ArtikelTailored Properties of Carbon for Supercapacitors by Blending Lignin and Cellulose to Mimic Biomass as Carbonaceous Precursorvon Yinan Tang et al. · 12.09.2023 Cellulose and lignin blend as carbonaceous precursor paves a feasible way to break through the restriction by intrinsic proportion of cellulose and lignin in natural biomass, allowing for tailoring and optimizing composition, structure and porosity ...
ArtikelHexavalent Ions Insertion in Garnet Li7La3Zr2O12 Toward a Low Temperature Densification Reactionvon Daniele Campanella et al. · 12.09.2023 Partial incorporation of tellurium ions in the structure is proven to accelerate the formation process of cubic Li7La3Zr2O12 (LLZO) at temperatures below 700 °C. In this study, optimized synthesis conditions lead to improved ionic conductivity for l...
ArtikelExtension of Biodiesel Aging Mechanism–the Role and Influence of Methyl Oleate and the Contribution of Alcohols Through the Use of Solketalvon Julian Türck et al. · 12.09.2023 We report a biodiesel and oligomerization scheme based on methyl oleate. The usage of alcohols like solketal show the influence on the aging mechanism and competitive reactions. The correlation of acids and epoxide indicates the acids of being precu...
ArtikelNi−CeO2 Heterostructure Promotes Hydrogen Evolution Reaction via Tuning of the O−H Bond Length of Adsorbed Water at the Electrolyte/Electrode Interfacevon Xiaoling Yang et al. · 12.09.2023 Structure and properties of adsorbed water at electrolyte/electrode interface affect HER activity: In-situ ATR-SEIRAS and DFT results indicate that water dissociation at the interface becomes easier during the reaction, thus promoting the kineticall...
ArtikelTrace Ionic Liquid‐Assisted Orientational Growth of Cu2O (110) Facets Promote CO2 Electroreduction to C2 Productsvon Wenhang Wang et al. · 12.09.2023 The catalyst Cu2O with abundant (110) facets prepared with the aid of trace amounts of the ionic liquid 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium ([Bmim]BF4) gives rise to high-efficient CO2 electroreduction to C2 products. This represents a new way to enhance th...
ArtikelCloso‐[B12H12]2− Derivatives with Polar Groups As Promising Building Blocks in Metal‐Organic Frameworks for Gas Separationvon Chuanxi Chen et al. · 12.09.2023 MOFs for gas separation: Polarization effect induced by amino group can boost the ability of CO2 capture for boron-cluster anions with conjugated π electrons, thus suggesting high potential of dodecaborate-hybrid metal organic frameworks in gas sepa...
ArtikelReconstruction of CoNx/NC Catalyst during Oxygen Evolution Reaction by Fe3+ Modulation for Enhanced Activity and Stability von Junliang Xie et al. · 12.09.2023 Modulate the reconstrcution: A strategy of Fe3+ ion modulating the reconstruction components of CoN0.4/NC (N doped carbon) electrocatalyst is reported for enhanved oxygen evoltuon reaction (OER). During the OER process, Fe3+ stabilized the CoOOH pha...
ArtikelSynthesis of Azoxy Compounds: from Copper Compounds to Mesoporous Silica‐Encaged Ultrasmall Copper Catalystsvon Zhi‐Peng Han et al. · 12.09.2023 A series of azoxy compounds were constructed via coupling reactions by using cost-effective N-methoxyformamide and nitroso compounds over Cu-based catalysts. The mesoporous silica nanosphere-encapsulated ultra-small Cu (Cu@MSN) catalyst was develope...
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. · 12.09.2023 From petroleum coke: Soft carbon cathode with superb rate performance for dual-ion batteries is presented. In situ XRD and Raman show that PF6 − anions form stage-1 graphite intercalation compounds in the surface region, and directly stage-2 in the ...
ArtikelIonic‐Liquid Hydrogen‐Bonding Promoted Alcohols Amination over Cobalt Catalyst via Dihydrogen Autotransfer Mechanismvon Zhengang Ke et al. · 12.09.2023 Ionic liquid hydrogen-bonding promoted alcohol amination is achieved over cobalt catalyst combined with ionic liquid (e. g., [P4444][BF4]) via dihydrogen autotransfer mechanism under base-free conditions. Abstract Higher amines are important high-...
ArtikelProcess Development of Heterogeneous Rh Catalyzed Carbene Transfer Reactions Under Continuous Flow Conditionsvon Tahani A. et al. · 12.09.2023 In this work, we developed a new continuous process for rhodium catalyzed carbene transfer reactions, by simply packing Rh2(OAc)4 with sand or silica in a column flow reactor. Diazo carbene precursor and different substrates were pumped into the cat...
ArtikelQuantitative Low‐Field 19F Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Analysis of Carbonyl Groups in Pyrolysis Oilsvon Bridget Tang et al. · 12.09.2023 Simpler, cheaper, accurate: Low-field, or benchtop, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometers prove capable of quantitative analysis of pyrolysis oils from a range of lignocellulosic feedstocks. The NMR estimates of total carbonyl content compa...
