OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of ACS Catalysis is 118. 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Tailoring the d-Band Centers Endows (Ni_xFe_1–x)₂P Nanosheets with Efficient Oxygen Evolution Catalysis	450
Insights into the Influence of CeO₂Crystal Facet on CO₂Hydrogenation to Methanol over Pd/CeO₂Catalysts	428
Perovskite Oxide Based Materials for Energy and Environment-Oriented Photocatalysis	405
Nickel-Catalyzed Enantioselective Reductive Cross-Coupling Reactions	372
Defect Chemistry in Heterogeneous Catalysis: Recognition, Understanding, and Utilization	341
High-Entropy Alloys as a Platform for Catalysis: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities	331
Enhanced Photocatalytic H₂O₂ Production over Carbon Nitride by Doping and Defect Engineering	286
Rational Catalyst Design for N₂ Reduction under Ambient Conditions: Strategies toward Enhanced Conversion Efficiency	281
Computational Redesign of a PETase for Plastic Biodegradation under Ambient Condition by the GRAPE Strategy	280
Electrocatalysis of Single-Atom Sites: Impacts of Atomic Coordination	280
Nickel-Catalyzed Dicarbofunctionalization of Alkenes	279
A Review on Challenges and Successes in Atomic-Scale Design of Catalysts for Electrochemical Synthesis of Hydrogen Peroxide	276
Supported Metal Clusters: Fabrication and Application in Heterogeneous Catalysis	275
Atomically Dispersed Fe–Co Dual Metal Sites as Bifunctional Oxygen Electrocatalysts for Rechargeable and Flexible Zn–Air Batteries	254
MXenes: New Horizons in Catalysis	244
Metal–Organic Frameworks as a Good Platform for the Fabrication of Single-Atom Catalysts	244
Transition Metal-Catalyzed Organic Reactions under Visible Light: Recent Developments and Future Perspectives	233
Engineering Lower Coordination Atoms onto NiO/Co₃O₄ Heterointerfaces for Boosting Oxygen Evolution Reactions	232
Electrocatalytic Oxidation of Glycerol to Formic Acid by CuCo₂O₄ Spinel Oxide Nanostructure Catalysts	230
N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Based Catalysis Enabling Cross-Coupling Reactions	224
Recycling Carbon Dioxide through Catalytic Hydrogenation: Recent Key Developments and Perspectives	222
NiCo-Based Electrocatalysts for the Alkaline Oxygen Evolution Reaction: A Review	220
CO₂ Hydrogenation to Methanol over In₂O₃-Based Catalysts: From Mechanism to Catalyst Development	216
Fully Conjugated Donor–Acceptor Covalent Organic Frameworks for Photocatalytic Oxidative Amine Coupling and Thioamide Cyclization	215
Open Catalyst 2020 (OC20) Dataset and Community Challenges	215

Selective Organic Transformations over Cadmium Sulfide-Based Photocatalysts	214
Densely Isolated FeN₄ Sites for Peroxidase Mimicking	210
Photocatalytic CO₂Reduction: A Review of Ab Initio Mechanism, Kinetics, and Multiscale Modeling Simulations	206
Structure Sensitivity of Pd Facets for Enhanced Electrochemical Nitrate Reduction to Ammonia	205
Spin-State-Dependent Peroxymonosulfate Activation of Single-Atom M–N Moieties via a Radical-Free Pathway	205
Revealing the CO Coverage-Driven C–C Coupling Mechanism for Electrochemical CO₂ Reduction on Cu₂O Nanocubes via Operando Raman Spectroscopy	204
Embedding CdS@Au into Ultrathin Ti_3–xC₂T_y to Build Dual Schottky Barriers for Photocatalytic H₂ Production	203
Density Functional Theory Calculations for Insight into the Heterocatalyst Reactivity and Mechanism in Persulfate-Based Advanced Oxidation Reactions	203
Metal-Mediated and Metal-Catalyzed Reactions Under Mechanochemical Conditions	199
Single Electron Transfer-Induced Redox Processes Involving N-(Acyloxy)phthalimides	196
Improved Activity and SO₂ Resistance by Sm-Modulated Redox of MnCeSmTiO_x Mesoporous Amorphous Oxides for Low-Temperature NH₃-SCR of NO	193
Advances in the Design of Heterogeneous Catalysts and Thermocatalytic Processes for CO₂ Utilization	191
Embracing Nature’s Catalysts: A Viewpoint on the Future of Biocatalysis	190
Spillover in Heterogeneous Catalysis: New Insights and Opportunities	186
Transition Metal Catalyzed Enantioselective C(sp²)–H Bond Functionalization	185
Investigation into the Catalytic Roles of Various Oxygen Species over Different Crystal Phases of MnO₂ for C₆H₆ and HCHO Oxidation	183
Recent Advances in Noncontact External-Field-Assisted Photocatalysis: From Fundamentals to Applications	179
