtikelSynthesis of the 3,3’‐(Ethane‐1,2‐diylidene)bis(indolin‐2‐one) Unit Promoted by Thermally‐activated Electron Transfer and Photoreduction of CO2 to CH4 and COvon Yen-Yu Chen et al. · 23.05.2023A Sonogashira coupling reaction leads to the formation of a serendipitous product C with the 3,3’-(ethane-1,2-diylidene)bis(indolin-2-one) unit. To our knowledge, our study provides the first example demonstrating that electron transfer between isoin...
ArtikelAdvanced NMR characterization of AquaSolv Omni (AqSO) biorefinery lignins/LCCsvon Philipp Schlee et al. · 23.05.2023Our recently reported AquaSolvOmni (AqSO) process shows great potential as a parameter-controlled biorefinery, which allows to tune the structure and properties of the products towards their optimal use in high-value applications. Herein, we report a...
ArtikelStructural Reconstruction Strategy Enables CoFe LDHs for High‐Capacity NH4+ Storage and Application in High‐Energy Density Ammonium‐Ion Hybrid Supercapacitors von Dewei Wang et al. · 23.05.2023 NH4 + storage: Structural reconstructed cobalt-iron layered double hydroxides featuring copious structure defects are reported as a high-capacity cathode for NH4 + storage. The resulting sample can not only deliver a large reversible capacity ...
ArtikelAmmonia Synthesis via an Associative Mechanism on Alkaline Earth Metal Sites of Ca3CrN3Hvon Yu Cao et al. · 22.05.2023 Earthbound: Ca3CrN3H exhibits catalytic ammonia synthesis activity, despite the lack of Ru/Fe centers. DFT calculations reveal that N2 activation and hydrogenation over Ca3CrN3H proceeds though an associative mechanism on the alkaline earth cations ...
ArtikelConstructing a solar evaporator by stacking exhausted wood sponges for freshwater generation and fertilizer recoveryvon Meng Li et al. · 20.05.2023Solar water evaporation is an efficient and sustainable technology. To further reduce energy consumption and improve cost efficiency, the surface modification of wood sponge by polypyrrole-glutathione (PGWS) was achieved using an in-situ synthetic me...
ArtikelAqueous Redox Flow Batteries: Small Organic Molecules for the Positive Electrolyte Speciesvon Christopher et al. · 19.05.2023There are a number of critical requirements for electrolytes in aqueous redox flow batteries. This paper reviews organic molecules that have been used as the redox-active electrolyte for the positive cell reaction in aqueous redox flow batteries. The...
ArtikelEnhancing the electrochemical performance of aqueous processed Li‐ion cathodes with silicon oxide coatingsvon Jaswinder Sharma et al. · 18.05.2023Lithium-ion battery cathode materials suffer from bulk and interfacial degradation issues, which negatively affect their electrochemical performance. Oxide coatings can mitigate some of these problems and improve electrochemical performance. However,...
ArtikelNi‐CeO2 Heterostructure Promotes Hydrogen Evolution Reaction via Tuning of the O‐H Bonding Length of Adsorbed Water at the Electrolyte/electrode Interfacevon Xiaoling Yang et al. · 18.05.2023Understanding the properties and structure of reactant water molecules at the electrolyte solution/electrode interface is relevant to know the mechanisms of hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). However, this approach has rarely been implemented due to ...
ArtikelSynthesis and Computational Investigation of Antioxidants Prepared by Oxidative Depolymerization of Lignin and Aldol Condensation of Aromatic Aldehydesvon Daihong Gao et al. · 17.05.2023 New antioxidants were prepared by oxidative depolymerization of lignin followed by aldol condensation to form conjugated structure with benzene ring. Kinetics of aldol condensation between lignin-derived aromatic aldehydes and methyl ethyl ketone wa...
ArtikelAn Integrated Plasma–Photocatalytic System for Upcycling of Polyolefin Plasticsvon Yuting Jiang et al. · 17.05.2023 Let the light in: An integrated plasma–photocatalytic technology is designed for upcycling polyolefin plastics into hydrogen and gaseous fuels. Polyolefins are treated by plasma to graft oxygenated groups, forming a polar and hydrophilic structure, ...
