A review of recent catalyst advances in CO2 methanation processes

J Ashok, S Pati, P Hongmanorom, Z Tianxi, C Junmei… - Catalysis Today, 2020 - Elsevier
This review focuses on various catalytic CO 2 hydrogenation approaches for converting CO
2 to fuels such as CH 4. The catalytic CO 2 methanation using thermal, catalytic-membrane …

Transformations of less-activated phenols and phenol derivatives via C–O cleavage

Z Qiu, CJ Li - Chemical Reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Employing phenols and phenol derivatives as electrophiles for cross-coupling reactions has
numerous advantages over commonly used aryl halides in terms of environmental …

A Promoted Charge Separation/Transfer System from Cu Single Atoms and C3N4 Layers for Efficient Photocatalysis

X Xiao, Y Gao, L Zhang, J Zhang, Q Zhang… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Establishing highly effective charge transfer channels in carbon nitride (C3N4) for
enhancing its photocatalytic activity is still a challenging issue. Herein, for the first time, the …

Cobalt single atoms on tetrapyridomacrocyclic support for efficient peroxymonosulfate activation

C Chu, J Yang, X Zhou, D Huang, H Qi… - Environmental …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Transition-metal catalysts that can efficiently activate peroxide bonds have been extensively
pursued for various applications including environmental remediation, chemical synthesis …

Regulating electron configuration of single Cu sites via unsaturated N, O-coordination for selective oxidation of benzene

T Zhang, Z Sun, S Li, B Wang, Y Liu, R Zhang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Developing highly efficient catalyst for selective oxidation of benzene to phenol (SOBP) with
low H2O2 consumption is highly desirable for practical application, but challenge remains …

Regulating the coordination structure of single-atom Fe-NxCy catalytic sites for benzene oxidation

Y Pan, Y Chen, K Wu, Z Chen, S Liu, X Cao… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Atomically dispersed metal-NC structures are efficient active sites for catalyzing benzene
oxidation reaction (BOR). However, the roles of N and C atoms are still unclear. We report a …

Highly selective oxidation of benzene to phenol with air at room temperature promoted by water

J Xie, X Li, J Guo, L Luo, JJ Delgado… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Phenol is one of the most important fine chemical intermediates in the synthesis of plastics
and drugs with a market size of ca. $30 b and the commercial production is via a two-step …

A single iron site confined in a graphene matrix for the catalytic oxidation of benzene at room temperature

D Deng, X Chen, L Yu, X Wu, Q Liu, Y Liu, H Yang… - Science …, 2015 - science.org
Coordinatively unsaturated (CUS) iron sites are highly active in catalytic oxidation reactions;
however, maintaining the CUS structure of iron during heterogeneous catalytic reactions is a …

Ionic liquids in selective oxidation: catalysts and solvents

C Dai, J Zhang, C Huang, Z Lei - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
Selective oxidation has an important role in environmental and green chemistry (eg,
oxidative desulfurization of fuels and oxidative removal of mercury) as well as chemicals and …

Effective photocatalytic H2O2 production under visible light irradiation at g-C3N4 modulated by carbon vacancies

S Li, G Dong, R Hailili, L Yang, Y Li, F Wang… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Hydrogen peroxide (H 2 O 2) is of great significance in biological and
environmental processes as well as in chemical industry. Even though anthraquinone …