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Electrocatalytic water splitting plays a pivotal role in sustainable hydrogen production and clean energy conversion. This focus collection highlights the exciting articles on this topic that was recently published in Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers and Materials Chemistry Frontiers. Hope you find them enjoyable to read.

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Review Articles

Dual-metal catalysts for promoting electrocatalytic water splitting
Gao, Cui; Lu, Xiu-Li; Lu, Tong-Bu

Advances, practical applications, and future prospects of layered perovskite oxides (LnBaCo₂O₅₊δ) for electrocatalysis reactions
Xia, Tian; Dong, Ziwei; Dou, Yingnan; Li, Qiang; Wang, Jingping; Sun, Liping; Deng, Ruiping; Huo, Lihua; Zhao, Hui

Role and advances in nonmetal doping of electrocatalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction: a review
Xu, Shenyue; Liu, Chenxi; Teng, Zefeng; Sun, Fahao; Chi, Jingqi; Liu, Xiaobin; Lai, Jianping; Liu, Fusheng; Wang, Lei

Design principles of metal phosphides for the oxygen evolution reaction in seawater: activity, selectivity and stability
Li, Meng; Teng, Zefeng; Liu, Chenxi; Meng, Jiaze; Sun, Guiru; Liu, Xiaobin; Lai, Jianping; Chi, Jingqi; Wang, Lei

High-entropy alloys and oxides as catalysts for water-splitting: synthesis, characterization, applications and prospects
Wu, Tong; Zhang, Xiaoyi; Yang, Ziyu; Chen, Zhilin; Long, Yihao; He, Liang; Dai, Changsong; Chen, Jibing; Tang, Hui

A comprehensive review of cobalt-based electrocatalysts synthesized via new microwave-assisted methodology
Rashid, Umair; Ma, Xilan; Zhu, Youqi; Cao, Chuanbao; Zou, Meishuai

Electrospun noble metal-based nanofibers for water electrolysis
Xiao, Boxin; Liu, Jiaqing; Fang, Junzhe; Zeng, Jilan; Liu, Kunlong; Feng, Shiqiang; Chen, Jiayi; Lu, Xue Feng

Designing biomimetic catalytic systems for CO2 reduction to formate using NAD(P)H
Park, Chanwoo; Kwon, Chaeyeon; Hong, Young Hyun

New opportunities for emerging two-dimensional metastable-phase noble metal oxides in acidic electrocatalytic water splitting
Wang, Qun; Shao, Mingwang; Shao, Qi

Catalyst design for electrochemical selective oxidation of aldehydes to carboxylic acids
Chao, Yanxue; Han, Jiani; Yu, Yaodong; Lai, Jianping; Wang, Lei

Rational design and application of electrocatalysts based on transition metal selenides for water splitting
Xiang, Haiyan; Dong, Qizhi; Yang, Meiqing; Liu, Song

Recent progress of advanced electrocatalysts for hydrogen production via hydrazine-assisted water electrolysis
Tong, Yun; Chen, Pengzuo

Rational design of local microenvironment for electrocatalytic water splitting
Li, Xiang; Zhu, Wangchuan; Zhang, Yanqun; Zhao, Yueyue; Wang, Danjun; Zhen, Yanzhong; Fu, Feng; Yang, Chunming

Metal-organic framework (MOF) based materials: promising candidates for electrocatalytic seawater splitting
Singh, Baghendra; Verma, Smriti

Anionic vacancy engineering in the development of electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction: a review
Tang, Junheng; Liu, Xiaobin; Wang, Xinping; Chi, Jingqi; Xiao, Zhenyu; Wu, Zexing; Wang, Lei

Single atom-decorated transition metal oxide nanomaterials for efficient oxygen evolution reaction
Li, Cong-Hui; Yuan, Cheng-Zong; Wang, Ling-Xian; Wu, Fuling; Xin, Lei; Zhang, Xiaomeng; Xu, An-Wu

Rise of wood-based catalytic electrodes for large-scale hydrogen production
Ling, Ruihua; Lu, Tong; Amini, Abbas; Yang, Hao; Cheng, Chun

Phosphate-based polyanionic insertion materials for oxygen electrocatalysis
Gond, Ritambhara; Zhu, Jiefang; Barpanda, Prabeer

Research Articles

In situ reconstructed amorphous MOOH-enhanced NiCoP@NiFe-LDH bifunctional electrocatalyst for long durable seawater electrolysis
Zhou, Huiya; Xu, Songlin; Zhang, Boyao; Li, Xin; Lv, Zihan; Zhao, Depeng; Zhao, Rong-Da

Janus structure Ir-Ir₃Ce@IrO₂ nanocrystals as excellent bifunctionality catalysts for acidic overall water splitting
Feng, Yue; Chang, Ying; Guo, Shaohong; Su, Yaqiong; Jia, Jingchun; Jia, Meilin

Selective four-electron reduction of dioxygen by a mononuclear copper complex supported by a pentadentate polypyridylalkylamine ligand
Liu, Mengqing; Zhao, Yipei; Chang, Qianyu; Zhou, Hongping; Gennari, Marcello; Duboc, Carole; Wang, Lianke

ALD-engineered amorphous NiO/crystalline CoFe-PBA heterointerface for high-performance seawater oxygen evolution
Tan, Jie; Guo, Mingliang; Li, Hai; Qi, Yongcheng; Wang, Mingyu; Wang, Xiaohong; Li, Hualan; Ding, Lei

Single-crystalline NiO octahedrons with (111) facets as a bifunctional electrocatalyst for overall water splitting
Raihan, Abu; Sarkar, Sunny; Sarkar, Soumita; Karmakar, Arabinda; Patra, Astam K.

A feather duster-like CoFe-LDH/CF composite with parallel array structure as an efficient water splitting electrocatalyst
Xiong, Weiliang; Li, Ting; Li, Xiang; Shao, Guosheng; Zhang, Peng; Zhao, Yige

S/V co-doped Ni₂P microflowers enable efficient and stable saline water electrolysis through local microenvironment engineering
Jiang, Jiahui; Li, Yixuan; Xu, Guancheng; Gong, Bingbing; Wang, Weiwei; Jiang, Hao; Zhang, Li

Pt nanoparticles loaded onto ultrathin Ni(OH)₂ nanosheets for enhanced seawater-urea electro-oxidation and hydrogen evolution at an industrial-grade current density
Tian, Jie; Wang, Shiyu; Wang, Min; Zheng, Nana; Xie, Jing; Hu, Jindou; Lu, Zhenjiang; Cao, Yali

The degradation of Ni₄Mo/MoO₂ catalysts under fluctuating current conditions
Li, Yuting; Guo, Xinlong; Zhang, Yixin; Shen, Zudong; Zhang, Yu; Yang, Yongqiang; Li, Xiaoxiao; Li, Boying; Tian, Xinling; He, Haodong; Kuang, Yun; Zhou, Linlin; Hu, Bing; Xu, Lijun; Li, Yaping; Luo, Liang; Zhou, Daojin; Sun, Xiaoming

Water splitting with cobalt-incorporated ruthenium sulfide (CoₓRuS) and a molecular cobalt porphyrin
Jafari, Nasim; Ocuane, Neidy; Torres, Brenda; Lasso, Jose L.; Cabrera, Carlos R.; Villagran, Dino

Regulating reaction intermediate adsorption via electronic structural engineering of MoN/Co₄N for efficient water splitting
Wang, Yu; Cui, Yaxiao; Zhao, Xueyi; Xia, Xiaodan; Li, Wenhui; Wu, Zexing; Liu, Yanru; Turkevych, Volodymyr; Wang, Lei

Self-supporting Fe,Co co-doped Ni₃S₂ nanosheet arrays as advanced bifunctional electrocatalysts for alkaline seawater splitting
Zhang, Hao; Pei, Xinxiang; Chen, Junwei; Zhang, Hanming; Zhang, Wangzhi; Ding, Junyang; Jia, Peipei; Zhuo, Longchao; Liu, Xijun; Luo, Jun

