Nature Catalysis

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(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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Matching the kinetics of natural enzymes with a single-atom iron nanozyme553
Atomically dispersed antimony on carbon nitride for the artificial photosynthesis of hydrogen peroxide527
A fundamental look at electrocatalytic sulfur reduction reaction463
Performance enhancement and degradation mechanism identification of a single-atom Co–N–C catalyst for proton exchange membrane fuel cells460
Chemical and biological catalysis for plastics recycling and upcycling444
Molecular-level insights on the reactive facet of carbon nitride single crystals photocatalysing overall water splitting439
Self-adaptive dual-metal-site pairs in metal-organic frameworks for selective CO2 photoreduction to CH4434
Absence of CO2 electroreduction on copper, gold and silver electrodes without metal cations in solution412
High-valence metals improve oxygen evolution reaction performance by modulating 3d metal oxidation cycle energetics409
Towards molecular understanding of local chemical environment effects in electro- and photocatalytic CO2 reduction407
Identification of durable and non-durable FeNx sites in Fe–N–C materials for proton exchange membrane fuel cells383
In-situ reconstructed Ru atom array on α-MnO2 with enhanced performance for acidic water oxidation367
Understanding the inter-site distance effect in single-atom catalysts for oxygen electroreduction351
Sulfur vacancy-rich MoS2 as a catalyst for the hydrogenation of CO2 to methanol335
Electrochemical CO2-to-ethylene conversion on polyamine-incorporated Cu electrodes326
Highly active and stable stepped Cu surface for enhanced electrochemical CO2 reduction to C2H4319
Boosting CO2 hydrogenation via size-dependent metal–support interactions in cobalt/ceria-based catalysts303
Combined anodic and cathodic hydrogen production from aldehyde oxidation and hydrogen evolution reaction301
Covalency competition dominates the water oxidation structure–activity relationship on spinel oxides298
Microwave-initiated catalytic deconstruction of plastic waste into hydrogen and high-value carbons297
Coupling electrochemical CO2 conversion with CO2 capture292
Catalytic upcycling of high-density polyethylene via a processive mechanism282
Valence oscillation and dynamic active sites in monolayer NiCo hydroxides for water oxidation282
Redirecting dynamic surface restructuring of a layered transition metal oxide catalyst for superior water oxidation281
Non-aqueous gas diffusion electrodes for rapid ammonia synthesis from nitrogen and water-splitting-derived hydrogen272
Modulating electric field distribution by alkali cations for CO2 electroreduction in strongly acidic medium269
High loading of single atomic iron sites in Fe–NC oxygen reduction catalysts for proton exchange membrane fuel cells265
Interface dynamics of Pd–CeO2 single-atom catalysts during CO oxidation260
Enhancing the stability of cobalt spinel oxide towards sustainable oxygen evolution in acid259
Possibilities and limitations of biotechnological plastic degradation and recycling243
Advances in supramolecular host-mediated reactivity227
Proton-filtering covalent organic frameworks with superior nitrogen penetration flux promote ambient ammonia synthesis226
Band structure engineering and defect control of Ta3N5 for efficient photoelectrochemical water oxidation221
Tracking the formation, fate and consequence for catalytic activity of Pt single sites on CeO2219
Phase segregation reversibility in mixed-metal hydroxide water oxidation catalysts215
High carbon utilization in CO2 reduction to multi-carbon products in acidic media212
Cation-doped ZnS catalysts for polysulfide conversion in lithium–sulfur batteries211
Oxygen evolution reaction over catalytic single-site Co in a well-defined brookite TiO2 nanorod surface196
The role of ruthenium in improving the kinetics of hydrogen oxidation and evolution reactions of platinum191
