2026 April - 84 articles
The world’s growing need for energy, fueled by industrial expansion and a rising population, continues to be a challenge for the scientific community. The heavy reliance on fossil fuels that contribute to environmental degradation and public he...
Jet-cutting—the most powerful immobilization technique—was utilized for the entrapment of recombinant E. coli cells expressing a cascade of enzymes, including alcohol dehydrogenase, enoate reductase, and cyclohexanone monooxygenase, withi...
The development of high-performance and sustainable carbon electrodes is increasingly important for next-generation supercapacitors, yet controlling heteroatom doping and hierarchical pore evolution in biomass-derived carbons remains a key challenge....
Nano–bio hybrid catalysts have emerged as a promising platform for sustainable energy conversion by integrating the high selectivity of enzymes with the structural robustness and conductivity of nanomaterials. In recent years, the growing deman...
Thermochemical/catalytic co-processing of biomass and solid wastes is a promising route for waste valorization, low-carbon energy recovery, and the co-production of fuels, chemicals, and carbon materials. Conventional pathways, including pyrolysis, g...
The high-temperature proton ceramic membranes with simultaneous separation of hydrogen and oxygen exhibit promising applications in the catalytic conversion field. However, their separation performance often relies on external electrical circuits, wh...
Biodiesel is a sustainable and promising alternative energy source produced from renewable raw materials using various methods. One effective approach is simultaneous esterification and transesterification, which relies on suitable catalysts that can...
A highly efficient ZnO/biochar (ZnO/BC) composite was synthesised from phytoremediation residue and evaluated for the advanced sonocatalytic degradation of malachite green in aqueous solutions. The structural, chemical, and morphological properties o...
The rational design of supported Lewis acid catalysts is frequently impeded by an incomplete understanding of how the support’s synthetic history governs its intrinsic acidity and catalytic efficacy. Herein, we elucidate the structure–pro...
The development of selective and sustainable catalysts is essential to enable the chemical recycling of mixed plastic waste. In this work, calcium-modified biochars derived from cocoa pod husk (CPH) and palm kernel shell (PKS) were prepared for treat...
ZnO can be easily obtained using different salts as precursors, and many examples are present in the literature describing the effect of several additives in the synthesis. In this paper, we study the effects of the addition of polyphenols present in...
Achieving high selectivity in the hydrogenation of CO2 to light olefins remains challenging because of the complex reaction network and the difficulty of regulating key intermediates. Motivated by green-hydrogen-enabled power-to-chemicals pathways, w...
Bismuth oxychloride (BiOCl) has garnered significant research interest owing to its non-toxicity, affordability, and distinct layered structure. Although BiOCl possesses promising photocatalytic potential, its large band gap and rapid photocarrier re...
The catalytically supported upgrading of green ethanol and green methanol mixtures can produce higher alcohols, such as iso-butanol, in a sustainable manner. Iso-butanol can be used as a feedstock to defossilize the chemical and transportation sector...
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) pose significant health risks. Photocatalytic oxidation offers a promising route for VOC purification under ambient conditions. Based on a review of over 80 studies, this article critically evaluates research progres...
Textile wastewater remains one of the most challenging industrial effluents to remediate due to its intense and persistent coloration, high organic load, elevated salinity, and fluctuating pH and the presence of recalcitrant dye structures and auxili...
Flue gas denitrification represents an environmentally friendly and economically viable strategy for alleviating energy crises and advancing carbon neutrality goals. Although traditional selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalysts demonstrate excel...
This paper systematically reviews the recent advances in catalytic systems and reaction mechanisms for the synthesis of crotonaldehyde via aldol condensation using acetaldehyde as the feedstock. Firstly, the structural characteristics, reactivity, an...
The development of efficient, sustainable, and low-cost catalysts for wastewater treatment remains a major environmental challenge. In this work, Zn-doped CuO nanostructures were successfully synthesized via a green route using Aloysia citrodora leaf...
This study employs molecular dynamics simulations to investigate the influence of functionalized UiO-66 materials (with -H, -NH2, -NO2, and -(OH)2 groups) on the adsorption and diffusion behaviors of ethanol and waste oil before transesterification r...
Environmental contamination by persistent industrial dyes such as Amido Black demands highly efficient photocatalysts for advanced water treatment. Structural, chemical, and optical strategies based on TiO2 nanotube engineering are widely explored fo...
Catalytic oxidation and reduction processes play a pivotal role in addressing critical challenges in environmental remediation, energy conversion, and chemical manufacturing [...]
Accelerated industrial development demands the search for efficient remediation technologies. Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) have the capacity to remediate organic matter-rich effluent by utilizing bacteria as biocatalysts capable of oxidizing organic m...
The current work aims to enhance the structural, optical, photocatalytic, and cytotoxic properties of CuO NPs at varied rGO concentrations of 5% and 10%. In the present work, a one-step hydrothermal method was successfully applied to prepare rGO/CuO...
Cannabinoids are high-value bioactive compounds whose sustainable production remains challenging, prompting interest in biocatalytic and microbial platforms as alternatives to plant extraction. In this study, we investigated the heterologous expressi...