Site-selective Zn doping in 3D urchin-like phosphides triggers dynamic surface reconstruction for robust water electrolysis
Zhang, Qihao; Xu, Songlin; Ren, Heran; Zhou, Huiya; Su, Zhipeng; Zhao, Rongda; Wang, Yibo; Zhao, Depeng; Wu, Fufa; Miao, Lihua

Asymmetric Fe-O(P)-Ni coordination coupled with oxygen vacancies promotes the deep reconstruction of Fe-NPO for industrial AEM water electrolysis
Lu, Shi-Yu; Li, Chuan; Qiu, Longyu; Zhang, Yan; He, Jiaming; Liang, Minqi; Peng, Xin; Zhang, Jun; Liu, Yin; Liu, Juan; Tan, Chuan; Li, Menggang; Jin, Meng

Synergistic electronic modulation and Cl⁻ shielding of Fe sites for robust seawater electrolysis
Wang, Hao; Jiang, Pengwu; Jiang, Nannan; Zhang, Weili; Huang, Bing; Liu, Xuwei; Jin, Huihui; Guan, Lunhui

Built-in electric field triggered interfacial electron accumulation and structural reconstruction for boosting ampere-level-current seawater oxidation
Wei, Xueling; Huang, Youjun; Wang, Qiguan; Dang, Linlin; Zou, Xiangyu; Li, Wenhu; Ai, Taotao; Wang, Sumin

Dual-vacancy engineering of CuCoOOH synergistically activates lattice and adsorbed oxygen for efficient glycerol electrooxidation
Hong, Ruoxi; Ma, Jing; Xu, Ming; Rao, Deming; Zeng, Zhengcheng; Han, Haiming; Yin, Pan; Xue, Zhen; Cui, Tingting

Enhancing oxygen evolution catalysis by Ni₃Se₂via trimetallic modulation
Zhou, Hao; Wang, Yikai; Wang, Hua; Fu, Heye; Li, Ranran; Zhang, Yuekai; Zhao, Hong; Jiang, Cuishuang; Yu, Tingting; Sun, Xia; He, Maoshuai; Wei, Wenxian; Yang, Tao

Construction of a CoP/MnP/Cu₃P heterojunction for efficient methanol oxidation-assisted seawater splitting
Liu, Weijia; Zhou, Min; Zhang, Jingwen; Liu, Wenxian; Qin, Doudou; Liu, Qian; Hu, Guangzhi; Liu, Xijun

P vacancy-induced electron redistribution and phase reconstruction of CoFeP for overall water splitting at industrial-level current density
Wei, Xueling; Jiao, Yang; Zou, Xiangyu; Guo, Yuchen; Li, Wenhu; Ai, Taotao

Partial sulfidation engineering of a Ni(OH)₂/NiSₓ heterostructure towards sulfion oxidation-assisted seawater splitting
Li, Hengwen; Zhang, Lang; Liu, Weijia; Gui, Tenyu; Xiao, Linfeng; Liu, Qian; Ding, Junyang; Hu, Guangzhi; Liu, Xijun

Mn doping promotes deep surface reconstruction of CoP nanosheet arrays to drive efficient water splitting
Liu, Xiaoyan; Huang, Tingting; Ding, Hui; Xiao, Juan; Fan, Xiaolan; Yu, Zhiwei; Zhang, Li; Xu, Guancheng

Long-range disordered MoZn electrocatalyst with a synergistic AEM-LOM mechanism for efficient oxygen evolution
Wang, Xiaojun; Zhao, Huilin; Li, Hongdong; Xiao, Weiping; Xu, Guangrui; Fu, Guangying; Wang, Lei; Wu, Zexing

Multiple interface coupling triggered built-in electric field over double-sandwiched RGO/cobalt silicate/cobalt-iron phosphide for improving the overall water-splitting performance
Zhang, Yifu; Tan, Xianfang; Pei, Xiaoyu; Wang, Yang; Yi, Shengping; Wang, Qiushi; Zhu, Xiaoming; Meng, Changgong; Huang, Chi

Core-shell Ru/NiOx@graphene composite aerogels as efficient bifunctional electrocatalysts for overall water splitting
Zhang, Jiangcheng; Yao, Hu; Wang, Xiayu; Yu, Xin; Cao, Qiuhan; Dong, Xiaoyi; Guo, Xiaohui

Surficial-enriched Ru on octahedral CeO₂ with strong electronic interactions as an efficient electrocatalyst for hydrogen generation in alkaline freshwater/seawater
Li, Jing; Guo, Ruotong; Zang, Xingchao; Wang, Yue; Li, Hongdong; Xiao, Weiping; Xin, Liantao; Zong, Yingxia; Fu, Guangying; Wu, Zexing; Wang, Lei

Porous NiCo alloy thin sheets with synergistic Co/Ni sites for high-efficiency urea-assisted electrocatalytic hydrogen production
Jin, Chengxu; Wu, Aiping; Fan, Yuying; Yue, Xianyun; Wang, Dongxu; Tian, Chungui

Hexafluoroantimonate-intercalated NiFe layered double hydroxide enables stable alkaline seawater oxidation at ampere-level current densities
Dai, Qiuying; Cai, Zhengwei; Yang, Chaoxin; Li, Zixiao; Sun, Shengjun; Yue, Meng; Tang, Xiaolan; He, Xun; Yuan, Yujie; Tang, Hong; Yao, Yongchao; Zheng, Dongdong; Luo, Yongsong; Hamdy, Mohamed S.; Ibrahim, Fatma A.; Li, Tingshuai; Sun, Xuping; Tang, Bo

Microwave quasi-solid-state-constructed low-content Pt on CeO₂ with strong electronic interactions for efficient electrocatalytic acidic overall water splitting
Li, Jing; Wang, Qihao; Guo, Ruotong; Zong, Yingxia; Xing, Jun; Xiao, Weiping; Xu, Guangrui; Chen, Dehong; Wang, Lei; Wu, Zexing

Oxygen-vacancy-rich MOF-derived amorphous Fe-Co-Se-O electrocatalyst for boosting the alkaline oxygen evolution reaction
Zheng, He; Zhang, Ziqi; Liu, Yuxin; Zhang, Shuzhe; Zhou, Yong; Zhang, Zhe; Zhang, Ruige; Shi, Zhan; Li, Chunguang; Feng, Shouhua

Dual-functional RhNi nanocubes for coupling electrocatalytic water reduction and alcohol oxidation for energy-saving hydrogen production
Huang, Hui-Zi; Liu, Di; Zhu, Zhejiaji; Tian, Wenjing; Chen, Li-Wei; Li, Jiani; Yin, An-Xiang

A new quinoline-based cobalt(ii) catalyst capable of bifunctional water splitting
Lucecki, Carlos A.; Rani, Neha; Kpogo, Kenneth K.; Niklas, Jens; Poluektov, Oleg G.; Schlegel, H. Bernhard; Verani, Claudio N.

Synthesis of novel organic Ni(ii) N-isonicotinoylhydrazine-carbothioamide complexes and their application in the oxygen evolution reactions
Li, Xiaopei; Chu, Xianxu; Ying, Kefan; Cheng, Xi; Sun, Peng; Xu, Haiyun; Li, Lu; Zhang, Jie; Li, Wenjuan

Ultra-small β-Ni(OH)₂ quantum dot catalyst with abundant edges for an efficient urea oxidation reaction
Zhu, Qishuang; Qiao, Xianshu; Tian, Chuanjin; Li, Pengzhang; Liu, Yumin; Zhao, Wenyan; Ma, Liang; Wang, Chang-An

Boride-mediated and carbon nanotube-scaffolded synthesis of cobalt-based electrocatalyst for efficient and stable alkaline hydrogen evolution at industrial-scale current density
Wang, Runze; Ren, Yanmei; Wen, He; Chen, Zhengjun; Wang, Ping

In situ electrodeposition of Pt into a trimetallic MOF composite electrode and its application in water splitting
Liu, Tianpeng; Wang, Xin; Li, Jie; Hu, Mengyun; Yu, Jun; Yu, Shudi; Wu, Zhengying; Du, Yukou

Deposition of Fe₃O₄ overlayers on nickel-anchored molybdenum oxide for enhanced and stable oxygen evolution reaction in alkaline water electrolysis
Kim, Kyeong Su; Byeon, Jaeho; Koirala, Agni Raj; Kim, Hoyoung; Lee, Jinwoo; Lee, Doh C.

One-dimensional Ti₃C₂Tₓ MXene nanofiber anchored ultrafine iridium nanocrystals for alkaline hydrogen evolution
Li, Xuanyin; Qing, Zhi; Ruzimuradov, Olim; Chang, Shiying; Fang, Dong; Zhang, Lang; Mu, Shichun

Construction of carbon nanotube-supported CuO-Fe₃O₄ dual-site catalysts for ambient electrosynthesis of ammonia
Zhang, Shun; Zhang, Shengbo; Liu, Jiafang; Mao, Zhixian; Zhang, Yunxia; Wang, Guozhong; Yin, Huajie; Zhang, Haimin

Decorating a highly conjugated and electron-rich Co-MOF with Ni₃S₂ for improved oxygen evolution and urea oxidation reactions
Wang, Li-Wen; Jing, Xuan; Tang, Si-Fu

Dynamic Fe³⁺ equilibrium and Ce-doping electronic synergy in Ni₃S₂/NiS heterostructures for enhanced alkaline oxygen evolution
Li, Man-Man; Xu, Na; Li, Yue-Ming; Zhang, Chen; Wen, Xin; Qi, Yanbin; Li, Guodong; Chai, Yong-Ming; Dong, Bin

Ultrathin 2D-2D NiFe LDH/MOF heterojunction nanosheets: an efficient oxygen evolution reaction catalyst for water oxidation
Yin, Haoran; Su, Shibiao; Yao, Di; Wang, Lixia; Liu, Xinqiang; Isimjan, Tayirjan Taylor; Yang, Xiulin; Cai, Dandan

Adjustable composition of self-supported amorphous Ni-Fe-P nanosheet decorated NiP microspheres for efficient and stable overall alkaline freshwater/seawater splitting
Lu, Shi-Yu; Wang, Ling; Wu, Chunjie; Zhang, Jun; Dou, Wenzhao; Hu, Tingting; Wang, Rong; Liu, Yin; Yang, Qian; Jin, Meng

Spin configuration modulation of Co3O4 by Ru doping for boosting the overall water splitting and hydrazine oxidation reactions
Xu, Xiaohu; Su, Le; Yu, Xinyue; Sun, Jikai; Miao, Xiangyang

Phytic acid-modified NiFe-PBA stacked by π-π force for reinforcement electrocatalytic water oxidation
Ye, Zheng; Han, Chun; Yuan, Yuan; Chen, Gong; Fu, Yuanzun; Zhao, Yunhe

Universal synthesis of coral-like ternary MOF-derived sulfides as efficient OER electrocatalysts
Liu, Tianpeng; Zhang, Yangping; Yu, Jun; Hu, Mengyun; Wu, Zhengying; Wei, Xiao; Yu, Shudi; Du, Yukou

Bimetallic ZnCo-MOF derived porous Ir-doped cobalt oxides for water oxidation with improved activity and stability
Chen, Junliang; Liu, Jie; Xu, Shaojie; Wu, Yi; Ye, Yunan; Qian, Jinjie

Sulfur, phosphorus and iron codoped nickel oxide as an efficient catalyst for the oxygen evolution reaction
Hu, Zhanqiang; Zhi, Songsong; Chen, Chen; Chang, Jiuli; Wu, Dapeng; Jiang, Kai; Gao, Zhiyong

Strontium-doped RuO₂ electrocatalyst with abundant oxygen vacancies for boosting OER performance
An, Bei; Li, Xiaoqian; Lin, Yuan; Shang, Fanfan; He, Huijie; Cai, Hairui; Zeng, Xiaoxiao; Wang, Weitong; Yang, Shengchun; Wang, Bin

Boosting the oxygen evolution reaction via the reconstruction of an M(OH)ₓ/Fe₃O₄ catalyst
Wang, Xiaoqu; Wang, Limin; Liu, Yongchun; Devasenathipathy, Rajkumar; Liu, Li; Huang, Qiulan; Huang, Dujuan; Fan, Youjun; Chen, Du-Hong; Chen, Wei

Interface engineering of highly stable CeO₂/CoFe@C electrocatalysts for synergistically boosting overall alkaline water splitting performance
Yaseen, Waleed; Harrath, Karim; Li, Guangya; Yusuf, Bashir Adegbemiga; Meng, Suci; Xie, Meng; Khan, Iltaf; Xie, Jimin; Xia, Changkun; Xu, Yuanguo

Synergistic promotion of the oxygen evolution reaction by Co and Fe dual-doping of NiS₂
Xu, Wen-juan; Wang, Ying-yu; Dang, Jiang-yan; Zhang, Xiao-ying; Li, Wen-liang; Zhang, Jing-ping

A bifunctional electrocatalyst based on interfacial engineering of CeO₂ and NiSe₂ for boosting electrocatalytic water splitting
Wang, Xueying; Qin, Yunong; Peng, Xin; Li, Ling; Zhu, Qiancheng; Zhang, Wenming

A crystalline/amorphous FeCo alloy/FeCoNi-Pi bifunctional electrocatalyst for efficient overall water splitting
Li, Haoyu; Xiao, Yawei; Tian, Xu; Xing, Xinxin; Cao, Minhua; Wang, Yude

Novel NiCoP nanoarray modified by NiFeCo layered double hydroxide quantum dots as highly efficient bifunctional electrocatalysts in anion exchange membrane water electrolysis
Li, Lina; Liu, Shuang; Yang, Tao; Zhou, Linlin; Wang, Kang; Wang, Enhui; Yu, Xiangtao; Chou, Kuo-Chih; Guo, Rui; Ma, Zhen; Hou, Xinmei

Tannic acid salt-modified CoFe-layered double hydroxide boosts stable seawater oxidation at an industrial-level current density
Cai, Zhengwei; Guo, Yaxin; Yang, Chaoxin; Li, Zixiao; Sun, Shengjun; Yue, Meng; Wang, Xiaoyan; Zhang, Min; Wang, Hefeng; Yao, Yongchao; Zheng, Dongdong; Farouk, Asmaa; Ibrahim, Fatma A.; Lv, Yanqin; Sun, Xuping; Tang, Bo

Hierarchical FeCo LDH/NiSe heterostructure electrocatalysts with rich heterointerfaces for robust water splitting at an industrial-level current density
Han, Weiwei; Wang, Wenyi; Liao, Jiahong; He, Yi; Zhang, Xingwang; Yu, Chunlin

Boosting alkaline water splitting efficiency: NiOOH-MnOOH heterojunctions via in situ anodic oxidation
Zhou, Yuru; Hu, Jing; Liu, Yinan; Fan, Wenyu; Tao, Panpan; Yang, Rui; Huang, Haitao; Cao, Xun; Li, Haijin; Li, Siwei

An interface-engineered Co₂P/CoMoP₂ heterojunction with greatly improved electrocatalytic activity in water/seawater splitting
Sun, Bo; Li, Chunhu; Yang, Jie; Bai, Hongcun; Meng, Xiangchao

Tailoring electronic environments of dispersed Ru sites for efficient alkaline hydrogen evolution
Zhang, Mengyu; Zhou, Bowen; Guo, Lingfei; Li, Hongdong; Xiao, Weiping; Xu, Guangrui; Chen, Dehong; Li, Caixia; Du, Yunmei; Wu, Zexing; Wang, Lei

Interfacial engineering of heterostructured CoTe@FeOOH nanoarrays with tailored d-band centers for electrocatalytic oxygen evolution
Liu, Jiangying; Ai, Taotao; Bao, Weiwei; Han, Jie; Zhang, Junjun; Yang, Mameng; Wei, Xueling; Zou, Xiangyu; Feng, Liangliang

Amorphous heterojunction and fluoride-induced effects enable a F-Ni(OH)₂/Ni-B electrocatalyst for efficient and stable alkaline freshwater/seawater hydrogen evolution at a high current density
Chen, Shenyi; Chu, Haoming; Xie, Ziyin; Dong, Lihui; Li, Bin; Fan, Minguang; He, Huibing; Chen, Zhengjun