ArtikelElectrochemically Activated Expanded Graphite with Tailor‐Made Pores for Magnesium–Organocation Hybrid Batteriesvon Sangram Keshari et al. · 16.05.2023 The Front Cover shows the generation of tailor-made pores by the electrochemical activation of expanded graphite for a magnesium−organocation hybrid battery. Under the electric field, the organocations expand the graphene layers like drilling vehicl...
Artikel2D FeSx Nanosheets by Atomic Layer Deposition: Electrocatalytic Properties for the Hydrogen Evolution Reactionvon Raul Zazpe et al. · 16.05.2023 The Cover Feature shows a scheme of the synthesis by atomic layer deposition of 2D iron sulfide nanosheets conformal and homogenously grown on titanium dioxide nanotube layers. Those composite nanotubular structures feature electrocatalytic activity...
ArtikelIonic Liquid Hydrogen‐bonding Promoted Alcohols Amination over Cobalt Catalyst via Dihydrogen Autotransfer Mechanismvon Zhengang Ke et al. · 16.05.2023Higher amines are important high-valuable chemicals with wide applications, and amination of alcohols is a green route to them, which however generally suffers from harsh reaction conditions and use of equivalent base. Herein, we report an ionic liqu...
ArtikelHigh‐Efficiency Electroreduction of Nitrite to Ammonia on Ni Nanoparticles Strutted 3D Honeycomb‐Like Porous Carbon Frameworkvon Xiuhong Li et al. · 16.05.2023Electroreduction of nitrite (NO2–) to ammonia (NH3) provides a sustainable approach to yield NH3 while eliminating NO2– contaminants. In this study, Ni nanoparticles strutted 3D honeycomb-like porous carbon framework (Ni@HPCF) is fabricated as a high...
ArtikelImproved Low‐temperature Hydrogen Production from Aqueous Methanol Based on Synergism Between Cationic Pt and Interfacial Basic LaO xvon Mori Kohsuke et al. · 15.05.2023Aqueous phase reforming of methanol (APRM) is simple, inexpensive and provides a high hydrogen gravimetric density of 18.8 wt%, and so is superior to traditional gas-phase reactions performed at relatively high temperatures. In the present work, the ...
ArtikelProcess development of heterogeneous Rh catalyzed carbene transfer reactions under continuous flow conditionsvon Tahani et al. · 15.05.2023A very simple Rh-based catalyst operates under heterogeneous flow conditions for the carbene transfer of methyl diazoacetate (MDA) with several substrates. Two different methods for heterogenizing the catalyst in a column reactor have been applied. D...
ArtikelHexavalent ions insertion in garnet Li7La3Zr2O12 toward a low temperature densification reactionvon Daniele Campanella et al. · 12.05.2023Nowadays, solid electrolytes are considered the main alternative to conventional flammable liquid electrolytes in lithium batteries. The fabrication of these materials is however limited by the strict synthesis conditions, requiring high temperature ...
ArtikelReconsidering Anode Materials for Fluoride‐Ion Batteries – The Unexpected Roles of Carbide Formationvon Don McTaggart et al. · 12.05.2023Carbon is a ubiquitous additive to enhance the electrical conductivity of battery electrodes. Although carbon is generally assumed to be inert, the poor reversibility seen in some fluoride-ion battery electrodes has not been explained or systematical...
ArtikelRenewable hydrogen production and storage via enzymatic interconversion of CO2 and formate with electrochemical cofactor regenerationvon Eleftheria Sapountzaki et al. · 11.05.2023The urgent need to reduce CO2 emissions has motivated the development of CO2 capture and utilization technologies. An emerging application is CO2 transformation into storage chemicals for clean energy carriers. Formic acid (FA), a valuable product of...
ArtikelReconstruction of CoNx/NC catalyst during OER by Fe3+ modulation for enhanced activity and stabilityvon Junliang Xie et al. · 10.05.2023The surface reconstruction of transition metal-based catalysts has been demonstrated to be beneficial for oxygen evolution reaction (OER). However, regulating the activity and stability of the components derived from reconstruction is challenging. He...
ArtikelTriarylamines as Catholytes in Aqueous Organic Redox Flow Batteriesvon Nadia L. et al. · 10.05.2023 In the flow: A series of triarylamines was explored as catholytes in aqueous redox flow batteries for assessing the effect of substituents and supporting electrolyte on performance. Tris(4-aminophenyl)amine is found to be the strongest candidate wit...
ArtikelSoft Carbon as Cathode with High Rate Performance for Dual‐Ion Batteries via Fast PF6‐ Intercalation Improved by Surface Effectvon Yong-Feng Shen et al. · 09.05.2023Dual-ion battery is a new type of battery in which both anions and cations participate in the energy storage process. However, this unique battery configuration imposes high requirements on the cathode, which typically presents a poor rate performanc...
ArtikelTailoring Properties of Carbon for Use in Supercapacitors by Blending Lignin and Cellulose to Mimic Biomassvon Yinan Tang et al. · 08.05.2023KOH-activated carbon materials prepared from biomass-derived carbon source cellulose and lignin were compared. The combination of cellulose and lignin with different ratios was used to partially mimic biomass as carbon source allowing for tailoring a...
ArtikelSynthesis of Azoxy Compounds: from Copper Compounds to Mesoporous Silica‐Encaged Ultrasmall Copper Catalystsvon Zhi-Peng Han et al. · 06.05.2023Azoxy compounds have aroused extensive attention due to their unique biological activities, but the chemical synthesis of these compounds often suffers from limitations for their requirement for stoichiometric oxidants, high costs, and restricted sub...
ArtikelBiomass‐derived carbon‐based multicomponent integration catalysts for electrochemical water splittingvon Lu-Yao Guo et al. · 06.05.2023Electrocatalytic water splitting powered by sustainable electricity is a crucial approach for the development of new generation green hydrogen technology. Biomass materials are abundant and renewable, and the application of catalysis can increase the...
ArtikelCarbon Dioxide Capture from Biomass Pyrolysis Gas as an Enabling Step of Biogenic Carbon Nanotube Synthesis and Hydrogen Recoveryvon Andrei Veksha et al. · 05.05.2023 Expanding for less: As we encounter complex issues caused by climate change, our ability to achieve net zero goals relies on sustainable manufacturing—a way of producing economically viable products while minimizing fossil resource consumption, carb...
ArtikelRate Response of Poly(Ethylene Terephthalate)‐Hydrolases to Substrate Crystallinity: Basis for Understanding the Lag Phasevon Thore B. et al. · 05.05.2023 Crystal clear: We evaluate the significance of poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) crystallinity on enzymatic degradation rates of six PET hydrolysing enzymes, present a new quantitative assessment of PET crystallinity tolerance of the enzymes, and p...
ArtikelPhoto‐induced C 1 Substitution Using Methanol as a C 1 Sourcevon Hongmei Li et al. · 04.05.2023The development of sustainable and efficient C1 substitution methods is of central interest for organic synthesis and pharmaceuticals production, the methylation motifs bounding to a carbon, nitrogen, or oxygen atom widely exist in natural products a...
ArtikelRegulation of Polymerization Kinetics to Improve Crystallinity of Carbon Nitride for Photocatalytic Reactionsvon Chong Wang et al. · 04.05.2023Carbon nitride (CN) polymers exhibit tunable and fascinating physicochemical properties and are thus an essential class of photocatalytic materials with potential applications. Although significant progress has been made in the fabrication of CN, the...
ArtikelFusing Thiadiazole and Terephthalate: A Concept to Promote the Electrochemical Performance of Conjugated Dicarboxylatesvon Alia Jouhara et al. · 02.05.2023 Merging two redox systems: Annellation of a thiadiazole heterocycle to a terephthalate boosts the redox kinetics of the conjugated dicarboxylate in the reversible storage of electrons. The maintained aromaticity as well as the improved coordination ...
ArtikelH8[PV5Mo7O40] (HPA‐5) ‐ a unique polyoxometalate for acid and RedOx catalysis: synthesis, characterization, and modern applications in green chemical processesvon Jan-Christian Raabe et al. · 02.05.2023Polyoxometalates (POMs) are a fascinating group of anionic metal-oxide clusters with a broad variety of structural properties and several catalytic applications, especially in the conversion of bio-derived platform chemicals. H8[PV5Mo7O40] (HPA-5) is...
ArtikelRational Design of Trimetallic Sulfide Electrodes for Alkaline Water Electrolysis with Ampere‐Level Current Densityvon Jingwen Li et al. · 01.05.2023Electrochemical water splitting is considered an environmentally friendly approach to hydrogen generation. However, it is difficult to achieve high current density and stability. Herein, we design an amorphous/crystalline heterostructure electrode ba...