ArtikelFe and Mo Co‐Modulated Coral‐like Nickel Pyrophosphate in situ Derived from Nickel‐Foam for Oxygen Evolutionvon Wen Guo et al. · 12.09.2023 A thick Ni-based catalyst layer derived from nickel foam was synthesized by a Fe3+-induced strategy. In addition to the remarkable conductivity, high stability and more accessible active sites, Mo,Fe co-modulation also optimizes the adsorption free ...
ArtikelConstructing N,S and N,P Co‐Coordination in Fe Single‐Atom Catalyst for High‐Performance Oxygen Redox Reactionvon Xiaoqing Lu et al. · 12.09.2023 By constructing co-coordination of N,S or N,P in Fe single atom catalysts, the moderate adsorption of *OH intermediate guarantees results in FeS x N4−x and FeP x N4−x (x=1–4) catalysts exhibiting ORR/OER performance superior to most other si...
ArtikelElectrochemical Aldehyde Oxidation at Gold Electrodes: gem‐Diol, non‐Hydrated Aldehyde, and Diolate as Electroactive Speciesvon Christoph J. et al. · 12.09.2023 In aqueous electrolytes, aldehydes exist in three forms: The non-hydrated aldehyde (red), the diol (green), and the diolate (blue). We show here that all three species are electroactive. Accordingly, strategies to mitigate OH−-induced aldehyde decom...
ArtikelHighly Active NiO‐Ni(OH)2‐Cr2O3/Ni Hydrogen Evolution Electrocatalyst through Synergistic Reaction Kineticsvon Chi‐Huang Chuang et al. · 12.09.2023 Ain′t no mountain high enough! NiCr hydroxide-oxide/metal catalyst exhibits high activity comparable to Pt for water splitting reaction. OH and H asymmetric affinity of different constituents lowers the energy barrier to break H−OH bonds. Mixed comp...
ArtikelFront Cover: Quantitative Low‐Field 19F Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Analysis of Carbonyl Groups in Pyrolysis Oils (ChemSusChem 17/2023)von Bridget Tang et al. · 12.09.2023 The Front Cover shows that low-field, or benchtop, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometers can perform just as well as higher field spectrometers in the quantitative analysis of pyrolysis bio-oils produced from a range of different feedstocks...
ArtikelCover Feature: Electrochemical Aldehyde Oxidation at Gold Electrodes: gem‐Diol, non‐Hydrated Aldehyde, and Diolate as Electroactive Species (ChemSusChem 17/2023)von Christoph J. et al. · 12.09.2023 The Cover Feature shows that all three aldehyde species present in alkaline electrolytes (i.e., non-hydrated aldehyde, gem-diol and diolate) undergo electrochemical oxidation to carboxylate at gold electrodes. All for one, and one for all!This corre...
ArtikelSolid State Zinc and Aluminum ion batteries: Challenges and Opportunitiesvon Yuqi Guo et al. · 12.09.2023 Solid-state zinc- and aluminum-ion batteries (ZIBs and AIBs) are promising to be applied in wearable devices because of their low-cost, high safety, and good flexibility. The current research in this field is still in infant stages, especially for s...
ArtikelRenewable Hydrogen Production and Storage Via Enzymatic Interconversion of CO2 and Formate with Electrochemical Cofactor Regenerationvon Eleftheria Sapountzaki et al. · 12.09.2023 Formic acid (FA) is a promising hydrogen carrier. Formate dehydrogenase catalyzes the CO2 reduction to FA with need of a cofactor that can be regenerated efficiently in a bioelectrochemical system. Bacterial enzyme complexes are capable of dehydroge...
ArtikelBiomass‐Derived Carbon‐Based Multicomponent Integration Catalysts for Electrochemical Water Splittingvon Lu‐Yao Guo et al. · 12.09.2023 Recent progresses in using biomass precursors towards carbon-based multicomponent integration catalysts (MICs) for electrochemical water splitting was reported. Utilization of biomass resources provide a new idea for the synthesis and regulation of ...
ArtikelPhoto‐Induced C1 Substitution Using Methanol as a C1 Sourcevon Hongmei Li et al. · 12.09.2023 Photo-induced C1 substitution using sustainable methanol can achieve selectively a series of C1 motifs at mild conditions, thus showing superiority to replace waste-generating C1 source. In this Review, recent achievements are grouped into three sys...
ArtikelApplication of an Oscillatory Plug Flow Reactor to Enable Scalable and Fast Reactions in Water Using a Biomass‐Based Polymeric Additive
ArtikelGraphdiyne‐Based Multiscale Catalysts for Ammonia Synthesisvon Shuya Zhao et al. · 22.09.2023 Graphdiyne catalysts for ammonia synthesis! This review highlights the unique structures and properties of graphdiyne, provides a comprehensive update in regard to the synthesis of graphdiyne-based multiscale catalysts and their applications in the ...