A high-entropy FeCoMnCuNi diselenide self-standing electrode with outstanding water-electrolysis performance in alkaline medium
Guo, Xinxin; Zhou, Mengmeng; Liu, Ziwu; Mu, Shiheng; Wang, Kaijia; Shi, Huanqiang; Wang, Fang; Lu, Shijian; Ni, Zhonghai; Liu, Guiqing

Architecting a 1T-phase material with metal NPs enriching HER kinetics in alkaline and seawater electrolytes
Prasanna, Murugesan; Kwak, Hyo Bin; Oh, Myung Jun; Yoo, Dong Jin

High-density accessible Ru-Se-Ni moieties boost the hydrogen evolution reaction by optimizing H absorption
Ma, Shuang; Yang, Peiying; Chang, Jin; Zhang, Heng; Li, Mengjing; Zhang, Siqi; Liu, Jiafang; Wang, Fanghan; Cheng, Chuan; Zhou, Ao; Li, Qingbin

Reasonable regulation of flexible sulfur-based bifunctional catalytic electrodes for efficient seawater splitting
Lei, Fengjing; Ma, Xunwei; Shao, Xinyun; Fang, Ziyan; Wang, Yuqin; Hao, Weiju

Constructing built-in electric fields in 2D/2D Schottky heterojunctions for efficient alkaline seawater electrolysis
Chen, Hongjun; Deng, Liming; Zhao, Sheng; Liu, Shuyi; Hu, Feng; Li, Linlin; Ren, Jianwei; Peng, Shengjie

Construction of a reversible-cycling bifunctional electrocatalyst CoP₂@Co(CO₃)₀.₅OH/Cu/NF with Mott-Schottky structure for overall water splitting
Liao, Xinyuan; Lang, Xiaomin; Zhang, Ting; Li, Chunmei; Zou, Jian; Li, Qing; Hu, Weihua; Lin, Hua

An electrodeposited superaerophobic nickel catalyst on pencil-drawn paper: a novel approach for highly efficient and stable hydrogen evolution
Sun, Qian; Hao, Xiaoyu; Zhang, Tianyi; Ma, Zelin; Hu, Kui; Yang, Ming; Huang, Xiaolei; Liu, Xuqin

Nickel sulfide cocatalyst-modified silicon nanowire arrays for efficient seawater-based hydrogen generation
Wang, Junjie; Wang, Bo; He, Xinmeng; Lv, Jun; Bao, Zhiyong; Cui, Jiewu; Xu, Guangqing; Shen, Wangqiang

Supercapacitors are attracting significant attention due to various advantages such as long cycle life, high energy density, and wide-ranging operating temperature. This focus collection highlights the exciting articles about supercapacitors published on Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers and Materials Chemistry Frontiers. Articles featured in our focus collections are handpicked by Editors. All articles in this focus collection are freely available to read until 24 October. We hope you find them enjoyable to read.

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Review

Tailoring metal-organic frameworks and their derivatives for advanced supercapacitor cathodes: from design to electrochemical performance
Wei, Liuxu; Xu, Xinjie; Liu, Yanan; Yue, Zhenyu; Jia, Huiqi; Wu, Zexing; Xiao, Zhenyu; Wang, Lei

Article

Improving the supercapacitor performance of the Co-MOF via cerium-induced shape modulation and defect engineering
Lan, Hongmei; Hu, Yaxuan; Liu, Qiantong; Wu, Bohong; Yu, Feng; Gu, Tiantian; Guo, Wen; Liu, Yanyan

Interlayer ionic diffusion driven in situ QD-deposition in the Co₉S₈-LDH hybrid supercapacitor electrode
Zhang, Yanan; Xu, Nuo; Xu, Jipeng; Shan, Chi; Chen, Junlei; Guo, Liyuan; Qin, Long; Wu, Fan; Huang, Wenhuan

Molecular-level engineering of heteroatom-functionalized 2D covalent organic frameworks for highly efficient supercapacitor performance
Prakash, Kamal; Abbas, Zahir; Deka, Rakesh; Mobin, Shaikh M.

Synthesis of Schiff base crosslinked polyaniline hydrogels with enhanced electrochemical performance for supercapacitor applications
Ghosh, Samaresh; Majhi, Jagannath; Sharma, Sonal; Priya, Kumari; Bandyopadhyay, Anasuya

Novel twisted-structure polymer electrode material with intrinsic pores for high-performance electrochromic supercapacitor
Chang, Yuchen; Huang, Qidi; Yang, Lei; Ouyang, Mi; Dong, Yujie; Li, Weijun; Zhang, Cheng

Converting coal gasification slag into monolithic supercapacitor electrodes via endogenous Fe-catalyzed growth of N-doped carbon nanotubes
Zhang, Zhengguo; Xu, Mengjuan; Wang, Fang; Min, Shixiong

Exploring the optimal post-treatment strategy for boosting the electrochemical performances of a new bimetal-organic framework-based supercapacitor
Dou, Xinwen; Liu, Mingyue; Cao, Tian; Wang, Chan; Zhang, Yingjie; Jia, Yuhang; Ju, Qiang; Fang, Zhenlan

Electrochemically triggered rational design of bismuth copper sulfide for wearable all-sulfide semi-solid-state supercapacitor with a wide operational potential window (1.8 V) and ultra-long life
Shankar, Edugulla Girija; Ramulu, Bhimanaboina; Nagaraju, Manchi; Yu, Jae Su

Electrochemical kinetics and energy storage performance of 3D hierarchical CuFeS₂@rGO micro-flower electrodes
Parul; Sahoo, Surjit; Ratha, Satyajit; Nayak, Saroj Kumar

Rationally controlled synthesis of Ni-Cu-Zn oxide hollow structures for high-performance supercapacitors
Wei, Chengzhen; Cheng, Cheng; Du, Weimin; Kong, Dechen; Chen, Jia; Ding, Xiaopei; Wei, Dandan; Cheng, Tiantian

Effects of Fe-doping induced by valence modulation engineering on the nickel hydroxyfluoride cathode of hybrid supercapacitors
Zhao, Yutong; Meng, Zeshuo; Xu, Jian; Du, Zhengyan; Hao, Zeyu; Wang, Shulong; Tian, Hongwei; Niu, Zhiqiang; Su, Dawei

Rational construction of 3D hierarchical yolk-shell MnMoO₄ micro/nanospheres for electrochemical energy storage
Hu, Yaxun; Zhang, Songtao; Huang, Xingyu; Wang, Jinfeng; Zhao, Chenlu; Peng, Weifeng; Guo, Xiaotian; Zhang, Guangxun; Pi, Yecan; Tian, Tian; Xu, Yi; Pang, Huan

Optimizing the quantum capacitance of AsXBr/AsYBr ((X ≠ Y) = S, Se and Te) Janus heterostructures for high-performance supercapacitors
Kolavada, Himalay; Shaikh, Gaushiya A.; Gajjar, P. N.; Gupta, Sanjeev K.

Construction of hybrid Ni-Mn-Co-Ce oxide yolk-double shell hierarchical architectures for enhanced supercapacitors
Wei, Chengzhen; Du, Kaige; Cheng, Cheng; Shan, Shuo; Du, Weimin; Chen, Jia; Duan, Yiman

A surface defect strategy of NiCo-layered double hydroxide decorated MXene layers for durable solid-state supercapacitors
Wei, Jinhe; Hu, Fei; Lv, Chenglong; Bian, Limin; Liu, He; Ouyang, Qiuyun

From NiCo-glycerate to tri-metallic selenide: engineering yolk-shell MnNiCoSe spheres with nanosheet arrays for hybrid supercapacitors
Shirvani, Majid; Esfahani, Davoud Nasr

Cost-effective conversion of stones into high-performance capacitor carbon through a solid-solid inorganic chemical reaction
Bu, Yongfeng; Wang, Shihao; Li, Yuman; Tang, Shengda; Kang, Qin; Zhu, Zhaomin; Li, Hui; Pan, Li; Liang, Hongyu

Scalable complete conversion of MgCo₂O₄ by mechanochemistry for high-performance supercapacitors
Liu, Zhiyuan; Xiang, Qixuan; Zhang, Hao; Zhang, Xianglong; Tan, Huijun; Zhao, Yaping

