Nature Catalysis

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(The median citation count of Nature Catalysis is 10. 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.)
ArticleCitations
Matching the kinetics of natural enzymes with a single-atom iron nanozyme665
Atomically dispersed antimony on carbon nitride for the artificial photosynthesis of hydrogen peroxide637
Chemical and biological catalysis for plastics recycling and upcycling538
Absence of CO2 electroreduction on copper, gold and silver electrodes without metal cations in solution529
Performance enhancement and degradation mechanism identification of a single-atom Co–N–C catalyst for proton exchange membrane fuel cells511
Self-adaptive dual-metal-site pairs in metal-organic frameworks for selective CO2 photoreduction to CH4509
In-situ reconstructed Ru atom array on α-MnO2 with enhanced performance for acidic water oxidation479
Identification of durable and non-durable FeNx sites in Fe–N–C materials for proton exchange membrane fuel cells445
Understanding the inter-site distance effect in single-atom catalysts for oxygen electroreduction423
Sulfur vacancy-rich MoS2 as a catalyst for the hydrogenation of CO2 to methanol388
Electrochemical CO2-to-ethylene conversion on polyamine-incorporated Cu electrodes376
Modulating electric field distribution by alkali cations for CO2 electroreduction in strongly acidic medium373
Coupling electrochemical CO2 conversion with CO2 capture369
Combined anodic and cathodic hydrogen production from aldehyde oxidation and hydrogen evolution reaction366
High loading of single atomic iron sites in Fe–NC oxygen reduction catalysts for proton exchange membrane fuel cells337
Redirecting dynamic surface restructuring of a layered transition metal oxide catalyst for superior water oxidation332
Enhancing the stability of cobalt spinel oxide towards sustainable oxygen evolution in acid331
Valence oscillation and dynamic active sites in monolayer NiCo hydroxides for water oxidation325
Interface dynamics of Pd–CeO2 single-atom catalysts during CO oxidation309
Cation-doped ZnS catalysts for polysulfide conversion in lithium–sulfur batteries294
Ultralow overpotential nitrate reduction to ammonia via a three-step relay mechanism288
High carbon utilization in CO2 reduction to multi-carbon products in acidic media281
Proton-filtering covalent organic frameworks with superior nitrogen penetration flux promote ambient ammonia synthesis261
The role of Cu1–O3 species in single-atom Cu/ZrO2 catalyst for CO2 hydrogenation251
Advances in supramolecular host-mediated reactivity250
The role of ruthenium in improving the kinetics of hydrogen oxidation and evolution reactions of platinum246
Hydrogen bond network connectivity in the electric double layer dominates the kinetic pH effect in hydrogen electrocatalysis on Pt233
Induced activation of the commercial Cu/ZnO/Al2O3 catalyst for the steam reforming of methanol232
Atomically dispersed Pt and Fe sites and Pt–Fe nanoparticles for durable proton exchange membrane fuel cells216
Oxygen evolution reaction over catalytic single-site Co in a well-defined brookite TiO2 nanorod surface215
A selective Au-ZnO/TiO2 hybrid photocatalyst for oxidative coupling of methane to ethane with dioxygen211
Reversely trapping atoms from a perovskite surface for high-performance and durable fuel cell cathodes211
Unified mechanistic understanding of CO2 reduction to CO on transition metal and single atom catalysts205
Denary oxide nanoparticles as highly stable catalysts for methane combustion204
Upcycling CO2 into energy-rich long-chain compounds via electrochemical and metabolic engineering202
Strong metal–support interactions on gold nanoparticle catalysts achieved through Le Chatelier’s principle202
Steering the structure and selectivity of CO2 electroreduction catalysts by potential pulses201
Analysis of the limitations in the oxygen reduction activity of transition metal oxide surfaces201
High-purity and high-concentration liquid fuels through CO2 electroreduction188
