CatalystsPub Date : 2026-07-06DOI: 10.3390/catal16070617
Dandan Zhao, Qingran Song, S P Sun, Xiaohan Wang, Ping Cheng, Wenjie Wu, Wangkai Cheng, Xianghan Chen, Qiang Zhang
{"title":"Assembly of Fe3O4@SiO2 Magnetic Nanochains and Application of Glucose Oxidase Immobilized by Nanochains in Flow Injection Chemiluminescence Systems","authors":"Dandan Zhao, Qingran Song, S P Sun, Xiaohan Wang, Ping Cheng, Wenjie Wu, Wangkai Cheng, Xianghan Chen, Qiang Zhang","doi":"10.3390/catal16070617","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/catal16070617","url":null,"abstract":"Fe3O4 magnetic nanoparticles, as typical magnetic nanomaterials, can be functionalized and self-assembled into one-dimensional and two-dimensional structures to obtain new physicochemical properties. However, there are few studies on preparing stable large-sized one-dimensional Fe3O4 magnetic nanochains structure by a simple self-assembly method, and its application scope needs to be expanded urgently. In this paper, a large-size Fe3O4@SiO2 one-dimensional nanochains were synthesized and modified by means of different functionalization. On this basis, the application of one-dimensional nanochains in the flow injection chemiluminescence analysis was explored. Glucose oxidase was immobilized on the Fe3O4@SiO2 nanochains, which as a packed stationary phase, was successfully coupled with the flow injection system through the optimization of experimental conditions. As a result, a novel flow injection chemiluminescence analysis of glucose was developed. It has been proven that the one-dimensional nanochains-based packed stationary phase not only retains similar catalytic sites as the free magnetic particles, but also effectively overcomes the problem of poor fluidity of the free fixed phase. Therefore, it is expected to explore more high-performance flow injection analysis systems by strategies of the nanochain-immobilized enzyme-based packed stationary phase.","PeriodicalId":9794,"journal":{"name":"Catalysts","volume":"16 7","pages":"617-617"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-07-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148672239","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}
CatalystsPub Date : 2026-04-05DOI: 10.3390/catal16040332
Alexander A. Karavaev, Anna S. Makova, L. M. Kustov
{"title":"Microwave Synthesis of Zeolites and Zeolite-like Materials: Citius! Altius! Fortius!","authors":"Alexander A. Karavaev, Anna S. Makova, L. M. Kustov","doi":"10.3390/catal16040332","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/catal16040332","url":null,"abstract":"Energy-efficient microwave technologies for the synthesis of zeolites and zeolite-like materials are considered. The use of microwave radiation in the process of material synthesis has a number of advantages, but also some disadvantages in comparison with the traditional hydrothermal synthesis method. The advantages and disadvantages of microwave synthesis of zeolites and zeolite-like materials are presented in the review. The use of microwave synthesis makes it possible to significantly reduce synthesis time, reduce energy costs, and obtain particles with a narrow distribution, usually in the nanoscale range (50–500 nm). The groups of zeolites considered include LTA, BEA, MOR, MFI, MEL, FAU, F, P, T, FER, ANA, MTT, ZSM–22, ZSM-48, SOD, SSZ-11, SSZ-13, SSZ-51, SSZ-54, and others. Among the zeolite-like materials synthesized using microwave radiation, mesoporous silicates MCM-41, SBA-15, alumophosphates, and metallaluminophosphates (AlPO-5, AlPO-11, AlPO-18, SAPO-5, SAPO-11, SAPO-34, SAPO-35) are considered. The proposed methods (microwave processing) significantly expand the range of methods for synthesizing new materials. These methods can reduce the synthesis temperature and affect the structure of the resulting materials. The proposed methods increase the likelihood of obtaining new nanomaterials and hybrid materials, as well as improving the properties of existing ones.","PeriodicalId":9794,"journal":{"name":"Catalysts","volume":"16 4","pages":"332-332"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-04-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4344/16/4/332/pdf?version=1775379406","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147880114","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}
CatalystsPub Date : 2026-03-25DOI: 10.3390/catal16040289
Yong Zhang, Haibin Huang, Chen Chen, Chenyang Wang, Huan Liu
