Catalysts, Volume 12, Issue 10

The fundamentals of Pd-catalyzed Csp²−Csp² Miyaura borylation, Suzuki cross-coupling, and Stille cross-coupling reactions for a variety of borylated precursors based on phenothiazine (PTZ), phenoxazine (POZ), carbazole (Cz), and quinoxaline (QX...

Simultaneous generation and activation of Raney-type periodic open cellular structures (POCS) is a highly promising approach for generating novel structured methanol synthesis catalysts. In detail, we produced stable and highly active POCS from a Cu5...

Manganese oxides (MnO_x) have attracted particular attention in the selective catalytic reduction of NO_x with NH₃ (NH₃-SCR) because of their excellent low-temperature activity. Herein, we prepared a highly efficient MnO₂ (MnO₂-M) catalyst through a fa...

Photocatalytic degradation of organic compounds using semiconductor oxide materials has attracted increased attention in the recent decades. Both the catalysts and light play an important role in the photocatalytic degradation process. This research...

Hydroarylation reactions play a pivotal role in organic chemistry due to their versatility and efficiency. In the last 10 years, the scientific production around this reaction has been very high, but in its asymmetric version, the results are less. I...

Ruthenium, palladium and platinum fall within the group of noble metals that are widely used in catalysis, especially for the electrocatalytic production of hydrogen. The dominant phase of the bulk Ru metal is hexagonal close-packed (hcp), which has...

Conversion of biomass-derived furfural (FFA) platform molecule to value-added tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol (THFA) molecule is a sustainable route using an efficient non-noble metallic catalyst in water solvent. In this work, Ni in various loadings on m...

This work presents a size effect, i.e., catalyst surface activity, as a function of active phase particle size in a cobalt catalyst for ammonia synthesis. A series of cobalt catalysts supported on carbon and doped with barium was prepared, characteri...

In this study, three enzyme hydrolysate termed Dur-A, Dur-B, and Dur-C, were produced from Durvillaea antarctica biomass using viscozyme, cellulase, and α-amylase, respectively. Dur-A, Dur-B, and Dur-C, exhibited fucose-containing sulfated poly...

New theoretical relationships for a complex catalytic reaction accompanied by deactivation are obtained, using as an example the two-step catalytic mechanism (Temkin–Boudart mechanism) with irreversible reactions and irreversible deactivation....

Hexavalent chromium is very carcinogenic, and it is, therefore, important to remove it from wastewater prior to disposal. This study reports the photoreduction of Cr(VI) under simulated sunlight using graphene-derived TiO₂ nanowire (TNW) composites....

Organocatalysts for polymerization have known a huge interest over the last two decades. Among them, heterocyclic nitrogen bases are widely used to catalyse the ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of heterocycles such as cyclic carbonates. We have inve...

Herein, we have successfully prepared self-doped carbon dots with nitrogen elements (NCD) in a simple one-pot hydrothermal carbonization method, using L-histidine as a new precursor. The effect of as-prepared carbon dots was studied for photoelectroc...

In cross-coupling of biomass-derived acetone and alcohols contributing to the production of carbon-elongated chemicals and fuels, the essential catalyst components are metal dispersion for alcohol dehydrogenation and, more importantly, basicity for c...

Herein, we report a copper-catalyzed C-O cross-coupling of N-methoxy amides and arylboronic acids for the synthesis of aryl-N-methoxy arylimides. The fully selective O-arylation of the N-methoxy amides is found to be greatly prompted by the inexpensi...

Bimetallic synergism plays an important role in lattice-doped catalysts. Therefore, lattice-doped bimetallic CuO/CeO₂ catalysts were prepared by secondary alkaline hydrothermal reaction. During this process, the CeO₂ nanomaterials were partially diss...

Fe-N-doped carbon (Fe-N-C)-based electrocatalysts are considered to be promising alternatives to replace Pt-based catalysts for oxygen reduction reactions (ORR). Here, we reported a simple and effective approach to prepare Fe-N-C-based electrocatalys...