ArtikelMizoroki–Heck Macrocyclization Reactions at 1 M Concentration Catalyzed by Sub‐nanometric Palladium Clustersvon Francisco Garnes–Portolés et al. · 28.04.2023The synthesis of cyclized organic compounds with more than ten atoms (macrocycles) has been traditionally based on reversible reactions under high diluted conditions, typically <0.05 M, in order to circumvent the formation of intermolecular produc...
ArtikelProton Transfer Dynamics‐Mediated CO2 Electroreductionvon Shanyong Chen et al. · 27.04.2023 Proton transfer plays an essential role in CO2 electroreduction, and this Concept introduces novel strategies of tuning proton transfer dynamics to obtain enhanced electrocatalytic performance in various catalytic systems. Based on the characterizat...
ArtikelFe‐Ni Diatomic Sites Coupled with Pt Clusters to Boost Methanol Electrooxidation via Free Radical Relayingvon Tianqi Wang et al. · 26.04.2023Pt-based catalysts for direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) are still confronted with the challenge of over-oxidization of Pt and poisoning effect of intermediates; therefore, we adopt a spatial relay strategy to overcome these issues. Herein, we creat...
ArtikelPH‐regulated Refinement of Pore Size in Carbon Spheres for Size‐Sieving of Gaseous C8, C6 and C3 Hydrocarbon Pairsvon Shengjun Du et al. · 26.04.2023Selective separation of industrial important C8, C6 and C3 hydrocarbon pairs by physisorbents can greatly reduce the energy intensity related to the currently used cryogenic distillation techniques. The achievement of size-sieving based on carbonaceo...
ArtikelOptimization of sodium storage performance by structure engineering in nickel‐cobalt‐sulfidevon Shanshan Fan et al. · 25.04.2023The development of high-performance electrode materials is crucial for the advancement of sodium ion batteries (SIBs), and NiCo2S4 has been identified as a promising anode material due to its high theoretical capacity and abundant redox centers. Howe...
ArtikelElectrochemical performances of nickel‐rich single‐crystal LiNi0.83Co0.12Mn0.05O2 cathode material synthesized by tuning Li+/Ni2+ mixingvon Zhuolin Yang et al. · 25.04.2023Single-crystal nickel-rich materials are promising alternatives to polycrystalline cathodes owing to their excellent structure stability and cycle performance, while the kind of cathode material usually appears high cation mixing, which may have a ne...
ArtikelTrace Ionic Liquid−Assisted Orientational Growth of Cu2O (110) Facets Promote CO2 Electroreduction to C2 Productsvon Wenhang Wang et al. · 25.04.2023Cu2O has great advantages for CO2 electroreduction to C2 products, of which the activity and selectivity are closely related to its crystal facets. In this work, density functional theory calculation indicated that the (110) facets of Cu2O had a lowe...
ArtikelTransition Metal‐Catalyzed C−H Functionalization Through Electrocatalysisvon Prabhat Kumar et al. · 24.04.2023 Merging transition metal catalysis with electrochemical oxidation has emerged as a potential catalyst system for C−H bond functionalization, avoiding the use of chemical-based oxidants. Electrochemically promoted electrooxidation of the metal cataly...
ArtikelBiomass to Aromatic Amine Module: Alkali Catalytic Conversion of N‐Acetylglucosamine into Unsubstituted 3‐Acetamidofuran by Retro‐Aldol Condensationvon Changqu Lin et al. · 24.04.2023 An alkali catalytic system for the selective conversion of N-acetyl-d-glucosamine (NAG) into unsubstituted 3-acetamidofuran (3AF) via retro-aldol condensation has been developed. 3AF with 73.9 % yield is obtained in the presence of a ternary Ba(OH)2...
ArtikelAnodic Respiration of Vibrio natriegens in a Bioelectrochemical Systemvon André Gemünde et al. · 23.04.2023Vibrio natriegens promises to be a new standard biotechnological working organism since it grows extraordinarily fast, its productivity surpasses E. coli by far, and genomic tools are getting readily available. Recent studies provided insights into i...
ArtikelA mechanistic study of VO2 reduction on graphene‐based electrodes: insights from computational quantum chemistryvon Ridge et al. · 22.04.2023The identity of active sites for redox reactions within vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFB) are still controversial despite decades of research into the matter. Here, we use density functional theory to examine the promise of select surface function...
