We are delighted to share this collection of the most read articles from last year’s diverse range of Faraday Discussions. From fundamental studies to applied research, these articles showcase the breadth of topics being discussed by world renowned researchers, with many available Open Access.
Our most downloaded articles from 2017:
Introductory lecture: sunlight-driven water splitting and carbon dioxide reduction by heterogeneous semiconductor systems as key processes in artificial photosynthesis
Takashi Hisatomi and Kazunari Domen
Faraday Discuss., 2017, 198, 11-35
Introductory lecture: recent research progress on aggregation-induced emission
Yuancheng Wang, Guanxin Zhang, Meng Gao, Yuanjing Cai, Chi Zhan, Zujin Zhao, Deqing Zhang and Ben Zhong Tang
Faraday Discuss., 2017, 196, 9-30
Open Access
An integrated biorefinery concept for conversion of sugar beet pulp into value-added chemicals and pharmaceutical intermediates
Max Cárdenas-Fernández, Maria Bawn, Charlotte Hamley-Bennett, Penumathsa K. V. Bharat, Fabiana Subrizi, Nurashikin Suhaili, David P. Ward, Sarah Bourdin, Paul A. Dalby, Helen C. Hailes, Peter Hewitson, Svetlana Ignatova, Cleo Kontoravdi, David J. Leak, Nilay Shah, Tom D. Sheppard, John M. Ward and Gary J. Lye
Faraday Discuss., 2017, 202, 415-431
Open Access
Halogen bonding, chalcogen bonding, pnictogen bonding, tetrel bonding: origins, current status and discussion
Lee Brammer
Faraday Discuss., 2017, 203, 485-507
Open Access
Structure–property–activity relationships in a pyridine containing azine-linked covalent organic framework for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution
Frederik Haase, Tanmay Banerjee, Gökcen Savasci, Christian Ochsenfeld and Bettina V. Lotsch
Faraday Discuss., 2017, 201, 247-264
Photocatalytic CO2 reduction using water as an electron donor by a powdered Z-scheme system consisting of metal sulfide and an RGO–TiO2 composite
Tomoaki Takayama, Ko Sato, Takehiro Fujimura, Yuki Kojima, Akihide Iwase and Akihiko Kudo
Faraday Discuss., 2017, 198, 397-407
Open Access
New bio-based monomers: tuneable polyester properties using branched diols from biomass
Sacha Pérocheau Arnaud, Linglin Wu, Maria-Angelica Wong Chang, James W. Comerford, Thomas J. Farmer, Maximilian Schmid, Fei Chang, Zheng Li and Mark Mascal
Faraday Discuss., 2017 ,202, 61-77
Open Access
Reactive oxygen species formed in aqueous mixtures of secondary organic aerosols and mineral dust influencing cloud chemistry and public health in the Anthropocene
Haijie Tong, Pascale S. J. Lakey, Andrea M. Arangio, Joanna Socorro, Christopher J. Kampf, Thomas Berkemeier, William H. Brune, Ulrich Pöschl and Manabu Shiraiwa
Faraday Discuss., 2017, 200, 251-270
Open Access
Clean air in the Anthropocene
Jos Lelieveld
Faraday Discuss., 2017, 200, 693-703
Open Access
In situ TEM observation of the Boudouard reaction: multi-layered graphene formation from CO on cobalt nanoparticles at atmospheric pressure
Marien Bremmer, Eirini Zacharaki, Anja O. Sjåstad, Violeta Navarro, Joost W. M. Frenken and Patricia J. Kooyman
Faraday Discuss., 2017, 197, 337-351
Particulate photocatalyst sheets for Z-scheme water splitting: advantages over powder suspension and photoelectrochemical systems and future challenges
Qian Wang, Takashi Hisatomi, Masao Katayama, Tsuyoshi Takata, Tsutomu Minegishi, Akihiko Kudo, Taro Yamada and Kazunari Domen
Faraday Discuss., 2017, 197, 491-504
Open Access
Organic waste as a sustainable feedstock for platform chemicals
Coma, E. Martinez-Hernandez, F. Abeln, S. Raikova, J. Donnelly, T. C. Arnot, M. J. Allen, D. D. Hong and C. J. Chuck
Faraday Discuss., 2017, 202, 175-195
Synergetic effects of K+ and Mg2+ ion intercalation on the electrochemical and actuation properties of the two-dimensional Ti3C2 MXene
Qiang Gao, Jeremy Come, Michael Naguib, Stephen Jesse, Yury Gogotsi and Nina Balke
Faraday Discuss., 2017, 199, 393-403
Molecular catalysts for artificial photosynthesis: general discussion
Mei Wang, Vincent Artero, Leif Hammarström, Jose Martinez, Joshua Karlsson, Devens Gust, Peter Summers, Charles Machan, Peter Brueggeller, Christopher D. Windle, Yosuke Kageshima, Richard Cogdell, Kristine Rodulfo Tolod, Alexander Kibler, Dogukan Hazar Apaydin, Etsuko Fujita, Johannes Ehrmaier, Seigo Shima, Elizabeth Gibson, Ferdi Karadas, Anthony Harriman, Haruo Inoue, Akihiko Kudo, Tomoaki Takayama, Michael Wasielewski, Flavia Cassiola, Masayuki Yagi, Hitoshi Ishida, Federico Franco, Sang Ook Kang, Daniel Nocera, Can Li, Fabio Di Fonzo, Hyunwoong Park, Licheng Sun, Tohru Setoyama, Young Soo Kang, Osamu Ishitani, Jian-Ren Shen, Ho-Jin Son and Shigeyuki Masaoka
Faraday Discuss., 2017, 198, 353-395
Underscreening in concentrated electrolytes
Alpha A. Lee, Carla S. Perez-Martinez, Alexander M. Smith and Susan Perkin
Faraday Discuss., 2017, 199, 239-259
Aggregation induced emission: Concluding Remarks
Bin Liu and Ruoyu Zhang
Faraday Discuss., 2017, 196, 461-472
In situ spectroscopic monitoring of CO2 reduction at copper oxide electrode
Liying Wang, Kalyani Gupta, Josephine B. M. Goodall, Jawwad A. Darr and Katherine B. Holt
Faraday Discuss., 2017, 197, 517-532
Open Access
Low cost ionic liquid–water mixtures for effective extraction of carbohydrate and lipid from algae
Trang Q. To, Kerryn Procter, Blake A. Simmons, Suresh Subashchandrabose and Rob Atkin
Faraday Discuss., 2018, 206, 93-112
