OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of ACS Catalysis is 119. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-07-01 to 2024-07-01.)

Article	Citations
Tailoring the d-Band Centers Endows (Ni_xFe_1–x)₂P Nanosheets with Efficient Oxygen Evolution Catalysis	485
Insights into the Influence of CeO₂Crystal Facet on CO₂Hydrogenation to Methanol over Pd/CeO₂Catalysts	476
Perovskite Oxide Based Materials for Energy and Environment-Oriented Photocatalysis	431
High-Entropy Alloys as a Platform for Catalysis: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities	372
Defect Chemistry in Heterogeneous Catalysis: Recognition, Understanding, and Utilization	363
Computational Redesign of a PETase for Plastic Biodegradation under Ambient Condition by the GRAPE Strategy	312
Enhanced Photocatalytic H₂O₂ Production over Carbon Nitride by Doping and Defect Engineering	310
Nickel-Catalyzed Dicarbofunctionalization of Alkenes	296
Supported Metal Clusters: Fabrication and Application in Heterogeneous Catalysis	292
Atomically Dispersed Fe–Co Dual Metal Sites as Bifunctional Oxygen Electrocatalysts for Rechargeable and Flexible Zn–Air Batteries	278
MXenes: New Horizons in Catalysis	266
Transition Metal-Catalyzed Organic Reactions under Visible Light: Recent Developments and Future Perspectives	250
Engineering Lower Coordination Atoms onto NiO/Co₃O₄ Heterointerfaces for Boosting Oxygen Evolution Reactions	245
CO₂ Hydrogenation to Methanol over In₂O₃-Based Catalysts: From Mechanism to Catalyst Development	236
Open Catalyst 2020 (OC20) Dataset and Community Challenges	235
Recycling Carbon Dioxide through Catalytic Hydrogenation: Recent Key Developments and Perspectives	232
NiCo-Based Electrocatalysts for the Alkaline Oxygen Evolution Reaction: A Review	229
Photocatalytic CO₂Reduction: A Review of Ab Initio Mechanism, Kinetics, and Multiscale Modeling Simulations	225
Density Functional Theory Calculations for Insight into the Heterocatalyst Reactivity and Mechanism in Persulfate-Based Advanced Oxidation Reactions	225
Fully Conjugated Donor–Acceptor Covalent Organic Frameworks for Photocatalytic Oxidative Amine Coupling and Thioamide Cyclization	225
Revealing the CO Coverage-Driven C–C Coupling Mechanism for Electrochemical CO₂ Reduction on Cu₂O Nanocubes via Operando Raman Spectroscopy	222
Spin-State-Dependent Peroxymonosulfate Activation of Single-Atom M–N Moieties via a Radical-Free Pathway	221
Structure Sensitivity of Pd Facets for Enhanced Electrochemical Nitrate Reduction to Ammonia	221
Embedding CdS@Au into Ultrathin Ti_3–xC₂T_y to Build Dual Schottky Barriers for Photocatalytic H₂ Production	214
Single Electron Transfer-Induced Redox Processes Involving N-(Acyloxy)phthalimides	210

Metal–Support Interactions in Metal/Oxide Catalysts and Oxide–Metal Interactions in Oxide/Metal Inverse Catalysts	205
Advances in the Design of Heterogeneous Catalysts and Thermocatalytic Processes for CO₂ Utilization	203
Improved Activity and SO₂ Resistance by Sm-Modulated Redox of MnCeSmTiO_x Mesoporous Amorphous Oxides for Low-Temperature NH₃-SCR of NO	203
Spillover in Heterogeneous Catalysis: New Insights and Opportunities	197
Transition Metal Catalyzed Enantioselective C(sp²)–H Bond Functionalization	193
Recent Advances in Noncontact External-Field-Assisted Photocatalysis: From Fundamentals to Applications	190