Structural modulation and direct measurement of subnanometric bimetallic PtSn clusters confined in zeolites188
The role of Cu1–O3 species in single-atom Cu/ZrO2 catalyst for CO2 hydrogenation188
Reversely trapping atoms from a perovskite surface for high-performance and durable fuel cell cathodes187
Induced activation of the commercial Cu/ZnO/Al2O3 catalyst for the steam reforming of methanol181
Operando identification of site-dependent water oxidation activity on ruthenium dioxide single-crystal surfaces180
Analysis of the limitations in the oxygen reduction activity of transition metal oxide surfaces173
Denary oxide nanoparticles as highly stable catalysts for methane combustion170
Upcycling CO2 into energy-rich long-chain compounds via electrochemical and metabolic engineering169
Atomically dispersed Pt and Fe sites and Pt–Fe nanoparticles for durable proton exchange membrane fuel cells166
A selective Au-ZnO/TiO2 hybrid photocatalyst for oxidative coupling of methane to ethane with dioxygen166
Unified mechanistic understanding of CO2 reduction to CO on transition metal and single atom catalysts164
Strong metal–support interactions on gold nanoparticle catalysts achieved through Le Chatelier’s principle162
High-purity and high-concentration liquid fuels through CO2 electroreduction153
Ultralow overpotential nitrate reduction to ammonia via a three-step relay mechanism151
Steering the structure and selectivity of CO2 electroreduction catalysts by potential pulses150
Hydrogen bond network connectivity in the electric double layer dominates the kinetic pH effect in hydrogen electrocatalysis on Pt149
Engineering the Cu/Mo2CTx (MXene) interface to drive CO2 hydrogenation to methanol149
Overcoming limitations in dual photoredox/nickel-catalysed C–N cross-couplings due to catalyst deactivation147
N-Heterocyclic carbenes as tunable ligands for catalytic metal surfaces145
Simultaneous oxidative and reductive reactions in one system by atomic design141
A single-Pt-atom-on-Ru-nanoparticle electrocatalyst for CO-resilient methanol oxidation141
RetroBioCat as a computer-aided synthesis planning tool for biocatalytic reactions and cascades140
Capabilities and limitations of rotating disk electrodes versus membrane electrode assemblies in the investigation of electrocatalysts132
Room-temperature electrochemical acetylene reduction to ethylene with high conversion and selectivity132
Fully exposed palladium cluster catalysts enable hydrogen production from nitrogen heterocycles132
Interpretable machine learning for knowledge generation in heterogeneous catalysis131
Directed evolution of an efficient and thermostable PET depolymerase131
Enhancing oxygen reduction electrocatalysis by tuning interfacial hydrogen bonds130
Selective CO-to-acetate electroreduction via intermediate adsorption tuning on ordered Cu–Pd sites128
Alkali ions secure hydrides for catalytic hydrogenation127
Photocatalytic strategies for the activation of organic chlorides127
Highly selective and productive reduction of carbon dioxide to multicarbon products via in situ CO management using segmented tandem electrodes124
α-Fe2O3 as a versatile and efficient oxygen atom transfer catalyst in combination with H2O as the oxygen source122
Recommended practice to report selectivity in electrochemical synthesis of H2O2121
Amorphizing noble metal chalcogenide catalysts at the single-layer limit towards hydrogen production121
Overall photocatalytic water splitting by an organolead iodide crystalline material119
Long-chain hydrocarbons by CO2 electroreduction using polarized nickel catalysts116
Metal-free photosensitized oxyimination of unactivated alkenes with bifunctional oxime carbonates112
Unifying views on catalyst deactivation112
Bimetallic monolayer catalyst breaks the activity–selectivity trade-off on metal particle size for efficient chemoselective hydrogenations112
Deep learning-based kcat prediction enables improved enzyme-constrained model reconstruction111
Following the structure of copper-zinc-alumina across the pressure gap in carbon dioxide hydrogenation111
