Xiaoju Cui

TL;DR: Experimental measurements and density functional theory calculations indicate that the formation of the Fe═O intermediate structure is a key step to promoting the conversion of benzene to phenol, paving the way toward highly efficient nonprecious catalysts for low-temperature oxidation reactions in heterogeneous catalysis and electrocatalysis.

TL;DR: In this paper, a universal strategy was proposed to directly synthesize single layer graphene encapsulating uniform earth-abundant 3D transition-metal nanoparticles such as Fe, Co, Ni and their alloys in a confined channel of mesoporous silica.

TL;DR: In this paper, a series of graphene-confined 3D transition metals (Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, and Cu) were screened, yet only single Fe atoms could catalyze the methane conversion, and they found that methane conversion proceeds on the O-FeN4-O active site along a radical pathway to produce CH3OH and CH3OOH first, and then the generated CH3HO can be further catalyzed to form HOCH2OOH and HCOOH at room temperature.

TL;DR: In this paper, the typical catalytic processes employed in these reaction systems and in particular highlight the potential heterogeneous catalysts with noteworthy C-H activation performance are summarized along with their perspectives on catalyst design, theoretical simulations, the choice of reaction condition, and the method of reaction product analysis.

TL;DR: It is reported that the incorporation of single metal active sites attached to the nitrogen atoms in the basal plane of graphene leads to composite materials with superior activity and stability when used as counter electrodes in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs).