Yong Peng

• Doctor of chemistry
• Leibniz Institute for Catalysis

Soft porous materials such as metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), covalent organic frameworks (COFs), and noncrystalline porous organic polymers (POPs) are new types of advanced organic-linker-containing porous materials with high surface areas, permanent porosity, and structural diversity, showing great potential for a variety of applications. In cat...

Light-assisted N2 fixation to NH3 under mild conditions is attracting massive attention to circumvent energy crisis and global warming. Herein, highly dispersed Cs-decorated Ru sub-nanometric clusters supported on ZrO2 NPs have been prepared by means of MOF-templated transformation method. The obtained catalyst exhibited N2 hydrogenation activity o...

Transition metal complexes are well‐known homogeneous electrocatalysts. In this regard, metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) can be considered as an ensemble of transition metal complexes ordered in a periodic arrangement. In addition, MOFs have several additional positive structural features that make them suitable for electrocatalysis, including large...

Transition metal complexes are well‐known homogeneous electrocatalysts. In this regard, metal organic frameworks (MOFs) can be considered as an ensemble of transition metal complexes ordered in a periodic arrangement. In addition, MOFs have several additional positive structural features that makes them suitable for electrocatalysis, including larg...

Supercapacitors are considered among the most promising electrical energy storage devices, there being a need to achieve the highest possible energy storage density. Herein small mixed Zn–Co metal oxide nanoparticles are grown on doped graphene (O‐, N‐ and, B‐doped graphenes). The electrochemical properties of the resulting mixed Zn–Co metal oxide...

Correction for ‘Metal–organic framework (MOF)-, covalent-organic framework (COF)-, and porous-organic polymers (POP)-catalyzed selective C–H bond activation and functionalization reactions’ by Saba Daliran et al. , Chem. Soc. Rev. , 2022, https://doi.org/10.1039/d1cs00976a.

Although C-H functionalization is one of the simplest reactions, it requires the use of highly active and selective catalysts. Recently, C-H-active transformations using porous materials such as crystalline metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and covalent-organic frameworks (COFs) as well as amorphous porous-organic polymers (POPs) as new emerging hete...

Electrochemical CO2 reduction is an appealing approach to diminish CO2 emissions, while obtaining valuable chemicals and fuels from renewable electricity. However, efficient electrocatalysts exhibiting high selectivity and low operating potentials are still needed. Herein it is reported that Cu and Fe nanoparticles supported on porous N-doped graph...

NH3 production accounts for more than 1% of the total CO2 emissions and is considered one of the most energy-intensive industrial processes currently (T > 400 °C and P > 80 bars). The development of atmospheric-pressure N2 fixation to NH3 under mild conditions is attracting much attention, especially using additional renewable energy sources. Herei...

The Cover Feature shows how octanoic acid could be efficiently hydrogenated to n‐heptane and tetradecane with total selectivity of >80% under the action of UV/Vis light irradiation on Ni/TiO2 catalyst. More information can be found in the Full Paper by X. Du et al.

Decarboxylation of low‐value fatty acids from biomass is a simple process to produce synthetic fuels suitable to be blended with gasoline or diesel. The present study reports the photocatalytic decarboxylation of octanoic acid in the presence of H2 by a series of modified TiO2 to form mixtures of n‐heptane and tetradecane as major products in varia...

Layered double hydroxides is a rising family of materials with interesting photocatalytic properties that are starting to be employed on the CO2 photoreduction to useful chemicals. However, the selectivity control towards high energy value products, such as methane or methanol, is one of the main issues of this process due to the easier formation o...

Using Pluronic P123 as a structure-directing agent and chitosan as a carbon precursor, different porous carbons with remarkable morphologies such as orthohedra or spheres with diametrically opposite holes are obtained. These particles of micrometric size are constituted by the stacking of thin sheets (60 nm) that become increasingly bent in the opp...

The use of Metal−Organic Frameworks as crystalline matrices for the synthesis of multiple component or multivariate solids by the combination of different linkers into a single material has emerged as a versatile route to tailor the properties of single-component phases or even access new functions. This approach is particularly relevant for Zr 6-M...

Pyrolysis of ,  and cyclodextrins at 900 oC under Ar form porous 3D graphitic carbon nanoparticles with remarkable crystallinity, in which the pore dimensions range from 0.74 to 1.1 nm in the ultra-/micropore range as determined by N2, Ar and CO2 adsorption. These materials behave as semiconductors with the potential energy of the conduction...

There is a considerable interest in the development of photocatalytic CO2 conversion by sunlight since this process has similarities with natural photosynthesis on which life on Earth is based. At the moment, most of the efforts in this field have been aimed at increasing the productivity, rather than at the control of the product distribution. Par...

A new hybrid lead iodide material (HP1) having 4-vinylphenylene ammonium as organic cation has been prepared. The structural formula based on chemical analysis for HP1 corresponds to PbI2.5(4-styrylammonium)0.5. The crystallinity of HP1 was confirmed by powder X-ray diffraction and high resolution transmission electron microscopy. The presence of t...

Surface coating of benzidinium lead iodide perovskite has been successfully accomplished by silanization with three different silylating agents, obtaining samples with average thickness from 2 to 6 nm as revealed by transmission electron microscopy. The obtained (organo)silica‐coated hybrid perovskites exhibit enhanced hydrophobic character and, th...

A hybrid benzidinium lead iodide perovskite (formula PbI3benzidinium0.5) (3) with 1D structure has been synthesized and characterized. The hybrid perovskite exhibits visible light ( >450 nm) photocatalytic activity to promote...

Copper (I) cysteine complexes generated by mixing Cu(II) ions with cysteine in aqueous solution greatly enhance the activity of CdSe photocatalysts for H2 production in aqueous solution under visible light excitation. The complex can enhance the H2 evolution rate by as much as 150 times, by acting as an oxidation co-catalyst and increasing charge c...

A copper(I) cysteine complex generated by mixing Cu(II) ions with cysteine in aqueous solution greatly enhanced the activity of CdSe photocatalysts for H2 production in aqueous solution under visible light excitation. The complex can enhance the H2 evolution rate by as much as 150 times, by acting as an oxidation co-catalyst and increasing charge c...

Flower-like CdSe architectures composed of ultrathin nanosheets were prepared via a facile solvothermal method. A relationship was established between the solvothermal temperature and the product structure, and thus the photocatalytic activity. Comparing with well-studied CdSe quantum dots, the ultrathin nanosheet assemblies exhibited a better phot...

Carbon quantum dots modified P25 TiO2 composites (CQDs/P25) with “dyade”-like structure were prepared via a facile one-step hydrothermal reaction. CQDs/P25 exhibited improved photocatalytic H2 evolution under UV-Vis and visible light (λ > 450 nm) irradiation without loading any noble metal 10 cocatalyst compared with pure P25. A possible mechanism...