Enhanced Photocatalytic CO₂ Reduction Activity over NH₂-MIL-125(Ti) by Facet Regulation	178
Metal–Support Interactions in Metal/Oxide Catalysts and Oxide–Metal Interactions in Oxide/Metal Inverse Catalysts	177
The Critical Impacts of Ligands on Heterogeneous Nanocatalysis: A Review	177
Synergistic Effects for Enhanced Catalysis in a Dual Single-Atom Catalyst	176
Copper-Catalyzed Borylative Difunctionalization of π-Systems	173
Essential Role of the Support for Nickel-Based CO₂ Methanation Catalysts	173
Heterogeneous Photocatalytic Organic Transformation Reactions Using Conjugated Polymers-Based Materials	170
Fundamentals of Electrochemical CO₂ Reduction on Single-Metal-Atom Catalysts	166
Theoretical Insights into Superior Nitrate Reduction to Ammonia Performance of Copper Catalysts	165
Electrocatalytic Reduction of Nitrate to Ammonia on Low-Cost Ultrathin CoO_x Nanosheets	161
Single Atomic Cerium Sites with a High Coordination Number for Efficient Oxygen Reduction in Proton-Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells	161
Tandem Catalysis for Hydrogenation of CO and CO₂ to Lower Olefins with Bifunctional Catalysts Composed of Spinel Oxide and SAPO-34	161
Platinum Single Atoms Anchored on a Covalent Organic Framework: Boosting Active Sites for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution	159
Size Dependence of Pt Catalysts for Propane Dehydrogenation: from Atomically Dispersed to Nanoparticles	159
Ceria-Based Materials for Thermocatalytic and Photocatalytic Organic Synthesis	157
Challenges and Opportunities in Multicatalysis	155
Visible-Light-Driven Catalytic Reductive Carboxylation with CO₂	153
Origin of the Enhanced Reusability and Electron Transfer of the Carbon-Coated Mn₃O₄ Nanocube for Persulfate Activation	153
Atomic Fe Dispersed Hierarchical Mesoporous Fe–N–C Nanostructures for an Efficient Oxygen Reduction Reaction	152
Recent Advances in Catalytic Transfer Hydrogenation with Formic Acid over Heterogeneous Transition Metal Catalysts	150
Boosted Photocatalytic Oxidation of Toluene into Benzaldehyde on CdIn₂S₄-CdS: Synergetic Effect of Compact Heterojunction and S-Vacancy	149
Insight on Reaction Pathways of Photocatalytic CO₂ Conversion	149
Spontaneous Formation of Asymmetric Oxygen Vacancies in Transition-Metal-Doped CeO₂ Nanorods with Improved Activity for Carbonyl Sulfide Hydrolysis	149
Hydrogenation of CO₂ to Methanol on a Au^δ+–In₂O_3–x Catalyst	148
Mechanism of Ce-Modified Birnessite-MnO₂ in Promoting SO₂ Poisoning Resistance for Low-Temperature NH₃-SCR	147
Nanocarbon-Based Catalytic Ozonation for Aqueous Oxidation: Engineering Defects for Active Sites and Tunable Reaction Pathways	145
Constructing a Hetero-interface Composed of Oxygen Vacancy-Enriched Co₃O₄ and Crystalline–Amorphous NiFe-LDH for Oxygen Evolution Reaction	144
Direct Attack and Indirect Transfer Mechanisms Dominated by Reactive Oxygen Species for Photocatalytic H₂O₂ Production on g-C₃N₄ Possessing Nitrogen Vacanci	143
Ultrahigh Oxygen Evolution Reaction Activity Achieved Using Ir Single Atoms on Amorphous CoO_x Nanosheets	142
Pore-Edge Tailoring of Single-Atom Iron–Nitrogen Sites on Graphene for Enhanced CO₂ Reduction	141
Atomically Dispersed Co Catalyst for Efficient Hydrodeoxygenation of Lignin-Derived Species and Hydrogenation of Nitroaromatics	139
Morphology Effects of CeO₂ Nanomaterials on the Catalytic Combustion of Toluene: A Combined Kinetics and Diffuse Reflectance Infrared Fourier Transform Spectroscopy Study	138
Stabilizing Cu⁺ in Cu/SiO₂ Catalysts with a Shattuckite-Like Structure Boosts CO₂ Hydrogenation into Methanol	137

Fundamental Studies of Planar Single-Crystalline Oxide Model Electrodes (RuO₂, IrO₂) for Acidic Water Splitting	137
Elucidating the Facet-Dependent Selectivity for CO₂ Electroreduction to Ethanol of Cu–Ag Tandem Catalysts	135
Engineering Cobalt Oxide with Coexisting Cobalt Defects and Oxygen Vacancies for Enhanced Catalytic Oxidation of Toluene	134
Electrocatalytic Nitrate Reduction on Oxide-Derived Silver with Tunable Selectivity to Nitrite and Ammonia	134
Operando Methods in Electrocatalysis	133
Insights into the Oxygen Vacancy Filling Mechanism in CuO/CeO₂ Catalysts: A Key Step Toward High Selectivity in Preferential CO Oxidation	133
Phosphorus-Induced Activation of Ruthenium for Boosting Hydrogen Oxidation and Evolution Electrocatalysis	133