Ensemble effect for single-atom, small cluster and nanoparticle catalysts109
A heterogeneous iridium single-atom-site catalyst for highly regioselective carbenoid O–H bond insertion109
Dicarboxylation of alkenes, allenes and (hetero)arenes with CO2 via visible-light photoredox catalysis107
Au-ZSM-5 catalyses the selective oxidation of CH4 to CH3OH and CH3COOH using O2104
Selective electrocatalytic semihydrogenation of acetylene impurities for the production of polymer-grade ethylene103
General features to enhance enzymatic activity of poly(ethylene terephthalate) hydrolysis101
Recovering carbon losses in CO2 electrolysis using a solid electrolyte reactor99
Intramolecular hydroxyl nucleophilic attack pathway by a polymeric water oxidation catalyst with single cobalt sites99
The role of alkali metal cations and platinum-surface hydroxyl in the alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction98
Construction of axial chirality via palladium/chiral norbornene cooperative catalysis97
Highly efficient additive-free dehydrogenation of neat formic acid95
Tuning water reduction through controlled nanoconfinement within an organic liquid matrix94
Photoelectrochemical asymmetric catalysis enables site- and enantioselective cyanation of benzylic C–H bonds93
Engineering catalyst supports to stabilize PdOx two-dimensional rafts for water-tolerant methane oxidation93
Unlocking the potential of the formate pathway in the photo-assisted Sabatier reaction92
Nanometre-scale spectroscopic visualization of catalytic sites during a hydrogenation reaction on a Pd/Au bimetallic catalyst90
Operando visualization of the hydrogen evolution reaction with atomic-scale precision at different metal–graphene interfaces89
Solid–liquid phase transition induced electrocatalytic switching from hydrogen evolution to highly selective CO2 reduction89
Catalyst-controlled enantioselective 1,1-arylboration of unactivated olefins87
Plasmon-driven carbon–fluorine (C(sp3)–F) bond activation with mechanistic insights into hot-carrier-mediated pathways84
Copper-catalysed amination of alkyl iodides enabled by halogen-atom transfer83
Enantioselective hydrogenation of dialkyl ketones83
A new-to-nature carboxylation module to improve natural and synthetic CO2 fixation83
Ternary platinum–cobalt–indium nanoalloy on ceria as a highly efficient catalyst for the oxidative dehydrogenation of propane using CO282
Selective electrocatalysis imparted by metal–insulator transition for durability enhancement of automotive fuel cells82
Light-driven CO2 sequestration in Escherichia coli to achieve theoretical yield of chemicals80
Switching of metal–oxygen hybridization for selective CO2 electrohydrogenation under mild temperature and pressure80
Rational design of perovskite ferrites as high-performance proton-conducting fuel cell cathodes78
Copper/alkaline earth metal oxide interfaces for electrochemical CO2-to-alcohol conversion by selective hydrogenation78
Revealing nitrogen-containing species in commercial catalysts used for ammonia electrosynthesis78
Uniting biological and chemical strategies for selective CO2 reduction78
Visible-light photocatalytic di- and hydro-carboxylation of unactivated alkenes with CO277
Enhanced CO2 utilization in dry reforming of methane achieved through nickel-mediated hydrogen spillover in zeolite crystals77
Asymmetric O-propargylation of secondary aliphatic alcohols76
A spatially orthogonal hierarchically porous acid–base catalyst for cascade and antagonistic reactions76
A residue-free approach to water disinfection using catalytic in situ generation of reactive oxygen species75
Electrolytic deuteration of unsaturated bonds without using D275
Cu-catalysed intramolecular radical enantioconvergent tertiary β-C(sp3)–H amination of racemic ketones74
Quantifying the electrochemical active site density of precious metal-free catalysts in situ in fuel cells73
Structure dependency of the atomic-scale mechanisms of platinum electro-oxidation and dissolution73
Ternary ruthenium complex hydrides for ammonia synthesis via the associative mechanism73
