OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Nature Catalysis is 93. 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
Matching the kinetics of natural enzymes with a single-atom iron nanozyme	553
Atomically dispersed antimony on carbon nitride for the artificial photosynthesis of hydrogen peroxide	527
A fundamental look at electrocatalytic sulfur reduction reaction	463
Performance enhancement and degradation mechanism identification of a single-atom Co–N–C catalyst for proton exchange membrane fuel cells	460
Chemical and biological catalysis for plastics recycling and upcycling	444
Molecular-level insights on the reactive facet of carbon nitride single crystals photocatalysing overall water splitting	439
Self-adaptive dual-metal-site pairs in metal-organic frameworks for selective CO2 photoreduction to CH4	434
Absence of CO2 electroreduction on copper, gold and silver electrodes without metal cations in solution	412
High-valence metals improve oxygen evolution reaction performance by modulating 3d metal oxidation cycle energetics	409
Towards molecular understanding of local chemical environment effects in electro- and photocatalytic CO2 reduction	407
Identification of durable and non-durable FeNx sites in Fe–N–C materials for proton exchange membrane fuel cells	383
In-situ reconstructed Ru atom array on α-MnO2 with enhanced performance for acidic water oxidation	367
Understanding the inter-site distance effect in single-atom catalysts for oxygen electroreduction	351
Sulfur vacancy-rich MoS2 as a catalyst for the hydrogenation of CO2 to methanol	335
Electrochemical CO2-to-ethylene conversion on polyamine-incorporated Cu electrodes	326
Highly active and stable stepped Cu surface for enhanced electrochemical CO2 reduction to C2H4	319
Boosting CO2 hydrogenation via size-dependent metal–support interactions in cobalt/ceria-based catalysts	303
Combined anodic and cathodic hydrogen production from aldehyde oxidation and hydrogen evolution reaction	301
Covalency competition dominates the water oxidation structure–activity relationship on spinel oxides	298
Microwave-initiated catalytic deconstruction of plastic waste into hydrogen and high-value carbons	297
Coupling electrochemical CO2 conversion with CO2 capture	292
Valence oscillation and dynamic active sites in monolayer NiCo hydroxides for water oxidation	282
Catalytic upcycling of high-density polyethylene via a processive mechanism	282
Redirecting dynamic surface restructuring of a layered transition metal oxide catalyst for superior water oxidation	281
Non-aqueous gas diffusion electrodes for rapid ammonia synthesis from nitrogen and water-splitting-derived hydrogen	272

Modulating electric field distribution by alkali cations for CO2 electroreduction in strongly acidic medium	269
High loading of single atomic iron sites in Fe–NC oxygen reduction catalysts for proton exchange membrane fuel cells	265
Interface dynamics of Pd–CeO2 single-atom catalysts during CO oxidation	260
Enhancing the stability of cobalt spinel oxide towards sustainable oxygen evolution in acid	259
Possibilities and limitations of biotechnological plastic degradation and recycling	243
Advances in supramolecular host-mediated reactivity	227
Proton-filtering covalent organic frameworks with superior nitrogen penetration flux promote ambient ammonia synthesis	226
Band structure engineering and defect control of Ta3N5 for efficient photoelectrochemical water oxidation	221
Tracking the formation, fate and consequence for catalytic activity of Pt single sites on CeO2	219
Phase segregation reversibility in mixed-metal hydroxide water oxidation catalysts	215
High carbon utilization in CO2 reduction to multi-carbon products in acidic media	212
Cation-doped ZnS catalysts for polysulfide conversion in lithium–sulfur batteries	211
Oxygen evolution reaction over catalytic single-site Co in a well-defined brookite TiO2 nanorod surface	196
The role of ruthenium in improving the kinetics of hydrogen oxidation and evolution reactions of platinum	191
The role of Cu1–O3 species in single-atom Cu/ZrO2 catalyst for CO2 hydrogenation	188
Structural modulation and direct measurement of subnanometric bimetallic PtSn clusters confined in zeolites	188
Reversely trapping atoms from a perovskite surface for high-performance and durable fuel cell cathodes	187
Induced activation of the commercial Cu/ZnO/Al2O3 catalyst for the steam reforming of methanol	181
Operando identification of site-dependent water oxidation activity on ruthenium dioxide single-crystal surfaces	180
Analysis of the limitations in the oxygen reduction activity of transition metal oxide surfaces	173
Denary oxide nanoparticles as highly stable catalysts for methane combustion	170
