OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Nature Catalysis is 91. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Matching the kinetics of natural enzymes with a single-atom iron nanozyme	665
Atomically dispersed antimony on carbon nitride for the artificial photosynthesis of hydrogen peroxide	637
Chemical and biological catalysis for plastics recycling and upcycling	538
Absence of CO2 electroreduction on copper, gold and silver electrodes without metal cations in solution	529
Performance enhancement and degradation mechanism identification of a single-atom Co–N–C catalyst for proton exchange membrane fuel cells	511
Self-adaptive dual-metal-site pairs in metal-organic frameworks for selective CO2 photoreduction to CH4	509
In-situ reconstructed Ru atom array on α-MnO2 with enhanced performance for acidic water oxidation	479
Identification of durable and non-durable FeNx sites in Fe–N–C materials for proton exchange membrane fuel cells	445
Understanding the inter-site distance effect in single-atom catalysts for oxygen electroreduction	423
Sulfur vacancy-rich MoS2 as a catalyst for the hydrogenation of CO2 to methanol	388
Electrochemical CO2-to-ethylene conversion on polyamine-incorporated Cu electrodes	376
Modulating electric field distribution by alkali cations for CO2 electroreduction in strongly acidic medium	373
Coupling electrochemical CO2 conversion with CO2 capture	369
Combined anodic and cathodic hydrogen production from aldehyde oxidation and hydrogen evolution reaction	366
High loading of single atomic iron sites in Fe–NC oxygen reduction catalysts for proton exchange membrane fuel cells	337
Redirecting dynamic surface restructuring of a layered transition metal oxide catalyst for superior water oxidation	332
Enhancing the stability of cobalt spinel oxide towards sustainable oxygen evolution in acid	331
Valence oscillation and dynamic active sites in monolayer NiCo hydroxides for water oxidation	325
Interface dynamics of Pd–CeO2 single-atom catalysts during CO oxidation	309
Cation-doped ZnS catalysts for polysulfide conversion in lithium–sulfur batteries	294
Ultralow overpotential nitrate reduction to ammonia via a three-step relay mechanism	288
High carbon utilization in CO2 reduction to multi-carbon products in acidic media	281
Proton-filtering covalent organic frameworks with superior nitrogen penetration flux promote ambient ammonia synthesis	261
The role of Cu1–O3 species in single-atom Cu/ZrO2 catalyst for CO2 hydrogenation	251
Advances in supramolecular host-mediated reactivity	250

The role of ruthenium in improving the kinetics of hydrogen oxidation and evolution reactions of platinum	246
Hydrogen bond network connectivity in the electric double layer dominates the kinetic pH effect in hydrogen electrocatalysis on Pt	233
Induced activation of the commercial Cu/ZnO/Al2O3 catalyst for the steam reforming of methanol	232
Atomically dispersed Pt and Fe sites and Pt–Fe nanoparticles for durable proton exchange membrane fuel cells	216
Oxygen evolution reaction over catalytic single-site Co in a well-defined brookite TiO2 nanorod surface	215
Reversely trapping atoms from a perovskite surface for high-performance and durable fuel cell cathodes	211
A selective Au-ZnO/TiO2 hybrid photocatalyst for oxidative coupling of methane to ethane with dioxygen	211
Unified mechanistic understanding of CO2 reduction to CO on transition metal and single atom catalysts	205
Denary oxide nanoparticles as highly stable catalysts for methane combustion	204
Upcycling CO2 into energy-rich long-chain compounds via electrochemical and metabolic engineering	202
Strong metal–support interactions on gold nanoparticle catalysts achieved through Le Chatelier’s principle	202
Analysis of the limitations in the oxygen reduction activity of transition metal oxide surfaces	201
Steering the structure and selectivity of CO2 electroreduction catalysts by potential pulses	201
High-purity and high-concentration liquid fuels through CO2 electroreduction	188
A single-Pt-atom-on-Ru-nanoparticle electrocatalyst for CO-resilient methanol oxidation	187
Fully exposed palladium cluster catalysts enable hydrogen production from nitrogen heterocycles	178
Directed evolution of an efficient and thermostable PET depolymerase	177
Selective CO-to-acetate electroreduction via intermediate adsorption tuning on ordered Cu–Pd sites	176
N-Heterocyclic carbenes as tunable ligands for catalytic metal surfaces	174
Unifying views on catalyst deactivation	170
Interpretable machine learning for knowledge generation in heterogeneous catalysis	168
Engineering the Cu/Mo2CTx (MXene) interface to drive CO2 hydrogenation to methanol	168
