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Catalysts, Volume 15, Issue 2

February 2025 - 96 articles

Cover Story: Protein engineering is revolutionizing industrial biocatalysis by enhancing enzyme stability, specificity, and efficiency. Advances in rational design, directed evolution, semi-rational design, and machine learning are driving the development of robust biocatalysts for diverse applications. Engineered PETases exemplify this progress, with protein engineering assuming a pivotal role in transitioning PETases from an academic curiosity focus to industrially relevant biocatalysts, enabling efficient PET depolymerization for a circular bioeconomy. As interdisciplinary efforts integrate computational and experimental approaches, particularly machine learning, the future of enzyme engineering promises transformative innovations, not only in sustainable plastics recycling, but also pharmaceuticals, agriculture, and other key industries. View this paper
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Articles (96)

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,308 Views
28 Pages

13 February 2025

The combination of TiO2 with zeolites has emerged as a transformative strategy to enhance photocatalytic performance for environmental applications. The combination of zeolites’ regular pore structure, high surface area, and adsorption capacity with...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,811 Views
20 Pages

Photodegradation of Emerging Pollutants Using a Quaternary Mixed Oxide Catalyst Derived from Its Corresponding Hydrotalcite

  • L. V. Castro,
  • B. Alcántar-Vázquez,
  • M. E. Manríquez,
  • E. Albiter and
  • E. Ortiz-Islas

13 February 2025

This study aimed to synthesize a multicationic hydrotalcite and transform it into mixed oxide nanostructures (ZnO/TiO2/CeO2/Al2O3, referred to as MixO) to serve as a heterogeneous photocatalyst for degrading various pollutants, including methylene bl...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,586 Views
24 Pages

12 February 2025

The electrochemical reduction from nitrate (NO3RR) to ammonia (NH3) provides a decentralized and environmentally friendly route for sustainable ammonia production while addressing the urgent issue of nitrate pollution in water bodies. Recent advancem...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,042 Views
17 Pages

The Effect of the Pore Size of TiO2 Aerogel on the Photocatalytic Decomposition of Formaldehyde

  • Fenglei Sun,
  • Xian Yue,
  • Xianbo Yu,
  • Yuqian Di,
  • Hu Chen,
  • Shuao Xie,
  • Wei Han,
  • Xiaoxue Xi,
  • Wenjing Zhang and
  • Hanyu Zou
  • + 2 authors

12 February 2025

TiO2 aerogels have been employed for the degradation of formaldehyde (HCHO) via the photocatalytic generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) (O2−, ·OH), and its pore size plays a crucial role in affecting the decomposition efficiency....

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,449 Views
20 Pages

Solid-Phase Activation During the Degradation of Tetracycline by Modified Activated Carbon–Persulfate Composite

  • Shihu Ding,
  • Peng Tan,
  • Nuo Meng,
  • Xiguo Zhang,
  • Lin Ma,
  • Minghua Zhou and
  • Wei Wang

12 February 2025

In this study, the novel composite materials of activated carbon (AC) and persulfate (PS) doped by nitrogen (N) and sulfur (S) were successfully synthesized through one-step mechanical ball milling. Different from the previous liquid-phase activation...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,345 Views
24 Pages

12 February 2025

This study evaluates the impact of the catalyst-to-oil (C/O) ratio in the 1 to 7 range on the catalytic cracking of vacuum gas oil (VGO). Experiments are conducted using fluid catalytic cracking (FCC)-type catalysts, in a mini-fluidized bench-scale R...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,433 Views
22 Pages

Enantioselectivity Enhancement of a Geobacillus thermoleovorans CCR11 Lipase by Rational Design

  • Aaron-Salvador Bustos-Baena,
  • Rodolfo Quintana-Castro,
  • María Guadalupe Sánchez-Otero,
  • Graciela Espinosa-Luna,
  • María Remedios Mendoza-López,
  • Carolina Peña-Montes and
  • Rosa María Oliart-Ros

12 February 2025

Lipases are enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of carboxylic esters at a lipid–water interface and are able to catalyze reactions such as alcoholysis, esterification, transesterification, and enantioselective synthesis in organic media. They...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,815 Views
16 Pages

11 February 2025

The introduction of oxygen vacancies (OVs) is a promising strategy to enhance the hydrogen (H2) evolution efficiency of photocatalysts. Sodium borohydride (NaBH4) is widely used as a reducing agent to introduce OVs, particularly in composite material...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,472 Views
20 Pages

11 February 2025

TiO2 is still a prototype material in photocatalytic studies. The defects, including the intrinsic and foreign defects, are reported to be important in determining the TiO2 photocatalytic properties. In the current research, amorphous TiO2- and Nb-do...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,294 Views
21 Pages

Excellent Photocatalytic Performance Against Amoxicillin Antibiotic and Pt-Free Hydrogen Production Using Fe-Doped ZnS Nanostructures: Reaction Kinetics and Mechanistic Insights

  • Ali Raza,
  • Syeda Takmeel Zahra,
  • Hadia Noor,
  • Shahzad Naseem,
  • Saira Riaz,
  • Mohammad Ehtisham Khan,
  • Wahid Ali,
  • Mohammad S. Alomar,
  • Anwar Ulla Khan and
  • Syed Kashif Ali
  • + 2 authors

11 February 2025

This research presents the synthesis of Fe-doped ZnS nanocomposites via a chemical route, exploring their photocatalytic activity against amoxicillin (AMX) and evaluating their hydrogen production potential. The synthesized nanocomposites were charac...

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