Enhanced Photocatalytic CO₂ Reduction Activity over NH₂-MIL-125(Ti) by Facet Regulation	189
The Critical Impacts of Ligands on Heterogeneous Nanocatalysis: A Review	187
Synergistic Effects for Enhanced Catalysis in a Dual Single-Atom Catalyst	185
Theoretical Insights into Superior Nitrate Reduction to Ammonia Performance of Copper Catalysts	184
Essential Role of the Support for Nickel-Based CO₂ Methanation Catalysts	184
Heterogeneous Photocatalytic Organic Transformation Reactions Using Conjugated Polymers-Based Materials	181
Copper-Catalyzed Borylative Difunctionalization of π-Systems	180
Fundamentals of Electrochemical CO₂ Reduction on Single-Metal-Atom Catalysts	180
Insight on Reaction Pathways of Photocatalytic CO₂ Conversion	178
Tandem Catalysis for Hydrogenation of CO and CO₂ to Lower Olefins with Bifunctional Catalysts Composed of Spinel Oxide and SAPO-34	175
Platinum Single Atoms Anchored on a Covalent Organic Framework: Boosting Active Sites for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution	174
Size Dependence of Pt Catalysts for Propane Dehydrogenation: from Atomically Dispersed to Nanoparticles	172
Electrocatalytic Reduction of Nitrate to Ammonia on Low-Cost Ultrathin CoO_x Nanosheets	171
Ceria-Based Materials for Thermocatalytic and Photocatalytic Organic Synthesis	169
Single Atomic Cerium Sites with a High Coordination Number for Efficient Oxygen Reduction in Proton-Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells	168
Recent Advances in Catalytic Transfer Hydrogenation with Formic Acid over Heterogeneous Transition Metal Catalysts	166
Challenges and Opportunities in Multicatalysis	165
Visible-Light-Driven Catalytic Reductive Carboxylation with CO₂	164
Origin of the Enhanced Reusability and Electron Transfer of the Carbon-Coated Mn₃O₄ Nanocube for Persulfate Activation	163
Spontaneous Formation of Asymmetric Oxygen Vacancies in Transition-Metal-Doped CeO₂ Nanorods with Improved Activity for Carbonyl Sulfide Hydrolysis	161
Atomic Fe Dispersed Hierarchical Mesoporous Fe–N–C Nanostructures for an Efficient Oxygen Reduction Reaction	160
Direct Attack and Indirect Transfer Mechanisms Dominated by Reactive Oxygen Species for Photocatalytic H₂O₂ Production on g-C₃N₄ Possessing Nitrogen Vacanci	159
Mechanism of Ce-Modified Birnessite-MnO₂ in Promoting SO₂ Poisoning Resistance for Low-Temperature NH₃-SCR	158
Boosted Photocatalytic Oxidation of Toluene into Benzaldehyde on CdIn₂S₄-CdS: Synergetic Effect of Compact Heterojunction and S-Vacancy	158
Constructing a Hetero-interface Composed of Oxygen Vacancy-Enriched Co₃O₄ and Crystalline–Amorphous NiFe-LDH for Oxygen Evolution Reaction	155
Engineering the Local Microenvironment over Bi Nanosheets for Highly Selective Electrocatalytic Conversion of CO₂ to HCOOH in Strong Acid	153
Hydrogenation of CO₂ to Methanol on a Au^δ+–In₂O_3–x Catalyst	153
Nanocarbon-Based Catalytic Ozonation for Aqueous Oxidation: Engineering Defects for Active Sites and Tunable Reaction Pathways	153
Fundamental Studies of Planar Single-Crystalline Oxide Model Electrodes (RuO₂, IrO₂) for Acidic Water Splitting	151
Interfacial Electrolyte Effects on Electrocatalytic CO₂ Reduction	151
Engineering Cobalt Oxide with Coexisting Cobalt Defects and Oxygen Vacancies for Enhanced Catalytic Oxidation of Toluene	150
Stabilizing Cu⁺ in Cu/SiO₂ Catalysts with a Shattuckite-Like Structure Boosts CO₂ Hydrogenation into Methanol	150
Ultrahigh Oxygen Evolution Reaction Activity Achieved Using Ir Single Atoms on Amorphous CoO_x Nanosheets	150
Atomically Dispersed Ni/Cu Dual Sites for Boosting the CO₂ Reduction Reaction	148
Pore-Edge Tailoring of Single-Atom Iron–Nitrogen Sites on Graphene for Enhanced CO₂ Reduction	146
Morphology Effects of CeO₂ Nanomaterials on the Catalytic Combustion of Toluene: A Combined Kinetics and Diffuse Reflectance Infrared Fourier Transform Spectroscopy Study	145
Elucidating the Facet-Dependent Selectivity for CO₂ Electroreduction to Ethanol of Cu–Ag Tandem Catalysts	145
Electrocatalytic Nitrate Reduction on Oxide-Derived Silver with Tunable Selectivity to Nitrite and Ammonia	144
Atomically Dispersed Co Catalyst for Efficient Hydrodeoxygenation of Lignin-Derived Species and Hydrogenation of Nitroaromatics	144
W–N Bonds Precisely Boost Z-Scheme Interfacial Charge Transfer in g-C₃N₄/WO₃ Heterojunctions for Enhanced Photocatalytic H₂ Evolution	144
Operando Methods in Electrocatalysis	142
Phosphorus-Induced Activation of Ruthenium for Boosting Hydrogen Oxidation and Evolution Electrocatalysis	139
Efficient Photoredox-Mediated C–C Coupling Organic Synthesis and Hydrogen Production over Engineered Semiconductor Quantum Dots	138
The Confined Interlayer Growth of Ultrathin Two-Dimensional Fe₃O₄ Nanosheets with Enriched Oxygen Vacancies for Peroxymonosulfate Activation	137

Polypropylene Plastic Waste Conversion to Lubricants over Ru/TiO₂ Catalysts	137
Hydrophobic Copper Interfaces Boost Electroreduction of Carbon Dioxide to Ethylene in Water	137
Recent Advances in Homogeneous Catalysts for the Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Heteroarenes	136
Recent Developments in Enantioselective Transition Metal Catalysis Featuring Attractive Noncovalent Interactions between Ligand and Substrate	136
Chemical Vapor Deposition for N/S-Doped Single Fe Site Catalysts for the Oxygen Reduction in Direct Methanol Fuel Cells	136
Polyoxometalate@Metal–Organic Framework Composites as Effective Photocatalysts	135
Theoretical Inspection of M₁/PMA Single-Atom Electrocatalyst: Ultra-High Performance for Water Splitting (HER/OER) and Oxygen Reduction Reactions (OER)	134
Recent Progress on Rational Design of Bimetallic Pd Based Catalysts and Their Advanced Catalysis	134
Elucidation of the Active Sites in Single-Atom Pd₁/CeO₂ Catalysts for Low-Temperature CO Oxidation	132
Perovskite Oxide Based Electrodes for the Oxygen Reduction and Evolution Reactions: The Underlying Mechanism	132
Acidic Oxygen Evolution Reaction Activity–Stability Relationships in Ru-Based Pyrochlores	132
Carbon-Based Materials for Electrochemical Reduction of CO₂ to C₂₊ Oxygenates: Recent Progress and Remaining Challenges	132
Fabrication of Robust Covalent Organic Frameworks for Enhanced Visible-Light-Driven H₂ Evolution	131
Co Single Atoms in ZrO₂ with Inherent Oxygen Vacancies for Selective Hydrogenation of CO₂ to CO	131
Efficient Electrocatalytic Oxidation of 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural Coupled with 4-Nitrophenol Hydrogenation in a Water System	131
Single-Atom Catalysts Designed and Prepared by the Atomic Layer Deposition Technique	131