A kinetic descriptor for the electrolyte effect on the oxygen reduction kinetics on Pt(111)73
Interplay of electrochemical and electrical effects induces structural transformations in electrocatalysts73
Current state and future perspectives of engineered and artificial peroxygenases for the oxyfunctionalization of organic molecules71
Cobalt-catalysed enantioselective C(sp3)–C(sp3) coupling71
The shape of water in zeolites and its impact on epoxidation catalysis71
Strain enhances the activity of molecular electrocatalysts via carbon nanotube supports70
Performance metrics for sustainable catalysis in industry69
Delocalization state-induced selective bond breaking for efficient methanol electrosynthesis from CO268
Direct methane activation by atomically thin platinum nanolayers on two-dimensional metal carbides67
Switchable wetting of oxygen-evolving oxide catalysts66
Supramolecular tuning of supported metal phthalocyanine catalysts for hydrogen peroxide electrosynthesis66
Electrochemically induced nickel catalysis for oxygenation reactions with water65
Silica-supported Fe/Fe–O nanoparticles for the catalytic hydrogenation of nitriles to amines in the presence of aluminium additives65
Iron-catalysed asymmetric carboazidation of styrenes64
Biocatalytic reductive amination from discovery to commercial manufacturing applied to abrocitinib JAK1 inhibitor63
Experimental Sabatier plot for predictive design of active and stable Pt-alloy oxygen reduction reaction catalysts63
Linear paired electrochemical valorization of glycerol enabled by the electro-Fenton process using a stable NiSe2 cathode63
Self-activation of copper electrodes during CO electro-oxidation in alkaline electrolyte62
Direct propylene epoxidation with oxygen using a photo-electro-heterogeneous catalytic system62
Identification of the active sites in supported subnanometric metal catalysts61
Nickel–molybdenum–niobium metallic glass for efficient hydrogen oxidation in hydroxide exchange membrane fuel cells61
Surface molecular imprinting over supported metal catalysts for size-dependent selective hydrogenation reactions59
Site-selective alkene borylation enabled by synergistic hydrometallation and borometallation59
Chance emergence of catalytic activity and promiscuity in a self-replicator59
Regulating oxygen activity of perovskites to promote NOx oxidation and reduction kinetics59
Correlating hydration free energy and specific adsorption of alkali metal cations during CO2 electroreduction on Au59
One-step conversion of crude oil to light olefins using a multi-zone reactor59
Reversible H2 oxidation and evolution by hydrogenase embedded in a redox polymer film58
Catalytic enantioselective synthesis of chiral tetraarylmethanes58
Blocking the reverse reactions of overall water splitting on a Rh/GaN–ZnO photocatalyst modified with Al2O358
Oxygen reduction reaction electrocatalysis in neutral media for bioelectrochemical systems57
Electrocatalytic conversion of carbon dioxide for the Paris goals57
Optimizing the p charge of S in p-block metal sulfides for sulfur reduction electrocatalysis56
Water-induced deactivation of cobalt-based Fischer–Tropsch catalysts56
Chemical gradients in automotive Cu-SSZ-13 catalysts for NOx removal revealed by operando X-ray spectrotomography56
Photocatalytic sacrificial H2 evolution dominated by micropore-confined exciton transfer in hydrogen-bonded organic frameworks55
Critical role of solvent-modulated hydrogen-binding strength in the catalytic hydrogenation of benzaldehyde on palladium55
Threshold potentials for fast kinetics during mediated redox catalysis of insulators in Li–O2 and Li–S batteries54
Photoinduced chemomimetic biocatalysis for enantioselective intermolecular radical conjugate addition54
Acidity of surface-infiltrated binary oxides as a sensitive descriptor of oxygen exchange kinetics in mixed conducting oxides53
Coordination and activation of nitrous oxide by iron zeolites52
19F- and 18F-arene deoxyfluorination via organic photoredox-catalysed polarity-reversed nucleophilic aromatic substitution52
Enhancing acetate selectivity by coupling anodic oxidation to carbon monoxide electroreduction52
Critical enzyme reactions in aromatic catabolism for microbial lignin conversion51
Breaking structure sensitivity in CO2 hydrogenation by tuning metal–oxide interfaces in supported cobalt nanoparticles51
Unusual zymogen activation patterns in the protein corona of Ca-zeolites50
Catalytic enantio- and diastereoselective domino halocyclization and spiroketalization50
Standardized protocols for evaluating platinum group metal-free oxygen reduction reaction electrocatalysts in polymer electrolyte fuel cells50
Bridging the complexity gap in computational heterogeneous catalysis with machine learning50
Biomimetic active sites on monolayered metal–organic frameworks for artificial photosynthesis50
Reaction product-driven restructuring and assisted stabilization of a highly dispersed Rh-on-ceria catalyst49
Heterogeneous electrocatalysis goes chemical49
A semiconducting polymer bulk heterojunction photoanode for solar water oxidation49
Fungal-derived brevianamide assembly by a stereoselective semipinacolase49
Enhancing the connection between computation and experiments in electrocatalysis49
Peripheral-nitrogen effects on the Ru1 centre for highly efficient propane dehydrogenation49
Mechanism-guided tunnel engineering to increase the efficiency of a flavin-dependent halogenase48
Deciphering the oxygen activation mechanism at the CuC site of particulate methane monooxygenase47
Redox-mediated electrosynthesis of ethylene oxide from CO2 and water47
Chiral paddle-wheel diruthenium complexes for asymmetric catalysis47
Bacteria–photocatalyst sheet for sustainable carbon dioxide utilization47
Controlling biocatalytic cascades with enzyme–DNA dynamic networks47
Regioirregular and catalytic Mizoroki–Heck reactions46
Construction of axial chirality via asymmetric radical trapping by cobalt under visible light46
Shape-selective C–H activation of aromatics to biarylic compounds using molecular palladium in zeolites46
Enantioselective synthesis of amino acids from ammonia45
Energy transfer-enabled unsymmetrical diamination using bifunctional nitrogen-radical precursors44
Urea group-directed organocatalytic asymmetric versatile dihalogenation of alkenes and alkynes43
Best practices for experiments and reporting in photocatalytic CO2 reduction43
Mo3+ hydride as the common origin of H2 evolution and selective NADH regeneration in molybdenum sulfide electrocatalysts43
Facile access to fused 2D/3D rings via intermolecular cascade dearomative [2 + 2] cycloaddition/rearrangement reactions of quinolines with alkenes43
Decreasing the catalytic ignition temperature of diesel soot using electrified conductive oxide catalysts43
Development of a versatile and efficient C–N lyase platform for asymmetric hydroamination via computational enzyme redesign43
Highly selective hydrogenation of CO2 to propane over GaZrOx/H-SSZ-13 composite43
On the origin of multihole oxygen evolution in haematite photoanodes42
Modulating the dynamics of Brønsted acid sites on PtWOx inverse catalyst42
DYW domain structures imply an unusual regulation principle in plant organellar RNA editing catalysis40
Engineering and emerging applications of artificial metalloenzymes with whole cells40
Thermochemical aerobic oxidation catalysis in water can be analysed as two coupled electrochemical half-reactions40
A cell-free self-replenishing CO2-fixing system40
Adsorbed cobalt porphyrins act like metal surfaces in electrocatalysis40
Potassium hydride-intercalated graphite as an efficient heterogeneous catalyst for ammonia synthesis39
Exploration of the bio-analogous asymmetric C–C coupling mechanism in tandem CO2 electroreduction39
Catalytic access to carbocation intermediates via nitrenoid transfer leading to allylic lactams39
Atomically dispersed iridium on MgO(111) nanosheets catalyses benzene–ethylene coupling towards styrene39
Palladium-catalysed enantioselective diacetoxylation of terminal alkenes39
Unlocking direct CO2 electrolysis to C3 products via electrolyte supersaturation38
