Nature Catalysis

Papers
(The median citation count of Nature Catalysis is 11. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)
ArticleCitations
Electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 to ethylene and ethanol through hydrogen-assisted C–C coupling over fluorine-modified copper809
Matching the kinetics of natural enzymes with a single-atom iron nanozyme533
Atomically dispersed antimony on carbon nitride for the artificial photosynthesis of hydrogen peroxide491
A fundamental look at electrocatalytic sulfur reduction reaction458
Performance enhancement and degradation mechanism identification of a single-atom Co–N–C catalyst for proton exchange membrane fuel cells450
Molecular-level insights on the reactive facet of carbon nitride single crystals photocatalysing overall water splitting429
Chemical and biological catalysis for plastics recycling and upcycling428
Self-adaptive dual-metal-site pairs in metal-organic frameworks for selective CO2 photoreduction to CH4414
Absence of CO2 electroreduction on copper, gold and silver electrodes without metal cations in solution398
High-valence metals improve oxygen evolution reaction performance by modulating 3d metal oxidation cycle energetics396
Towards molecular understanding of local chemical environment effects in electro- and photocatalytic CO2 reduction392
Identification of durable and non-durable FeNx sites in Fe–N–C materials for proton exchange membrane fuel cells372
Understanding the inter-site distance effect in single-atom catalysts for oxygen electroreduction343
In-situ reconstructed Ru atom array on α-MnO2 with enhanced performance for acidic water oxidation337
Electrochemical CO2-to-ethylene conversion on polyamine-incorporated Cu electrodes319
Sulfur vacancy-rich MoS2 as a catalyst for the hydrogenation of CO2 to methanol316
Highly active and stable stepped Cu surface for enhanced electrochemical CO2 reduction to C2H4306
Boosting CO2 hydrogenation via size-dependent metal–support interactions in cobalt/ceria-based catalysts293
Combined anodic and cathodic hydrogen production from aldehyde oxidation and hydrogen evolution reaction292
Microwave-initiated catalytic deconstruction of plastic waste into hydrogen and high-value carbons292
Covalency competition dominates the water oxidation structure–activity relationship on spinel oxides290
Lattice-confined Ru clusters with high CO tolerance and activity for the hydrogen oxidation reaction286
Coupling electrochemical CO2 conversion with CO2 capture276
Valence oscillation and dynamic active sites in monolayer NiCo hydroxides for water oxidation275
Redirecting dynamic surface restructuring of a layered transition metal oxide catalyst for superior water oxidation272
Catalytic upcycling of high-density polyethylene via a processive mechanism270
Non-aqueous gas diffusion electrodes for rapid ammonia synthesis from nitrogen and water-splitting-derived hydrogen265
Modulating electric field distribution by alkali cations for CO2 electroreduction in strongly acidic medium252
Interface dynamics of Pd–CeO2 single-atom catalysts during CO oxidation250
High loading of single atomic iron sites in Fe–NC oxygen reduction catalysts for proton exchange membrane fuel cells250
Enhancing the stability of cobalt spinel oxide towards sustainable oxygen evolution in acid245
Possibilities and limitations of biotechnological plastic degradation and recycling235
Advances in supramolecular host-mediated reactivity223
Proton-filtering covalent organic frameworks with superior nitrogen penetration flux promote ambient ammonia synthesis219
Tracking the formation, fate and consequence for catalytic activity of Pt single sites on CeO2214
Band structure engineering and defect control of Ta3N5 for efficient photoelectrochemical water oxidation212
Phase segregation reversibility in mixed-metal hydroxide water oxidation catalysts203
Cation-doped ZnS catalysts for polysulfide conversion in lithium–sulfur batteries202
High carbon utilization in CO2 reduction to multi-carbon products in acidic media199
