Sher Ali , Sharafat Ali , Ahmed Ismail , Muhammad Zahid , Fazal Raziq , Liang Qiao
{"title":"Cu-based metal oxide catalysts for NH₃-SCR of NOx: From fundamentals to mechanistic insights","authors":"Sher Ali , Sharafat Ali , Ahmed Ismail , Muhammad Zahid , Fazal Raziq , Liang Qiao","doi":"10.1016/j.ccr.2025.216676","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ccr.2025.216676","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In today's world, emissions from automobile exhaust and industrial chimneys are the major contributors to atmospheric nitrogen oxides (NO<sub><em>x</em></sub>). NO<sub><em>x</em></sub> has detrimental effects on both plants and animals and can cause various diseases. Ammonia (NH<sub>3</sub>)-based selective catalytic reduction (SCR) is a highly effective method for controlling and mitigating NO<sub><em>x</em></sub> emissions. Cu-based oxides are extensively utilized in NH₃-SCR processes due to their widespread availability, cost-effectiveness, and outstanding redox capabilities, making them a preferred choice among MO catalysts. The presence of copper in both Cu<sup>2+</sup> and Cu<sup>+</sup> oxidation states offers favorable potential for combination with other transition elements, enhancing catalytic performance. In addition, the synthesis methods use in the SCR process, regeneration, and disposal of Cu-oxide-based catalysts are more cost-effective and environment friendly than those of precious metal oxide SCR catalysts, making Cu-based technology a more sustainable and economical choice. While numerous review papers have explored the role of copper in zeolite-based catalysts for NO<sub><em>x</em></sub> reduction but concise reports focusing on Cu in MO-based catalysts for SCR remain scarce. Therefore, in this work, we aim to review the synthesis methods, reaction mechanisms, structure-activity relationships, economic feasibility, environmental impact assessment and durability of Cu-based oxide catalysts in NH₃-SCR, particularly against water, alkali and alkaline earth metals, SO₂, and other relevant factors.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":289,"journal":{"name":"Coordination Chemistry Reviews","volume":"536 ","pages":"Article 216676"},"PeriodicalIF":20.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143759831","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Single-atom catalysts: Enzyme-mimicking coordinations, platform designs, and biomedical applications","authors":"Xuan Thien Le , Yu Seok Youn","doi":"10.1016/j.ccr.2025.216642","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ccr.2025.216642","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Recent advancements in nanotechnology have resulted in the appearance of single-atom catalysts (SACs), along with a novel class of materials with the potential to mimic the performance of natural enzymes for a wide range of biological applications. Characterized by atomically dispersed metal sites anchored on appropriate substrates, SACs render unique electronic configurations and maximized metal atom utilization. These properties enhance catalytic activity, selectivity, and stability, which makes SACs more efficient than normal nanocatalysts. These intriguing features allow SACs to address key challenges in biomedicine, including enzyme-like activity for biosensing, targeted therapy, and disease prevention. SACs have shown significant potential in cancer treatment, oxidative stress reduction, antimicrobial therapies, real-time biosensing, and bioimaging, closing the disparity gap between nanozymes and natural enzymes. Furthermore, SAC platforms are versatile, allowing surface modifications and the integration of other materials to improve biocompatibility, catalytic performance, and multi-functionality. This study reviews progress in SAC synthesis, coordination environments, and platform designs, proving their transformative potential in biomedicine. In addition, the main challenges of SACs for clinical use, such as improving substrate selectivity and biocompatibility or ensuring long-term stability, are also considered. When these limitations are addressed, SACs promise to revolutionize therapeutic strategies and allow new solutions for diagnostic innovations, precision medicine and disease management. This work contributes to the growing understanding of SACs and their future applications in catalytic biomedicine.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":289,"journal":{"name":"Coordination Chemistry Reviews","volume":"536 ","pages":"Article 216642"},"PeriodicalIF":20.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143759829","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Wenying Zhang , Meifang Wang , Ping’an Ma , Jun Lin
