Nanoceria Supported Gold Catalysts for CO Oxidation

10.1002/cjoc.201700731

2018-04-06

Two types of CeO2 nanocubes (average size of 5 and 20 nm respectively) prepared via the hydrothermal process were selected to load gold species via a deposition‐precipitation (DP) method. Various measurements, including X‐ray diffraction (XRD), Raman spectra,...

Critical Role of Molecular Electrostatic Potential on Charge Generation in Organic Solar Cells

10.1002/cjoc.201800015

2018-04-06

Revealing the charge generation is a crucial step to understand the organic photovoltaics. Recent development in non‐fullerene organic solar cells (OSCs) indicates efficient charge separation even with negligible energetic offset between the donor and accepto...

Nitrogen Analogues of o‐Quinodimethane with Unexpected non‐Kekulé Diradical Character

10.1002/cjoc.201700801

2018-04-06

Two‐electron oxidations of three 1,2‐di(bisphenylamino)‐benzenes afforded a class of nitrogen analogues of o‐quinodimethane. Their electronic structures in the ground state were studied by spectroscopic techniques including EPR and UV‐vis absorption spectrosc...

Chemical Design of Nuclear‐Targeting Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles for Intra‐nuclear Drug Delivery

10.1002/cjoc.201800032

2018-04-06

Targeted drug delivery has been widely explored for efficient tumor therapy with desired efficacy but minimized side effects. It is widely known that large numbers of DNA‐toxins, such as doxorubicin, genes, reactive oxygen species, serving as therapeutic agen...

DR3TBDTT Based Ternary Blends Containing Conjugated Polymers: Crystallization Determines Morphology and Performance

10.1002/cjoc.201800064

2018-04-03

How the conjugated polymers affect the crystallization of DR3TBDTT, in addition to the corresponding morphology and performance, is not well understood. In this work, the weakly crystalline polymer PTB7‐Th and highly crystalline polymers of PCDTBT and P3HT we...

Recent Advances in Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction Using Earth‐Abundant Metal Complexes‐Derived Photocatalysts*

10.1002/cjoc.201800014

2018-04-03

Photochemical reduction of CO2 with H2O into energy‐rich chemicals using inexhaustible solar energy is an appealing strategy to simultaneously address the global energy and environmental issues. Earth‐abundant metal complexes show promising application in thi...

Asymmetric Transfer and Pressure Hydrogenation with Earth‐Abundant Transition Metal Catalysts

10.1002/cjoc.201800053

2018-04-03

The asymmetric transfer and pressure hydrogenation of various unsaturated substrates provides a succinct pathway to important chiral intermediates and products such as chiral alcohols, amines, and alkanes. The use of earth‐abundant transition metals such as F...

Understanding Zeolites Catalyzed Methanol‐to‐Olefins Conversion from Theoretical Calculations

10.1002/cjoc.201800040

2018-04-03

Zeolites catalyzed methanol‐to‐olefins (MTO) conversion provides an alternative process to produce light olefins such as ethene and propene from nonpetroleum resources. Despite of successful industrialization of the MTO process, its detailed reaction mechanis...

Bi‐, Y‐codoped TiO2 for carbon dioxide photocatalytic reduction to formic acid under visible light irradiation

10.1002/cjoc.201700761

2018-03-31

Bi‐ and Y‐codoped TiO2 photocatalysts were synthesized through a sol‐gel method, and were applied in the photocatalytic reduction of CO2 to formic acid under the visible light irradiation. The results revealed that, after doping Bi and Y, the surface area of ...

Non‐oxidative methane conversion using lead‐ and iron‐modified albite catalysts in fixed‐bed reactor

10.1002/cjoc.201700800

2018-03-31

Raw and modified albite catalysts, including Pb/Albite and Fe/Albite catalysts, have been investigated for methane conversion to C2 hydrocarbons under non‐oxidative conditions. Introduction of Pb to albite improved the activity and selectivity to non‐coke pro...