{"title":"Cu-Doped ZnIn2S4 with Sulfur Vacancy Expedites Carrier Separation for Efficient Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution","authors":"Yong Zhang, Haibin Huang, Chen Chen, Chenyang Wang, Huan Liu","doi":"10.3390/catal16040289","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/catal16040289","url":null,"abstract":"Synchronously enhancing the light response range and electron–hole separation efficiency is essential to improve photocatalytic activity. Herein, we synthesized a Cu-doped ZnIn2S4 (ZIS) catalyst with S-vacancy (Cun-VZIS) via hydrothermal synthesis, incorporating sulfur vacancies and directionally substituting copper ions for zinc ions. The experimental results elucidate the synergistically photocatalytic mechanism associated with the two types of defects. Both the sulfur vacancies within the structure and the copper doping sites lead to a reduction in the size of the ZnIn2S4 unit cell. The sulfur vacancy traps electrons, thereby mitigating the recombination of photogenerated carriers. Meanwhile, the copper ions optimize the carrier migration pathways, enhancing the overall carrier separation efficiency. Consequently, Cu1.5-VZIS demonstrates a stable and markedly enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen production activity, achieving a performance that is 7.5 times greater than that of pristine ZIS. Our study elucidates the effect of vacancy defects and ion doping on the photogenerated charge dynamics in ZIS, and paves a novel pathway for optimizing carrier dynamics through the concurrent utilization of both types of defects.","PeriodicalId":9794,"journal":{"name":"Catalysts","volume":"16 4","pages":"289-289"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4344/16/4/289/pdf?version=1774433440","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147878761","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}
{"title":"Phase Engineering of Molybdenum Carbide via Vanadium Doping for Boosted Hydrogen Evolution Reaction in Water Electrolysis","authors":"Songjie Li, Yuxin Li, Renzhe Jin, Jiajiao Wei, Peng Zhu, Jianmeng Wu, Xiaomei Yu, Jinyou Zheng","doi":"10.3390/catal16030234","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/catal16030234","url":null,"abstract":"Efficient and low-cost electrocatalysts play a crucial role in hydrogen production through the electrolysis of water. Molybdenum (Mo) carbide with a similar electronic structure to Pt was selected, and both α-MoC1−x and α-MoC1−x/β-Mo2C electrocatalysts were successfully fabricated for electrochemical hydrogen evolution. A continuous optimization of the hydrothermal and carbonization conditions was carried out for the preparation of α-MoC1−x. The biphasic molybdenum carbide catalysts were further achieved via vanadium doping with a phase transition of molybdenum carbide from α to β, which increased the specific surface area of the electrocatalyst. It was found that the V-MoxC catalyst obtained at a Mo/V molar addition ratio of 100:5 exhibited the best hydrogen production performance, with a β to α phase ratio of 0.827. The overpotential of V-MoxC at η10 decreased to 99 mV, and the Tafel slope reached 65.1 mV dec−1, indicating a significant improvement in performance compared to the undoped samples. Excellent stability was obtained for the as-prepared electrocatalyst for water splitting over 100 h at a current density of 10 mA cm−2.","PeriodicalId":9794,"journal":{"name":"Catalysts","volume":"16 3","pages":"234-234"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4344/16/3/234/pdf?version=1772520624","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147908004","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}
CatalystsPub Date : 2026-01-23DOI: 10.3390/catal16020112
Ping Lu, Yan Xie, Xin Zhou, Lu Wei, Qian Xu
{"title":"Multi-Strategy Catalysis of Mn-TiO2/TiO2 Composite Photoanode with Built-In Electric Field to Enhance the Charging Performance of Solar Flow Batteries","authors":"Ping Lu, Yan Xie, Xin Zhou, Lu Wei, Qian Xu","doi":"10.3390/catal16020112","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/catal16020112","url":null,"abstract":"The synthesis of Mn-TiO2/TiO2, together with its application as a photoanode for solar flow batteries (SFBs), is reported herein. Both the pure TiO2 electrode and the Mn-TiO2/TiO2 based composite electrode were prepared using the sol–gel spin-coating technique. The incorporation of a Mn-TiO2 layer led to the enhancement of the built-in electric field within the composite photoanode. This enhancement not only improved the light-harvesting capability of the photoanode but also suppressed the recombination of charge carriers, consequently enhancing the photocatalytic efficiency. Furthermore, the optimal annealing temperature and the optimum TiO2 loading were systematically controlled and optimized to maximize the photoelectric conversion efficiency of the composite photoanode. Ultimately, the optimized Mn-TiO2 composite photoanode was integrated into a monolithic solar flow battery. The results demonstrate that the battery’s photocharging current density reaches 300 μA·cm−2. The photocharging current density was relatively increased by 150%.","PeriodicalId":9794,"journal":{"name":"Catalysts","volume":"16 2","pages":"112-112"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-01-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4344/16/2/112/pdf?version=1769156669","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147913527","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}