High-performance hybrid supercapacitors based on cobalt sulfide and iron sulfide nanoparticles supported by hollow nitrogen-sulfur co-doped carbon spheres
Gao, Xiang; Lu, Xiaoyuan; Zhong, Jiali; Fu, Xiaoqi; Lin, Zixin; Shen, Xiaoping; Zhu, Guoxing; Ji, Zhenyuan

Iron-doped nickel sulfide nanospheres anchored on reduced graphene oxide for high performance supercapacitors
Zeng, Xiangqun; Yang, Mengyuan; Zhao, Jie; Shao, Jiao-Jing; Ding, Zhao

Vertically oriented NiCoMo sulfide nanosheet arrays on Ti₃C₂Tₓ MXene for high-performance supercapacitors
Zhu, Maiyong; Yang, Yu; Zhang, Kai; Li, Songjun

Constructing vertically aligned ZIF-67 microrod arrays on carbon cloth with commercial-level mass-loading for high-performance supercapacitors
Bai, Chenchen; Li, Bingjun; Li, Dejun; Han, Yan; Wang, Caiyun

Solvent-mediated synthesis of mesoporous ZnCo-ZIF derived ZnCoNi LDH@MXene for high-performance supercapacitors
Lu, Min; Dong, Yinglu; Wang, Yibo; Shi, Leyao; Xu, Xiaohui; Zhou, Junming; Wang, Guang-Sheng

Polyaniline interface engineering-enabled oxygen vacancy-enriched NiCo-LDHs for ammonium-ion supercapacitors
Fu, Hucheng; Chen, Yanchen; Yang, Yizhang; Zhou, Ningjun; Dai, Juguo; Li, Dongxu; Luo, Qiuyan; Wang, Xiaohong; Jia, Rong; Ren, Hanzhong; Qin, Qiaoyun; Xu, Yiting; Dai, Lizong

Citric acid enables morphological optimization of Ni₃(PO₄)₂ next-generation high-performance hybrid supercapacitors
Mashniwi, Mohsenah H. J.; Saqib, Muhammad; Asghar, Ali; Alfifi, Faris; Hussain, Shahir; Alomar, Muneerah; Almashnowi, Majed Y. A.; Azees, Noorjahan Abdul; Rashid, Muhammad Shahid

Conformal phosphating hierarchical interface of CC/CoNiMn-P for hybrid supercapacitors with high cycling stability
Wang, Dongxu; Zhu, Feng; Dang, Yupeng; Luan, Jingze; Li, Mingquan; Shen, Zexiang; Han, Dandan

Ultralong Co₁₁(HPO₃)₈(OH)₆/Co₉S₈ hierarchical tubular architectures with highly enhanced electrochemical performance for supercapacitors
Wei, Chengzhen; Shan, Shuo; Li, Sitong; Du, Weimin; Cheng, Cheng; Zhang, Zhuohan; Du, Kaige

Nanosheet floral clusters of Fe-doped Co₃O₄ for high-performance supercapacitors
Lu, Congcong; Yang, Yu; Li, Songjun; Zhu, Maiyong

Improving synergism in Ni-prussian blue analog/CNT composite via coordination engineering for highly stable K⁺-ion capacitor
Krishnan, Sarathkumar; Singh, Mayank K.; Gupta, Sheetal; Singh, Khushwant; Wang, Xiaolei; Rai, Dhirendra K.

Highly efficient utilization of polypyrrole enabled by dispersed buckypaper tape for high-performance flexible energy storage
Zhou, Haihan; Liu, Shaozhen; Ren, Mengyao; Zhai, Hua-Jin

A general metal acetate-assisted alcohol thermal strategy to fabricate flexible carbon nanofiber films for supercapacitors
Song, Wei; Wang, Kaixuan; Lian, Xiao; Zheng, Fangcai; Xu, Chunyan; Niu, Helin

Engineered iron-doped MOF nanosheets: acid-induced lattice strain for enhanced rate performance in asymmetric supercapacitors
Yuan, Yuan; Chen, Gong; Zhao, Qihui; Fu, Yuanzun; Zhao, Yunhe

Gamma-induced one-step synthesis of reduced graphene oxide-silver nanoparticles with enhanced properties
Abou Zeid, Souad; Hu, Liran; Ghasemi, Rasta; Gervais, Matthieu; Randhawa, Jaspreet Kaur; Siril, Prem Felix; Remita, Samy

Efficient and durable multifunctional nickel-doped cobalt phosphate hydrate electrocatalysts for hybrid supercapacitors and zinc-air batteries
Ankinapalli, Obula Reddy; Krishna, B. N. Vamsi; Lee, Young Jun; Natarajan, Logeshwaran; Ayyaluri, Ramakrishna Reddy; Yu, Jae Su

Engineering multiscale hollow core-shell nanostructures via in situ surface functionalization for advanced electrochemical energy storage applications
Wang, Yan; Wang, Hanbo; Xu, Yahui; Zhu, Dongyu; Wang, Ziming; Li, Yiduo; Tian, Yumei; Lu, Haiyan

Diffusion-dominated redox performance of hydrated copper molybdate for high-performance energy storage
Kuku, Mohammed; Althahban, Sultan; Arishi, Mohammad

Simultaneous pseudocapacitive oxidation and oxygen evolution reaction: reciprocity or incompatibility?
Huang, Xinpeng; Yan, Yingnan; Yan, Xuehua; Liu, Qianzuo; Zhang, Feng; Wu, Jili; Pan, Jianmei; Shahnavaz, Zohreh; Moradian, Jamile Mohammadi

Electrodeposited manganese dioxide for pseudocapacitors and batteries
Davidi, Ella; Xue, Xinzhe; Li, Yat

Metal and metal-containing clusters have received considerable interest within the scientific community due to their wide range of applications in areas like catalysis and biomedicine. This focus collection highlights the exciting articles on the metal and metal-containing clusters that recently appeared in Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers. Articles featured in our focus collections are handpicked by Editors. We hope you find them enjoyable to read.

Review Articles

State-of-the-art strategies for the synthesis of zeolite-encapsulated subnanometric metal clusters
Konnov, Stanislav V.; Bruter, Daniil V.; Pavlov, Vladimir S.; Ivanova, Irina I.

Atomically precise nanocluster-catalyzed coupling reactions
Hu, Jinhui; Li, Yi-Ming; Zhang, Bei; Kang, Xi; Zhu, Manzhou

Design strategies and applications of electrochemiluminescence from metal nanoclusters
Li, Tingting; Sui, Jiyu; Dong, Weinan; Zhang, Yu; Zhang, Ying; Li, Yanan; Wu, Zhennan; Bai, Xue

A dual-heteroatom-lanthanide cluster-embedded polyoxotungstate for sequential fluorescence detection of Fe³⁺ and pyrophosphate
Zhang, Siyu; Gong, Tiantian; Liu, Chenyun; Wang, Qiuyu; Chen, Fuxiu; Liu, Jiancai; Chen, Lijuan; Zhao, Junwei

Recent studies on the reaction of [X₆O₁₉]⁸⁻ (X = Nb, Ta) polyanions under acidic conditions
Wang, Haiying; Liang, Zhijie; Zhang, Dongdi; Niu, Jingyang

Tuning photoluminescence properties of Au clusters by surface modification and doping: lessons from case studies of icosahedral Au₁₃
Buschmann, Dennis Alexander; Hirai, Haru; Tsukuda, Tatsuya

Stimuli-responsive gold-polyoxometalate multielectron transformers
Monakhov, Kirill

Targeting protein aggregation: the promising application of polyoxometalates in neurodegenerative diseases
Chen, Junyi; Yang, Wen-Zhu; Chen, Huilan; Ding, Xiuxia; Chen, Hongxu; Zhan, Cai-Hong; Jin, Zhigang

Research Articles

Ligand-mediated core structure engineering and luminescence of metal nanoclusters: tuning emission from NIR-I to NIR-II
Liu, Jia-Wei; Li, Dan; Lu, Peng-Xu; Wen, Tao-Xiao; Chen, Yan-Ru; Jia, Jian-Hua; Tong, Ming-Liang

Disobedient boron clusters: synthesis, structure and bonding of hypoelectronic open and closo osmaborane clusters
Kar, Ketaki; Saha, Suvam; Patel, Deepak Kumar; Ghosh, Sundargopal

The first fcc-type (AgCu)₁₄ alloy nanocluster with unexpected Cu core doping
Yang, Jin-Sen; Zhang, Li-Jun; Xiao, Lu-Yao; Li, Jin; Dong, Xi-Yan

Fivefold-symmetry-induced reverse template effect: self-assembly of a high-nuclear core-shell polyoxophosphovanadate
Yuan, Meng; Yao, Aiping; Zhao, Liang; Wang, Xinlong; Qin, Chao; Su, Zhongmin

Acidity/hydridicity evaluation of Sb-H bonds and formation of a new group 15 metal cluster topology
MacEachern, Mitchell A. Z.; George, Tanner; Chitnis, Saurabh S.

