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View article: A systematic critique of electrolyte choices in recent literature on the electrochemical reduction of NOx−
A systematic critique of electrolyte choices in recent literature on the electrochemical reduction of NOx− Open
The electrocatalytic reduction of nitrate (NO3-) and nitrite (NO2-) to ammonia (NH3), herein NOxRA, has recently attracted much attention in the broader field of NOx- electroreduction (NOxER), particularly in catalyst development. Many pro…
View article: Effects of Water and Air on the Reaction Pathways in the Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Plastics
Effects of Water and Air on the Reaction Pathways in the Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Plastics Open
This study establishes the role of water in the hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) of plastics. 1‐dodecene is employed as a model compound for polyolefin fragments resulting from chain cracking. The presence of a terminal double bond enables …
View article: The value of telling it like it was. The best honours project ever?
The value of telling it like it was. The best honours project ever? Open
We use the example of textbook treatments of the ‘Rutherford nucleus’ to illustrate the need to avoid conflating important concepts, the ‘brick in the wall’ path to scientific understanding, the value in testing one’s understanding, the ut…
View article: Challenges and Opportunities for Single‐Atom Electrocatalysts: From Lab‐Scale Research to Potential Industry‐Level Applications
Challenges and Opportunities for Single‐Atom Electrocatalysts: From Lab‐Scale Research to Potential Industry‐Level Applications Open
Single‐atom electrocatalysts (SACs) are a class of promising materials for driving electrochemical energy conversion reactions due to their intrinsic advantages, including maximum metal utilization, well‐defined active structures, and stro…
View article: Long-Chain Hydrocarbons from Nonthermal Plasma-Driven Biogas Upcycling
Long-Chain Hydrocarbons from Nonthermal Plasma-Driven Biogas Upcycling Open
The burgeoning necessity to discover new methodologies for the synthesis of long-chain hydrocarbons and oxygenates, independent of traditional reliance on high-temperature, high-pressure, and fossil fuel-based carbon, is increasingly urgen…
View article: Solar‐Driven Co‐Production of Hydrogen and Value‐Add Conductive Polyaniline Polymer (Adv. Funct. Mater. 52/2022)
Solar‐Driven Co‐Production of Hydrogen and Value‐Add Conductive Polyaniline Polymer (Adv. Funct. Mater. 52/2022) Open
Solar-Driven Hydrogen Production In article number 2204807, W. Y. Ho-Baillie, Hongjun Chen, and co-workers report a solar-driven hydrogen production with a 98.6% faradaic efficiency and 33% power savings compared to conventional water-spli…
View article: Solar‐Driven Co‐Production of Hydrogen and Value‐Add Conductive Polyaniline Polymer
Solar‐Driven Co‐Production of Hydrogen and Value‐Add Conductive Polyaniline Polymer Open
To reduce the reliance on fossil fuel, H 2 , as a clean fuel, has attracted substantial research and development activities in recent years. The traditional water splitting approach requires an applied bias of more than 1.5 V and the use o…
View article: Frontispiece: Isopropenyl Esters (iPEs) in Green Organic Synthesis
Frontispiece: Isopropenyl Esters (iPEs) in Green Organic Synthesis Open
Isopropenyl esters (iPEs) and isopropenyl acetate (iPAc) are characterised by a tuneable reactivity in organic synthesis. Thanks to the irreversible formation of acetone in transesterification conditions, iPEs are eco-friendly acylating ag…
View article: Influence of Crystal Disorder in MoS2 Cathodes for Secondary Hybrid Mg-Li Batteries*
Influence of Crystal Disorder in MoS2 Cathodes for Secondary Hybrid Mg-Li Batteries* Open
The full extent to which the electrochemical properties of MoS2 electrodes are influenced by their morphological characteristics, such as crystalline disorder, remains unclear. Here, we report that disorder introduced by ball-milling decre…
View article: Cover Feature: Impact of Surface Defects on LaNiO<sub>3</sub> Perovskite Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction (Chem. Eur. J. 58/2021)
Cover Feature: Impact of Surface Defects on LaNiO<sub>3</sub> Perovskite Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction (Chem. Eur. J. 58/2021) Open
The impact of defect generation by thermal reduction on the structure and electrocatalytic performance of LaNiO3 has been examined in a combined experimental and theoretical approach. Surface defects, predominantly surface oxygen vacancies…
View article: Impact of Surface Defects on LaNiO<sub>3</sub> Perovskite Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction
Impact of Surface Defects on LaNiO<sub>3</sub> Perovskite Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction Open
Perovskite oxides are regarded as promising electrocatalysts for water splitting due to their cost‐effectiveness, high efficiency and durability in the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Despite these advantages, a fundamental understanding …
View article: Defect engineering of oxide perovskites for catalysis and energy storage: synthesis of chemistry and materials science
Defect engineering of oxide perovskites for catalysis and energy storage: synthesis of chemistry and materials science Open
The present work provides a critical review of the science and technological state-of-the-art of defect engineering applied to oxide perovskites in thermocatalytic, electrocatalytic, photocatalytic, and energy-storage applications.