CatalystsPub Date : 2026-01-21DOI: 10.3390/catal16010103
Hui Tang, Jiateng Hu, Qianqian Yang, Gang Yu
{"title":"Highly Uniform and Thermal Stable Paper-Structured Catalyst by Using Glass/Mullite Hybrid Fibers as a Matrix for Efficient Soot Combustion","authors":"Hui Tang, Jiateng Hu, Qianqian Yang, Gang Yu","doi":"10.3390/catal16010103","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/catal16010103","url":null,"abstract":"In the present study, glass/ceramic hybrid fibers were chosen as a paper matrix, which effectively balance toughness and high-temperature resistance for soot combustion applications. In order to address the issue of unevenness in the performance of paper-type catalysts caused by the differences in the dispersion behavior of glass fibers and ceramic fibers in water, a facile foam-forming technology was proposed. The obtained glass fiber/mullite composite paper with various mass ratios (1:1, 2:1, 3:1, 4:1, and 5:1) exhibit high evenness, and better high-temperature resistance than the pure glass fibers. After impregnating K-Mn active ingredients, 15K5Mn-GFF-3G1C (GF/CF = 3:1) demonstrates high tensile strength, excellent catalytic activity (T50 = 388 °C), reusability (five cycles), and high-temperature stability (800 °C, 12 h).","PeriodicalId":9794,"journal":{"name":"Catalysts","volume":"16 1","pages":"103-103"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4344/16/1/103/pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147896390","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}
{"title":"Highly Efficient Hydrogenation of Lignin over Ni-Based Alloy Catalysts","authors":"Xiaolong Chen, Hongli Wu, Peipei Zhang, Weina Zhang, Wei Jia, Pengfei Gao, Guo Tang, Fengyun Ma, Qinglong Xian, N TSUBAKI","doi":"10.3390/catal16010084","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/catal16010084","url":null,"abstract":"Ni-based catalysts have been extensively investigated for lignin hydrogenation; however, they often exhibit limited phenol selectivity and poor catalytic stability. To address these challenges, we introduced Cu as a promoter, resulting in the development of NiCu/ZSM-5 catalysts with significantly enhanced phenol selectivity and durability. Characterization studies revealed that Cu species form an alloy structure with Ni, which effectively suppresses the sintering of Ni nanoparticles during the catalytic process, thereby maintaining consistent performance over multiple reaction cycles. Furthermore, the Cu-Ni alloy demonstrated improved hydrogen activation capability while reducing overall H2 uptake, leading to a marked increase in phenol selectivity compared to the Cu-free Ni/ZSM-5 catalyst. As a result, the Ni1Cu1/ZSM-5 (Ni/Cu molar ratio = 1:1) catalyst achieved a lignin conversion of 69.8% and a phenol selectivity of 84.4%, with negligible performance degradation over 8 cycles. The strategy presented in this work may offer an effective approach for enhancing the performance of industrial catalysts in lignin upgrading processes.","PeriodicalId":9794,"journal":{"name":"Catalysts","volume":"16 1","pages":"84-84"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-01-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4344/16/1/84/pdf?version=1768120691","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147892300","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}
CatalystsPub Date : 2026-01-10DOI: 10.3390/catal16010083
Mengze Sun, Xin Zhang, Jiamin Yan, Hui Zhang, Zhipeng Li, Li Huang, Song Jin, Wei Wang, Ning Li
{"title":"High-Density Aviation Fuel or Diesel-Range Naphthenes Are Synthesized from Biomass-Derived Isophorone and Furfural","authors":"Mengze Sun, Xin Zhang, Jiamin Yan, Hui Zhang, Zhipeng Li, Li Huang, Song Jin, Wei Wang, Ning Li","doi":"10.3390/catal16010083","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/catal16010083","url":null,"abstract":"High-density aviation fuels and diesel-range cycloalkanes are in high demand for the transportation sector, but the development of sustainable and high-efficiency synthesis routes from biomass-derived platform chemicals remains a key challenge. High-density aviation fuel and diesel-grade cycloalkanes were successfully synthesized from biomass-derived isophorone and furfural through a continuous process of selective hydrogenation, aldol condensation, and hydrodeoxygenation reaction. (E) 2-(Furan-2-methylene)-3,5,5-trimethylcyclohex-1-one (1A) was obtained by selective hydrogenation of isophorone to obtain 3,3,5-trimethylcyclohexanone (TMCH), which was then subjected to aldol condensation with furfural. The system studied key reaction parameters such as solvent type, temperature, catalyst type, catalyst loading, and reaction time that affect the aldol condensation of TMCH and furfural. The yield of 1A reached 98.69%, under optimized conditions using NaOH as the catalyst at a molar ratio of 3,3,5-trimethylcyclohexanone:furfural = 1:1, NaOH 0.15 g, anhydrous