ArtikelSurface Modification Driven Initial Coulombic Efficiency and Rate Performance Enhancement of Li1.2Mn0.54Ni0.13Co0.13O2 Cathode
ArtikelParaformaldehyde as C1 Synthon: Electrochemical Three‐Component Synthesis of Tetrahydroimidazo[1,5‐a]quinoxalin‐4(5H)‐ones in Aqueous Ethanolvon Yu‐Han Lu et al. · 20.09.2023 Glue! A green and practical one-pot method for the electrochemical three-component synthesis of tetrahydroimidazo[1,5-a]quinoxalin-4(5H)-ones using cheap and environmentally benign paraformaldehyde as a C1 synthon, was developed. In this strategy, E...
ArtikelOxidization and Chain‐Branching Reaction for Recycling HDPE and Mixed HDPE/PP with In‐situ Compatibilization by Ozone‐Induced Reactive Extrusion
ArtikelThe Underlying Catalytic Role of Oxygen Vacancies in Fatty Acid Methyl Esters Ketonization over TiOx Catalysts
ArtikelRegulating the Content of Donor Unit in Donor–Acceptor Covalent Triazine Frameworks for Promoting Photocatalytic H2 Production
ArtikelInterface charge distribution engineering of Pd‐CeO2/C for efficient carbohydrazide oxidation reaction
ArtikelCharacterization and Comparative Study of Energy Efficient Mechanochemically Induced NASICON Sodium Solid Electrolyte Synthesis
ArtikelSodium‐Selenium Batteries with Outstanding Rate Capability by Introducing Cubic Mn2O3 Electrocatalyst
ArtikelFunctional Polymers as Artificial Solid Electrolyte Interface for Stabilizing Lithium Metal Anode
ArtikelEconomics of Emerging Ammonia Fertilizer Production Methods – a Role for On‐Farm Synthesis?von Anthony Wiskich et al. · 15.09.2023 Making ammonia: How and where? Novel biological and electrochemical pathways require further large improvements to compete with Haber-Bosch. While their production flexibility improves the economics of on-farm synthesis, other drivers will encourage...
ArtikelGel biopolymer electrolytes based on saline water and seaweed to support the large‐scale production of sustainable supercapacitors
ArtikelPhoto‐Electro‐Biochemical H2 Production Using the Carbon Material‐Based Cathode Combined with Genetically Engineered Escherichia coli Whole‐Cell Biocatalysis
ArtikelZwitterionic “Solutions” for Reversible CO2 Capturevon Guilherme L. et al. · 14.09.2023 A new class of basic aqueous sorbents for CO2 based on zwitterions that present environmental and safety advantages that significantly reduce the risks of possible human and environmental contamination and they may be used in the nowadays employed ...
ArtikelCovalent Organic Framework‐based Solid‐State Electrolytes, Electrode Materials, and Separators for Lithium‐ion Batteries
ArtikelLithium Polyacrylate as Lithium and Carbon Source in the Synthesis of Li3VO4 for High‐Rate and Long‐Life Li‐Ion Batteriesvon Haokun Yan et al. · 13.09.2023 Li3VO4 for lithium ion batteries: Lithium polyacrylate (LiPAA) worked as a dual-functional source and in-situ polymerized on the surface of Li3VO4 precursors through a spray-drying method. The obtained porous spherical Li3VO4 exhibits high specific ...
ArtikelStructural design of π‐d conjugated TMxB3N3S6 (x = 2, 3) monolayer toward electrocatalytic ammonia synthesis
ArtikelA Comparison of the Reactivity of the Lattice Nitrogen in Tungsten Substituted Co3Mo3N and Ni2Mo3N
ArtikelCo3O4 Supported on β‐Mo2C with Different Interfaces for Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution Reactionvon Jiaxin Zhang et al. · 12.09.2023 The Front Cover shows that a suitably regulated interface between Co3O4 and β-Mo2C can boost the electrocatalytic performance of water oxidation. The β-Mo2C support in the Co3O4@β-Mo2C composite has the capability to activate water molecules. By com...
ArtikelElastic and Conductive Cross‐linked Anion Exchange Membranes Based on Polyphenylene Oxide and Poly(vinyl alcohol) for H2‐O2 Fuel Cells
ArtikelLigating Catalytically Active Peptides onto Microporous Polymers: A General Route Toward Specifically‐Functional High‐Surface Area Platforms
ArtikelUnderstanding the Role of Base Species on Reversed Cu Catalyst in Ring Opening of Furan Compounds to 1, 2‐Pentanediol
ArtikelSolvent effects on the chemo‐ and site‐selectivity of transition metal‐catalyzed nitrene transfer reactions: Alternatives to chlorinated solvents.
ArtikelEnhanced Sodium Ion Batteries' Performance: Optimal Strategies on Electrolytes for Different Carbon‐based Anodes
ArtikelOptimizing Renewable Ammonia Production for a Sustainable Fertilizer Supply Chain Transitionvon Matthew J. et al. · 11.09.2023 Ammonia produced locally from renewable energy and water electrolysis can be economically competitive with the existing fossil-based global market if its production systems are designed and deployed optimally over the next decade. This transition wo...