Atomically precise metal nanocluster sandwich heterojunction for robust and efficient photocatalytic CO₂ reduction to methanol
Lu, Rui; Yao, Aimin; Dai, Yali; Yin, Haijiao; Li, Chengqi; Du, Yuanxin; Zhu, Manzhou

Tailoring two magic number Au₁₃ nanoclusters with N-containing diphosphine ligands: a classical icosahedral core vs. an unprecedented UFO-shaped core
Liu, Jing; Liu, Jia-Chuan; Wang, Hai-Ling; Liao, Pei-Yu; Jia, Jian-Hua; Tong, Ming-Liang

Insight into the role of Cd atoms in clusters for the oxidation reaction of styrene
Liu, Zhiping; Feng, Lijie; Qin, Chenzhan; Qian, Feng; Li, Qinzhen; Chai, Jinsong; Lv, Ying; Yang, Sha; Zhu, Manzhou

Pyramidal Nd₂ScN inside an icosahedral C₈₀ cage
Yang, Wei; Wang, Yaofeng; Popov, Alexey A.; Liu, Fupin

Dual-state heptanuclear metal cluster-based MOF materials: open metal site enhanced acetylene/ethylene separation and coordinated water-driven propylene/propane kinetics
Zhang, Rizhao; Fan, Yaqing; Xue, Jin-peng; Chai, Yuqiao; Li, Bao; Li, Jia

Sulfonylcalix[4]arene-based Al₄ clusters: three aluminum oxo clusters with different coordinated solvents for the CO₂ cycloaddition reaction
Liu, Xiao-Jie; Guo, Long-Xue; Xu, Wei; Wang, Ya-Wen; Tian, Yuan-Hang; Zhao, Li-Xing; Li, Xiao-Yu; Li, Jin-Hua; Wang, Guo-Ming

N-heterocyclic carbene-stabilized Cu₉ clusters with combined thermally activated delayed fluorescence and phosphorescence
Zhang, Lin-Mei; Xie, Mo; Wei, Hui-Zhi; Yuan, Shang-Fu; Li, Dong-Sheng; Wu, Tao

Calix[6]arene-functionalized titanium-oxo clusters for photocatalytic cycloaddition of carbon dioxide to epoxides
Hou, Jinle; Liu, Yuxin; Huang, Nahui; Azam, Mohammad; Huang, Chen; Wang, Zhi; Huang, Xianqiang; Qu, Konggang; Sun, Di

Cobalt nanoparticles coupled with polyoxometalate nanoclusters to boost electrocatalytic conversion of nitrite to ammonia at low potentials
Wang, Qiu-Feng; Jia, Meng-Qi; Yin, Xing-Yu; Zheng, Sha; Yang, Wei-Xin; Ma, Cheng; Ni, Lu-Bin; Diao, Guo-Wang; Zhang, Lu-Nan

Fluorine-containing counterions as catalysts triggering the size transformation of copper nanoclusters
Si, Ningjing; Xu, Ying; Fang, Xiaolong; Zhao, Donglin; Li, Hao; Kang, Xi; Zhu, Manzhou

Solvent-induced assembly and photocatalytic properties of atomically precise tellurotungstate-templated Ag clusters
Ning, Jiwei; Zhao, Mengyun; Dong, Yuanyuan; Chi, Manzhou; Li, Yurui; Feng, Yeqin; Qin, Yun; Lv, Hongjin; Yang, Guo-Yu

Near-infrared luminescence AgPd alloy superatomic clusters
Ma, Xiao-Hong; Qin, Jian-Hua; Wang, Fei-Fan; Luo, Peng; Dong, Xi-Yan

Alkaline earth-tuned polyoxometalate frameworks: enhanced selectivity in styrene epoxidation
Duan, Zhi-Cheng; Li, Guanghua; Cui, Xiao-Bing

Crystallization induces thermally activated delayed fluorescence of Ag₁₄ nanoclusters
Yang, Jin-Sen; Xiao, Lu-Yao; Liu, Fan; Xu, Jun; Dong, Xi-Yan; Hu, Jia-Hua; Li, Jing; Zang, Shuang-Quan

Self-assembly of a giant molybdenum titanium-oxo cluster [Mo₄₂Ti₁₂(O₂)₂₄] for bifunctional oxidation catalysis
Xu, Ming; Wang, Ting; Zhang, Wenjing; Guo, Keke; Wang, Ping; Qin, Chao; Xu, Lin; Su, Zhongmin; Wang, Xinlong

Structural disproportionation of Ag₂₀Cu₁₀ highlights the impact of cluster structure on electrocatalytic properties for CO₂ reduction
Wang, Yujiao; Xiong, Lin; Cheng, Qian; Hu, Daqiao; Jin, Shan; Zhu, Manzhou

Effect of chiral camphor thiolate ligands on the structure and stability of Au₁₉ nanoclusters
Zhang, Xiaoya; Wu, Shuwen; Li, Qinzhen; Chai, Jinsong; Gao, Guiqi; Huang, Baoyu; Yang, Sha; Zhu, Manzhou

Self-assembly of high-nuclear core-shell polyoxovanadates with Lindqvist templates
Wu, Shuangxue; Fu, Yaomei; Gan, Hongmei; Zhao, Liang; Wang, Xinlong; Qin, Chao; Su, Zhongmin

First tetrametallic 19-nuclear Ceᴵᴵᴵ-Scᴵᴵᴵ-Wⱽᴵ-Sbᴵᴵᴵ cluster-incorporated polyoxometalate for electrochemical biosensing of CYFRA21-1
Li, Jiaxin; Tang, Zhigang; Liu, Yu; Chen, Lijuan; Zhao, Junwei

An unprecedented oxalate-functionalized Ta/W polyoxometalate enabling the self-assembly of a 2D composite for catalytic hydrogenation
Li, Shujun; Huang, Meng-Yao; Cheng, Weiyi; Shah, Waqas Ali; Dai, Xu-Sheng; Ma, Nana; Zhao, Qianyi; Chen, Xuenian

Controlling the structural and adsorption features of polyoxovanadate-based metal-organic clusters by adjustable template effect
Wang, Yan-Hu; Tong, Ke-Wei; Chen, Chao-Qin; Du, Jing; Yang, Guo-Ping; Yang, Peng

Archimedean heterologous helixes in Ti₁₀Cd₆-oxo nanoclusters: double-helical self-assembly and therapeutic application in Parkinson’s disease
Meng, Ling-Cui; Chen, Jun-Yi; Feng, Zhi-Ming; Jiang, Zhan-Guo; Jin, Zhigang; Zhan, Cai-Hong

New members of the lanthanide titanium cluster family: Janus nanoclusters and their applications in optical imaging and photodynamic therapy
Li, Ru-Yan; Qin, Wen-Wen; Yang, Fan; Wang, Hai-Ling; Tang, Meng-Juan; Zou, Hua-Hong; Liang, Fu-Pei; Chen, De-Xin; Zhu, Zhong-Hong

High-nuclearity Ag-substituted tetrameric sandwich-type polyoxometalates for excellent catalytic performance in C-C bond formation
Sun, Yahao; Cai, Minzhen; Chen, Hanhan; Ma, Pengtao; Niu, Jingyang; Wang, Jingping

