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Catalysts, Volume 13, Issue 11

November 2023 - 66 articles

Cover Story: GH11 xylanases play an essential role in sugar metabolism and are one of the most widely used enzymes in various industries, such as pulp and paper, food and feed, biorefinery, textile, and pharmaceutical industries. pH is a crucial factor influencing the biochemical properties of GH11 xylanase and its application in bioprocessing. This review provides an overview of recent advancements in the characterization and engineering of GH11 xylanases, providing a guide for future research in this field. View this paper
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Articles (66)

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,854 Views
16 Pages

Plasmonic-Assisted Water–Gas Shift Reaction of Gold Particles on TiO2

  • Ahmed Khaja Wahab,
  • Kumudu Mudiyanselage and
  • Hicham Idriss

15 November 2023

The Localized Surface Plasmon (LSP) effect of 5 nm mean size Au particles deposited on TiO2 P25 was investigated during the photo-thermal water gas shift reaction (WGSR). The effects of CO concentration, excitation light flux and energy, and molecula...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,033 Views
23 Pages

Catalytic Ability of K- and Co-Promoted Oxo-Re and Oxo-ReMo Nanosized Compositions for Water–Gas Shift Reaction

  • Dimitrinka Nikolova,
  • Ivan Ivanov,
  • John Vakros,
  • Margarita Gabrovska,
  • Jugoslav Krstić,
  • Peter Tzvetkov,
  • Evangeliya Petrova,
  • Gabriella Zarkova,
  • Tanya Petrova and
  • Tatyana Tabakova

15 November 2023

The water–gas shift (WGS) reaction (CO + H2O ↔ CO2 + H2) plays an important role in the hydrogen economy because it is an effective way to reduce the carbon release to net-zero CO2 emissions. The general goal of this research is to develop...

  • Editorial
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,891 Views
4 Pages

15 November 2023

Photo(electro)catalysis is regarded as one of the most promising approaches to addressing energy and environmental issues and thus achieving the sustainable development of human society; as such, various catalytic materials have been developed in rec...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,443 Views
21 Pages

14 November 2023

Using carbon dioxide as a feedstock for synthesizing organic molecules with added value can contribute to a more sustainable chemical industry since CO2 is an abundant, inexpensive, and nontoxic renewable carbon resource. In this regard, the synthesi...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,875 Views
47 Pages

Review on Recent Advances in the Removal of Organic Drugs by Advanced Oxidation Processes

  • Muhammad Umair,
  • Tayyaba Kanwal,
  • Vittorio Loddo,
  • Leonardo Palmisano and
  • Marianna Bellardita

14 November 2023

In recent years, due to the high consumption of drugs both for human needs and for their growing use, especially as regards antibiotics, in the diet of livestock, water pollution has reached very high levels and attracted widespread attention. Drugs...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
21 Citations
5,481 Views
32 Pages

Recent Developments in Lignocellulosic Biofuel Production with Nanotechnological Intervention: An Emphasis on Ethanol

  • Swagata Dutta,
  • Sarveshwaran Saravanabhupathy,
  • Anusha,
  • Rajiv Chandra Rajak,
  • Rintu Banerjee,
  • Pritam Kumar Dikshit,
  • Chandra Tejaswi Padigala,
  • Amit K. Das and
  • Beom Soo Kim

14 November 2023

Biofuel, an inexhaustible fuel source, plays a pivotal role in the contemporary era by diminishing the dependence on non-renewable energy sources and facilitating the mitigation of CO2 emissions. Due to the many constraints in existing technology and...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,183 Views
15 Pages

14 November 2023

An advanced strategy was developed for the synthesis of molecular sieve-supported Pd catalysts. In this method, reductant containing C=C was in-situ prepared and pre-dispersed in the pore of the zeolites. The C=C group in the reductant can reduce the...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
18 Citations
7,186 Views
17 Pages

Advances and Prospects of d-Tagatose Production Based on a Biocatalytic Isomerization Pathway

  • Peiyu Miao,
  • Qiang Wang,
  • Kexin Ren,
  • Zigang Zhang,
  • Tongtong Xu,
  • Meijuan Xu,
  • Xian Zhang and
  • Zhiming Rao

14 November 2023

d-tagatose is a low-calorie alternative to sucrose natural monosaccharide that is nearly as sweet. As a ketohexose, d-tagatose has disease-relieving and health-promoting properties. Due to its scarcity in nature, d-tagatose is mainly produced through...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,698 Views
19 Pages

Structure and Catalytic Performance of Carbon-Based Solid Acids from Biomass Activated by ZnCl2

  • Yao Wu,
  • Hao Zhang,
  • Zhaozhou Wei,
  • Deyuan Xiong,
  • Songbai Bai,
  • Menglong Tong and
  • Pengcheng Ma

14 November 2023

In the current investigation, carbon-based solid acid catalysts were synthesized from peanut shells (PSs) and rice straw (RS) using ZnCl2 activation and concentrated sulfuric acid sulfonation. These catalysts were then employed for the hydration of p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,163 Views
9 Pages

The Origin of the Size Effect in the Oxidation of CO on Supported Palladium Nanoparticles

  • Vasily V. Kaichev,
  • Andrey A. Saraev,
  • Aleksandr V. Fedorov and
  • Evgeny Yu. Gerasimov

13 November 2023

Two Pd/TiO2 catalysts with mean particle sizes of 1 and 3 nm were prepared and tested in the low-temperature oxidation of CO. It was found that the first catalyst with higher dispersion is more active. Turnover frequencies varied for these catalysts...

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