ArtikelOn the Tunability of Toxicity for Viologen‐Derivatives as Anolyte for Neutral Aqueous Organic Redox Flow Batteriesvon Sandra Parra et al. · 11.09.2023 Viologen toxicity: The long-established toxicity of the herbicide methyl-viologen raises concern for deployment of viologen-derivatives as anolyte for neutral aqueous organic redox flow batteries (AORFB) at large scale. Here we show that non-toxic v...
ArtikelTailoring chemical absorption–precipitation to lower the regeneration energy of a CO2 capture solvent
ArtikelMechanistic Insights into Formation of Residual Solid in Lignin Depolymerizationvon Kaiqi Lv et al. · 08.09.2023 The mechanism for residual solid (char) formation in lignin depolymerization is proposed. The results demonstrate that the lignin-char is composed of a multiplicate layer of alternate lignin and coke. During the lignin conversion, residual solid is ...
ArtikelIs Ethanol Essential for the Lithium‐Mediated Nitrogen Reduction Reaction?von Jon Bjarke et al. · 08.09.2023 The crucial ethanol-formed solid-electrolyte interphase (SEI) in Li-nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) enables ammonia synthesis, even in an ethanol-free electrolyte. The role of ethanol goes beyond acting as a proton shuttle; it facilitates a good S...
ArtikelAmine‐Functionalized Amyloid Aerogels for CO2 Capturevon Zhou Dong et al. · 08.09.2023 Amyloid fibrils from β-lactoglobulin (BLG), lysozyme, and black bean protein were prepared and modified with aminosilane. Then, the amine-functionalized amyloid fibril-templated aerogels were synthesized to capture CO2 from a dilute atmosphere (~400...
ArtikelHydrogen Evolution of a Unique DNAzyme Composed of Cobalt‐Protoporphyrin IX and G‐Quadruplex DNA
ArtikelAlkaline Ni‐Zn Rechargeable Batteries for Sustainable Energy Storage: Battery Components, Deterioration Mechanisms, and Impact of Additives
ArtikelUse of Hydrothermal Carbonization to Improve the Performance of Biowaste‐Derived Hard Carbons in Sodium Ion‐Batteriesvon Nekane Nieto et al. · 08.09.2023 From Waste to Anode Material: Hard carbons are produced from waste biomass (spent coffee grounds, sunflower seed shells and rose stems) by two methods: direct pyrolysis and by combined hydrothermal carbonization and pyrolysis. Electrochemical perfor...
ArtikelKraft Lignin: A Valuable, Sustainable Resource, Opportunities and Challengesvon Dimitris D. et al. · 08.09.2023 To be or not to be burnt: that's the question. Read more about kraft lignin: the potential, the chemistry of how it is formed, and stateof-the-art applications in both fuels and materials. A technoeconomic discussions discloses two important economi...
ArtikelA General Enantioselective C−H Arylation Using an Immobilized Recoverable Palladium Catalystvon Nihad Salameh et al. · 08.09.2023 The enantioselective C−H arylation of aryl bromides herein developed afforded 30 enantioenriched products with high yields and enantioselectivities. By exploiting the “release and catch” mechanism of recoverable SP-NHC-PdII catalyst, in combination ...
ArtikelOutstanding Compatibility of Hard‐Carbon Anodes for Sodium‐Ion Batteries in Ionic Liquid Electrolytesvon Giovanna Maresca et al. · 08.09.2023 The 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide ([EMI][FSI]) and, especially, N-trimethyl-N-butylammonium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide ([N1114][FSI]) have shown very good compatibility towards hard carbon electrode with excellent cycling behavi...
ArtikelFast Depolymerization of PET Bottle Mediated by Microwave Pre‐Treatment and An Engineered PETasevon Boyang Guo et al. · 08.09.2023 “ It is a thrill to combine chemistry and biotechnology with material science to tackle societal challenges…” This and more about the story behind the research that inspired the Cover image is presented in the Cover Profile. Read the full text of th...
ArtikelSelective Cleavage of Methylene Linkage in Kraft Lignin over Commercial Zeolite in Isopropanol
ArtikelSilver Supported Nanoparticles on [Mg4Al‐LDH] as an Efficient Catalyst for the α‐Alkylation of Nitriles, Oxindoles and Other Carboxylic Acid Derivatives with Alcoholsvon Luis Izquierdo‐Aranda et al. · 06.09.2023 Alcohols are used as accessible and safe C-alkylation agents to produce α-functionalized nitriles or oxindoles and 2-quinolinones via borrowing hydrogen strategy mediated by a [Mg4Al-LDH]-supported silver nanoparticle catalyst. Combination of a suit...
ArtikelSelective Conversion of Propane by Electrothermal Catalysis in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cellvon Cong‐Hua Yang et al. · 06.09.2023 Combining electrosynthesis with thermocatalysis: A strategy for efficient conversion of propane to high value-added C3 oxygenated products is developed by coupling the electrosynthesis of H2O2 on oxygen-doped carbon electrocatalyst for 2e− oxygen re...
