ChemCatChemPub Date : 2025-04-23DOI: 10.1002/cctc.202500440
Charf Eddine Bounoukta, Beatriz Lara, Gabriel Delgado Martín, María Isabel Domínguez, Anna Penkova, Fatima Ammari, Svetlana Ivanova, Miguel Ángel Centeno
{"title":"Multifunctional Sustainable Carbon Catalyst for Glucose to Fructose Isomerization Reaction","authors":"Charf Eddine Bounoukta, Beatriz Lara, Gabriel Delgado Martín, María Isabel Domínguez, Anna Penkova, Fatima Ammari, Svetlana Ivanova, Miguel Ángel Centeno","doi":"10.1002/cctc.202500440","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.202500440","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Two series of functionalized activated carbons have been prepared and used for the glucose to fructose isomerization reaction. Alkali earth chlorides and alkali halides have been chosen for the functionalization with the final goal to study the effect of cation and anion variation on isomerization activity. A part of the samples has been subjected to an activation procedure giving rise to the formation of new active sites of a distinct type and composition. The active site nature and density greatly influenced the reaction mechanism, giving rise to combined pathways catalyst with increased activity and fructose selectivity. The functionalization with MgCl<sub>2</sub> resulted in a very stable and performant catalyst with an optimal fructose yield of 33% at 140 °C in only 20 min reaction time and during four cycles of reutilization.</p>","PeriodicalId":141,"journal":{"name":"ChemCatChem","volume":"17 12","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144367551","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ChemCatChemPub Date : 2025-04-23DOI: 10.1002/cctc.202500359
Prof. Dr. Xingchao Dai, Prof. Dr. Jabor Rabeah
{"title":"Oxidative N-Formylation of Amines to Formamides","authors":"Prof. Dr. Xingchao Dai, Prof. Dr. Jabor Rabeah","doi":"10.1002/cctc.202500359","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.202500359","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Formamides are an important class of amine chemicals with a wide range of applications in industry, synthetic chemistry, and materials, and their synthesis has gained increasing attention. Among the various methods developed, oxidative <i>N</i>-formylation of amines with methanol, formaldehyde, and non-C1 feedstocks constitutes an attractive one, especially using green oxidants, such as air, O<sub>2</sub>, and H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub>, due to satisfied production efficiency, mild reaction conditions, and effective cost. Although great progress has been made in this direction, a review focusing on this aspect remains scarce. This review summarizes the recent development on the oxidative <i>N</i>-formylation of amines to formamides according to the kinds of formyl sources and oxidants.</p>","PeriodicalId":141,"journal":{"name":"ChemCatChem","volume":"17 14","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144663760","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ChemCatChemPub Date : 2025-04-23DOI: 10.1002/cctc.202500139
Herbert Over, Wei Wang
{"title":"Incorporated Hydrogen into Mixed Oxides Provides A Novel and Versatile Concept to Promote Catalytic Oxidation Reactions","authors":"Herbert Over, Wei Wang","doi":"10.1002/cctc.202500139","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.202500139","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Hydrogen promotion of mixed oxides is a rather general approach to tune the oxidation performance in both thermal and electrocatalysis. We have exemplified this approach with the catalytic propane combustion, CO oxidation, HCl oxidation, and the oxygen evolution reaction (OER), the latter reaction representing the bottleneck in water electrolysis for the production of green hydrogen from renewable energy sources. For the incorporation of hydrogen into mixed oxides (hydrogen promotion), a specific design strategy is proposed: the mixed oxide (solid solution) consists of one metal oxide that is capable of activating H<sub>2</sub> dissociation and a second component that stabilizes the mixed oxide against chemical reduction upon exposure to H<sub>2</sub> at temperatures of 150–250 °C. To date this concept has been successfully demonstrated for solid solutions with rutile structure (Ru<sub>x</sub>Ti<sub>1-x</sub>O<sub>2</sub> and Ir<sub>x</sub>Ti<sub>1-x</sub>O<sub>2</sub>). Hydrogen promotion of mixed oxides is expected to be useful in hydrogenation catalysis as well. Other mixed oxide systems in which hydrogen promotion is observed remain to be discovered. Hydrogenation of catalysts is so simple that it should be included in routine screening protocols of oxidation catalysts.</p>","PeriodicalId":141,"journal":{"name":"ChemCatChem","volume":"17 12","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/cctc.202500139","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144367341","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ChemCatChemPub Date : 2025-04-22DOI: 10.1002/cctc.202500303
