Chem CatalysisPub Date : 2026-02-23DOI: 10.1016/j.checat.2025.101612
Wojciech J. Depa, Souvik Majumder, Mariana Nadirova, Piotr Cmoch, Wojciech Chaładaj, Martin P. Andersson, Dorota Gryko
{"title":"Mechanistic insights into the CO2-based synthesis of cyclic carbonates in micellar systems","authors":"Wojciech J. Depa, Souvik Majumder, Mariana Nadirova, Piotr Cmoch, Wojciech Chaładaj, Martin P. Andersson, Dorota Gryko","doi":"10.1016/j.checat.2025.101612","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.checat.2025.101612","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53121,"journal":{"name":"Chem Catalysis","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.4,"publicationDate":"2026-02-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146778042","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chem CatalysisPub Date : 2026-02-20DOI: 10.1016/j.checat.2026.101662
Antonio Cosimo Pio Trimboli, Emilia Paone, Piero Torelli, Elena Groppo, Francesco Mauriello
{"title":"Reductive catalytic upcycling of polyolefins at a crossroads: Toward sustainable fuel production","authors":"Antonio Cosimo Pio Trimboli, Emilia Paone, Piero Torelli, Elena Groppo, Francesco Mauriello","doi":"10.1016/j.checat.2026.101662","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.checat.2026.101662","url":null,"abstract":"Antonio Cosimo Pio Trimboli is a PhD candidate at the Università di Reggio Calabria (UniRC), where he works on the catalytic upcycling of polyolefins. Emilia Paone is an assistant professor at UniRC, where she develops green catalytic processes for converting waste into valuable products. Piero Torelli is a senior researcher at the Istituto Officina dei Materiali (CNR-IOM), where he uses synchrotron-based spectroscopies to study catalytic materials and surface chemistry. Elena Groppo is an associate professor at the University of Turin, where she focuses on the structural and spectroscopic characterization of catalysts and functional materials. Francesco Mauriello is an associate professor at UniRC and an expert in the catalytic upgrading of biomass and waste.","PeriodicalId":53121,"journal":{"name":"Chem Catalysis","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.4,"publicationDate":"2026-02-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146231286","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chem CatalysisPub Date : 2026-02-19DOI: 10.1016/j.checat.2026.101657
Sinhara M.H.D. Perera, Marc D. Porosoff
{"title":"Balancing carbon and hydrogen atom efficiencies in sustainable syngas-to-olefin catalysis","authors":"Sinhara M.H.D. Perera, Marc D. Porosoff","doi":"10.1016/j.checat.2026.101657","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.checat.2026.101657","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53121,"journal":{"name":"Chem Catalysis","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.4,"publicationDate":"2026-02-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146778050","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chem CatalysisPub Date : 2026-02-16DOI: 10.1016/j.checat.2025.101604
Shuo Liu, Lin-Bo Liu, Ming Yang, Yan Li, Biao Ouyang, Qinglin Pan, Yifei Sun, Xian-Zhu Fu, Subiao Liu, Jing-Li Luo
{"title":"Orbital-engineered high-entropy perovskite cathode for cascaded CO2 electrolysis","authors":"Shuo Liu, Lin-Bo Liu, Ming Yang, Yan Li, Biao Ouyang, Qinglin Pan, Yifei Sun, Xian-Zhu Fu, Subiao Liu, Jing-Li Luo","doi":"10.1016/j.checat.2025.101604","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.checat.2025.101604","url":null,"abstract":"High-entropy perovskites are promising cathode materials for CO<sub>2</sub> electrolysis in solid oxide electrolysis cells (SOECs), but the roles of the multi-component B-site in modulating electronic band structures, oxygen vacancy dynamics, and catalytic activity still remain unclear. Beyond catalyst micro-design, system macro-modulation of CO<sub>2</sub> electrolysis still lacks development, limiting its commercial implementation. Here, we designed a B-site-engineered high-entropy perovskite, Sr<sub>2</sub>Fe<sub>0.8</sub>Mo<sub>0.4</sub>Co<sub>0.2</sub>Ni<sub>0.2</sub>Cu<sub>0.2</sub>Ru<sub>0.2</sub>O<sub>6−<em>δ</em></sub> (SFMCNCR), and implemented it in a cascaded SOEC system. Computational calculations reveal that high-entropy B-site doping lowers the oxygen vacancy formation energy and strengthens the Fe 3d–O 2p orbital hybridization, thereby facilitating CO<sub>2</sub> adsorption and activation. This is verified by experimental results that oxygen-vacancy-rich SFMCNCR delivers a high current density of 2.08 A cm<sup>−2</sup> and a CO Faradaic efficiency of 96.18% at 1.5 V and 850°C. Notably, the cascaded dual-SOEC configuration achieved a CO production rate of 32.25 mL min<sup>−1</sup> cm<sup>−2</sup> and a conversion rate exceeding 44%.","PeriodicalId":53121,"journal":{"name":"Chem Catalysis","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.4,"publicationDate":"2026-02-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146205571","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chem CatalysisPub Date : 2026-02-12DOI: 10.1016/j.checat.2025.101605
Xin Ding, Kai-Hang Ye, Jinzhong Zhang, Qingming Huang, Junjie Tang, Tongxin Tang, Yongsen Wu, Huashu Sun, Youchao Liu, Wenhao Zou, Haoxian Shao, Duan Huang, Shuang Xiao, Zhan Lin, Jonathan E. Halpert, Ye Yang, Yang Cao, Shihe Yang
{"title":"PFeMo polyoxometalate interlayer boosts BiVO4 light harvesting and charge separation for tandem photoelectrochemical water splitting","authors":"Xin Ding, Kai-Hang Ye, Jinzhong Zhang, Qingming Huang, Junjie Tang, Tongxin Tang, Yongsen Wu, Huashu Sun, Youchao Liu, Wenhao Zou, Haoxian Shao, Duan Huang, Shuang Xiao, Zhan Lin, Jonathan E. Halpert, Ye Yang, Yang Cao, Shihe Yang","doi":"10.1016/j.checat.2025.101605","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.checat.2025.101605","url":null,"abstract":"Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting offers low-cost, sustainable hydrogen fuel production, but the insufficient photoanode performance limits overall water splitting efficiency. Herein, PFeMo polyoxometalate nanoparticles embedded into a BiVO<sub>4</sub> (bismuth vanadate [BVO]) photoanode boost the photon utilization efficiency by employing a novel strategy of enhancing the interfacial electric field and broadening light absorption pathways. Additionally, it can accelerate hole extraction by facilitating the dissociation of self-trapped excitons and reducing transmission voltage loss to achieve efficient charge separation. As a result, the BVO/PFeMo/NiFeO<sub>x</sub> photoanode demonstrates light absorption exceeding 90% in the 300–450 nm wavelength range, with charge separation efficiency approaching 100% at 1.23 V<sub>RHE</sub>. Furthermore, a perovskite solar cell with photoanodes in tandem delivers a remarkable solar-to-hydrogen efficiency of 7.23%. Overall, this work proposes a new light absorption strategy on the basis of increasing BVO charge carrier separation, providing a new perspective for further improving the performance of photoanodes.","PeriodicalId":53121,"journal":{"name":"Chem Catalysis","volume":"242 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.4,"publicationDate":"2026-02-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146160920","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}