ArtikelCreating Conjugated C−C Bonds between Commercial Carbon Electrode and Molecular Catalyst for Oxygen Reduction to Hydrogen Peroxidevon Jasper Biemolt et al. · 06.09.2023 The Cover Feature shows an artist's impression of the fast and slow electron transfer pathways between an electrode surface and an active catalytic site. The image was drawn by Itamar Daube, www.itamardaube.com. The copyright owner of this image is ...
ArtikelBatch and flow green microwave‐assisted catalytic conversion of levulinic acid to pyrrolidones
ArtikelInterfacial Electron Regulation and Composition Evolution of NiFe/MoC Heteronanowire Arrays for Highly Stable Alkaline Seawater Oxidation
ArtikelPurification and Fractionation of Lignin via ALPHA: Liquid–Liquid Equilibrium for the Lignin–Acetic Acid–Water System
ArtikelTailoring Cu Electrodes for Enhanced CO2 Electroreduction through Plasma Electrolysis in Non‐Conventional Phosphorus‐Oxoanion‐Based Electrolytesvon Mohamed M. et al. · 05.09.2023 Plasma electrolysis of Cu electrodes in P-based electrolytes generates distinct surface structures, including octahedral nanocrystals, besides nanoporous and microporous features. Cu electrodes polarized in Na2HPO3 and Na3PO4 exhibit high selectivit...
ArtikelGreen Additives in Chitosan‐Based Bioplastic Films: Physical, Mechanical, and Chemical Propertiesvon Kordula B. et al. · 05.09.2023 Synthesis and analysis of chitosan-based materials with different green additives as a first step towards renewable plastic alternatives. The properties of the films were tunable in a broad range, and the additives could be divided in three differen...
ArtikelPlasma‐promoted ammonia decomposition over supported ruthenium catalysts for COx‐free H2 production
ArtikelRecycling Graphite from Spent Lithium Batteries for Efficient Solar‐Driven Interfacial Evaporation to Obtain Clean Watervon Sheng‐Jie Han et al. · 04.09.2023 For clean water: Based on graphite from spent lithium-ion batteries, the reconstructed graphite porous hydrogel (RG-PH) was successfully prepared by crosslinking foaming technology, which showed a high evaporation rate for desalination under one sun...
ArtikelFrom Lignins to Renewable Aromatic Vitrimers based on Vinylogous Urethanevon Lisa Sougrati et al. · 04.09.2023 Sustainable covalent adaptable networks (CANs): Vinylogous urethane CANs were developed according to green chemistry principles, from organosolv lignin using solvent-free reactions and non-toxics compounds. Structure-property relationship as well as...
ArtikelLattice‐strained Metallic Aerogels as Efficient and Anti‐poisoning Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction
ArtikelA Nature‐Inspired Antioxidant Strategy based on Porphyrin for Aromatic Hydrocarbon Containing Fuel Cell Membranes von Tym Wild et al. · 04.09.2023 Membrane degradation: Proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells convert electrochemical energy into electrical energy. During fuel cell operation reactive oxidizing species are formed that degrade the PEM. We investigated the degradation of a generi...
ArtikelSurface Passivation of LiCoO2 by Solid Electrolyte Nanoshell for High Interfacial Stability and Conductivity
ArtikelReductive Amination of Levulinic Acid to Pyrrolidones: Key Step in Biomass Valorization towards Nitrogen‐Containing Chemicals
ArtikelMultifunctional Interlayer Engineering for Silkworm Excrement‐Derived Porous Carbon Enabling High‐Energy Lithium Sulfur Batteries
ArtikelMechanochemical Synthesis of Corannulene: Scalable and Efficient Preparation of A Curved Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon under Ball Milling Conditionsvon Gábor Báti et al. · 31.08.2023 Mechanochemical synthesis of corannulene by ball milling technique is shown to be a highly efficient and scalable process. Through this method, 15 g of corannulene could be obtained in a single milling cycle in 90 % isolated yield. Abstract Corann...
ArtikelSynthesis of Double Defects in g‐C3N4 to Enhance the H2O2 Production by Dual‐Electron O2 Reductionvon Renjie Li et al. · 31.08.2023 Light to H2O2 : The nanosheet photocatalysts containing double defects were prepared by the calcination method. The microstructure, photoelectric properties, and photocatalytic performance of the materials were systematically investigated. The −C≡N ...
ArtikelHigh entropy Pr‐doped hollow NiFeP nanoflowers inlaid on N‐rGO for efficient and durable electrodes for lithium‐ion batteries and direct borohydride fuel cells
ArtikelCatalytic Conversion of Levulinic Acid to Pyrrolidone under Mild Conditions with Disordered Mesoporous Silica‐supported Pt catalyst
ArtikelPredicting Degradation Mechanisms in Lithium Bistriflimide “Water‐In‐Salt” Electrolytes For Aqueous Batteriesvon Malaurie Paillot et al. · 29.08.2023 Degradation mechanisms in LiTFSI/water solutions, which are well-known water-in-salt electrolytes (WISEs), are evidenced through an accelerated radiolysis approach. Aging mechanisms depend strongly on the molality of the salt and on the interactions...
ArtikelComparative Study between 2‐Furonitrile and 2‐Cyanopyridine as Dehydrants in Direct Synthesis of Dialkyl Carbonates from CO2 and Alcohols over Cerium Oxide Catalyst
ArtikelPhotoreforming for Lignin Upgrading: A Critical Reviewvon Xi Cheng et al. · 28.08.2023 The refinement of biomass, particularly lignin, for the production of chemicals as a solution to the energy crisis, has been substantiated as a potentially promising technology. The effective amalgamation of photocatalytic technology with biomass re...
ArtikelSustainable Syntheses of Paracetamol and Ibuprofen from Biorenewable β‐pinenevon Joshua D. et al. · 28.08.2023 Scalable chemical processes have been used to convert biorenewable β-pinene into 4-isopropenylcyclohexanone (4-IPEC), which is then used as a feedstock to prepare bioderived versions of the commonly prescribed painkillers, paracetamol and ibuprofen....
ArtikelProduction of 2,5‐furandicarboxylic acid methyl esters from pectin‐based aldaric acid: From laboratory to bench scale
ArtikelMultifunctional self‐assembled ionic liquid modified rigid and flexible substrates for efficient simple‐structured perovskite solar cells
ArtikelThe High Formate Selectivity and Deactivation Mechanism of CuS Nanoparticles in CO2 Electrocatalytic Reduction Reaction
ArtikelImproved Reversible Capacity and Cycling Stability by Linear (N=O) Anions in Fe[Fe(CN)5NO] as Sodium‐Ion Battery Cathodevon Qinghao Han et al. · 25.08.2023 Innovative Fe[Fe(CN)5NO] (PBN) cathode material effectively eliminates the negative effects of crystal water in Prussian blue analogues (PBA) for sodium-ion batteries. PBN demonstrates lower crystal water content and volume expansion compared to tra...
ArtikelEarly Warning for the Electrolyzer: Monitoring CO2 Reduction via In‐Line Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopyvon Hugh Warkentin et al. · 25.08.2023 Advanced failure warning: Combing in-line real-time multi-sine electrochemical impedance spectroscopy with selectivity and voltage data builds a framework for stable electrolysis enabling early failure detection and prevention. Abstract The electr...
ArtikelTowards Higher NH3 Faradaic Efficiency: Selective‐Poisoning of HER Active Sites by Co‐Feeding CO in NO Electroreduction von Min Li et al. · 25.08.2023 Poisoning to promote? Poisoning of cathode catalyst surface by CO induces suppression of hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and drastically boosts the Faradaic efficiency of NO reduction to NH3 in a polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) cell. The promot...
ArtikelAn Ultrahigh‐capacity Dual‐ion Battery Based on the Free‐standing Graphite paper cathode and Flower‐like Heterojunction Anode of Tin Disulfide and Molybdenum Disulfide
ArtikelCellulose Dissolution, Modification, and the Derived Hydrogel: A Reviewvon Chao Wu et al. · 24.08.2023 Cellulose-derived hydrogel: Dispersion of feedstock determines material performance. This review summarizes the currently developed solvents and modification methods that not only increase the dissolution of cellulose, but also are the strategies fo...
ArtikelStay Hydrated! Impact of Solvation Phenomena on the CO2 Reduction Reaction at Pb(100) and Ag(100) surfacesvon Oskar Cheong et al. · 24.08.2023 Unraveling the selectivity puzzle: To reconcile the experimental and computational discrepancy of CO2 reduction to HCOOH and CO on Pb and Ag catalyst, we have incorporated solvation effects in our combined DFT/microkinetic study. Explicit solvation ...
ArtikelMapping the Ultrafast Mechanistic Pathways of Co Photocatalysts in Pure Water through Time‐Resolved X‐ray Spectroscopyvon Lucia Velasco et al. · 24.08.2023 Co-based molecular photocatalysts: Nanosecond optical and X-ray absorption spectroscopy with theoretical calculations reveal a complete mechanistic pathway followed by 3 Co-based photocatalysts in pure water and show that the protonation of the CoI ...
ArtikelPorous Core‐membrane Microstructured Nanomaterial Composed of Deep Eutectic Solvents and MOF‐808 for CO2 Capture
ArtikelModular Synthesis of Fluoro‐Substituted Furan Compounds via Controllable Fluorination of Biomass‐Based 5‐HMF and Its Derivatives
ArtikelLong Cycle‐Life Ca Batteries with Poly(anthraquinonylsulfide) Cathodes and Ca−Sn Alloy Anodesvon Daniel Bier et al. · 22.08.2023 Organic electrode: 1,5-poly(anthraquinonylsulfide) (PAQS) is evaluated as cathode material for calcium batteries. It is demonstrated that the practical performance of the PAQS cathode is governed by the employed anode. Replacing the Ca metal anode w...