{"title":"Recent progress of advanced Nanozymes for targeted oncotherapy and synergistic immunotherapy","authors":"Wenying Zhang , Meifang Wang , Ping’an Ma , Jun Lin","doi":"10.1016/j.ccr.2025.216674","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ccr.2025.216674","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Nanozymes are a type of simulated artificial enzymes that possess both the unique properties of nanomaterials and enzyme functions, making them promising alternatives to natural enzymes in the biomedical field. In recent years, with the cross-fusion of nanomedicine and nanocatalysis, significant efforts have been made to regulate the nanozymes further to realize specific antitumor therapy and simultaneously minimize their side effects. In this review, we introduced the latest advances in the intelligent regulation of nanozymes over the past three years, focusing on their activity and specificity. Through machine learning, bionics and chemical design, the catalytic properties of nanozymes can be reasonably predicted and designed, enabling their application in various scenarios. A brief description was also provided on improving their specificity and biosafety through surface modification, multi-stimulation, and tumorous in-situ synthesis. Furthermore, strategies for augmenting antitumor immunity based on nanozymes were well summarized. Finally, main challenges and prospects were proposed for the further biomedical development of nanozymes, including precise manipulation of catalytic route on demand at the molecular level, the relationship between nanozymes and cellular metabolism, the development of more types of nanozyme activities and the challenges faced in clinical translation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":289,"journal":{"name":"Coordination Chemistry Reviews","volume":"536 ","pages":"Article 216674"},"PeriodicalIF":20.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143759832","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ruo-Yin Meng , Ying-Tong Ye , Hong-Ying Xia , Shi-Bin Wang , Ai-Zheng Chen , Ranjith Kumar Kankala
{"title":"Nanoarchitectured bismuth-based structures for diverse applications: Recent advancements and latest breakthroughs","authors":"Ruo-Yin Meng , Ying-Tong Ye , Hong-Ying Xia , Shi-Bin Wang , Ai-Zheng Chen , Ranjith Kumar Kankala","doi":"10.1016/j.ccr.2025.216645","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ccr.2025.216645","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Among various inorganics, bismuth (Bi)-based nanomaterials have gained vast interest due to their high X-ray absorption coefficient, diamagnetism, and metal-semiconductor properties, which are of specific interest in metallurgy, engineering, and medicine-related fields. Although not as popular as copper, iron, and platinum in terms of availability and features, this high atomic number (Z-value)-based Bi element offers similar properties to gold along with a low synthesis cost, facile operation, and unique properties with broad prospects, conquering a significant position among these inorganics. Despite the success in fabricating various Bi-based nanomaterials by altering their structure and shape, these materials suffer from some shortcomings, such as deprived conductivity and catalytic properties, as well as accumulation-induced safety risks and environmental pollution due to poor degradability, impacting aquatic organisms and human health. In this article, a comprehensive view of diverse Bi-based materials for various applications is provided, presenting recent advancements and the latest breakthroughs. Initially, we present the chemistry and configuration of Bi, emphasizing the feasibility for fabricating various composites. Then, we introduce various commonly used fabrication strategies of Bi-based composites, highlighting the factors affecting their morphological properties. Further, various major classes of Bi-based materials are presented, exploring the influence of structural forms and their roles in various applications. Finally, we synopsize the article with interesting perspectives, presenting challenges and opportunities that still exist for these Bi-based materials.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":289,"journal":{"name":"Coordination Chemistry Reviews","volume":"536 ","pages":"Article 216645"},"PeriodicalIF":20.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143746777","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Vitaliy Masliy, Sophie M. Guillaume, Cédric Fischmeister, Jean-François Carpentier
{"title":"Molecular weight enlargement of homogeneous catalysts for enhanced recovery via organic solvent nanofiltration: A critical review","authors":"Vitaliy Masliy, Sophie M. Guillaume, Cédric Fischmeister, Jean-François Carpentier","doi":"10.1016/j.ccr.2025.216640","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ccr.2025.216640","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Organic solvent nanofiltration (OSN), also known as Solvent resistant nanofiltration (SRNF), is an emerging technology for separating molecules in organic solvents, offering significant advantages over other separation techniques, including low solid waste generation and high energy efficiency. One of the critical factors that influence the performance of OSN membranes is the molecular weight of the catalysts used. However, over the last decade, it became evident that other physico-chemical factors, such as catalyst flexibility and polarity also affect the separation efficiency. This review critically examines the recent advances in the molecular weight enlargement of catalysts, typically through the tuning of ancillary ligands that coordinate onto the active metal centers, focusing on how these modifications affect the overall separation effectiveness in OSN. Key strategies for molecular weight enlargement, such as addition of bulky substituents, dendrimer formation, and use of macromolecular ligands, are analyzed in terms of their impact on catalyst retention and rejection efficiency. By providing a comprehensive overview of the current state of research, this review aims to guide future developments in the field and highlight the critical areas where further investigation is needed to optimize catalyst design for OSN applications.