Siyan Liu, Yu Zhao, Yidian Wang, Dr. Jie Yan, Prof. Peizhi Guo
{"title":"Assembly of Ultrathin Palladium-Platinum Nanosheets for Efficient C1 and C2 Alcohol Oxidation","authors":"Siyan Liu, Yu Zhao, Yidian Wang, Dr. Jie Yan, Prof. Peizhi Guo","doi":"10.1002/cctc.202500303","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.202500303","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Direct alcohol fuel cells (DAFCs) are promising energy conversion technologies due to their low toxicity, high energy density, and versatile fuel sources. However, the lack of efficient and stable anode catalysts remains a critical obstacle to commercialization. Herein, we report a class of palladium-platinum nanosheet assemblies (Pd-Pt NSAs) with tunable compositions (Pd₇Pt₃, Pd₄Pt₁, and Pd₉Pt₁) and a face-centered cubic structure, designed to boost methanol oxidation reaction (MOR) and ethanol oxidation reaction (EOR) performance. These catalysts feature a unique multilayered nanosheet structure, which provides abundant active sites and high electrochemically active surface areas (ECSAs). Among the synthesized catalysts, Pd₄Pt₁ NSA demonstrates exceptional mass activities of 2310 mA mg⁻¹ for MOR and 2260 mA mg⁻¹ for EOR, surpassing commercial Pd/C by 7.62-fold and 4.09-fold, respectively. The superior performance arises from three synergistic factors: (i) Electronic modulation via ligand effects (electron transfer between Pd and Pt) and strain effects (lattice expansion with minimal Pd-Pt lattice mismatch ≤ 0.77%), which collectively optimize intermediate adsorption; (ii) Enhanced ECSAs enabled by the ultrathin, high-surface-area nanosheet assemblies; (iii) Structural robustness of the interconnected nanosheet network, ensuring long-term stability. This work provides a scalable strategy for engineering Pd/Pt-based nanostructures with atomic-level control, offering new avenues for high-performance fuel cell catalysts.</p>","PeriodicalId":141,"journal":{"name":"ChemCatChem","volume":"17 12","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144367337","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ChemCatChemPub Date : 2025-04-22DOI: 10.1002/cctc.202500282
Zihan Liang, Weixin Li, Jialuo Tu, Feng Ru Fan
{"title":"Mechanically Induced Contact-Electro-Catalysis: Free Radical Generation, Reaction Pathways, and Catalytic Applications","authors":"Zihan Liang, Weixin Li, Jialuo Tu, Feng Ru Fan","doi":"10.1002/cctc.202500282","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.202500282","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Contact-electro-catalysis (CEC) represents an emerging interdisciplinary field that combines physical mechanics with chemical catalysis to drive chemical reactions via electron transfer across solid–liquid–gas triple-phase interfaces. Although it holds great potential, the basic mechanisms behind these chemical processes and the principles of mechanical excitation are not fully understood, which makes further development and practical use of CEC challenging. This review provides a comprehensive overview of free radical generation and reaction pathways in CEC. It begins with an exploration of the contact electrification mechanism and the impact of various mechanical forces, with a particular emphasis on the role of ultrasound in generating powerful interfacial electric fields. The review then compares the electric double layer in CEC with that in conventional systems. Next, the pathways for free radicals’ formation are discussed in detail, along with the influence of various atmospheric conditions on radical generation and reaction mechanisms. Additionally, strategies for integrating CEC with complementary systems to enhance catalytic performance are examined, and the review also summarizes the applications of CEC in environmental and energy-related fields, underscoring its importance for the future advancement of CEC technology.</p>","PeriodicalId":141,"journal":{"name":"ChemCatChem","volume":"17 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144232252","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ChemCatChemPub Date : 2025-04-22DOI: 10.1002/cctc.202500425
Adil Amin Wani, Mohammad Yaseen Kuchey, Aamir Yaseen Bhat, Pravin P Ingole, Mohsin Ahmad Bhat