A purely inorganic germanium-molybdenum-oxo cluster with ruthenium participation for visible-light-driven CO₂ reduction
Li, Kunhong; Hong, Yumei; Ma, Xinyi; Zhao, Yujie; Zhang, Shihao; Ma, Pengtao; Niu, Jingyang; Wang, Jingping

A two-dimensional confined polyoxometalate-based chiral luminescence sensor for highly enantioselective sensing
Hu, Guicong; Wu, Zhaohui; Cai, Ailin; Xing, Xinzhu; Chang, Wen; Qiao, Qinglong; Qi, Bo; Song, Yu-Fei

Ligand-regulated catalytic activity in fluorescent gold nanoclusters
Yang, Wenxuan; Wang, Shenming; Wei, Xiaoyun; Feng, Zhenzhen; Qin, Guangyong; Mao, Jian; Zhen, Zheng; Miao, Xintong; Cheng, Yifeng; Wang, Xiaojuan; Huang, Fang; He, Hua

A series of four-substituted polyoxometalate-thiacalix[4]arene-based materials for the efficient photocatalytic reduction of Cr(Ⅵ)
Zhang, Jia-Yi; Song, Yuting; Yang, Jin; Pei, Wen-Yuan; Ma, Jian-Fang

Solvent-modulated assembly of peptide and cerium functionalized gigantic {Mo₁₂₀Ce₆}₂ dimers for high-efficiency photocatalytic oxidation
Zhou, Dexiang; Li, Bingbing; Zhao, Qixin; Tang, Xinyu; Lan, Tingya; Su, Heyang; Yang, Guoping; Xuan, Weimin

Cluster-like Mo₂N anchored on reduced graphene oxide as an efficient and high-performance catalyst for deep-degree oxidative desulfurization
Song, Weizhuang; Wang, Dongxu; Yue, Xianyun; Jin, Chengxu; Wu, Yangchen; Shi, Yu; Liu, Jiancong; Wu, Aiping; Tian, Chungui; Fu, Honggang

A pair of diphosphine-protected gold nanoclusters differing by a single gold atom on the kernel surface
Li, Wenming; Wang, Shuguang; Wang, Yonghong; Chen, Yining; Lei, Xiaofeng; Diao, Jianfeng; Dai, Afang; Liu, Fuling; Gan, Zibao; Zheng, Xiuwen

Superatomic interconversion causes reversible on-off luminescence of doped silver nanoclusters
Lei, Wenjie; Shao, Yang; Ren, Fangya; Guo, Mengdi; You, Qing; Fang, Xianjun; Kong, Jie; Zhou, Meng; Yin, Baoqi; Luo, Zhixun

Atomically precise Ag₂₅(SR)₁₈ nanoclusters: a stable photosensitizer for photocatalysis
Zhan, Linjian; Zhang, Junyi; Ning, Boyuan; He, Yunhui; Xiao, Guangcan; Chen, Zhixin; Xiao, Fang-Xing

Fast and selective protein modification with iron-substituted polyoxometalates via a radical pathway
Moussawi, Mhamad Aly; Abdelhameed, Shorok A. M.; de Azambuja, Francisco; Wijten, Andy; Vasovic, Tamara; Velickovic, Tanja Cirkovic; Parac-Vogt, Tatjana N.

Nanocluster-regulated porous ionic rotaxane assemblies with solvent-adaptability for selective adsorption and conductivity
Wang, Jiaxu; Wei, Mingfeng; Zhu, Zexi; Li, Bao; Wu, Lixin

Enhancing the performance of polyoxometalate-based memristors in harsh environments based on hydrogen bonding and cooperative π-conjugation interactions
Meng, Ming-Ze; Gao, Yi-Qun; Chen, Yi-Ping; Li, Hao-Hong; Huang, Xiao-Hui

Assembly of Si-substituted heteropolyoxotantalate architecture
Chen, Hanhan; Xu, Haojie; Ma, Xinyi; Ma, Pengtao; Wang, Jingping; Niu, Jingyang

Atomically precise Cu₁₄ and Cu₁₃ nanoclusters for the oxygen evolution reaction: one additional Cu atom matters
Liu, Ziyi; Zhu, Pan; Zhou, Xianxing; Qin, Lubing; Liu, Xunying; Tang, Qing; Tang, Zhenghua

An hourglass-shaped nickel-based polyoxometalate crystalline material as a highly efficient bifunctional electrocatalyst for the oxygen evolution reaction and detection of H₂O₂
Li, Yajie; Zhu, Na; Su, Zhixuan; Hu, Xiaoli; Dou, Zhiyu; Su, Zhongmin

Synergistic crystalline catalysts assembled with Wells-Dawson-type polyoxometalates and heterovalent metal complexes for efficient benzylic C-H bond oxidation
Liu, Ze-Xuan; Du, Jing; Li, Shuai; Zhu, Miao-Qi; Ma, Yuan-Yuan; Han, Zhan-Gang

Kernel-differentiated fusion strategy redefines critical size thresholds in giant twinned-FCC RS-AuNCs: unlocking size adaptability and birth of metallicity
Fang, Youqiong; Wang, Pu; Pei, Yong; Xiong, Lin

The rise and fall of copper hydride clusters: a snapshot of hexanuclear-to-dodecanuclear expansion
Ekanayake, Dewmi A.; Krause, Jeanette A.; Guan, Hairong

Photoredox catalysis enabled by atomically precise metal nanoclusters
Zhang, Junyi; Zhan, Linjian; Ning, Boyuan; He, Yunhui; Xiao, Guangcan; Chen, Zhixin; Xiao, Fang-Xing

Copper doping boosts the catalase-like activity of atomically precise gold nanoclusters for cascade reactions combined with urate oxidase in the ZIF-8 matrix
Wang, Yi-Shu; Chen, Yan; Dong, Chen; Wang, Zhao-Yang; Cai, Jinmeng; Zhao, Xueli; Mo, Hui-Lin; Zang, Shuang-Quan

Core-shell [Cu₄₅(C₆H₁₁S)₂₄(P(PhF)₃)₄H₁₉]²⁺ nanocluster: synthesis, structure and catalytic hydroboration
Yu, Hang; Jia, Jianmei; Yang, Tao; Chen, Kai; Jin, Shan; Xiong, Lin; Zhu, Manzhou

Boosting the oxygen reduction activity of silver nanoclusters via selective exposure of solvent-coordinated sites
Wang, Zhao-Di; Han, Ye; Sun, Wen-Yan; Peng, Peng; Zang, Shuang-Quan

A wheel-like polyoxometalate for haloperoxidase-inspired antibiofouling with H₂O₂ in situ provided by electrocatalysis
Bian, Yumeng; Wang, Runze; Xu, Xinxin; Chen, Jin; Wang, Qiang

An unprecedented {Y₂⊂Y₁₀} type disk-like Y₁₂ nanocluster featuring electroluminescence property in OLED device
Shi, Lin-Ping; Li, Wen-Liang; Wang, Pu-Yue; Wu, Xiao-Ming; Yao, Zhao-Quan; Zhao, Jiong-Peng; Liu, Fu-Chen

Stepwise synthesis of symmetric and asymmetric Anderson-polyoxometalates for light-driven hydrogen evolution
Endres, Patrick; Sachdeva, Garima; Winter, Andreas; Diaz, Dolores; Goerls, Helmar; Fritz, Nicole; Neumann, Christof; Turchanin, Andrey; Streb, Carsten; Schubert, Ulrich S.