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":289,"journal":{"name":"Coordination Chemistry Reviews","volume":"536 ","pages":"Article 216640"},"PeriodicalIF":20.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143746283","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xu Yang , Xing Xiang , Liyuan Zhou , Jiayao Fan , Jiwen Chen , Yang Liu , Chongyang Zhou , Wei Fan , Min Han , Zonghua Pu , Bao Yu Xia
{"title":"Catalyst design strategies for highly efficient CO2 electroreduction","authors":"Xu Yang , Xing Xiang , Liyuan Zhou , Jiayao Fan , Jiwen Chen , Yang Liu , Chongyang Zhou , Wei Fan , Min Han , Zonghua Pu , Bao Yu Xia","doi":"10.1016/j.ccr.2025.216650","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ccr.2025.216650","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The massive emission of CO<sub>2</sub> has caused significant environmental problems, including global warming, disruption of carbon balance, and threats to human health. Electrocatalytic CO<sub>2</sub> reduction reaction (CO<sub>2</sub>RR) that operates under mild conditions to produce small-molecule fuels and value-added chemical products, is viewed as one of the most promising strategies for mitigating atmospheric CO<sub>2</sub> concentrations and restoring the carbon cycle equilibrium. Recent achievements in the development of high-performance electrocatalysts have promoted the practical application of CO<sub>2</sub>RR. In this review, the mechanism pathways for forming C<sub>1</sub>, C<sub>2</sub>, and C<sub>2+</sub> products, as well as the crucial parameters for evaluating CO<sub>2</sub>RR performance are introduced first. Then, the factors affecting CO<sub>2</sub>RR performance, such as electrolyzer devices and electrolytes, are also briefly discussed. Most importantly, various strategies that were developed for boosting the performance of electrocatalysts are summarized from the perspective of different products. Furthermore, the effects of these strategies on the active site and the reaction environment are discussed in detail. Finally, the future challenges and perspectives, including design of high-efficient, highly selective and robust CO<sub>2</sub>RR electrocatalysts, deeper understanding of structure-performance relationship, insights into the CO<sub>2</sub>RR mechanism, and integrating or coupling CO<sub>2</sub>RR with other reactions (<em>e.g.</em> N<sub>2</sub> or NO<sub>3</sub><sup>−</sup> or SO<sub>3</sub><sup>2‐</sup> electroreduction, biomass electrooxidation, <em>etc.</em>) or biological fermentation to produce high-value heteroatom-containing or long-chain organic compounds or improve the overall energy and economy efficiency of CO<sub>2</sub> electrolysis. This review offers valuable insights into methods for developing proper electrocatalysts to steer the reaction pathways toward CO<sub>2</sub>RR, and suggests future directions and perspectives on CO<sub>2</sub>RR field.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":289,"journal":{"name":"Coordination Chemistry Reviews","volume":"536 ","pages":"Article 216650"},"PeriodicalIF":20.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143746778","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Approaching through the chronicles of species with low-valent silicon and their transition metal complexes: Structure, bonding and potential catalytic applications","authors":"Sourav Singha Roy, Herbert W. Roesky","doi":"10.1016/j.ccr.2025.216657","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ccr.2025.216657","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Compounds with low-valent silicon characterized by an oxidation state lower than +IV (the most stable oxidation state for silicon) represent one of the fascinating and rapidly emerging fields of research in main-group chemistry. The primary challenge associated with the research involving compounds with low-valent silicon is their synthesis and isolation due to their high reactivity and tendency to attain the most stable oxidation state. Despite the challenges associated with compounds of low-valent silicon, their study is crucial as their unique reactivity can be explored for various catalytic transformations. In addition, compounds of low-valent silicon can serve as ligands to transition metals, which can lead to the formation of metal complexes that may have potential for catalytic applications. The review commences with the highlights of the milestone discoveries in the field of compounds with low-valent silicon. The next section of the review discusses the structure and bonding properties of different classes of compounds with low-valent silicon according to their oxidation state [+II (silylene, disilene, disilyne and silyliumylidene ion) and 0 (silylone)]. The subsequent section provides insights into different binding modes of compounds with low-valent silicon to transition metals. A detailed emphasis is given on some notable examples of transition metal complexes supported compounds with low-valent silicon as ligands, focusing on their synthesis, characterization, and potential catalytic applications.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":289,"journal":{"name":"Coordination Chemistry Reviews","volume":"535 ","pages":"Article 216657"},"PeriodicalIF":20.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143739148","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Wail Al Zoubi , Yujun Sheng , Iftikhar Hussain , Heo Seongjun , Nokeun Park