{"title":"Palladium Phosphide Supported on 3D Nitrogen-Doped Reduced Graphene Oxide for Efficient Formic Acid Electro-Oxidation","authors":"Adil Amin Wani, Mohammad Yaseen Kuchey, Aamir Yaseen Bhat, Pravin P Ingole, Mohsin Ahmad Bhat","doi":"10.1002/cctc.202500425","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.202500425","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The operational, sustainability, safety, energy, and power advantages of direct formic acid fuel cells (DFAFCs) have established them as promising direct liquid fuel cell (DLFC) setups suitable for powering portable electronic devices and electric vehicles. However, the unavailability of cost-effective, stable, and efficient anode materials continues to hamper the large-scale commercialization of DFAFCs. Herein, we report a simple, easily scalable, one-pot hydrothermal strategy for the synthesis of nanoscale palladium phosphide (PdP) loaded three-dimensional nitrogen-doped graphene (3D-NrGO/PdP) composites as a potential anode electrocatalyst for formic acid electro-oxidation (FAEO). The stability and electrocatalytic activity of 3D-NrGO/PdP are shown to be strongly composition sensitive, with 3D-NrGO/PdP(2:1) (Pd:P ratio of 2:1) composite exhibiting the highest activity, stability, and tolerance to higher concentrations of formic acid under DFAFCs relevant conditions. The exceptionally high electrochemically active surface area, high electronic conductivity, and positive synergism among the components of optimally composed 3D-NrGO/PdP(2:1) composite are demonstrated to endow it with excellent electrochemical stability, low resistance to charge transfer, and hence high electrocatalytic performance toward FAEO. The excellent stability and electrocatalytic performance (mass activity) as observed for the 3D-NrGO/PdP(2:1) composite in the present work is far better than those reported till date for FAEO.</p>","PeriodicalId":141,"journal":{"name":"ChemCatChem","volume":"17 12","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144367340","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ChemCatChemPub Date : 2025-04-22DOI: 10.1002/cctc.202500096
Jan-Dominik H. Krueger, Dhanushiyaa. Sivarajah, Maximilian J. Poller, David. Robinson, Jakob. Albert
{"title":"Influence of Reactive Additives on the Polyoxometalate-Catalyzed Oxidation of Xylose to Formic Acid","authors":"Jan-Dominik H. Krueger, Dhanushiyaa. Sivarajah, Maximilian J. Poller, David. Robinson, Jakob. Albert","doi":"10.1002/cctc.202500096","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.202500096","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Chemo-catalytic biomass valorisation using polyoxometalate (POM) catalysts is a promising strategy for green and sustainable chemistry. Specifically, the production of short-chain carboxylic acids like formic acid (FA) has received much attention. Recently, it has been shown that the selectivity of biomass oxidation processes can be drastically improved by the use of additives like methanol. In this study, the influence of various reactive additives on the kinetics of xylose oxidation to FA using the HPA-5 (H<sub>8</sub>PV<sub>5</sub>Mo<sub>7</sub>O<sub>40</sub>) POM-catalyst has been investigated both in aqueous as well as in aqueous-methanolic solutions. Herein, significant differences in the two reaction systems under investigation could be deduced. In aqueous solution, oxalic acid and acetic acid accelerate xylose conversion by initially reducing the HPA-5 catalyst, generating a more active species. However, benzoic acid and especially propionic acid exert a detrimental effect on the xylose oxidation kinetics. This could be related to an inhibition induced by a competitive binding of the latter acids on the V site of the catalyst, as suggested by density functional theory (DFT) calculations. Moreover, this effect was less pronounced in aqueous-methanolic solution, as the interaction of methanol with both the V and Mo sites of the POM catalyst shown via DFT calculations is much stronger compared to the binding of the reactive additives. This study shows interesting new correlations allowing for further pushing the limits of the OxFA technology toward higher FA selectivities and therefore increased productivity.</p>","PeriodicalId":141,"journal":{"name":"ChemCatChem","volume":"17 12","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/cctc.202500096","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144367338","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ChemCatChemPub Date : 2025-04-22DOI: 10.1002/cctc.202500323
Kaltoum Bakkouche, Othmane Darouich, Sophie Carenco
{"title":"H2-Assisted Synthesis of Nickel Phosphide Nanocatalysts for the Hydrogenation of Phenylacetylene at Low Temperature","authors":"Kaltoum Bakkouche, Othmane Darouich, Sophie Carenco","doi":"10.1002/cctc.202500323","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.202500323","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Nickel phosphide nanoparticles are used as catalysts in a wide range of chemical transformations such as hydrogenation. However, the synthesis of colloidal dispersion of these nanoparticles usually requires high reaction temperature and oleylamine as a reducing agent, which compromises the surface reactivity of the nanocatalysts. This work reports a robust new method of the synthesis of nickel phosphide nanoparticles assisted by H<sub>2</sub> and at a lower temperature of 200 °C. Well-crystallized Ni<sub>12</sub>P<sub>5</sub> and Ni<sub>2</sub>P nanoparticles of 5.5 ± 0.5 nm were successfully prepared using tri-<i>n</i>-octylphosphine (TOP) as the phosphorus source. They were characterized by X-ray diffraction and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy. A higher temperature, reaction time, and TOP/Ni ratio favored the formation of a Ni<sub>2</sub>P phase over Ni<sub>12</sub>P<sub>5</sub>.