Developing effective metal-free electrocatalysts for acidic hydrogen evolution is challenging because both catalytic activity and electronic conductivity must be optimized simultaneously. Here, h-BN/carbon nano-onion (CNO) hybrid electrocatalysts wer...
To in situ and efficiently degrade irreversible membrane contaminants under mild conditions, SiC ceramic membranes (CMs) were imparted a catalytic ozonation functionality. A spinel-type CoFe2O4 catalyst was fabricated via a citrate-assisted sol&ndash...
Based on the acid-sensitive characteristics of SBA-15 during synthesis, this study varied the acid types, pH values, and mixed acid ratios during SBA-15 preparation to enhance the performance of CaO/Cr-SBA-15 dual-functional materials (DFMs) in integ...
Driven by the progress of sustainable development, environmental remediation and water treatment have become increasingly important. Photocatalysis, capable of degrading pollutants through light (especially visible light) irradiation, has received wi...
Increasing water demand and the rising complexity of wastewater matrices, driven by pharmaceuticals, personal care products, and recalcitrant industrial contaminants, require advanced catalytic solutions capable of efficient mineralization under sust...
Polyamide (PA) is widely used as a high-performance engineering thermoplastic in automotive components and textiles, due to its superior mechanical strength and chemical resistance. However, the increase in PA waste has posed significant challenges t...
A one-pot green combustion route was developed for the synthesis of ashy single-crystalline NiO nanoparticles using date molasses as a biogenic fuel and complexing medium. The obtained DM–NiO showed phase-pure cubic NiO with an average crystall...
Cobalt-based catalysts are promising for propane dehydrogenation (PDH), but their practical application is hindered by limited propylene yields, rapid deactivation, and an incomplete understanding of the catalytically relevant Co species. Here, alkal...
Aerosols are a major transmission route for seasonal influenza infections. Titanium dioxide (TiO2) photocatalyst has broad-spectrum antiviral activity, including in vitro influenza virus inactivation; however, whether the TiO2 photocatalyst can effec...
Controlling radical selectivity within nanoreactors remains a formidable challenge due to the inherent high reactivity and short half-lives of reactive species. Herein, we report a novel size-matched nanoconfinement strategy using a cobalt-nickel-lay...
Sustainable catalysis now stands at the intersection of green chemistry and the global energy transition [...]
The formylation of mercaptans using CO2 as a C1 source represents a sustainable and efficient strategy for converting CO2 into value-added chemicals. However, to date, S-formylation still remains scarcely explored with CO2 as the starting material, d...
Advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) are treatment technologies designed to generate highly reactive oxidizing species, mainly hydroxyl radicals and, in some systems, sulfate radicals, for the degradation of refractory organic pollutants that are diff...
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...
Carbon-based bifunctional oxygen electrocatalysts with rationally designed architectures are essential for high-performance rechargeable zinc–air batteries (ZABs), yet the concurrent optimization of catalytic activity, durability, and mass tran...
Achieving selective conversion of lignin-derived phenolic compounds to cycloalkanes under mild conditions remains a significant challenge. Herein, we report a novel iron-incorporated two-dimensional NiO nanosheet supported Pd-Pt alloy catalyst (Pd1.7...
The cleavage of cumene hydroperoxide (CHP) via the Hock rearrangement is a cornerstone process in the chemical industry, responsible for over 90% of global phenol and acetone production. Despite its industrial significance, the conventional use of ho...
In this study, the electrochemical reduction of CO2 to CO within a bilayer cobalt phthalocyanine (CoPc)2 confinement system was systematically investigated using density functional theory (DFT). The results reveal that the (CoPc)2 architecture create...
Defect engineering and metal–support coupling provide an effective route to tune interfacial charge dynamics for selective photocatalytic CO2 reduction. Here, Ti-vacancy-rich Bi4Ti3O12 (BTvO) nanosheets were prepared and decorated with Au nanop...
The activation of molecular oxygen driven by solar energy presents a cost-effective and environmentally friendly approach in the area of environmental purification. Carbon quantum dots and semiconductor nanocomposite photocatalysts serve as an effect...
The development of cost-effective and highly efficient electrocatalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is pivotal for sustainable hydrogen energy production. Herein, coaxial electrospinning one-dimensional (1D) hollow carbon nanofiber (HCN...
The oxygen evolution reaction (OER), serving as the anodic bottleneck in electrochemical water splitting for hydrogen production, severely limits the overall energy conversion efficiency due to its sluggish kinetics. Developing efficient and stable e...
This study elucidates the mechanism enabling the low-voltage electrolysis of black liquor (BL) for integrated resource recovery. The process simultaneously generates protons at the anode via the oxidation of organics (OOR), which occurs at a lower po...
Bentonite-supported iron catalysts (Bent-Fe) were synthesized and investigated for their application in the heterogeneous electro-Fenton process for amoxicillin (AMX) degradation. The synthesized catalyst was thoroughly characterized using BET, XRD a...
Hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) has been widely applied in catalysis. Nevertheless, most research has focused on using h-BN as a substrate to anchor active transition metals, without probing the intrinsic activity of h-BN vacancies. In this work, we i...
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