{"title":"Multi-principal element nanoparticles: Synthesis strategies and machine learning prediction","authors":"Wail Al Zoubi , Yujun Sheng , Iftikhar Hussain , Heo Seongjun , Nokeun Park","doi":"10.1016/j.ccr.2025.216656","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ccr.2025.216656","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Multi-principal element nanoparticles (MPENs) are an emerging class of nano-materials with widespread applications in electrocatalysis owing to their tunable performances and high chemical stability. The extensive chemical compositional space and high surface area become even more significant at the nanoscale level. MPENs exhibit unique properties, including multi-element synergy, high configuration entropy, and long-range atomic ordering with distinct sublattices of semimetallic or metallic components. These characteristics endow MPENs with outstanding catalytic performance and chemical stability, making them promising candidates for high-entropy alloy (HEA). This review details common synthesis approaches for MPENs. The combination of experimental validation with computational preselection provide an efficient method for optimizing MPENs compositions and enhancing their properties for energy-related applications. In addition, we report on the machine-learning (ML) algorithms and review novel ML models related to atomistic simulations and atomic interactions in thermodynamic studies. We also summarize the ML models for macroscale properties, including lattice structures and phase formations. Instances phase formation through ML-derived order parameters and predictive rules is presented to demonstrate the workflow. In addition, we examine research challenges, including ML-guided opposite materials design and uncertainty quantification.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":289,"journal":{"name":"Coordination Chemistry Reviews","volume":"535 ","pages":"Article 216656"},"PeriodicalIF":20.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143739147","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Qian Li , Chenhui Wang , Hongxia Yao , Chunmei He , Changfa Guo , Yong Hu
{"title":"Cocatalysts for photocatalysis: Comprehensive insight into interfacial charge transfer mechanism by energy band theory","authors":"Qian Li , Chenhui Wang , Hongxia Yao , Chunmei He , Changfa Guo , Yong Hu","doi":"10.1016/j.ccr.2025.216652","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ccr.2025.216652","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Cocatalysts have played an important role to reach high-efficiency photocatalysis with semiconductor photocatalysts. Various compositions and microstructures of inorganic and organic nanomaterials have been proposed as cocatalysts, however, consistent understanding on charge transfer mechanism at heterogenous interfaces has not been achieved yet. In this review, the existing cocatalysts are first re-sorted in terms of composition and band structure into (semi)metals, metal compounds (narrow- and wide-bandgap), nonmetals and hybrids, focusing on the underlying mechanism for charge transfer pathway at various cocatalyst–semiconductor interfaces according to energy band theory. Significantly, the polarity of Schottky contact and Ohmic contact for a semiconductor-(semi)metal heterojunction is highlighted, wherein Schottky junctions for electron transfer can be deemed as Ohmic junctions for hole transfer, and vice versa. The specific charge transfer pathway depends on the type of semiconductors, magnitude of interfacial band bending barrier, as well as that whether the metal has plasmic resonance effect. Furthermore, the function of cocatalysts (reduction- or oxidation-type) is distinguished in terms of charge transfer pathway, and consistent understanding on the roles of narrow-bandgap metal-compound cocatalysts is achieved, no matter they are deemed as semimetals or semiconductors in previous studies. Finally, the comprehensive insight into charge transfer pathways at various semiconductor-cocatalyst interfaces is obtained, which provides universal criteria to investigate carrier kinetics within heterojunction photocatalysts.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":289,"journal":{"name":"Coordination Chemistry Reviews","volume":"535 ","pages":"Article 216652"},"PeriodicalIF":20.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143738564","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}