Oxygen evolution reaction over catalytic single-site Co in a well-defined brookite TiO2 nanorod surface193
Structural modulation and direct measurement of subnanometric bimetallic PtSn clusters confined in zeolites186
The role of ruthenium in improving the kinetics of hydrogen oxidation and evolution reactions of platinum185
Reversely trapping atoms from a perovskite surface for high-performance and durable fuel cell cathodes178
Operando identification of site-dependent water oxidation activity on ruthenium dioxide single-crystal surfaces172
The role of Cu1–O3 species in single-atom Cu/ZrO2 catalyst for CO2 hydrogenation170
Induced activation of the commercial Cu/ZnO/Al2O3 catalyst for the steam reforming of methanol166
Analysis of the limitations in the oxygen reduction activity of transition metal oxide surfaces163
A selective Au-ZnO/TiO2 hybrid photocatalyst for oxidative coupling of methane to ethane with dioxygen161
Atomically dispersed Pt and Fe sites and Pt–Fe nanoparticles for durable proton exchange membrane fuel cells160
Denary oxide nanoparticles as highly stable catalysts for methane combustion159
Upcycling CO2 into energy-rich long-chain compounds via electrochemical and metabolic engineering158
Unified mechanistic understanding of CO2 reduction to CO on transition metal and single atom catalysts157
Strong metal–support interactions on gold nanoparticle catalysts achieved through Le Chatelier’s principle148
Steering the structure and selectivity of CO2 electroreduction catalysts by potential pulses146
High-purity and high-concentration liquid fuels through CO2 electroreduction146
Overcoming limitations in dual photoredox/nickel-catalysed C–N cross-couplings due to catalyst deactivation144
Engineering the Cu/Mo2CTx (MXene) interface to drive CO2 hydrogenation to methanol141
N-Heterocyclic carbenes as tunable ligands for catalytic metal surfaces139
Hydrogen bond network connectivity in the electric double layer dominates the kinetic pH effect in hydrogen electrocatalysis on Pt139
Simultaneous oxidative and reductive reactions in one system by atomic design138
A single-Pt-atom-on-Ru-nanoparticle electrocatalyst for CO-resilient methanol oxidation136
RetroBioCat as a computer-aided synthesis planning tool for biocatalytic reactions and cascades135
Interpretable machine learning for knowledge generation in heterogeneous catalysis127
Alkali ions secure hydrides for catalytic hydrogenation125
Ultralow overpotential nitrate reduction to ammonia via a three-step relay mechanism125
Enhancing oxygen reduction electrocatalysis by tuning interfacial hydrogen bonds124
Room-temperature electrochemical acetylene reduction to ethylene with high conversion and selectivity124
Directed evolution of an efficient and thermostable PET depolymerase123
Capabilities and limitations of rotating disk electrodes versus membrane electrode assemblies in the investigation of electrocatalysts122
Fully exposed palladium cluster catalysts enable hydrogen production from nitrogen heterocycles122
Photocatalytic strategies for the activation of organic chlorides122
Selective CO-to-acetate electroreduction via intermediate adsorption tuning on ordered Cu–Pd sites121
Highly selective and productive reduction of carbon dioxide to multicarbon products via in situ CO management using segmented tandem electrodes121
Recommended practice to report selectivity in electrochemical synthesis of H2O2117
α-Fe2O3 as a versatile and efficient oxygen atom transfer catalyst in combination with H2O as the oxygen source116
Amorphizing noble metal chalcogenide catalysts at the single-layer limit towards hydrogen production116
Overall photocatalytic water splitting by an organolead iodide crystalline material114
Metal-free photosensitized oxyimination of unactivated alkenes with bifunctional oxime carbonates112
Long-chain hydrocarbons by CO2 electroreduction using polarized nickel catalysts110
A heterogeneous iridium single-atom-site catalyst for highly regioselective carbenoid O–H bond insertion107
Bimetallic monolayer catalyst breaks the activity–selectivity trade-off on metal particle size for efficient chemoselective hydrogenations105
Dicarboxylation of alkenes, allenes and (hetero)arenes with CO2 via visible-light photoredox catalysis105
Unifying views on catalyst deactivation104
Following the structure of copper-zinc-alumina across the pressure gap in carbon dioxide hydrogenation103
Deep learning-based kcat prediction enables improved enzyme-constrained model reconstruction101
Ensemble effect for single-atom, small cluster and nanoparticle catalysts101
Au-ZSM-5 catalyses the selective oxidation of CH4 to CH3OH and CH3COOH using O2100
Selective electrocatalytic semihydrogenation of acetylene impurities for the production of polymer-grade ethylene96
General features to enhance enzymatic activity of poly(ethylene terephthalate) hydrolysis93
Highly efficient additive-free dehydrogenation of neat formic acid93
Construction of axial chirality via palladium/chiral norbornene cooperative catalysis92
Recovering carbon losses in CO2 electrolysis using a solid electrolyte reactor91
Tuning water reduction through controlled nanoconfinement within an organic liquid matrix91
Intramolecular hydroxyl nucleophilic attack pathway by a polymeric water oxidation catalyst with single cobalt sites90
Unlocking the potential of the formate pathway in the photo-assisted Sabatier reaction90
Solid–liquid phase transition induced electrocatalytic switching from hydrogen evolution to highly selective CO2 reduction89
Nanometre-scale spectroscopic visualization of catalytic sites during a hydrogenation reaction on a Pd/Au bimetallic catalyst89
Catalyst-controlled enantioselective 1,1-arylboration of unactivated olefins87
Photoelectrochemical asymmetric catalysis enables site- and enantioselective cyanation of benzylic C–H bonds87
Engineering catalyst supports to stabilize PdOx two-dimensional rafts for water-tolerant methane oxidation87
The role of alkali metal cations and platinum-surface hydroxyl in the alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction86
Operando visualization of the hydrogen evolution reaction with atomic-scale precision at different metal–graphene interfaces84
Enantioselective hydrogenation of dialkyl ketones82
Copper-catalysed amination of alkyl iodides enabled by halogen-atom transfer82
A new-to-nature carboxylation module to improve natural and synthetic CO2 fixation82
Plasmon-driven carbon–fluorine (C(sp3)–F) bond activation with mechanistic insights into hot-carrier-mediated pathways82
Selective electrocatalysis imparted by metal–insulator transition for durability enhancement of automotive fuel cells81
Ternary platinum–cobalt–indium nanoalloy on ceria as a highly efficient catalyst for the oxidative dehydrogenation of propane using CO281
Switching of metal–oxygen hybridization for selective CO2 electrohydrogenation under mild temperature and pressure78
Light-driven CO2 sequestration in Escherichia coli to achieve theoretical yield of chemicals76
A spatially orthogonal hierarchically porous acid–base catalyst for cascade and antagonistic reactions75
Visible-light photocatalytic di- and hydro-carboxylation of unactivated alkenes with CO275
Rational design of perovskite ferrites as high-performance proton-conducting fuel cell cathodes74
Uniting biological and chemical strategies for selective CO2 reduction74
Revealing nitrogen-containing species in commercial catalysts used for ammonia electrosynthesis74
A residue-free approach to water disinfection using catalytic in situ generation of reactive oxygen species74
Structure dependency of the atomic-scale mechanisms of platinum electro-oxidation and dissolution73
Electrolytic deuteration of unsaturated bonds without using D273
Asymmetric O-propargylation of secondary aliphatic alcohols73
Electrochemical oxidative aminocarbonylation of terminal alkynes73
Interplay of electrochemical and electrical effects induces structural transformations in electrocatalysts72
