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Isolated Rh³⁺ sites are stabilized inside the MFI zeolite channels with phosphorous which is added during zeolite synthesis in the form of a phosphonium zeolite template. This Rh³⁺ shows high activity in the low-temperature ethylene hydroformylation.

The integration of plasmonic structures with photoactive matrices offers a promising means to enhance solar-to-fuel conversion. Here, the authors bridge plasmonic nanoparticles and metal-organic matrix through interface-engineering to boost photocatalytic hydrogen evolution.

Enhancing the kinetics and selectivity of CO₂/CO electroreduction towards valuable multi-carbon products poses a scientific challenge and is imperative for practical applicability. Here the authors report that modifying copper catalysts with surface thiol ligands significantly improves acetate selectivity.

Developing an efficient photocatalyst for CO₂ reduction is appealing. Here, the authors report a core-shell c-TiO₂@a-TiO_2-x(OH)_y heterostructure with surface frustrated Lewis pairs on amorphous shells which enables a new genre of chemical reactivity.

Iridium-based electrocatalysts are traditional anode catalysts for proton exchange membrane water electrolysis but suffer from high cost and low reserves. An alternative, nickel-stabilized ruthenium dioxide catalyst with high activity and durability in acidic oxygen evolution reaction for water electrolysis is reported.

Nitrate, a common pollutant in wastewater and groundwater, has been efficiently converted into valuable ammonia products via an electrochemical method using Ru-dispersed Cu nanowire as the catalyst.

Harsh reaction conditions are generally required for CO2 hydrogenation to shift the thermodynamic equilibrium towards methanol synthesis. Here, a new black indium oxide with two types of active sites, frustrated Lewis pairs and oxygen vacancies, is prepared, and facilitates a tandem synthesis of methanol at a low hydrogen concentration (50%) and ambient pressure.

Homojunctions are very promising in photocatalysis, but challenging to achieve. Herein, authors report a well-defined hierarchical metal–organic framework-based homojunction, formed via a one-pot synthesis route directed by hollow transition metal nanoparticles, as photocatalysts for CO₂ reduction.

Synthesizing single-atom catalysts through a general method presents a great challenge. Here the authors report that Fe, Co and Ni single-atom catalysts can be obtained using pre-located isolated Pt atoms as the catalyst and identify the role of Pt single atoms in the synthesis process.

Obtaining spatially resolved spectroscopic information for catalysts under working conditions remains challenging. Here, an approach that combines X-ray absorption spectroscopy with microtomography is introduced and showcased for the selective catalytic reduction of NO_x with ammonia over a Cu-SSZ-13 washcoated monolith catalyst.

The utilization of white-colored, wide-bandgap CO₂ hydrogenation photocatalysts has been hindered by their limited light-harvesting ability. By making stoichiometric white indium oxide non-stoichiometric and black, it is transformed from a highly inactive to a highly active photothermal catalyst.