A single-Pt-atom-on-Ru-nanoparticle electrocatalyst for CO-resilient methanol oxidation187
Fully exposed palladium cluster catalysts enable hydrogen production from nitrogen heterocycles178
Directed evolution of an efficient and thermostable PET depolymerase177
Selective CO-to-acetate electroreduction via intermediate adsorption tuning on ordered Cu–Pd sites176
N-Heterocyclic carbenes as tunable ligands for catalytic metal surfaces174
Unifying views on catalyst deactivation170
Engineering the Cu/Mo2CTx (MXene) interface to drive CO2 hydrogenation to methanol168
Interpretable machine learning for knowledge generation in heterogeneous catalysis168
Capabilities and limitations of rotating disk electrodes versus membrane electrode assemblies in the investigation of electrocatalysts165
Room-temperature electrochemical acetylene reduction to ethylene with high conversion and selectivity162
Ensemble effect for single-atom, small cluster and nanoparticle catalysts160
Enhancing oxygen reduction electrocatalysis by tuning interfacial hydrogen bonds158
Simultaneous oxidative and reductive reactions in one system by atomic design156
Highly selective and productive reduction of carbon dioxide to multicarbon products via in situ CO management using segmented tandem electrodes153
Deep learning-based kcat prediction enables improved enzyme-constrained model reconstruction153
Long-chain hydrocarbons by CO2 electroreduction using polarized nickel catalysts153
RetroBioCat as a computer-aided synthesis planning tool for biocatalytic reactions and cascades152
Photocatalytic strategies for the activation of organic chlorides151
Amorphizing noble metal chalcogenide catalysts at the single-layer limit towards hydrogen production146
Overall photocatalytic water splitting by an organolead iodide crystalline material145
α-Fe2O3 as a versatile and efficient oxygen atom transfer catalyst in combination with H2O as the oxygen source141
Bimetallic monolayer catalyst breaks the activity–selectivity trade-off on metal particle size for efficient chemoselective hydrogenations138
The role of alkali metal cations and platinum-surface hydroxyl in the alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction135
Intramolecular hydroxyl nucleophilic attack pathway by a polymeric water oxidation catalyst with single cobalt sites132
Strain enhances the activity of molecular electrocatalysts via carbon nanotube supports130
Metal-free photosensitized oxyimination of unactivated alkenes with bifunctional oxime carbonates129
Dicarboxylation of alkenes, allenes and (hetero)arenes with CO2 via visible-light photoredox catalysis128
Following the structure of copper-zinc-alumina across the pressure gap in carbon dioxide hydrogenation127
Au-ZSM-5 catalyses the selective oxidation of CH4 to CH3OH and CH3COOH using O2127
General features to enhance enzymatic activity of poly(ethylene terephthalate) hydrolysis126
A heterogeneous iridium single-atom-site catalyst for highly regioselective carbenoid O–H bond insertion123
Recovering carbon losses in CO2 electrolysis using a solid electrolyte reactor120
Selective electrocatalytic semihydrogenation of acetylene impurities for the production of polymer-grade ethylene119
Engineering catalyst supports to stabilize PdOx two-dimensional rafts for water-tolerant methane oxidation117
Photoelectrochemical asymmetric catalysis enables site- and enantioselective cyanation of benzylic C–H bonds116
Highly efficient additive-free dehydrogenation of neat formic acid115
Solid–liquid phase transition induced electrocatalytic switching from hydrogen evolution to highly selective CO2 reduction113
Copper/alkaline earth metal oxide interfaces for electrochemical CO2-to-alcohol conversion by selective hydrogenation112
Rational design of perovskite ferrites as high-performance proton-conducting fuel cell cathodes112
Unlocking the potential of the formate pathway in the photo-assisted Sabatier reaction108
Enhanced CO2 utilization in dry reforming of methane achieved through nickel-mediated hydrogen spillover in zeolite crystals107