View article: Interfacial Reactions between Lithium and Grain Boundaries from Anatase TiO<sub>2</sub>–TUD-1 Electrodes in Lithium-Ion Batteries with Enhanced Capacity Retention
Interfacial Reactions between Lithium and Grain Boundaries from Anatase TiO<sub>2</sub>–TUD-1 Electrodes in Lithium-Ion Batteries with Enhanced Capacity Retention Open
The synergistic incorporation of anatase TiO2 domains into siliceous TUD-1 was optimized in this work and the resulting sample was implemented as the electrode in lithium-ion batteries. Triethanolamine was used as both the templating and c…
View article: CCDC 1980302: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination
CCDC 1980302: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination Open
An entry from the Cambridge Structural Database, the world’s repository for small molecule crystal structures. The entry contains experimental data from a crystal diffraction study. The deposited dataset for this entry is freely available …
View article: Interactions of Plasmonic Silver Nanoparticles with High Energy Sites on Multi‐Faceted Rutile TiO<sub>2</sub> Photoanodes
Interactions of Plasmonic Silver Nanoparticles with High Energy Sites on Multi‐Faceted Rutile TiO<sub>2</sub> Photoanodes Open
The front cover artwork for Issue 02/2020 is provided by researchers from the Laboratory of Advanced Catalysis for Sustainability at The University of Sydney (Australia). The image depicts the use of electron microscopy to study the plasmo…
View article: Upgrading of marine (fish and crustaceans) biowaste for high added-value molecules and bio(nano)-materials
Upgrading of marine (fish and crustaceans) biowaste for high added-value molecules and bio(nano)-materials Open
Fish biowaste is in the order of dozens of million tons per year, representing a resource of an extraordinary chemical richness, which is certainly worth valorising.
View article: Front Cover: Interactions of Plasmonic Silver Nanoparticles with High Energy Sites on Multi‐Faceted Rutile TiO<sub>2</sub> Photoanodes (ChemCatChem 2/2020)
Front Cover: Interactions of Plasmonic Silver Nanoparticles with High Energy Sites on Multi‐Faceted Rutile TiO<sub>2</sub> Photoanodes (ChemCatChem 2/2020) Open
The Front Cover shows the use of electron microscopy and spectroscopy to study the plasmonic enhancement in the photoelectrochemical activity of faceted rutile TiO2 photoanodes using silver nanoparticles. In their Full Paper, Prof. Thomas …
View article: Single-Step Methylation of Chitosan Using Dimethyl Carbonate as a Green Methylating Agent
Single-Step Methylation of Chitosan Using Dimethyl Carbonate as a Green Methylating Agent Open
N,N,N-Trimethyl chitosan (TMC) is one chitosan derivative that, because of its improved solubility, has been studied for industrial and pharmaceutic applications. Conventional methods for the synthesis of TMC involve the use of highly toxi…
View article: Role of Surface States in Photocatalytic Oxygen Evolution with CuWO<sub>4</sub> Particles
Role of Surface States in Photocatalytic Oxygen Evolution with CuWO<sub>4</sub> Particles Open
CuWO4 is a medium bandgap (2.3 eV) n-type semiconductor capable of photoelectrochemical water oxidation under applied electrical bias. Here, we show for the first time that suspended microcrystals CuWO4 evolve oxygen photocatalytically und…
View article: Cover Feature: The Autocatalytic Isomerization of Allylbenzene by Nickel(0) Tetrakis(triethylphosphite) (Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 29/2018)
Cover Feature: The Autocatalytic Isomerization of Allylbenzene by Nickel(0) Tetrakis(triethylphosphite) (Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 29/2018) Open
The Cover Feature shows the first instance of an autocatalytic phenylpropene alkene isomerization mediated by a nickel phosphite homogeneous catalyst. We have model kinetic data to give a strong statistical fit for a sigmoidal reaction cur…
View article: Organosilica Nanotube Templates: One‐Pot Synthesis of Carbon‐Modified Polymeric Carbon Nitride Nanorods for Photocatalysis
Organosilica Nanotube Templates: One‐Pot Synthesis of Carbon‐Modified Polymeric Carbon Nitride Nanorods for Photocatalysis Open
Polymeric carbon nitride (PCN) nanorods with surface carbon modifications were prepared in a one‐step procedure by using phenylene‐bridged organosilica nanotubes as structure‐directing templates. The carbon‐modified PCN nanorods demonstrat…
View article: Production of High Quality Syncrude from Lignocellulosic Biomass
Production of High Quality Syncrude from Lignocellulosic Biomass Open
Wood chips were hydrothermally treated in near critical point water in the presence of a catalyst to yield a raw biocrude, containing a wide range of organic components. This product was subsequently distilled to remove its heaviest fracti…
View article: Continuous‐Flow <i>O</i>‐Alkylation of Biobased Derivatives with Dialkyl Carbonates in the Presence of Magnesium–Aluminium Hydrotalcites as Catalyst Precursors
Continuous‐Flow <i>O</i>‐Alkylation of Biobased Derivatives with Dialkyl Carbonates in the Presence of Magnesium–Aluminium Hydrotalcites as Catalyst Precursors Open
The base‐catalysed reactions of OH‐bearing biobased derivatives (BBDs) including glycerol formal, solketal, glycerol carbonate, furfuryl alcohol and tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol with non‐toxic dialkyl carbonates (dimethyl and diethyl carbona…
View article: A comparison of photocatalytic reforming reactions of methanol and triethanolamine with Pd supported on titania and graphitic carbon nitride
A comparison of photocatalytic reforming reactions of methanol and triethanolamine with Pd supported on titania and graphitic carbon nitride Open
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View article: CCDC 1509848: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination
CCDC 1509848: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination Open
An entry from the Cambridge Structural Database, the world’s repository for small molecule crystal structures. The entry contains experimental data from a crystal diffraction study. The deposited dataset for this entry is freely available …
View article: CCDC 1509847: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination
CCDC 1509847: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination Open
An entry from the Cambridge Structural Database, the world’s repository for small molecule crystal structures. The entry contains experimental data from a crystal diffraction study. The deposited dataset for this entry is freely available …