Advanced Catalysis Engineering

Achieving low-carbon future through the Energy-Chemical Nexus in China
Y. Li, S. Lan, J. Pérez-Ramírez, X. Wang
Sustain. Energy Fuels 2020, 4, 6141-6155 (doi:10.1039/D0SE01337D)
Key role of chemistry versus bias in electrocatalytic oxygen evolution
H.N. Nong, L.J. Falling, A. Bergmann, M. Klingenhof, H.P. Tran, C. Spöri, R. Mom, J. Timoshenko, G. Zichittella, A. Knop-Gericke, S. Piccinin, J. Pérez-Ramírez, B. Roldan Cuenya, R. Schlögl, P. Strasser, D. Teschner, T.E. Jones
Nature 2020, 587, 408-413 (doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2908-2, highlighted by ETH News, Chemistry World)
Single-atom heterogeneous catalysts across the periodic table
S.K. Kaiser, Z. Chen, D. Faust Akl, S. Mitchell, J. Pérez-Ramírez
Chem. Rev. 2020, 120, 11703-11809 (doi:10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c00576, front cover)
Challenges and opportunities in synthesizing high volume chemicals from CO₂ without direct H₂ input
L. Tao, T.S. Choksi, W. Liu, J. Pérez-Ramírez
ChemSusChem 2020, 13, 6066-6089 (doi:10.1002/cssc.202001604, cover feature)
Activation of copper species on carbon nitride for enhanced activity in the arylation of amines
E. Vorobyeva, V.C. Gerken, S. Mitchell, A. Sabadell-Rendón, R. Hauert, S. Xi, A. Borgna, D. Klose, S.M. Collins, P.A. Midgley, D.M. Kepaptsoglou, Q.M. Ramasse, A. Ruiz-Ferrando, E. Fako, M.A. Ortuño, N. López, E.M. Carreira, J. Pérez-Ramírez
ACS Catal. 2020, 10, 11069-11080 (doi:10.1021/acscatal.0c03164)
Single atom catalysis: a decade of stunning progress and the promise for a bright future
S. Mitchell, J. Pérez-Ramírez
Nat. Commun. 2020, 11:4302 (doi:10.1038/s41467-020-18182-5)
Electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide to 1-butanol on oxide-derived copper
L.R.L. Ting, R. García-Muelas, A.J. Martín, F.L.P. Veenstra, S.T.-J. Chen, Y. Peng, E.Y.X. Per, S. Pablo-García, N. López, J. Pérez-Ramírez, B.S. Yeo
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 21072-21079 (doi:10.1002/anie.202008289)
Angew. Chem. 2020, 132, 21258-21265 (doi:10.1002/ange.202008289)
Methanol as a hydrogen carrier: kinetic and thermodynamic drivers for its CO₂-based synthesis and reforming over heterogeneous catalysts
M.S. Frei, C. Mondelli, M. Short, J. Pérez-Ramírez
ChemSusChem 2020, 13, 6330-6337 (doi:10.1002/cssc.202001518, cover feature)
Enhanced performance of zirconium-doped ceria catalysts for the methoxycarbonylation of anilines
J.L. Núñez-Rico, M. Rellán-Piñeiro, B. Puértolas, A. Vidal-Ferran, N. López, J. Pérez-Ramírez, S. Wershofen
Chem. Eur. J. 2020, 26, 16129-16137 (doi:10.1002/chem.202003201)
Hybridization of fossil and CO₂-based routes for ethylene production using renewable energy
I. Ioannou, S.C. D'Angelo, A.J. Martín, J. Pérez-Ramírez, G. Guillén-Gosálbez
ChemSusChem 2020, 13, 6370-6380 (doi:10.1002/cssc.202001312)
Carrier induced modification of palladium nanoparticles on porous boron nitride for alkyne semi-hydrogenation