Ternary platinum–cobalt–indium nanoalloy on ceria as a highly efficient catalyst for the oxidative dehydrogenation of propane using CO2107
Operando visualization of the hydrogen evolution reaction with atomic-scale precision at different metal–graphene interfaces106
Visible-light photocatalytic di- and hydro-carboxylation of unactivated alkenes with CO2106
A new-to-nature carboxylation module to improve natural and synthetic CO2 fixation105
Photocatalytic sacrificial H2 evolution dominated by micropore-confined exciton transfer in hydrogen-bonded organic frameworks105
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 transfer99
Light-driven CO2 sequestration in Escherichia coli to achieve theoretical yield of chemicals99
Supramolecular tuning of supported metal phthalocyanine catalysts for hydrogen peroxide electrosynthesis98
Delocalization state-induced selective bond breaking for efficient methanol electrosynthesis from CO298
Nickel–molybdenum–niobium metallic glass for efficient hydrogen oxidation in hydroxide exchange membrane fuel cells93
Ternary ruthenium complex hydrides for ammonia synthesis via the associative mechanism90
Uniting biological and chemical strategies for selective CO2 reduction90
Quantifying the electrochemical active site density of precious metal-free catalysts in situ in fuel cells90
Interplay of electrochemical and electrical effects induces structural transformations in electrocatalysts89
Optimizing the p charge of S in p-block metal sulfides for sulfur reduction electrocatalysis89
Linear paired electrochemical valorization of glycerol enabled by the electro-Fenton process using a stable NiSe2 cathode88
Tuning the thermal activation atmosphere breaks the activity–stability trade-off of Fe–N–C oxygen reduction fuel cell catalysts87
Switching of metal–oxygen hybridization for selective CO2 electrohydrogenation under mild temperature and pressure87
Blocking the reverse reactions of overall water splitting on a Rh/GaN–ZnO photocatalyst modified with Al2O386
A residue-free approach to water disinfection using catalytic in situ generation of reactive oxygen species86
Cationic-group-functionalized electrocatalysts enable stable acidic CO2 electrolysis86
Direct propylene epoxidation with oxygen using a photo-electro-heterogeneous catalytic system84
Switchable wetting of oxygen-evolving oxide catalysts84
Cobalt-catalysed enantioselective C(sp3)–C(sp3) coupling83
The shape of water in zeolites and its impact on epoxidation catalysis82
Silica-supported Fe/Fe–O nanoparticles for the catalytic hydrogenation of nitriles to amines in the presence of aluminium additives82
Selective electrochemical synthesis of urea from nitrate and CO2 via relay catalysis on hybrid catalysts81
Direct methane activation by atomically thin platinum nanolayers on two-dimensional metal carbides81
Bridging the complexity gap in computational heterogeneous catalysis with machine learning80
Experimental Sabatier plot for predictive design of active and stable Pt-alloy oxygen reduction reaction catalysts79
Performance metrics for sustainable catalysis in industry79
Best practices for experiments and reporting in photocatalytic CO2 reduction79
Construction of axial chirality via asymmetric radical trapping by cobalt under visible light76
Biocatalytic reductive amination from discovery to commercial manufacturing applied to abrocitinib JAK1 inhibitor76
Correlating hydration free energy and specific adsorption of alkali metal cations during CO2 electroreduction on Au75
Peripheral-nitrogen effects on the Ru1 centre for highly efficient propane dehydrogenation75
Oxygen reduction reaction electrocatalysis in neutral media for bioelectrochemical systems75
Regulating oxygen activity of perovskites to promote NOx oxidation and reduction kinetics75
Atomic-scale surface restructuring of copper electrodes under CO2 electroreduction conditions72
One-step conversion of crude oil to light olefins using a multi-zone reactor72
Electrochemically induced nickel catalysis for oxygenation reactions with water72