ArtikelDeep Eutectic Solvents: An Eco‐friendly Design for Drug Engineeringvon Feras Oyoun et al. · 22.08.2023 Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) appeared as an alternative to harmful organic solvents. This review presents a framework for understanding the development process of DESs, starting from the main parameters for judiciously selecting the DES components,...
ArtikelTuning the Interfaces of ZnO/ZnCr2O4 Derived from Layered‐Double‐Hydroxide Precursors to Advance Nitrogen Photofixationvon Junyu Gao et al. · 22.08.2023 Advanced ZnO/ZnCr2O4 photocatalysts derived from ZnCr-layered double hydroxide (ZnCr-LDH) precursors are successfully synthetized by a simple thermal process. The optimized ZnO/ZnCr2O4 exhibit a considerable ammonia photosynthesis rate of 31.7 μmol ...
ArtikelEvaluating a Dual‐Ion Battery with an Antimony‐Carbon Composite Anodevon Thrinathreddy Ramireddy et al. · 22.08.2023 The work explores novel dual-ion batteries that use an antimony-containing anode and a graphitic cathode. The results contribute to the development of new batteries that may involve anode materials incorporating alloying elements. Abstract Dual-io...
ArtikelClosed‐Loop Recyclable Poly(imine‐acetal)s with Dual‐Cleavable Bonds for Primary Building Block Recoveryvon Keita Saito et al. · 21.08.2023 Polymer networks functionalized with dual-cleavable imine and acetal bonds are developed to enable efficient chemical recycling. These poly(imine-acetal)s facilitate depolymerization into primary building blocks, offering ample design spaces for var...
ArtikelDoE‐Assisted Development of a 2H−MoS2‐Catalyzed Approach for the Production of Indole Derivativesvon Giuseppe Gentile et al. · 21.08.2023 In this work, we report the development of a 2H−MoS2-mediated synthesis of valuable bis(indolyl)methane derivatives, using indole and benzaldehydes as starting materials. Notably, with the aid of Design of Experiments (DoE) method, we quickly establ...
ArtikelOrganic Molecule Bifunctionalized Polymeric Carbon Nitride for Enhanced Photocatalytic Hydrogen Peroxide Production
ArtikelConversion of Levulinic Acid and its Esters to 1,5‐dimethyl‐2‐Pyrrolidone over a Nonnoble Metallic Ni@CeOx Catalystvon Jing Guo et al. · 17.08.2023 The 10 % Ni@CeOx catalyst exhibits excellent catalytic efficiency in the reduction amination of levulinic acid to prepare 1,5-dimethyl-2-pyrrolidone. Abstract 1,5-dimethyl-2-pyrrolidone (MNMP), as a highly efficient green solvent, can be obtained ...
ArtikelCopper‐Catalyzed Benzylic Functionalization of Lignin‐Derived Monomersvon Lara Lavrencic et al. · 17.08.2023 New synthetic procedures for benzylic functionalization of lignin-derived phenolics are reported. The two developed copper-catalyzed reactions are part of a net two-step synthetic protocol where lignin monomers are first converted into their corresp...
ArtikelIntegration of Cobalt Phthalocyanine, Acetylene Black and Cu2O Nanocubes for Efficient Electroreduction of CO2 to C2H4von Jilin Liu et al. · 17.08.2023 A tandem catalyst, Cu2O NCs-C-Copc, consisting of acetylene black, cobalt phthalocyanine (Copc) and Cu2O nanocubes was developed for efficient converting of CO2 to C2H4. We propose the Cu2O NCs-C-Copc mechanism suppressing side reactions and simulta...
ArtikelSynthesis of 2,6‐Dimethoxy‐p‐aminophenol from Hardwood Ligninvon Jing Bai et al. · 17.08.2023 From the hardwood: A route was developed to transform hardwood lignin toward 2,6-dimethoxy-p-aminophenol with high yield and keeping the inherent functional groups. Lignin was first oxidized to syringaldehyde, which was converted toward 2,6-dimethox...
ArtikelZn‐ion Batteries: Charge Storing Mechanism and Development Challengesvon Nilesh R. et al. · 17.08.2023 This Review briefly discusses the Zn-ion battery charge storing mechanism and the advantages, possibilities, and shortcomings of Zn-ion batteries for stationary energy storage systems. Abstract Improving the energy share of renewable energy techno...
ArtikelSuperacid Resin‐Based Heterogeneous Catalysts for the Selective Acylation of 1,2‐Methylenedioxybenzenevon Nicola Schiaroli et al. · 17.08.2023 The acylation 1,2-methylenedioxybenzene (MDB) with propionic anhydride (AP) over recyclable Aquivion-based heterogeneous catalysts offers an alternative, sustainable approach for the production of 3,4-Methylenedioxypropiophenone (MDP1P), a key inter...