The need to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels and lessen the environmentally harmful effects of CO₂ have encouraged investigations into CO₂ hydrogenation to produce useful products. Transition metal carbides exhibit a high propensity towards CO₂ ac...

The solid-state combustion method was used to prepare nickel-based catalysts for CO₂ hydrogenation from [Ni(C₃H₄N₂)₆](NO₃)₂ and [Ni(C₃H₄N₂)₆](ClO₄)₂. These complexes were synthesized by adding nickel nitrate and perchlorate to melted imidazole. The c...

Gasification converts biomass into syngas; however, severe cleaning processes are necessary due to the presence of tars, particulates and contaminants. The aim of this work is to propose a cleaning method system based on tar physical adsorption coupl...

Even though numerous organic dyes which are used as photoinitiators/photocatalysts during photopolymerization have been systematically investigated and collected in previous reviews, further designs of these chromophores and the developments in high-...

Co-Mo/γ-Al₂O₃ catalysts with different pore shapes were synthesized for the ex situ upgrading of extra heavy oils by hydrodesulfurization (HDS), hydrodemetallization (HDM), and hydrodeasphaltization (HDA). The catalysts were synthesized using a...

The worldwide increase in demand for environmentally friendly energy has led to the intensification of work on the synthesis of H₂-containing fuel. The dry reforming of methane has become one of the most important avenues of research since the consum...

Research on advanced materials for environmental remediation and pollutant degradation is rapidly progressing because of their numerous applications. Biochar is an excellent material support for the catalytic activity of bismuth ferrite (BiFeO₃), whi...

In this work, a synthesis of an oil-soluble iron-based catalyst precursor was carried out and its efficiency was tested in a laboratory simulation of the aquathermolysis process at different temperatures. The rocks of the Usinskoe field from the Perm...

Biodiesel is an alternative fuel in many developing and developed countries worldwide. Biodiesel has significant and numerous economic, environmental, and social benefits. However, the problem with conventional biodiesel production is the high indust...

Thermal catalytic oxidation technology is an effective way to eliminate refractory volatile organic pollutants, such as Benzene. Nevertheless, a high reaction temperature is usually an obstacle to practical application. Here, GdMn₂O₅ mullite (GMO-H)...

While a few derivatives of cinnamamides exhibited anti-inflammatory and/ or analgesic activity, in this study, we developed a highly efficient method for the synthesis of cinnamamides from methyl cinnamates and phenylethylamines catalyzed by Lipozyme...

We have designed, built, and tested two cells for in situ and, potentially, operando X-ray absorption spectroscopy experiments in transmission and fluorescence modes. The cells were developed for high-pressure and high-temperature conditions to study...

While modern industry has contributed to the prosperity of an increasingly urbanized society, it has also led to serious pollution problems, with discharged wastewater and exhaust gases causing significant environmental harm. Titanium dioxide (TiO₂),...

This study is focused on the development of liquid organic hydrogen carriers (LOHC) based on N-heterocyclic compounds. These LOHC-substrates are attractive for their lower hydrogen extraction temperature compared to cycloalkanes, which is caused by t...

Recently, significant attention has been drawn to carbon materials containing cobalt coordinated to nitrogen, as the promising inexpensive catalysts of a wide range of applications. Given that non-oxidative propane dehydrogenation to propylene (PDH)...

The UN Environmental Protection Agency has recognized 4-n-Nonylphenol (NP) and bisphenol A (BPA) as among the most hazardous chemicals, and it is essential to minimize their concentrations in the wastewater stream. These industrial chemicals have bee...

This work is focused on the synthesis of leucyl-glycine-functionalized γ-Fe₂O₃ magnetic nanoparticles coated by polydioxanone (γ-Fe₂O₃-CA-Leu-Gly-PDX) as a polyethersulphone (PES) membrane for biotechnological applications. The physicoche...

Ring opening reactions of strained heterocycles (epoxides, aziridines, thiiranes) by silyl chalcogenides, such as thiosilanes and selenosilanes, can be efficiently performed in a variety of ionic liquids, which can behave as reaction media and in som...