Halide-guided active site exposure in bismuth electrocatalysts for selective CO2 conversion into formic acid72
Electrocatalytic conversion of carbon dioxide for the Paris goals72
Unlocking direct CO2 electrolysis to C3 products via electrolyte supersaturation71
Iron-catalysed asymmetric carboazidation of styrenes71
Breaking structure sensitivity in CO2 hydrogenation by tuning metal–oxide interfaces in supported cobalt nanoparticles71
An organic perspective on photocatalytic production of hydrogen peroxide71
Photoinduced chemomimetic biocatalysis for enantioselective intermolecular radical conjugate addition70
Identification of the active sites in supported subnanometric metal catalysts69
Enhancing acetate selectivity by coupling anodic oxidation to carbon monoxide electroreduction69
Threshold potentials for fast kinetics during mediated redox catalysis of insulators in Li–O2 and Li–S batteries68
Catalytic enantioselective synthesis of chiral tetraarylmethanes68
Biomimetic active sites on monolayered metal–organic frameworks for artificial photosynthesis68
Surface molecular imprinting over supported metal catalysts for size-dependent selective hydrogenation reactions67
Enhancing the connection between computation and experiments in electrocatalysis67
Chemical gradients in automotive Cu-SSZ-13 catalysts for NOx removal revealed by operando X-ray spectrotomography64
Light-driven CO2 methanation over Au-grafted Ce0.95Ru0.05O2 solid-solution catalysts with activities approaching the thermodynamic limit64
Bacteria–photocatalyst sheet for sustainable carbon dioxide utilization64
Machine-learning-assisted design of a binary descriptor to decipher electronic and structural effects on sulfur reduction kinetics63
Coordination and activation of nitrous oxide by iron zeolites63
Critical enzyme reactions in aromatic catabolism for microbial lignin conversion63
Critical role of solvent-modulated hydrogen-binding strength in the catalytic hydrogenation of benzaldehyde on palladium63
Decreasing the catalytic ignition temperature of diesel soot using electrified conductive oxide catalysts61
Redox-mediated electrosynthesis of ethylene oxide from CO2 and water61
Mechanism-guided tunnel engineering to increase the efficiency of a flavin-dependent halogenase61
Water-induced deactivation of cobalt-based Fischer–Tropsch catalysts60
Unusual zymogen activation patterns in the protein corona of Ca-zeolites60
Reversible H2 oxidation and evolution by hydrogenase embedded in a redox polymer film60
Energy transfer-enabled unsymmetrical diamination using bifunctional nitrogen-radical precursors59
Standardized protocols for evaluating platinum group metal-free oxygen reduction reaction electrocatalysts in polymer electrolyte fuel cells59
Reaction product-driven restructuring and assisted stabilization of a highly dispersed Rh-on-ceria catalyst59
On the origin of multihole oxygen evolution in haematite photoanodes59
Catalytic enantio- and diastereoselective domino halocyclization and spiroketalization58
Experimental evidence of distinct sites for CO2-to-CO and CO conversion on Cu in the electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction57
Highly selective hydrogenation of CO2 to propane over GaZrOx/H-SSZ-13 composite57
A semiconducting polymer bulk heterojunction photoanode for solar water oxidation57
Potassium hydride-intercalated graphite as an efficient heterogeneous catalyst for ammonia synthesis55
Heterogeneous electrocatalysis goes chemical55
Regioirregular and catalytic Mizoroki–Heck reactions55
Ultrasmall amorphous zirconia nanoparticles catalyse polyolefin hydrogenolysis54
Photoinduced gold-catalyzed divergent dechloroalkylation of gem-dichloroalkanes54
Modulating the dynamics of Brønsted acid sites on PtWOx inverse catalyst54
Germanium-enriched double-four-membered-ring units inducing zeolite-confined subnanometric Pt clusters for efficient propane dehydrogenation54
Deciphering the oxygen activation mechanism at the CuC site of particulate methane monooxygenase53