S. Büchele, Z. Chen, E. Fako, F. Krumeich, R. Hauert, O.V. Safonova, N. López, S. Mitchell, J. Pérez‐Ramírez
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 19639-19644 (doi:10.1002/anie.202005842)
Angew. Chem. 2020, 139, 19807-19812 (doi: 10.1002/ange.202005842)
Substrate substitution effects in the Fries rearrangement of aryl esters over zeolite catalysts
R. Lin, S. Mitchell, T. Netscher, J. Medlock, R.T. Stemmler, W. Bonrath, U. Létinois, J. Pérez Ramírez
Catal. Sci. Technol. 2020, 10, 4282-4292 (doi:10.1039/D0CY00590H)
Transformation of titanium carbide into mesoporous titania for catalysed HBr oxidation
K.J. Stephens, G. Zichittella, A.J. Saadun, S. Büchele, B. Puértolas, R. Verel, F. Krumeich, M.G. Willinger, J. Pérez-Ramírez
Catal. Sci. Technol. 2020, 10, 4072-4083 (doi:10.1039/D0CY00805B)
Hydrocracking of hexadecane to jet fuel components over hierarchical Ru-modified faujasite zeolite
M. Azkaar, Z. Vajglova, P. Mäki-Arvela, A. Aho, N. Kumar, H. Palonen, K. Eränen, M. Peurla, L. Kulikov, A. Maximov, C. Mondelli, J. Pérez-Ramírez, D. Yu. Murzin
Fuel 2020, 278, 118193 (doi:10.1016/j.fuel.2020.118193)
Biomass valorisation over metal-based solid catalysts from nanoparticles to single atoms
C. Mondelli, G. Gözaydın, N. Yan, J. Pérez-Ramírez
Chem. Soc. Rev. 2020, 49, 3764-3782 (doi:10.1039/D0CS00130A)
Tunable catalytic performance of palladium nanoparticles for H₂O₂ direct synthesis via surface-bonded ligands
L.F. de Lima e Freitas, B. Puértolas, J. Zhang, B. Wang, A.S. Hoffman, S.R. Bare, J. Pérez-Ramírez, J.W. Medlin, E. Nikolla
ACS Catal. 2020, 10, 5202-5207 (doi:10.1021/acscatal.0c01517)
Performance of metal-catalyzed hydrodebromination of dibromomethane analyzed by descriptors derived from statistical learning
A.J. Saadun, S. Pablo-Garcia, V. Paunović, Q. Li, A. Sabadell-Rendón, K. Kleemann, F. Krumeich, N. López, J. Pérez-Ramírez
ACS Catal. 2020, 10, 6129-6143 (doi:10.1021/acscatal.0c00679, cover)
Selectivity patterns in the electrocatalytic reduction of CO₂ revealed by laser-microstructured copper
F.L.P. Veenstra, N. Ackerl, A.J. Martín, J. Pérez-Ramírez
Chem 2020, 6, 1707-1722 (doi:10.1016/j.chempr.2020.04.001)
Core-shell structured catalysts for thermocatalytic, photocatalytic, and electrocatalytic conversion of CO₂
S. Das, J. Pérez-Ramírez, J. Gong, N. Dewangan, K. Hidajat, B.C. Gates, S. Kawi
Chem. Soc. Rev. 2020, 49, 2937-3004 (doi:10.1039/C9CS00713J, inside back cover)
New analytical tools for advanced mechanistic studies in catalysis: photoionization and photoelectron photoion coincidence spectroscopy
P. Hemberger, J.A. van Bokhoven, J. Pérez-Ramírez, A. Bodi
Catal. Sci. Technol. 2020, 10, 1975-1990 (doi:10.1039/C9CY02587A, inside front cover)
Structure sensitivity and evolution of nickel-bearing nitrogen-doped carbons in the electrochemical reduction of CO₂
S. Büchele, A.J. Martín, S. Mitchell, F. Krumeich, S.M. Collins, S. Xi, A. Borgna, J. Pérez-Ramírez
ACS Catal. 2020, 10, 3444-3454 (doi:10.1021/acscatal.9b05333)