Upcycling CO2 into energy-rich long-chain compounds via electrochemical and metabolic engineering	169
A selective Au-ZnO/TiO2 hybrid photocatalyst for oxidative coupling of methane to ethane with dioxygen	166
Atomically dispersed Pt and Fe sites and Pt–Fe nanoparticles for durable proton exchange membrane fuel cells	166
Unified mechanistic understanding of CO2 reduction to CO on transition metal and single atom catalysts	164
Strong metal–support interactions on gold nanoparticle catalysts achieved through Le Chatelier’s principle	162
High-purity and high-concentration liquid fuels through CO2 electroreduction	153
Ultralow overpotential nitrate reduction to ammonia via a three-step relay mechanism	151
Steering the structure and selectivity of CO2 electroreduction catalysts by potential pulses	150
Engineering the Cu/Mo2CTx (MXene) interface to drive CO2 hydrogenation to methanol	149
Hydrogen bond network connectivity in the electric double layer dominates the kinetic pH effect in hydrogen electrocatalysis on Pt	149
Overcoming limitations in dual photoredox/nickel-catalysed C–N cross-couplings due to catalyst deactivation	147
N-Heterocyclic carbenes as tunable ligands for catalytic metal surfaces	145
Simultaneous oxidative and reductive reactions in one system by atomic design	141
A single-Pt-atom-on-Ru-nanoparticle electrocatalyst for CO-resilient methanol oxidation	141
RetroBioCat as a computer-aided synthesis planning tool for biocatalytic reactions and cascades	140
Fully exposed palladium cluster catalysts enable hydrogen production from nitrogen heterocycles	132
Capabilities and limitations of rotating disk electrodes versus membrane electrode assemblies in the investigation of electrocatalysts	132
Room-temperature electrochemical acetylene reduction to ethylene with high conversion and selectivity	132
Interpretable machine learning for knowledge generation in heterogeneous catalysis	131
Directed evolution of an efficient and thermostable PET depolymerase	131
Enhancing oxygen reduction electrocatalysis by tuning interfacial hydrogen bonds	130
Selective CO-to-acetate electroreduction via intermediate adsorption tuning on ordered Cu–Pd sites	128
Photocatalytic strategies for the activation of organic chlorides	127
Alkali ions secure hydrides for catalytic hydrogenation	127
Highly selective and productive reduction of carbon dioxide to multicarbon products via in situ CO management using segmented tandem electrodes	124
α-Fe2O3 as a versatile and efficient oxygen atom transfer catalyst in combination with H2O as the oxygen source	122
Amorphizing noble metal chalcogenide catalysts at the single-layer limit towards hydrogen production	121
Recommended practice to report selectivity in electrochemical synthesis of H2O2	121
Overall photocatalytic water splitting by an organolead iodide crystalline material	119

Long-chain hydrocarbons by CO2 electroreduction using polarized nickel catalysts	116
Bimetallic monolayer catalyst breaks the activity–selectivity trade-off on metal particle size for efficient chemoselective hydrogenations	112
Metal-free photosensitized oxyimination of unactivated alkenes with bifunctional oxime carbonates	112
Unifying views on catalyst deactivation	112
Following the structure of copper-zinc-alumina across the pressure gap in carbon dioxide hydrogenation	111
Deep learning-based kcat prediction enables improved enzyme-constrained model reconstruction	111
Ensemble effect for single-atom, small cluster and nanoparticle catalysts	109
A heterogeneous iridium single-atom-site catalyst for highly regioselective carbenoid O–H bond insertion	109
Dicarboxylation of alkenes, allenes and (hetero)arenes with CO2 via visible-light photoredox catalysis	107
Au-ZSM-5 catalyses the selective oxidation of CH4 to CH3OH and CH3COOH using O2	104
Selective electrocatalytic semihydrogenation of acetylene impurities for the production of polymer-grade ethylene	103
General features to enhance enzymatic activity of poly(ethylene terephthalate) hydrolysis	101
Recovering carbon losses in CO2 electrolysis using a solid electrolyte reactor	99
Intramolecular hydroxyl nucleophilic attack pathway by a polymeric water oxidation catalyst with single cobalt sites	99
The role of alkali metal cations and platinum-surface hydroxyl in the alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction	98
Construction of axial chirality via palladium/chiral norbornene cooperative catalysis	97
Highly efficient additive-free dehydrogenation of neat formic acid	95
Tuning water reduction through controlled nanoconfinement within an organic liquid matrix	94
Photoelectrochemical asymmetric catalysis enables site- and enantioselective cyanation of benzylic C–H bonds	93
Engineering catalyst supports to stabilize PdOx two-dimensional rafts for water-tolerant methane oxidation	93