Recent advances in the chemistry and applications of N-heterocyclic carbenes

P Bellotti, M Koy, MN Hopkinson, F Glorius - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2021 - nature.com
N-Heterocyclic carbenes, despite being isolated and characterized three decades ago, still
capture scientists' interest as versatile, modular and strongly coordinating moieties. In the …

Towards molecular understanding of local chemical environment effects in electro- and photocatalytic CO2 reduction

A Wagner, CD Sahm, E Reisner - Nature Catalysis, 2020 - nature.com
Substantial progress has recently been made in the general understanding of the interfacial
CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) in electro-and photocatalysis, but the influence of the local …

MOF encapsulating N‐heterocyclic carbene‐ligated copper single‐atom site catalyst towards efficient methane electrosynthesis

S Chen, WH Li, W Jiang, J Yang, J Zhu… - Angewandte …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The exploitation of highly efficient carbon dioxide reduction (CO2RR) electrocatalyst for
methane (CH4) electrosynthesis has attracted great attention for the intermittent renewable …

Interfacial Electrolyte Effects on Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction

B Deng, M Huang, X Zhao, S Mou, F Dong - ACS Catalysis, 2021 - ACS Publications
Electrocatalytic CO2 reduction (CO2RR), powered by renewable energy, has great potential
in decreasing the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere, as well as producing high value …

Transition metal-based catalysts for the electrochemical CO 2 reduction: from atoms and molecules to nanostructured materials

F Franco, C Rettenmaier, HS Jeon… - Chemical Society …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) powered by renewable energy is an
attractive sustainable approach to mitigate CO2 emissions and to produce fuels or value …

Molecular tuning for electrochemical CO2 reduction

J Zhang, J Ding, Y Liu, C Su, H Yang, Y Huang, B Liu - Joule, 2023 - cell.com
Electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction reaction (CO 2 RR) offers unprecedented
opportunities to alleviate the greenhouse effect and produce valuable chemicals/fuels …

Molecular enhancement of heterogeneous CO2 reduction

DH Nam, P De Luna, A Rosas-Hernández… - Nature materials, 2020 - nature.com
The electrocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction reaction (CO2RR) addresses the need for
storage of renewable energy in valuable carbon-based fuels and feedstocks, yet challenges …

The critical impacts of ligands on heterogeneous nanocatalysis: A review

L Lu, S Zou, B Fang - ACS Catalysis, 2021 - ACS Publications
Ligand utilization is a necessary and powerful technique for the colloidal synthesis of
nanoparticles (NPs) with controllable sizes and regulated morphologies. For catalysis …

Catalyst–electrolyte interface chemistry for electrochemical CO 2 reduction

YJ Sa, CW Lee, SY Lee, J Na, U Lee… - Chemical Society …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The electrochemical reduction of CO2 stores intermittent renewable energy in valuable raw
materials, such as chemicals and transportation fuels, while minimizing carbon emissions …

N-Heterocyclic carbenes as tunable ligands for catalytic metal surfaces

M Koy, P Bellotti, M Das, F Glorius - Nature Catalysis, 2021 - nature.com
Heterogeneous catalysts represent the backbone of many industrial processes and thus
have a considerable societal impact. The active sites of these heterogeneous catalysts are …