To obtain the PtRu/C electrocatalysts, the surfactant-free (wet) synthesis methods have been used. The structural-morphological characteristics and electrochemical behavior of the catalysts have been studied. The possibility of ranging the crystallit...

Magnesium silicate nanosheets (MgSiNS) and graphitic carbon nitride (g-C₃N₄) nanocomposites were produced by varying different weight percentages of g-C₃N₄. The obtained nanocomposites were characterized by various techniques such as X-Ray diffractio...

Slurry-phase hydrocracking utilizing metal-containing oil-soluble compounds as precursors of dispersed catalysts is an effective approach for heavy oil upgrading. We propose applying metal-based p-tert-butylcalix[6]arene (TBC[6]s) organic species as...

Photocatalytic degradation employing metal oxides, such as TiO₂ nanoparticles, as catalysts is an important technique for the removal of synthetic dyes from wastewater under light irradiation. The basic principles of photocatalysis of dyes, the effec...

Silicon carbide (SiC)-supported palladium (Pd) catalysts [3% Pd/SiC and a 3% Pd-diethylenetriamine (DETA)/SiC complex] for chemoselective hydrogenation under batch- and continuous-flow conditions were developed. The alkyne, alkene, azide, nitro, and...

Bifunctional solid acidic quaternary ammonium salts of Keggin-type vanadium-containing heteropoly acids, such as R_3.5H_0.5PVMo₁₁O₄₀ (R: (C₂H₅)₄N, (C₄H₉)₄N, (C₆H₁₃)₄N), and [(C₄H₉)₄N]_4.5H_0.5SiW₁₁VO₄₀, are capable of one-pot hydrolysis-oxidationconversi...

Current industrial synthesis procedures of isopropyl alcohol (IPA), by the direct or indirect hydration of propylene in the gas or liquid phase, suffer from the low conversion of propylene, the requirement for high pressure, and the harmfulness to th...

Unlike many studies on the preparation of Z-scheme heterojunctions by doping precious metals, in this paper we first prepared a core-shell material obtained by C doping in ZnO and then composite with MnO₂ to form a heterojunction; that is, a low-cost...

Herein, reduced graphene-oxide-supported ZrO₂ and Y₂O₃ (rGO-ZrO₂ and rGO-Y₂O₃) nanocomposites were synthesized by hydrothermal method and used as the catalysts for photodegradation of picric acid. The structural and morphological properties of the sy...

Eriochrome Black T (EBT) and chromium (Cr) are considered to be potential pollutants due to their toxicity and severe impact on the environment. In the current study, hydrotalcite-derived Mg-Ca-Al-LDO mixed metal oxide composite was prepared using a...

H₃PW₁₂O₄₀-modified MnO_x catalysts (denoted as Mn-HPW) were used for NO_x elimination with co-fed NH₃. The optimal Mn-HPW_0.02 catalyst exhibited over 90% NO_x conversion at 90–270 °C. The incorporation of HPW increased the amount of Lewis acid...

Carbon spheres supporting nickel nanoparticles (NPs), generated by the integration of hydrothermal and microwave irradiation techniques, catalyzed the epoxidation of 1-octene, cyclooctene, styrene, allyl alcohol, and cyclohexene. The average particle...

In this study, spent malt rootlet-derived biochar was modified by a friendly eco-method using a low temperature (100 °C) and dilute acid, base, or water. The modification significantly enhanced the surface area from 100 to 308–428 m²g^&minus...

Photoelectrocatalytic oxidation of methanol, ethylene glycol, glycerol, and 5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-2-naphthol on thin-film nanocrystalline hematite electrodes fabricated by electrochemical deposition and promoted with spin-coated titanium has been studie...

The copper-catalyzed cycloaddition of alkynes and azides (CuAAC) to give the corresponding 1,4-disubstituted-1,2,3-triazoles is the most successful and leading reaction within the click chemistry regime. Its heterogenization stands out as the innovat...