Catalysis for Sustainability
Catalysis
AI Synthesis & Market Narrative
Catalysis is a critical enabler for sustainable chemical processes, including carbon utilization, efficient hydrogen-free plastic recycling, and advanced energy storage. Innovations focus on mild conditions and novel catalyst designs to improve efficiency and environmental impact.
Correlated Linguistic Patterns
["redox-neutral ketone\u2013olefin coupling"
"zeolite catalysis"
"coupling conversion of CO\/CO2 to chemicals"
"bio-inspired relay catalysis"
"aqueous redox flow batteries"
"tungstated zirconia catalysts"
"hydrogen-free recycling of polypropylene waste"]
Driving Media Context
Redox-neutral ketone–olefin coupling enabled by mild ketone-to-ketyl-type radical conversion
Ketones are versatile, but converting them to ketyl radicals typically requires harsh conditions. Now a mild method using a bifunctional silyl reagent has be...
Coupling conversion of CO/CO2 to chemicals through zeolite catalysis
Chem. Sci., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D6SC02673G, Perspective Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0...
Bio-inspired relay catalysis for aqueous redox flow batteries
Aqueous redox flow batteries are promising for large-scale energy storage, but many suffer from sluggish kinetics. Here, authors report a relay catalysis str...
Interfacial W–O–Zr ensembles in tungstated zirconia catalysts enable efficient hydrogen-free recycling of polypropylene waste
Chemical recycling of plastics often requires harsh conditions, costly hydrogen, noble metals, or complex catalysts with challenging design. Here, the author...
Scientists Identify Atomic Trick That Keeps Gold Shiny
Gold’s characteristic glow famously doesn’t fade for thousands of years—and scientists have finally found the molecular trick that makes it so.
Dopant-controlled oxygen vacancy dynamics define CO2-to-methanol catalysis on In2O3
Controlling the intrinsic activity and long-term stability of active sites is crucial for advancing catalyst design. Here, the authors investigate how doping...
Engineering and activating adaptive Pt/TiO2 interfacial perimeters for efficient and robust CO oxidation
Making catalyst surfaces both active and durable is a key challenge for cleaner chemical reactions. This study uses sunlight to grow tiny platinum sites on t...
Recyclable dual Z-scheme perovskite/g-C3N4 heterojunction enables photoredox nickel-catalyzed C(sp2)–C(sp3) cross-electrophile coupling
This work presents a recyclable dual Z-scheme LaFeO3/LaCoO3/g-C3N4 heterojunction that effectively enables nickel/photoredox dual-catalyzed cross-electrophil...
[2+2] Photocycloaddition reactions of sulfinylamines with alkenes to access β-sultam derivatives
Although [2+2] photocycloadditions are pivotal for four-membered ring synthesis, such intermolecular protocols for the synthesis of β-sultam derivatives rema...
AI lets chemists design molecules by simply describing them
Creating complex molecules usually requires years of experience and countless decisions, but a new AI system is changing that. Synthegy lets chemists guide s...
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