Atomically Dispersed MnN₄ Catalysts via Environmentally Benign Aqueous Synthesis for Oxygen Reduction: Mechanistic Understanding of Activity and Stability Improvements	130
Light-Promoted CO₂ Conversion from Epoxides to Cyclic Carbonates at Ambient Conditions over a Bi-Based Metal–Organic Framework	129
Radical NHC Catalysis	129
Facile Cr³⁺-Doping Strategy Dramatically Promoting Ru/CeO₂ for Low-Temperature CO₂ Methanation: Unraveling the Roles of Surface Oxygen Vacancies and Hydroxyl Groups	129
Step-by-Step Mechanism Insights into the TiO₂/Ce₂S₃ S-Scheme Photocatalyst for Enhanced Aniline Production with Water as a Proton Source	129
Investigation into the Enhanced Catalytic Oxidation of o-Xylene over MOF-Derived Co₃O₄ with Different Shapes: The Role of Surface Twofold-Coordinate Lattice Oxygen (O	128
Rational Design of Chemical Catalysis for Plastic Recycling	128
Triple Functions of Ni(OH)₂ on the Surface of WN Nanowires Remarkably Promoting Electrocatalytic Activity in Full Water Splitting	128
Pathway Manipulation via Ni, Co, and V Ternary Synergism to Realize High Efficiency for Urea Electrocatalytic Oxidation	127
Liquid–Solid Boundaries Dominate Activity of CO₂ Reduction on Gas-Diffusion Electrodes	127
Rational Design of Bioinspired Catalysts for Selective Oxidations	127
Construction of K⁺ Ion Gradient in Crystalline Carbon Nitride to Accelerate Exciton Dissociation and Charge Separation for Visible Light H₂ Production	125
Pd Supported on MIL-68(In)-Derived In₂O₃ Nanotubes as Superior Catalysts to Boost CO₂ Hydrogenation to Methanol	125
3d-Orbital Occupancy Regulated Ir-Co Atomic Pair Toward Superior Bifunctional Oxygen Electrocatalysis	125
Elucidation of Active Sites for CH₄ Catalytic Oxidation over Pd/CeO₂ Via Tailoring Metal–Support Interactions	125
Mechanism-Based Design of Efficient PET Hydrolases	125
Tuning Charge Distribution of FeN₄ via External N for Enhanced Oxygen Reduction Reaction	125
Highly Efficient Hydrogenation of Nitrobenzene to Aniline over Pt/CeO₂ Catalysts: The Shape Effect of the Support and Key Role of Additional Ce³⁺ Sites	123
Electrocatalytic Valorization of Poly(ethylene terephthalate) Plastic and CO₂ for Simultaneous Production of Formic Acid	123
Highly Active Ir/In₂O₃ Catalysts for Selective Hydrogenation of CO₂ to Methanol: Experimental and Theoretical Studies	122
Deep Understanding of Strong Metal Interface Confinement: A Journey of Pd/FeO_x Catalysts	122
Vitamin C-Assisted Synthesized Mn–Co Oxides with Improved Oxygen Vacancy Concentration: Boosting Lattice Oxygen Activity for the Air-Oxidation of 5-(Hydroxymethyl)furfural	122
Visible-Light Photocatalytic CO₂ Reduction Using Metal-Organic Framework Derived Ni(OH)₂ Nanocages: A Synergy from Multiple Light Reflection, Static Charge Transfer, and Oxygen V	121
Electrochemical Construction of Low-Crystalline CoOOH Nanosheets with Short-Range Ordered Grains to Improve Oxygen Evolution Activity	120
In–N–In Sites Boosting Interfacial Charge Transfer in Carbon-Coated Hollow Tubular In₂O₃/ZnIn₂S₄ Heterostructure Derived from In-MOF for Enhanced Photocatal	120
Activation of C–O and C–N Bonds Using Non-Precious-Metal Catalysis	120
Selective Photo-oxidation of Methane to Methanol with Oxygen over Dual-Cocatalyst-Modified Titanium Dioxide	120
Crystalline Intramolecular Ternary Carbon Nitride Homojunction for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution	119