Nanostructuring unlocks high performance of platinum single-atom catalysts for stable vinyl chloride production
S.K. Kaiser, E. Fako, G. Manzocchi, F. Krumeich, R. Hauert, A.H. Clark, O.V. Safonova, N. López, J. Pérez-Ramírez
Nat. Catal. 2020, 3, 376-385 (doi:10.1038/s41929-020-0431-3, front cover, highlighted in Chemistry World)
Green synthesis of hierarchical metal-organic framework/wood functional composites with superior mechanical properties
K. Tu, B. Puértolas, M. Adobes-Vidal, Y. Wang, J. Sun, J. Traber, I. Burgert, J. Pérez-Ramírez, T. Keplinger
Adv. Sci. 2020, 7, 1902897 (doi:10.1002/advs.201902897, back cover)
CO₂-promoted catalytic process forming higher alcohols with tunable nature at record productivity
H.T. Luk, G. Novak, O.V. Safonova, S. Siol, J.A. Stewart, D. Curulla Ferré, C. Mondelli, J. Pérez-Ramírez
ChemCatChem 2020, 12, 2732-2744 (doi:10.1002/cctc.202000059, front cover)
Operando photoelectron photoion coincidence spectroscopy unravels mechanistic fingerprints of propane activation by catalytic oxyhalogenation
G. Zichittella, P. Hemberger, F. Holzmeier, A. Bodi, J. Pérez-Ramírez
J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2020, 11, 856-863 (doi:10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b03836)
Nitrogen-doped carbons with hierarchical porosity via chemical blowing towards long-lived metal-free catalysts for acetylene hydrochlorination
S.K. Kaiser, K.S. Song, S. Mitchell, A. Coskun, J. Pérez Ramírez
ChemCatChem 2020, 12, 1922-1925 (doi:10.1002/cctc.201902331, front cover)
Role of zirconia in indium oxide-catalyzed CO₂ hydrogenation to methanol
M.S. Frei, C. Mondelli, A. Cesarini, F. Krumeich, R. Hauert, J.A. Stewart, D. Curulla Ferre, J. Pérez-Ramírez
ACS Catal. 2020, 10, 1133-1145 (doi:10.1021/acscatal.9b03305)
Aluminum redistribution in ZSM-5 zeolite upon interaction with gaseous halogens and hydrogen halides and implications in catalysis
V. Paunović, S. Mitchell, R. Verel, S.S. Lee, J. Pérez-Ramírez
J. Phys. Chem. C 2020, 1, 722-733 (doi:10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b09984)
Dual catalyst system for selective vinyl chloride production via ethene oxychlorination
M. Scharfe, V. Paunović, S. Mitchell, R. Hauert, S. Xi, A. Borgna, J. Pérez-Ramírez
Catal. Sci. Technol. 2020, 10, 560-575 (doi:10.1039/C9CY01801H)
Epitaxially-directed iridium nanostructures on titanium dioxide for the selective hydrodechlorination of dichloromethane
A.J. Saadun, G. Zichittella, V. Paunović, B.A. Markaide-Aiastui, S. Mitchell, J. Pérez-Ramírez
ACS Catal. 2020, 10, 528-542 (doi:10.1021/acscatal.9b04467)
Ceria in halogen chemistry
M. Scharfe, G. Zichittella, V. Paunović, J. Pérez-Ramírez
Chin. J. Catal. 2020, 41, 915-927 (doi:10.1016/S1872-2067(19)63528-X)
Alkane functionalization via catalytic oxychlorination: performance as a function of the carbon number
G. Zichittella, J. Lüthi, V. Paunović, J. Pérez-Ramírez
Energy Technol. 2020, 8, 1900622 (doi:10.1002/ente.201900622)