Copper/alkaline earth metal oxide interfaces for electrochemical CO2-to-alcohol conversion by selective hydrogenation71
Cu-catalysed intramolecular radical enantioconvergent tertiary β-C(sp3)–H amination of racemic ketones71
Enhanced CO2 utilization in dry reforming of methane achieved through nickel-mediated hydrogen spillover in zeolite crystals69
Current state and future perspectives of engineered and artificial peroxygenases for the oxyfunctionalization of organic molecules69
Ternary ruthenium complex hydrides for ammonia synthesis via the associative mechanism68
The shape of water in zeolites and its impact on epoxidation catalysis68
Quantifying the electrochemical active site density of precious metal-free catalysts in situ in fuel cells67
Cobalt-catalysed enantioselective C(sp3)–C(sp3) coupling67
A kinetic descriptor for the electrolyte effect on the oxygen reduction kinetics on Pt(111)67
Performance metrics for sustainable catalysis in industry67
Direct methane activation by atomically thin platinum nanolayers on two-dimensional metal carbides65
Silica-supported Fe/Fe–O nanoparticles for the catalytic hydrogenation of nitriles to amines in the presence of aluminium additives65
Electrochemically induced nickel catalysis for oxygenation reactions with water65
Structure–function relationships of radical SAM enzymes64
Switchable wetting of oxygen-evolving oxide catalysts63
Delocalization state-induced selective bond breaking for efficient methanol electrosynthesis from CO262
Iron-catalysed asymmetric carboazidation of styrenes62
Self-activation of copper electrodes during CO electro-oxidation in alkaline electrolyte61
Experimental Sabatier plot for predictive design of active and stable Pt-alloy oxygen reduction reaction catalysts60
Site-selective alkene borylation enabled by synergistic hydrometallation and borometallation59
Biocatalytic reductive amination from discovery to commercial manufacturing applied to abrocitinib JAK1 inhibitor59
Direct propylene epoxidation with oxygen using a photo-electro-heterogeneous catalytic system59
Chance emergence of catalytic activity and promiscuity in a self-replicator59
Strain enhances the activity of molecular electrocatalysts via carbon nanotube supports59
Catalytic enantioselective synthesis of chiral tetraarylmethanes58
Identification of the active sites in supported subnanometric metal catalysts58
Reversible H2 oxidation and evolution by hydrogenase embedded in a redox polymer film57
One-step conversion of crude oil to light olefins using a multi-zone reactor57
Nickel–molybdenum–niobium metallic glass for efficient hydrogen oxidation in hydroxide exchange membrane fuel cells57
Correlating hydration free energy and specific adsorption of alkali metal cations during CO2 electroreduction on Au56
Regulating oxygen activity of perovskites to promote NOx oxidation and reduction kinetics55
Supramolecular tuning of supported metal phthalocyanine catalysts for hydrogen peroxide electrosynthesis55
Oxygen reduction reaction electrocatalysis in neutral media for bioelectrochemical systems54
Water-induced deactivation of cobalt-based Fischer–Tropsch catalysts54
Electrocatalytic conversion of carbon dioxide for the Paris goals54
Chemical gradients in automotive Cu-SSZ-13 catalysts for NOx removal revealed by operando X-ray spectrotomography54
Linear paired electrochemical valorization of glycerol enabled by the electro-Fenton process using a stable NiSe2 cathode54
Surface molecular imprinting over supported metal catalysts for size-dependent selective hydrogenation reactions53
Acidity of surface-infiltrated binary oxides as a sensitive descriptor of oxygen exchange kinetics in mixed conducting oxides53
Threshold potentials for fast kinetics during mediated redox catalysis of insulators in Li–O2 and Li–S batteries52
Critical enzyme reactions in aromatic catabolism for microbial lignin conversion51
19F- and 18F-arene deoxyfluorination via organic photoredox-catalysed polarity-reversed nucleophilic aromatic substitution51
Optimizing the p charge of S in p-block metal sulfides for sulfur reduction electrocatalysis51