Atomic metal–non-metal catalytic pair drives efficient hydrogen oxidation catalysis in fuel cells53
Enantioselective synthesis of amino acids from ammonia53
Elucidating electron-transfer events in polypyridine nickel complexes for reductive coupling reactions53
Controlling biocatalytic cascades with enzyme–DNA dynamic networks52
Mo3+ hydride as the common origin of H2 evolution and selective NADH regeneration in molybdenum sulfide electrocatalysts52
Machine learning-enabled retrobiosynthesis of molecules51
Development of a versatile and efficient C–N lyase platform for asymmetric hydroamination via computational enzyme redesign51
A cell-free self-replenishing CO2-fixing system50
Facile access to fused 2D/3D rings via intermolecular cascade dearomative [2 + 2] cycloaddition/rearrangement reactions of quinolines with alkenes50
Electrocatalytic dual hydrogenation of organic substrates with a Faradaic efficiency approaching 200%50
Adsorbed cobalt porphyrins act like metal surfaces in electrocatalysis49
Exploration of the bio-analogous asymmetric C–C coupling mechanism in tandem CO2 electroreduction49
Engineering and emerging applications of artificial metalloenzymes with whole cells49
Shape-selective C–H activation of aromatics to biarylic compounds using molecular palladium in zeolites49
Urea group-directed organocatalytic asymmetric versatile dihalogenation of alkenes and alkynes47
Site-selective amination towards tertiary aliphatic allylamines47
DYW domain structures imply an unusual regulation principle in plant organellar RNA editing catalysis47
Influence of framework Al density in chabazite zeolites on copper ion mobility and reactivity during NOx selective catalytic reduction with NH346
Linkage-engineered donor–acceptor covalent organic frameworks for optimal photosynthesis of hydrogen peroxide from water and air46
Thermochemical aerobic oxidation catalysis in water can be analysed as two coupled electrochemical half-reactions46
Maximizing light-driven CO2 and N2 fixation efficiency in quantum dot–bacteria hybrids46
Exploring catalytic reaction networks with machine learning45
Atomically dispersed iridium on MgO(111) nanosheets catalyses benzene–ethylene coupling towards styrene45
Deacylation-aided C–H alkylative annulation through C–C cleavage of unstrained ketones45
Solar methanol energy storage45
Efficient exploration of terpenoid biosynthetic gene clusters in filamentous fungi44
Electrosynthesis of amino acids from NO and α-keto acids using two decoupled flow reactors44
Design and evolution of chimeric streptavidin for protein-enabled dual gold catalysis44
Catalyst control over sixfold stereogenicity44
Elucidation of radical- and oxygenate-driven paths in zeolite-catalysed conversion of methanol and methyl chloride to hydrocarbons44
Synergistic interactions between PtRu catalyst and nitrogen-doped carbon support boost hydrogen oxidation44
Metal–support cooperation in Al(PO3)3-supported platinum nanoparticles for the selective hydrogenolysis of phenols to arenes43
Palladium-catalysed enantioselective diacetoxylation of terminal alkenes43
Mechanistic study of an immobilized molecular electrocatalyst by in situ gap-plasmon-assisted spectro-electrochemistry43
Deciphering the dichotomy exerted by Zn(ii) in the catalytic sp2 C–O bond functionalization of aryl esters at the molecular level41
Blocking the sulfonate group in Nafion to unlock platinum’s activity in membrane electrode assemblies41
Light-driven synthesis of C2H6 from CO2 and H2O on a bimetallic AuIr composite supported on InGaN nanowires41
Catalytic mechanism and endo-to-exo selectivity reversion of an octalin-forming natural Diels–Alderase40
Catalytic pyrolysis as a platform technology for supporting the circular carbon economy40
Catalytic access to carbocation intermediates via nitrenoid transfer leading to allylic lactams40
Hydrogen-bonded organic framework-based bioorthogonal catalysis prevents drug metabolic inactivation39
Molecular water oxidation catalysts based on first-row transition metal complexes39
Iron-catalysed regioselective thienyl C–H/C–H coupling39