ArtikelPromoting Oxygen Reduction Reaction on Carbon‐based Materials by Selective Hydrogen Bondingvon Li Yang et al. · 22.04.2023Electrochemical oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is fundamental for many energy conversion and storage devices. Selective tuning of *OOH/*OH adsorption energy to break the intrinsic scaling limitation (ΔG*OOH = ΔG*OH + 3.2 eV) is effective in optimizi...
ArtikelMaking Persistent Plastics Degradablevon Vajk Farkas et al. · 21.04.2023The vastness of the scale of the plastic waste problem will require a variety of strategies and technologies to move toward sustainable and circular materials. One of these strategies to address the challenge of persistent fossil-based plastics is ne...
ArtikelAggregation‐induced structural symmetry breaking promotes charge separation for efficient photocatalytic hydrogen productionvon Tian He et al. · 20.04.2023Recently, organic semiconductors have received much attention in the field of photocatalysis due to their tunable physicochemical properties. However, organic semiconductor photocatalysts typically suffer from severe charge recombination due to high ...
ArtikelMg2+ Ions Pre‐Insertion Boosting Reaction Kinetics and Structural Stability of Ammonium Vanadates for High‐Performance Aqueous Zinc‐Ion Batteriesvon Han Tang et al. · 20.04.2023Aqueous zinc-ion batteries (AZIBs) attract much attention owing to their high safety, environmentally friendly and low-cost. However, the unsatisfactory performance of cathode materials is one of the unsolved important factors for their widespread ap...
ArtikelFast Microwave‐Assisted Synthesis, Calcination and Functionalization of a Silica Mesoporous Nanomaterial: UVM‐7von Borja Díaz et al. · 20.04.2023 Waves for future: We report here, for the first time, the use of a solid-state microwave source for the synthesis, calcination and functionalization of a UVM-7 based hybrid mesoporous silica material. The full process takes only 19 min of microwave ...
ArtikelEnhanced Proton Transfer in Proton‐Exchange Membranes with Interconnected and Zwitterion‐Functionalized Covalent Porous Material Structuresvon Zhuang Rao et al. · 20.04.2023 Better conduction through interconnection: A composite proton-exchange membrane (PEM) is obtained by integrating Nafion with an assembly of carbon nanotubes and a Schiff-base network (CNT@ZSNW-1). The interconnected structure of CNT@ZSNW-1 enables p...
ArtikelArtificial Photoenzymatic Reduction of Carbon Dioxide to Methanol by Using Electron Mediator and Co‐factorAssembled ZnIn2S4 Nanoflowersvon Hongqing Zhao et al. · 20.04.2023 Photoenzymatic system for MeOH production: A Z-scheme photocatalyst (ZnIn2S4/PDA@poly/[M]/NAD+) was combined with multi-enzymes for artificial photocatalytic production of methanol from CO2. The immobilized [M] and NAD+ on the novel photocatalyst re...
ArtikelTubular Polypyrrole with Chloride Ion Dopants as an Ultrafast Organic Anode for High‐Power Lithium‐Ion Batteriesvon Mingbo Ma et al. · 20.04.2023 Get some distance: Tubular polypyrrole (PPy) with chloride and methyl orange anionic dopants is synthesized and investigated as an anode for lithium-ion batteries The hollow PPy structure maintains cycling stability and the dopants generate improved...
ArtikelBivalent Cobalt as Efficient Catalyst Intercalation Layer Improves Polysulfide Conversion in Lithium‐Sulfur Batteriesvon Peirong Lin et al. · 20.04.2023 Mixing valences: The low-valence cobalt has better catalytic activity on polysulfides and improves the performance of the lithium-sulfur battery. Abstract Herein, we investigated in detail the effect of metal valences in different cobalt-based org...
ArtikelSolar‐to‐H2O2 Energy Conversion by the Photothermal Effect of a Polymeric Photocatalyst via a Two‐Channel Pathwayvon Wei Liu et al. · 19.04.2023 Change the channel: Benefiting from the photothermal effect of resorcinol−formaldehyde (RF), both molecular collision and the conductivity of RF are enhanced under higher temperature, resulting in increased selectivity in oxygen reduction and H2O2 p...
ArtikelUncovering the Role of Electronic Doping in Lead‐free Perovskite (CH3NH3)2CuCl4‐xBrx and Solar Cells Fabricationvon Mahdi Gassara et al. · 19.04.2023 An uncertain ratio: This study concerns the synthesis and properties of (CH3NH3)2CuCl4-x Br x as an environmentally benign alternative to lead-based perovskites. This copper mixed halide perovskite exhibits a narrow absorption with a bandgap of ...