Critical role of solvent-modulated hydrogen-binding strength in the catalytic hydrogenation of benzaldehyde on palladium51
Enhancing acetate selectivity by coupling anodic oxidation to carbon monoxide electroreduction50
Biomimetic active sites on monolayered metal–organic frameworks for artificial photosynthesis50
Coordination and activation of nitrous oxide by iron zeolites50
Photoinduced chemomimetic biocatalysis for enantioselective intermolecular radical conjugate addition50
Heterogeneous electrocatalysis goes chemical49
Fungal-derived brevianamide assembly by a stereoselective semipinacolase49
Catalytic enantio- and diastereoselective domino halocyclization and spiroketalization49
Standardized protocols for evaluating platinum group metal-free oxygen reduction reaction electrocatalysts in polymer electrolyte fuel cells48
Reaction product-driven restructuring and assisted stabilization of a highly dispersed Rh-on-ceria catalyst48
A semiconducting polymer bulk heterojunction photoanode for solar water oxidation48
Chiral paddle-wheel diruthenium complexes for asymmetric catalysis47
Blocking the reverse reactions of overall water splitting on a Rh/GaN–ZnO photocatalyst modified with Al2O347
Unusual zymogen activation patterns in the protein corona of Ca-zeolites47
Mechanism-guided tunnel engineering to increase the efficiency of a flavin-dependent halogenase47
Bridging the complexity gap in computational heterogeneous catalysis with machine learning47
Enhancing the connection between computation and experiments in electrocatalysis47
Regioirregular and catalytic Mizoroki–Heck reactions46
Deciphering the oxygen activation mechanism at the CuC site of particulate methane monooxygenase46
Controlling biocatalytic cascades with enzyme–DNA dynamic networks45
Shape-selective C–H activation of aromatics to biarylic compounds using molecular palladium in zeolites44
Bacteria–photocatalyst sheet for sustainable carbon dioxide utilization44
Enantioselective synthesis of amino acids from ammonia44
Photocatalytic sacrificial H2 evolution dominated by micropore-confined exciton transfer in hydrogen-bonded organic frameworks43
Real-time fluorescence imaging of a heterogeneously catalysed Suzuki–Miyaura reaction43
Peripheral-nitrogen effects on the Ru1 centre for highly efficient propane dehydrogenation43
Energy transfer-enabled unsymmetrical diamination using bifunctional nitrogen-radical precursors43
Redox-mediated electrosynthesis of ethylene oxide from CO2 and water42
Facile access to fused 2D/3D rings via intermolecular cascade dearomative [2 + 2] cycloaddition/rearrangement reactions of quinolines with alkenes42
Breaking structure sensitivity in CO2 hydrogenation by tuning metal–oxide interfaces in supported cobalt nanoparticles41
Construction of axial chirality via asymmetric radical trapping by cobalt under visible light41
Engineering and emerging applications of artificial metalloenzymes with whole cells40
Mo3+ hydride as the common origin of H2 evolution and selective NADH regeneration in molybdenum sulfide electrocatalysts40
Urea group-directed organocatalytic asymmetric versatile dihalogenation of alkenes and alkynes40
Decreasing the catalytic ignition temperature of diesel soot using electrified conductive oxide catalysts40
A cell-free self-replenishing CO2-fixing system40
Potassium hydride-intercalated graphite as an efficient heterogeneous catalyst for ammonia synthesis39
Development of a versatile and efficient C–N lyase platform for asymmetric hydroamination via computational enzyme redesign39
Thermochemical aerobic oxidation catalysis in water can be analysed as two coupled electrochemical half-reactions39
Highly selective hydrogenation of CO2 to propane over GaZrOx/H-SSZ-13 composite39
Adsorbed cobalt porphyrins act like metal surfaces in electrocatalysis38
Modulating the dynamics of Brønsted acid sites on PtWOx inverse catalyst38
Palladium-catalysed enantioselective diacetoxylation of terminal alkenes38
Exploration of the bio-analogous asymmetric C–C coupling mechanism in tandem CO2 electroreduction38