Regulation of the electrocatalytic nitrogen cycle based on sequential proton–electron transfer39
Mild and metal-free Birch-type hydrogenation of (hetero)arenes with boron carbonitride in water39
Olefin functionalization/isomerization enables stereoselective alkene synthesis39
Selective production of ethylene glycol at high rate via cascade catalysis39
Bridging adsorption analytics and catalytic kinetics for metal-exchanged zeolites38
Enzymatic control of endo- and exo-stereoselective Diels–Alder reactions with broad substrate scope38
Programmable late-stage C−H bond functionalization enabled by integration of enzymes with chemocatalysis38
Synthesis of tri- and tetrasubstituted stereocentres by nickel-catalysed enantioselective olefin cross-couplings38
Promoting Cu-catalysed CO2 electroreduction to multicarbon products by tuning the activity of H2O37
A strategic Ser/Cys exchange in the catalytic triad unlocks an acyltransferase-mediated synthesis of thioesters and tertiary amides37
P-chirogenic phosphorus compounds by stereoselective Pd-catalysed arylation of phosphoramidites37
Metabolic engineering of Escherichia coli with electron channelling for the production of natural products37
Evidence of substrate binding and product release via belt-sulfur mobilization of the nitrogenase cofactor37
Enhanced activity for the oxygen reduction reaction in microporous water36
Catalytic role of carbonyl oxygens and water in selinadiene synthase36
Photoenzymatic enantioselective intermolecular radical hydroamination36
Site-selective proteolytic cleavage of plant viruses by photoactive chiral nanoparticles36
Reaction environment impacts charge transfer but not chemical reaction steps in hydrogen evolution catalysis35
Generation of oxide surface patches promoting H-spillover in Ru/(TiOx)MnO catalysts enables CO2 reduction to CO35
Principles of target DNA cleavage and the role of Mg2+ in the catalysis of CRISPR–Cas934
Oxygenate-based routes regulate syngas conversion over oxide–zeolite bifunctional catalysts33
Co(CN)3 catalysts with well-defined coordination structure for the oxygen reduction reaction33
Biocatalytic synthesis of non-standard amino acids by a decarboxylative aldol reaction33
Gold-catalysed asymmetric net addition of unactivated propargylic C–H bonds to tethered aldehydes33
Ammonia history in the making32
Artificial spherical chromatophore nanomicelles for selective CO2 reduction in water32
Lewis acid-mediated Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reaction31
A strongly coupled Ru–CrOx cluster–cluster heterostructure for efficient alkaline hydrogen electrocatalysis31
Anti-Markovnikov hydrochlorination and hydronitrooxylation of α-olefins via visible-light photocatalysis31
Catalytic asymmetric α C(sp3)–H addition of benzylamines to aldehydes31
Enantio- and diastereoselective construction of vicinal C(sp3) centres via nickel-catalysed hydroalkylation of alkenes31
Solution-based Cu+ transient species mediate the reconstruction of copper electrocatalysts for CO2 reduction30
Mechanically interlocked pyrene-based photocatalysts30
An enantioselective ambimodal cross-Diels–Alder reaction and applications in synthesis30
Electrolyte-assisted polarization leading to enhanced charge separation and solar-to-hydrogen conversion efficiency of seawater splitting30
Selective synthesis of butane from carbon monoxide using cascade electrolysis and thermocatalysis at ambient conditions30
Revisiting the universal principle for the rational design of single-atom electrocatalysts30
High-throughput activity screening and sorting of single catalyst particles with a droplet microreactor using dielectrophoresis29
Solving the activity–stability trade-off riddle29
Engineering yeast metabolism for the discovery and production of polyamines and polyamine analogues29
Three-dimensional nanoimaging of fuel cell catalyst layers29
Dynamic and reversible transformations of subnanometre-sized palladium on ceria for efficient methane removal29
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