Catalyst control over sixfold stereogenicity38
Photoinduced gold-catalyzed divergent dechloroalkylation of gem-dichloroalkanes38
Elucidation of radical- and oxygenate-driven paths in zeolite-catalysed conversion of methanol and methyl chloride to hydrocarbons37
Phosphoramidite-based photoresponsive ligands displaying multifold transfer of chirality in dynamic enantioselective metal catalysis37
Deacylation-aided C–H alkylative annulation through C–C cleavage of unstrained ketones37
Mechanistic study of an immobilized molecular electrocatalyst by in situ gap-plasmon-assisted spectro-electrochemistry37
Elucidating electron-transfer events in polypyridine nickel complexes for reductive coupling reactions37
Light-driven CO2 methanation over Au-grafted Ce0.95Ru0.05O2 solid-solution catalysts with activities approaching the thermodynamic limit37
Creation of negatively curved polyaromatics enabled by annulative coupling that forms an eight-membered ring37
Ultrasmall amorphous zirconia nanoparticles catalyse polyolefin hydrogenolysis37
Catalytic mechanism and endo-to-exo selectivity reversion of an octalin-forming natural Diels–Alderase36
Electrocatalytic dual hydrogenation of organic substrates with a Faradaic efficiency approaching 200%36
Main element chemistry enables gas-cylinder-free hydroformylations36
Solar methanol energy storage36
Efficient exploration of terpenoid biosynthetic gene clusters in filamentous fungi36
Programmable late-stage C−H bond functionalization enabled by integration of enzymes with chemocatalysis35
Machine learning-enabled retrobiosynthesis of molecules35
Iron-catalysed regioselective thienyl C–H/C–H coupling35
Selective electrochemical synthesis of urea from nitrate and CO2 via relay catalysis on hybrid catalysts35
Site-selective amination towards tertiary aliphatic allylamines34
Metal–support cooperation in Al(PO3)3-supported platinum nanoparticles for the selective hydrogenolysis of phenols to arenes34
Evidence of substrate binding and product release via belt-sulfur mobilization of the nitrogenase cofactor33
Cationic-group-functionalized electrocatalysts enable stable acidic CO2 electrolysis33
Design and evolution of chimeric streptavidin for protein-enabled dual gold catalysis33
An organic perspective on photocatalytic production of hydrogen peroxide33
Atomic-scale surface restructuring of copper electrodes under CO2 electroreduction conditions33
Deciphering the dichotomy exerted by Zn(ii) in the catalytic sp2 C–O bond functionalization of aryl esters at the molecular level32
A polyketoacyl-CoA thiolase-dependent pathway for the synthesis of polyketide backbones32
Bridging adsorption analytics and catalytic kinetics for metal-exchanged zeolites32
Germanium-enriched double-four-membered-ring units inducing zeolite-confined subnanometric Pt clusters for efficient propane dehydrogenation32
Olefin functionalization/isomerization enables stereoselective alkene synthesis31
Molecular water oxidation catalysts based on first-row transition metal complexes31
Formation of thioesters by dehydrogenative coupling of thiols and alcohols with H2 evolution31
From desktop to benchtop with automated computational workflows for computer-aided design in asymmetric catalysis31
Biocatalytic synthesis of non-standard amino acids by a decarboxylative aldol reaction30
A strategic Ser/Cys exchange in the catalytic triad unlocks an acyltransferase-mediated synthesis of thioesters and tertiary amides30
Gold-catalysed asymmetric net addition of unactivated propargylic C–H bonds to tethered aldehydes30
Influence of framework Al density in chabazite zeolites on copper ion mobility and reactivity during NOx selective catalytic reduction with NH329
Tuning the thermal activation atmosphere breaks the activity–stability trade-off of Fe–N–C oxygen reduction fuel cell catalysts29
Synthesis of tri- and tetrasubstituted stereocentres by nickel-catalysed enantioselective olefin cross-couplings29
Maximizing light-driven CO2 and N2 fixation efficiency in quantum dot–bacteria hybrids28
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