On the origin of multihole oxygen evolution in haematite photoanodes38
Catalytic access to carbocation intermediates via nitrenoid transfer leading to allylic lactams37
Creation of negatively curved polyaromatics enabled by annulative coupling that forms an eight-membered ring37
Unlocking direct CO2 electrolysis to C3 products via electrolyte supersaturation37
DYW domain structures imply an unusual regulation principle in plant organellar RNA editing catalysis37
Atomically dispersed iridium on MgO(111) nanosheets catalyses benzene–ethylene coupling towards styrene36
Catalyst control over sixfold stereogenicity36
Catalytic mechanism and endo-to-exo selectivity reversion of an octalin-forming natural Diels–Alderase36
Elucidating electron-transfer events in polypyridine nickel complexes for reductive coupling reactions36
Photoinduced gold-catalyzed divergent dechloroalkylation of gem-dichloroalkanes36
Mechanistic study of an immobilized molecular electrocatalyst by in situ gap-plasmon-assisted spectro-electrochemistry36
Elucidation of radical- and oxygenate-driven paths in zeolite-catalysed conversion of methanol and methyl chloride to hydrocarbons35
Phosphoramidite-based photoresponsive ligands displaying multifold transfer of chirality in dynamic enantioselective metal catalysis35
Programmable late-stage C−H bond functionalization enabled by integration of enzymes with chemocatalysis35
Deacylation-aided C–H alkylative annulation through C–C cleavage of unstrained ketones35
Main element chemistry enables gas-cylinder-free hydroformylations35
Site-selective amination towards tertiary aliphatic allylamines34
Iron-catalysed regioselective thienyl C–H/C–H coupling34
Ultrasmall amorphous zirconia nanoparticles catalyse polyolefin hydrogenolysis34
Machine learning-enabled retrobiosynthesis of molecules33
Electrocatalytic dual hydrogenation of organic substrates with a Faradaic efficiency approaching 200%33
Best practices for experiments and reporting in photocatalytic CO2 reduction33
Solar methanol energy storage33
Deciphering the dichotomy exerted by Zn(ii) in the catalytic sp2 C–O bond functionalization of aryl esters at the molecular level32
Metal–support cooperation in Al(PO3)3-supported platinum nanoparticles for the selective hydrogenolysis of phenols to arenes32
Design and evolution of chimeric streptavidin for protein-enabled dual gold catalysis32
Efficient exploration of terpenoid biosynthetic gene clusters in filamentous fungi32
Formation of thioesters by dehydrogenative coupling of thiols and alcohols with H2 evolution31
Evidence of substrate binding and product release via belt-sulfur mobilization of the nitrogenase cofactor31
From desktop to benchtop with automated computational workflows for computer-aided design in asymmetric catalysis31
A polyketoacyl-CoA thiolase-dependent pathway for the synthesis of polyketide backbones30
Biocatalytic synthesis of non-standard amino acids by a decarboxylative aldol reaction30
Gold-catalysed asymmetric net addition of unactivated propargylic C–H bonds to tethered aldehydes30
Molecular water oxidation catalysts based on first-row transition metal complexes30
Bridging adsorption analytics and catalytic kinetics for metal-exchanged zeolites29
Light-driven CO2 methanation over Au-grafted Ce0.95Ru0.05O2 solid-solution catalysts with activities approaching the thermodynamic limit29
Synthesis of tri- and tetrasubstituted stereocentres by nickel-catalysed enantioselective olefin cross-couplings29
A strategic Ser/Cys exchange in the catalytic triad unlocks an acyltransferase-mediated synthesis of thioesters and tertiary amides29
Atomic-scale surface restructuring of copper electrodes under CO2 electroreduction conditions29
Olefin functionalization/isomerization enables stereoselective alkene synthesis29
Electrode design for ammonia synthesis28
P-chirogenic phosphorus compounds by stereoselective Pd-catalysed arylation of phosphoramidites27
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