</p><p>These nanoparticles were used as catalysts for the hydrogenation of phenylacetylene. At high temperatures (80 and 100 °C), they allowed the full conversion of phenylacetylene to ethylbenzene. Interestingly, they were also active in the lower temperature regime, at 30 °C or even 0 °C, where significant conversions were obtained as soon as at least 0.1 equiv of tri-<i>n</i>-butylphopshine was added as a co-catalyst, and styrene was the major product. The activity of this nanocatalyst in the low-temperature regime outperformed that reported for other nickel phosphide nanoparticles with similar size, but prepared in the presence of oleylamine. This work highlights the relevance of H<sub>2</sub>-assisted synthesis for the production of nanocatalysts active at temperatures below 30 °C.</p>","PeriodicalId":141,"journal":{"name":"ChemCatChem","volume":"17 12","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/cctc.202500323","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144367339","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ChemCatChemPub Date : 2025-04-21DOI: 10.1002/cctc.202500395
Moumita Chandra, Debabrata Pradhan
{"title":"Engineered Sulfur Vacancies in Z-scheme ZnS/TiO2 Heterostructure for Dual Photocatalytic Functionality","authors":"Moumita Chandra, Debabrata Pradhan","doi":"10.1002/cctc.202500395","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.202500395","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The design of heterojunction semiconductor photocatalysts with well-aligned band edges is crucial for optimizing charge carrier dynamics in photocatalytic water splitting and organic transformations. In this study, a two-step solvothermal and wet chemical method is employed to synthesize sulfur vacancy (sv)-rich ZnS nanowires (NWs) with varying proportions of TiO<sub>2</sub> nanoparticles (NPs). Photocatalytic hydrogen evolution study reveals that the optimized sv-ZT<sub>0.3</sub> heterostructure exhibits a remarkable hydrogen evolution of 35.77 mmol g<sup>−1</sup> due to the Z-scheme charge transfer mechanism significantly outperformed pristine TiO<sub>2</sub> (1.02 mmol g<sup>−1</sup>) and sv-ZnS NWs (4.77 mmol g<sup>−1</sup>) for a fixed irradiation duration (5 h) with an apparent quantum yield of 25.2% at 366 nm. Sulfur vacancies in ZnS extend the optical absorption, while the heterojunction enhances charge separation, as confirmed by UV–vis and photoluminescence studies. Additionally, sv-ZT<sub>0.3</sub> achieved 89.1% conversion of benzyl alcohol to benzaldehyde during hydrogen generation. The superior performance of the heterostructure for integrated solar-driven hydrogen production and selective organic transformations paved the way for advanced photocatalyst development in sustainable energy applications.</p>","PeriodicalId":141,"journal":{"name":"ChemCatChem","volume":"17 12","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144367548","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Partial Hydrogenation of Benzene to Cyclohexene: A Review for Ru-Based Catalyst Design","authors":"Xinchao Cheng, Yue He, Yulei Zhu, Zhiwei Wu, Shiying Li, Jianguo Wang, Weibin Fan, Mei Dong","doi":"10.1002/cctc.202401562","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.202401562","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Selective hydrogenation of benzene to cyclohexene is an economically advantageous, but thermodynamically and kinetically challenging reaction, and the key problem lies in the design of efficient and highly selective catalysts. In this review, we mainly summarize the reaction mechanism and kinetic characteristics of benzene hydrogenation to cyclohexene on Ru-based catalyst to gain a deeper understanding of catalyst design. The influence of preparation method, Ru precursor, as well as the hydrophilicity, morphology, crystal phase, and active center of the support, on the electronic state of Ru, the adsorption-desorption strength of cyclohexene, and the cyclohexene selectivity were systematically discussed. On the basis of describing the various existing reaction systems, we further review the challenges in current work and possible opportunities in future research.</p>","PeriodicalId":141,"journal":{"name":"ChemCatChem","volume":"17 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144232363","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}