Capabilities and limitations of rotating disk electrodes versus membrane electrode assemblies in the investigation of electrocatalysts	165
Room-temperature electrochemical acetylene reduction to ethylene with high conversion and selectivity	162
Ensemble effect for single-atom, small cluster and nanoparticle catalysts	160
Enhancing oxygen reduction electrocatalysis by tuning interfacial hydrogen bonds	158
Simultaneous oxidative and reductive reactions in one system by atomic design	156
Highly selective and productive reduction of carbon dioxide to multicarbon products via in situ CO management using segmented tandem electrodes	153
Deep learning-based kcat prediction enables improved enzyme-constrained model reconstruction	153
Long-chain hydrocarbons by CO2 electroreduction using polarized nickel catalysts	153
RetroBioCat as a computer-aided synthesis planning tool for biocatalytic reactions and cascades	152
Photocatalytic strategies for the activation of organic chlorides	151
Amorphizing noble metal chalcogenide catalysts at the single-layer limit towards hydrogen production	146
Overall photocatalytic water splitting by an organolead iodide crystalline material	145
α-Fe2O3 as a versatile and efficient oxygen atom transfer catalyst in combination with H2O as the oxygen source	141
Bimetallic monolayer catalyst breaks the activity–selectivity trade-off on metal particle size for efficient chemoselective hydrogenations	138
The role of alkali metal cations and platinum-surface hydroxyl in the alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction	135
Intramolecular hydroxyl nucleophilic attack pathway by a polymeric water oxidation catalyst with single cobalt sites	132
Strain enhances the activity of molecular electrocatalysts via carbon nanotube supports	130
Metal-free photosensitized oxyimination of unactivated alkenes with bifunctional oxime carbonates	129
Dicarboxylation of alkenes, allenes and (hetero)arenes with CO2 via visible-light photoredox catalysis	128
Following the structure of copper-zinc-alumina across the pressure gap in carbon dioxide hydrogenation	127
Au-ZSM-5 catalyses the selective oxidation of CH4 to CH3OH and CH3COOH using O2	127
General features to enhance enzymatic activity of poly(ethylene terephthalate) hydrolysis	126
A heterogeneous iridium single-atom-site catalyst for highly regioselective carbenoid O–H bond insertion	123
Recovering carbon losses in CO2 electrolysis using a solid electrolyte reactor	120
Selective electrocatalytic semihydrogenation of acetylene impurities for the production of polymer-grade ethylene	119
Engineering catalyst supports to stabilize PdOx two-dimensional rafts for water-tolerant methane oxidation	117
Photoelectrochemical asymmetric catalysis enables site- and enantioselective cyanation of benzylic C–H bonds	116
Highly efficient additive-free dehydrogenation of neat formic acid	115

Solid–liquid phase transition induced electrocatalytic switching from hydrogen evolution to highly selective CO2 reduction	113
Rational design of perovskite ferrites as high-performance proton-conducting fuel cell cathodes	112
Copper/alkaline earth metal oxide interfaces for electrochemical CO2-to-alcohol conversion by selective hydrogenation	112
Unlocking the potential of the formate pathway in the photo-assisted Sabatier reaction	108
Ternary platinum–cobalt–indium nanoalloy on ceria as a highly efficient catalyst for the oxidative dehydrogenation of propane using CO2	107
Enhanced CO2 utilization in dry reforming of methane achieved through nickel-mediated hydrogen spillover in zeolite crystals	107
Operando visualization of the hydrogen evolution reaction with atomic-scale precision at different metal–graphene interfaces	106
Visible-light photocatalytic di- and hydro-carboxylation of unactivated alkenes with CO2	106
A new-to-nature carboxylation module to improve natural and synthetic CO2 fixation	105
Photocatalytic sacrificial H2 evolution dominated by micropore-confined exciton transfer in hydrogen-bonded organic frameworks	105
A kinetic descriptor for the electrolyte effect on the oxygen reduction kinetics on Pt(111)	102
Copper-catalysed amination of alkyl iodides enabled by halogen-atom transfer	99
Light-driven CO2 sequestration in Escherichia coli to achieve theoretical yield of chemicals	99
Delocalization state-induced selective bond breaking for efficient methanol electrosynthesis from CO2	98
Supramolecular tuning of supported metal phthalocyanine catalysts for hydrogen peroxide electrosynthesis	98
Nickel–molybdenum–niobium metallic glass for efficient hydrogen oxidation in hydroxide exchange membrane fuel cells	93