ArtikelStability of Amine Adsorbents for Post‐combustion CO2 Capture: Determination of Laboratory Degradation Rates and Their Validation in a Multi‐staged Fluidized Bed Pilot Plant
ArtikelRecent Advances in Transfer‐Free Synthesis of High‐Quality Graphenevon Yinghan Li et al. · 16.08.2023 Transfer-free synthesis of high-quality graphene on insulating substrates, facilitated by elevating reaction temperature, confining gas flow, introducing growth promotor and regulating substrate surface, holds great promise for the future applicatio...
ArtikelBand Structure Engineering of Polyimide Photocatalyst for Efficient and Selective Oxidation of Biomass‐Derived 5‐Hydroxymethylfurfuralvon Sheng Chu et al. · 16.08.2023 Developing high-performance photocatalysts to selectively catalyze bio-platform molecules remains a challenge. In this work, PI with moderate photooxidation capability showed high-performance photooxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) to 2, 5-d...
ArtikelRe‐evaluating the Magnesium‐ion Storage Capability of Vanadium Dioxide, VO2(B): Uncovering the Influence of Water Content on the Previously Overestimated High Capacityvon Dedy Setiawan et al. · 16.08.2023 This study reassesses the magnesium ion storage capability of the VO2(B) cathode by investigating the impact of water content in the electrolyte used for evaluating VO2(B) as a cathode material for magnesium-ion batteries. Through a comprehensive an...
ArtikelZn Promotes Chemical Looping Ammonia Synthesis Mediated by LiH−Li2NH Couplevon Runze Wang et al. · 16.08.2023 Ammonia (NH3) synthesis promoted by Zn: Zn is rarely used in NH3 synthesis reaction. Here, it is found that Zn increases the NH3 production rate 19 times compared to the only LiH−Li2NH-mediated chemical looping ammonia synthesis (CLAS) at 350 °C. It...
ArtikelStudy on the Construction of Interlayer Adjustable C@MoS2 Fiber Anode by Biomass Confining and its Lithium/Sodium Storage Mechanismvon Yingqi Liu et al. · 16.08.2023 This study proposes a new strategy for constructing stable and controllable interlayer structures, improving the firm binding and uniform loading of inorganic active materials in fiber networks, and enhancing cycling stability for biomass confined c...
ArtikelRobust Light Driven Enzymatic Oxyfunctionalization via Immobilization of Unspecific Peroxygenasevon Piera De et al. · 16.08.2023 The right light for peroxizymes: Increased stability of peroxygenases can be achieved by a combination of enzyme immobilization and photocatalytic in situ hydrogen peroxide supply. Therefore, oxygen reduction over illuminated potassium phosphate-dop...
ArtikelAmmonia Synthesis on Ternary LaSi‐based Electrides: Tuning the Catalytic Mechanism by the Third Metal
ArtikelTrace Doping: Fluorine‐Containing Hydrophobic Lewis Acid Enables Stable Perovskite Solar Cells
ArtikelEfficient One‐Pot Synthesis of 2,5‐Furandicarboxylic Acid from Sugars over Polyoxometalate/Metal‐Organic Framework Catalystsvon Di Zeng et al. · 14.08.2023 Direct production of 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) from sugars in the one-pot has prominent advantages, which simplifies the reaction procedure and reaction costs. Here the synthesis of PW/UiO(Zr, Co) catalyst, which realized FDCA yield of 94.6 ...
ArtikelBATTERY 2030+ and its Research Roadmap: A Bibliometric Analysisvon Per Ahlgren et al. · 14.08.2023 This study analyzes subfields of battery research from the perspective of the BATTERY 2030+ roadmap. We evaluate the subject contents of certain subfields and the European standing in relation to the rest of the world, using bibliometric indicators ...
ArtikelA High‐Potential Bipolar Phenothiazine Derivative Cathode for Aqueous Zinc Batteriesvon Yanrong Wang et al. · 11.08.2023 A novel molecule (PTDM) containing n-type and p-type redox sites was prepared. By exploiting the synergistic advantages of two-type redox sites of PTDM, the aqueous PTDM//Zn cell delivers a high average voltage of ~1.13 V, a decent specific capacity...
ArtikelDirecting the Selectivity of Oxygen Reduction to Water by Confining a Cu Catalyst in a Metal Organic Frameworkvon Marlene E. et al. · 10.08.2023 Better together! Highly active oxygen reduction catalyst Cu-tmpa was incorporated in the NU1000 metal organic framework (MOF) and its oxygen reduction activity was electrochemically investigated. Rotating ring disk electrode measurements show the MO...
ArtikelRedox Targeting‐based Neutral Aqueous Flow Battery with High Energy Density and Low Costvon Su Yan et al. · 10.08.2023 A neutral aqueous single-molecule redox-targeting (SMRT)-based Prussian blue (PB)−Fe/S flow battery was demonstrated. Especially, the energy density of a battery based on [Fe(CN)6]3−/4−-containing catholyte is increased to 92.8 Wh L−1. Moreover, the...
ArtikelQuantifying the Resistive Losses of the Catalytic Layers in Anion‐Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells
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