ethanol as the solvent, and a reaction temperature of 313 K for 1 h. A series of nickel-based catalysts supported on porous materials, including SiO2, CeO2, Al2O3, Hβ, and HZSM-5, were prepared and characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). These catalysts were evaluated for the hydrodeoxygenation of 1A. Among them, the 10% Ni-SiO2 catalyst exhibited the highest catalytic activity, affording a C9–C14 cycloalkane yield of 88.32% and a total carbon yield of 99.6%. This work demonstrates a promising and sustainable strategy for producing branched cycloalkanes in the diesel and jet fuel range from lignocellulosic biomass-derived platform chemicals.","PeriodicalId":9794,"journal":{"name":"Catalysts","volume":"16 1","pages":"83-83"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4344/16/1/83/pdf?version=1768039982","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147921696","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}
{"title":"One-Step Encapsulation of Sulfonated Palladium Phthalocyanine in ZIF-8 for Photocatalytic Degradation of Organic Pollutants","authors":"Rong Xing, Xinyu Zhang, Zhiqian Li, Yingna Chang, Rongguan Lv, Yuzhen Sun, Zhiyuan Zhao, Kefan Song, J. Wang, Huayu Wu, Fangfang Ren, Yu Liu, Jing Tang, Peng Wu","doi":"10.3390/catal16010080","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/catal16010080","url":null,"abstract":"Photocatalysis driven by the visible light of solar energy has received considerable attention in the field of environmental remediation and clean energy production. In this work, monomeric sulfonated palladium phthalocyanine (PdPcS) was encapsulated in zeolitic imidazolate frameworks-8 (ZIF-8) crystals (denoted PdPcS@ZIF-8) through electrostatic interaction in the ammonia system, while their photocatalytic activity was well-maintained together with the structural regularity of ZIF-8 crystals. For comparison, a PdPcS/ZIF-8 sample was obtained from the traditional impregnation method. The 13C NMR and UV-DRS spectra confirmed the difference between PdPcS@ZIF-8 and PdPcS/ZIF-8 in terms of the chemical environment effect for PdPcS. Under visible light, the optimal PdPcS@ZIF-8 catalyst achieved complete degradation of 0.1 mM bisphenol A in 120 min. It also exhibited excellent stability, retaining 81.5% activity after four cycles, far outperforming the impregnated sample (32.5%) due to effective encapsulation preventing PdPcS leaching. This versatile one-step synthetic strategy is expected to be useful for designing novel macromolecules@MOF composite materials.","PeriodicalId":9794,"journal":{"name":"Catalysts","volume":"16 1","pages":"80-80"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-01-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4344/16/1/80/pdf?version=1767960991","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147921629","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}
{"title":"Synergistic Induction by Deep Eutectic Solvent and Carbon Dots for Rapid Construction of FeOOH Electrocatalysts Toward Efficient Oxygen Evolution Reaction","authors":"Weijuan Xu, Hui Wang, Xuan Han, Shuzheng Qu, Yue Yan, Biao Zhu, Haipeng Zhang, Qingshan Zhao","doi":"10.3390/catal16010073","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/catal16010073","url":null,"abstract":"The development of efficient and stable oxygen evolution reaction (OER) electrocatalysts based on non-precious metals is pivotal for advancing sustainable energy conversion technologies. We present a facile and green strategy for synthesizing a high-performance HO-CDs-FeOOH/NF(D) composite catalyst by leveraging a synergistic system of FeCl3/urea deep eutectic solvent (DES) and hydroxyl-functionalized carbon dots (HO-CDs). This system orchestrates the rapid, in situ growth of FeOOH on nickel foam (NF) via simple immersion, wherein the DES acts as both an etchant and an iron source, while the HO-CDs induce a morphological transformation from sheet-like to granular stacking, thereby constructing highly active interfaces and increasing the density of accessible catalytic sites. The optimized catalyst exhibits exceptional OER performance, requiring an overpotential of only 251 mV to achieve 50 mA cm−2, with a Tafel slope of 55.4 mV dec−1. Moreover, it demonstrates outstanding stability, maintaining 98% of its initial current density after 24 h of continuous operation and showing negligible performance decay after 3000 cycles. This work presents a straightforward approach for designing high-performance Fe-based electrocatalysts through carbon dot-mediated morphology control via a facile DES-based impregnation strategy.","PeriodicalId":9794,"journal":{"name":"Catalysts","volume":"16 1","pages":"73-73"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-01-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4344/16/1/73/pdf?version=1767851688","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147893555","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}