Mesoporous Carbon Hollow Spheres as Efficient Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction to Hydrogen Peroxide in Neutral Electrolytes	132
The Confined Interlayer Growth of Ultrathin Two-Dimensional Fe₃O₄ Nanosheets with Enriched Oxygen Vacancies for Peroxymonosulfate Activation	132
Interfacial Electrolyte Effects on Electrocatalytic CO₂ Reduction	132
Recent Developments in Enantioselective Transition Metal Catalysis Featuring Attractive Noncovalent Interactions between Ligand and Substrate	132
Recent Advances in the Understanding of Nickel-Based Catalysts for the Oxidation of Hydrogen-Containing Fuels in Alkaline Media	131
Efficient Photoredox-Mediated C–C Coupling Organic Synthesis and Hydrogen Production over Engineered Semiconductor Quantum Dots	131
Atomically Dispersed Ni/Cu Dual Sites for Boosting the CO₂ Reduction Reaction	131
W–N Bonds Precisely Boost Z-Scheme Interfacial Charge Transfer in g-C₃N₄/WO₃ Heterojunctions for Enhanced Photocatalytic H₂ Evolution	130
Hydrophobic Copper Interfaces Boost Electroreduction of Carbon Dioxide to Ethylene in Water	130
Engineering the Local Microenvironment over Bi Nanosheets for Highly Selective Electrocatalytic Conversion of CO₂ to HCOOH in Strong Acid	129
Visible-Light-Responsive Anthraquinone Functionalized Covalent Organic Frameworks for Metal-Free Selective Oxidation of Sulfides: Effects of Morphology and Structure	129
Recent Progress on Rational Design of Bimetallic Pd Based Catalysts and Their Advanced Catalysis	129
Recent Advances in Homogeneous Catalysts for the Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Heteroarenes	128
Chemical Vapor Deposition for N/S-Doped Single Fe Site Catalysts for the Oxygen Reduction in Direct Methanol Fuel Cells	126
Theoretical Inspection of M₁/PMA Single-Atom Electrocatalyst: Ultra-High Performance for Water Splitting (HER/OER) and Oxygen Reduction Reactions (OER)	125
Polyoxometalate@Metal–Organic Framework Composites as Effective Photocatalysts	125
Atomically Dispersed MnN₄ Catalysts via Environmentally Benign Aqueous Synthesis for Oxygen Reduction: Mechanistic Understanding of Activity and Stability Improvements	125
Elucidation of the Active Sites in Single-Atom Pd₁/CeO₂ Catalysts for Low-Temperature CO Oxidation	124
Light-Promoted CO₂ Conversion from Epoxides to Cyclic Carbonates at Ambient Conditions over a Bi-Based Metal–Organic Framework	124
Co Single Atoms in ZrO₂ with Inherent Oxygen Vacancies for Selective Hydrogenation of CO₂ to CO	124
Fabrication of Robust Covalent Organic Frameworks for Enhanced Visible-Light-Driven H₂ Evolution	123
Perovskite Oxide Based Electrodes for the Oxygen Reduction and Evolution Reactions: The Underlying Mechanism	123
Triple Functions of Ni(OH)₂ on the Surface of WN Nanowires Remarkably Promoting Electrocatalytic Activity in Full Water Splitting	123
Step-by-Step Mechanism Insights into the TiO₂/Ce₂S₃ S-Scheme Photocatalyst for Enhanced Aniline Production with Water as a Proton Source	122
Highly Efficient Hydrogenation of Nitrobenzene to Aniline over Pt/CeO₂ Catalysts: The Shape Effect of the Support and Key Role of Additional Ce³⁺ Sites	121
Carbon-Based Materials for Electrochemical Reduction of CO₂ to C₂₊ Oxygenates: Recent Progress and Remaining Challenges	121
Polypropylene Plastic Waste Conversion to Lubricants over Ru/TiO₂ Catalysts	121
Efficient Electrocatalytic Oxidation of 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural Coupled with 4-Nitrophenol Hydrogenation in a Water System	121
Liquid–Solid Boundaries Dominate Activity of CO₂ Reduction on Gas-Diffusion Electrodes	121
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	120
Radical NHC Catalysis	120
Mn-Catalyzed Electrochemical Radical Cascade Cyclization toward the Synthesis of Benzo[4,5]imidazo[2,1-a]isoquinolin-6(5H)-one Derivatives	119
Deconvolution of the Particle Size Effect on CO₂ Hydrogenation over Iron-Based Catalysts	119
3d-Orbital Occupancy Regulated Ir-Co Atomic Pair Toward Superior Bifunctional Oxygen Electrocatalysis	119
Rational Design of Bioinspired Catalysts for Selective Oxidations	118
Acidic Oxygen Evolution Reaction Activity–Stability Relationships in Ru-Based Pyrochlores	118
Phosphoranyl Radical Fragmentation Reactions Driven by Photoredox Catalysis	118
Single-Atom Catalysts Designed and Prepared by the Atomic Layer Deposition Technique	118