ArtikelComplementary Operando Electrochemical Quartz Crystal Microbalance and UV/Vis Spectroscopic Studies: Acetate Effects on Zinc‐Manganese Batteriesvon Zi‐Fan He et al. · 18.04.2023 Acetate effects: Operando electrochemical quartz crystal microbalance and ultraviolet-visible spectrophotometry coupled cyclic voltammetry are used to examine the behaviours change in the electrolytes with or without acetates. By identifying the mas...
ArtikelEngineering a Carboxyl Methyltransferase for the Formation of a Furan‐Based Bioplastic Precursorvon Lucy et al. · 17.04.2023FtpM from Aspergillus fumigatus was the first carboxyl methyltransferase reported to catalyse the dimethylation of dicarboxylic acids. Here we report the creation of mutant R166M that can catalyse the quantitative conversion of bio-derived 2,5-furan...
ArtikelTitanium doping induced the suppression of irreversible phase transformation at high voltage for V‐based Phosphate Cathodes of Na‐ion Batteriesvon Shuai Tong et al. · 14.04.2023Polyanionic material, specifically the NASICON-type material, is considered a promising cathode material for Na-ion batteries (SIBs) because of its stable structure and high operating voltage. Further, it improves the energy density correlated with t...
ArtikelThe Role of Silicate Enrichment on the Discharge Duration of Silicon‐Air Batteriesvon Richard Schalinski et al. · 14.04.2023Silicon-air batteries are candidates for next generation batteries from non-critical raw materials. However, current silicon-air batteries with alkaline electrolytes suffer from premature termination of the discharge process. To understand this proce...
ArtikelDirect Conversion of CO2 in Lime Kiln Waste Gas Catalyzed by a Copper‐Based N‐heterocyclic Carbene Porous Polymervon Zhi‐Xiu Rao et al. · 12.04.2023 Fuming value: A copper-based N-heterocyclic carbene porous polymer (Cu@NHC-1) with triple synergistic catalytic effect on the conversion of CO2 via carboxylative cyclization was successfully fabricated to convert CO2 in lime kiln waste gas into valu...
ArtikelInterface engineering of heterostructural Ni‐Ni0.2Mo0.8N boosts alkaline hydrogen electrocatalysisvon Lulu An et al. · 12.04.2023Exploring efficient and low-cost bifunctional catalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and hydrogen oxidation reaction (HOR) is highly desirable for the achievement of unitized regenerative fuel cells. Herein, a facile method to prepare hetero...
ArtikelTi3C2‐modified g‐C3N4/MoSe2 S‐scheme heterojunction with full‐spectrum response effectively applied in photoreduction of CO2 to CO and CH4von Xin Chen et al. · 12.04.2023The energy shortages and global warming caused by the extensive use of fossil fuels are urgent problems to be solved at present. Photoreduction of CO2 is considered to be a feasible solution to two major global problems. The ternary composite catalys...
ArtikelA Multitool for Circular Economy – Fast Ring‐Opening Polymerization and Chemical Recycling of (Bio)polyesters Using a Single Aliphatic Guanidine Carboxy Zinc Catalystvon Martin Fuchs et al. · 11.04.2023A new aliphatic hybridguanidine N,O-donor ligand (TMGeech) and its zinc chloride complex ([ZnCl2(TMGeech)]) are presented. This complex displays a high catalytic activity for the ring opening polymerization (ROP) of lactide in toluene, exceeding the ...
ArtikelAnomalous Inferior Zn Anode in High‐Concentration Electrolyte: Leveraging Solid‐Electrolyte‐Interface for Stabilized Cycling of Aqueous Zn‐Metal Batteriesvon Yalan Guo et al. · 06.04.2023Aqueous Zn-metal batteries (AZMBs) are promising large-scale energy storage devices for their high safety and theoretical capacity. However, unstable Zn-electrolyte interface and severe side reactions have excluded AZMBs from long cycling required by...
ArtikelThermal Effect on Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting Toward Highly Solar to Hydrogen Efficiencyvon Hwapyong Kim et al. · 05.04.2023 Thermal effects on PEC: Utilization of heat on photoelectrochemical (PEC) hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is a promising strategy to increase PEC performance by accelerating charge carrier transport and decreasing applied bias. This Review summari...
ArtikelElectrochemistry‐Based CO2 Removal Technologiesvon Tessa Lund et al. · 05.04.2023 Charging towards CO2 capture: Investments in electrochemical methods within carbon capture and conversion are pivotal in developing a sustainable future society based on renewable energy sources, biological catalysts, and e-fuel applications. This P...
ArtikelDivide and Conquer: A Novel Dual‐Layered Hydrogel for Atmospheric Moisture Harvestingvon An Feng et al. · 05.04.2023Atmospheric water harvesting (AWH) has been recognized a next-generation technology to alleviate water shortages in arid areas. However, the current AWH materials suffer from insufficient water adsorption capacity and high water retention, which hind...
ArtikelPathways towards achieving high current density water electrolysis: From material perspective to system configurationvon Marcel Roy et al. · 04.04.2023Hydrogen is a clean, flexible, powerful energy vector that can be leveraged as a promising alternative to fossil fuels. Additionally, green hydrogen production has been recognized as one of the most prevalent solutions to decarbonize the energy syste...
ArtikelContinuous Flow Hydrogenation of Lignin‐model Aromatic Compounds over Carbon‐supported Noble Metalsvon Daniele Polidoro et al. · 04.04.2023An efficient continuous-flow (CF) protocol was designed for the hydrogenation of lignin-derived aromatics to the corresponding cycloalkanes derivatives. A parametric analysis of the reaction was carried out by tuning the temperature, the H2 pressure ...
ArtikelOrganic redox targeting flow battery utilizing a hydrophilic polymer and its in‐operando characterization via state‐of‐charge monitoring of the redox mediatorvon Erik Schröter et al. · 04.04.2023The hydrophilic poly(2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperdinyloxy-4-yl-methacrylamide) (PTMAm) was utilized as redox target material in an aqueous organic redox targeting flow battery (RTFB). This polymer is processed into granules, which contain a conductive ag...
ArtikelBiomass Derived, Hierarchically Porous, Activated Starbons® as Adsorbents for Volatile Organic Compoundsvon Victoria Baird et al. · 04.04.2023The use of potassium hydroxide activated Starbons® derived from starch and alginic acid as adsorbents for 29 volatile organic compounds (VOCs) was investigated. In every case, the alginic acid derived Starbon® (A800K2) was found to be the optimal ads...
ArtikelSmall‐molecule Organic Cathodes with Carbon Coating for Highly Efficient Potassium‐ion Batteriesvon Meichen Guo et al. · 04.04.2023Small-molecule organic cathodes face dissolution problem in potassium-ion batteries (PIBs). For the first time, an interesting and effective strategy is unveiled to resolve this trouble by designing a new soluble small-molecule organic compound namel...
ArtikelRu supported on MnBCD derived from Mn MOF for thermo‐ and electro‐catalytic synthesis of ethylene‐d4 glycolvon Fangjun Shao et al. · 04.04.2023Deuterium-labeled polyols were one of the most extensive applications in biochemistry and biophysics. However, the deuteriation reaction still exhibit low deuteriation rate and indistinct reaction mechanism. In this paper, Ru supported on MnBDC (deri...
ArtikelMicrostructural Evolution of Zinc‐ion Species from Aqueous to Hydrated Eutectic Electrolyte for Zn‐Ion Batteriesvon Long Su et al. · 03.04.2023Despite the intrinsic safety and environmental friendliness, typical aqueous Zn-ion rechargeable batteries have been struggling with poor reversibility and electrochemical stability. Hydrated eutectic electrolytes (HEEs) have been attracting extensiv...
ArtikelRigid‐tough Coupling of the Solid Electrolyte Interphase Towards Long‐Life Lithium Metal Batteriesvon Hantao Xu et al. · 03.04.2023 A novel quasi-solid-state polymer electrolyte (QPE), was developed in situ by radical random polymerization of a cyclic carbonate-based monomer (CUMA) and a urea-containing monomer (CUEM). The symmetrical Li/Li cell with P(CUMA-CUEM)-QPE shows stabl...
ArtikelA Stunt of Sustainability: Artificial humic substances can generate and stabilize single Fe(0) species on mineral surfacesvon Fan Yang et al. · 03.04.2023Iron species are omnipresent in fertile soils and contribute to biological and geological redox processes. Here, we show by advanced electron microscopy techniques that an important, but previously not considered iron species, single atom Fe(0) stabi...
