Urea (NH2CONH2) production by electrosynthesis at mild conditions has been hampered due to the lack of systematic evaluation of pathways in effectively activating inert N2 and CO2 molecules and facilitating the formation of C-N bonds.  This work, we evaluated 16 transition metal (M) atoms anchored on a carbon nitride nanosheet with boron (B) doping...

With growing concerns regarding global warming and the depletion of fossil fuel resources, there is an increasingly urgent demand for electrochemical energy storage and conversion technologies, including zinc-air batteries, fuel cells, and integrated water splitting systems. The development of cost-effective and efficient electrocatalysts is pivotal...

One-pot room-temperature oxidative coupling: This work demonstrated a sustainable method for synthesizing aminophenoxazinone derivatives via oxidative coupling of o-aminophenols by employing a catalyst SANI where a novel Ni(II)-complex catalyst has been immobilized on mesoporous functionalized SBA-15. SANI exhibits high catalytic activity, yielding...

The integration of organo- and enzyme catalysis in one-pot processes represents an efficient way to build complex molecular structures with high stereocontrol. This study demonstrates a sequential process involving enzymatic aerobic oxidation followed by squaramide-mediated asymmetric formation of C−P and C−C bonds to make important chiral synthons...

A series of NixMnyOz and spinel NiMn2O4 oxides were synthesized for toluene oxidation. NiMn2O4-OP catalyst exhibited remarkable catalytic performance, even better than that of NiMn2Ox-2 catalyst, corresponding to the larger surface area, more abundant surface oxygen content, and better toluene adsorption capacity. This study provides a new design...

UV-Vis and IR spectroscopies of Ti-MWW in presence of probe molecules (e. g. H2O2 and CD3CN) are used to reveal that: (i) Ti insertion in zeolitic framework occurs during the post synthesis HNO3 washing, (ii) Ti Lewis acid sites are stronger than those observed in TS-1 and (iii) the Ti sites interact with H2O2 forming Ti-peroxo and Ti-hydroperoxo...