Polyoxometalate-assisted crystallization for ultraselective Ln(Ⅲ)/An(Ⅵ) separation under strongly acidic conditions
Zhang, Guangtao; Li, Yarui; Chen, Jiarui; Cui, Yunyi; Zhou, Xiaoyuan; Zou, Qing; Guo, Xiaofeng; Li, Yongxin; Lin, Peng; Lin, Jian

Highly reversible Zn electrodeposition enabled by glutathione-protected copper nanoclusters for aqueous Zn-ion batteries
Wang, Lu-Fan; Wang, Xiao-Yuan; Xu, Shu; Wu, Zhou; Sun, Guoqiang; Liu, Xiao-Fei; Huang, Ren-Wu; Zang, Shuang-Quan

A low-loss optical waveguide from a 1D europium nanocluster
Xia, Jingjing; Dong, Weinan; He, Shengrong; Jiang, Feng; Tian, Wenming; Sun, Qi; Hong, Meixin; Meng, Lingchen; Zhang, Yu; Wu, Zhennan; Li, Tingting; Bai, Xue

Insights into the intricate charge photoaccumulation in a polyoxometalate-BODIPY covalent hybrid
Carino, Christian; Moussa, Naguy; Blanchard, Sebastien; Sole-Daura, Albert; Proust, Anna; Izzet, Guillaume

Efficient catalysis of Knoevenagel condensation by 1D copper-containing heteropolyoxoniobate at room temperature
Zuo, Ya-Kun; Li, Yan-Ru; Sun, Yan-Qiong; Li, Xin-Xiong; Sun, Cai; Zheng, Shou-Tian

Achieving ultra-trace analysis and multi-light driven photodegradation toward phenolic derivatives via a bifunctional catalyst derived from a Cu(Ⅰ)-complex-modified polyoxometalate
Li, Shuang; Wang, Bingqian; Liu, Guocheng; Li, Xiaohui; Sun, Chang; Zhang, Zhong; Wang, Xiuli

L-Arginine-modified gold nanoclusters for rapid and visual quantification of bacterial infection
Hong, Le; Ding, Lina; Ma, Zhenyu; Wang, Lin; Wang, Kun; Dong, Weinan; Qi, Manlin; Shi, Yujia; Liu, Chenyu; Sun, Xiaolin; Bai, Xue; Li, Chunyan; Wu, Zhennan

Coinage metal(Ⅰ) clusters based on a flexible P,P′(N,N′)₂-ligand: colorful phosphorescence, abnormal thermal quenching behavior and anticounterfeiting application
Baranov, Andrey Yu.; Doronina, Evgeniya P.; Rakhmanova, Mariana I.; Bagryanskaya, Irina Yu.; Brylev, Konstantin A.; Sukhikh, Taisiya S.; Artem’ev, Alexander V.

Boosting the high rate and durability of lithium-sulfur batteries using a bidirectional catalyst of a polyoxometalate-cyclodextrin supramolecular compound
Song, Jian; Jiang, Yuanyuan; Lu, Yizhong; Cao, Yundong; Zhang, Yuxi; Fan, Linlin; Liu, Hong; Gao, Guanggang

Unveiling the unique promotional role of samarium in polyoxometalate catalysed selective oxidation of benzyl alcohol
Feng, Su-Yuan; Rong, Zhong-Yi; Chen, Qinwei; Wu, Xiao-Yuan; Wu, Weiming; Wang, Sa-Sa; Lu, Can-Zhong

Visualizing the fluorescence of AgPt NCs by an asymmetrical pseudo-ligand exchange method
He, Lizhong; Dong, Tingting; Hu, Xiaoyang; Gan, Zibao

Multispin superatoms: seven-nuclear rhenium clusters with unusual magnetic properties
Pronin, Aleksei S.; Gaifulin, Yakov M.; Sukhikh, Taisiya S.; Lavrov, Alexander N.; Mironov, Yuri V.

Narrow-band circularly polarized red electroluminescence in trinuclear clusters
Yang, Xin; Cheng, Han; Shi, Lin-Xi; Wang, Jin-Yun; Chen, Zhong-Ning

Mixed addenda polyoxometalates by cooperative self-assembly and modulation of their optoelectronic properties
Singh, Ganga; Choudhary, Ruchika; Mandal, Debaprasad

Enhancing room-temperature CO oxidation via encapsulation of bimetallic PtNi clusters within mesoporous silicate-1 catalysts
Cui, Ronghua; Yang, Siyuan; Zhang, Lifeng; Chen, Xing; Luo, Langli

A series of pinwheel-shaped Ln₂₁-oxo-cluster-embedded polyoxometalates as single-crystal proton-conductive and tunable photoluminescent materials
Cao, Yun-Fei; Jin, Xin-Rong; Xia, Wen-Jun; Sun, Yan-Qiong; Li, Xin-Xiong; Zheng, Shou-Tian

Two robust polyoxovanadate clusters having a square-prism V₁₀Ox core for efficient catalysis of benzene hydroxylation to phenol
Wang, Ji-Lei; Xu, Ling-Xi; Wang, Qin; Yan, Pin-Fang; Chen, Xin-Lian; Jin, Ting; Mei, Hua; Xu, Yan

Structural regulation of NHC-protected copper(Ⅰ) clusters through substitution for photoluminescence enhancement
Yang, Yan-Yan; Hao, Rui-Chen; Wu, Qing-Qing; Luo, Peng; Xu, Jun; Dong, Xi-Yan; Zhang, Chuan-Xiang

Efficient doped and non-doped light-emitting diodes based on a TADF-emitting Cu₄Br₄ cluster
Lu, Xin; Wu, Shao-Jie; Wang, Ya-Shu; Wei, Shan-Yue; Meng, Lingyi; Huang, Xi-He; Chen, Xu-Lin; Lu, Can-Zhong

Luminescent cyanide coordination polymer based on {Mo₆I₈} and {Ag₂(dppm)₂} clusters: exceptional stability and efficient scintillation
Litvinova, Yulia M.; Stass, Dmitri V.; Metlin, Mikhail T.; Korshunov, Vladislav M.; Ryzhikov, Maxim R.; Yarovoy, Spartak S.; Sukhikh, Taisiya S.; Mironov, Yuri V.; Taydakov, Ilya V.; Belikova, Daria E.; Tarasov, Alexey B.; Brylev, Konstantin A.; Gaifulin, Yakov M.

Enhancing electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution efficiency: tuning catalyst support pore size to optimize hydrogen adsorption-desorption kinetics
Zhou, Yong; Yang, Bin; Li, Bing; Liu, Xiaoyang

Unraveling active ensembles consisting of clusters and single atoms for oxygen reduction: a synergy of machine learning and DFT calculations
Li, Xinyi; Jiao, Dongxu; Zhao, Jingxiang; Zhao, Xiao

The chemical tug-of-war in carborane clusters: distinct tuning on different sides of the cluster
Buzsaki, Daniel; Gal, Dalma; Szathmari, Balazs; Holczbauer, Tamas; Udvardy, Antal; Szilagyine, Julia Kertesz; Kargin, Denis; Bruhn, Clemens; Pietschnig, Rudolf; Kelemen, Zsolt

Unprecedented lead-antimony oxohalide clusters with efficient capture of UO₂²⁺ ions
Luo, Jia-Hua; Ren, Yu-Wei; Yang, Lu; Wang, Jing; Xiao, Hao-Dan; Xian, Feng-Hua; Sun, Hai-Yan; Feng, Mei-Ling; Hu, Bing; Huang, Xiao-Ying

An artificial enzyme of a polyoxometalate-supported cobalt complex for the oxidation of isochromans to isochromanones by activating O₂
Ren, Xiangyu; Tian, Hongrui; Chen, Baokuan; Dai, Lingling; Bi, Yanfeng; Yang, Guoping

[²Fe-²S] clusters supported by N-heterocyclic carbene ligands
Ye, Yuwei; Jiang, Xuebin; Liu, Qing; Ye, Shengfa; Deng, Liang

Low-valent tantalum/gold clusters: oxidation, protonation, and C-H activation
Maiola, Michela L.; Buss, Joshua A.

Tunable luminescent lanthanide cluster-based hydrogel probe for ratiometric detection of ofloxacin, anti-counterfeiting, and magnetocaloric applications
Wang, Tian-Tian; Wang, Hao; Sun, Wen-Bin

Modulating ligand-to-metal charge transfer in titanium-oxo clusters enables efficient H₂O₂ activation and pollutant degradation
Wang, Zihang; Peng, Wenxin; Geng, Jintao; Wang, Hui; Zhang, Xiaodong; Xie, Yi

Polymetallic titanium chalcogenide clusters comprising {Eₙ}²⁻ ligands (E = S, Se; n = 1–3)
Bairagi, Subhash; Giri, Soumen; Chatterjee, Debipada; Chowdhury, Soham; Ghosh, Sundargopal

Supracluster assembly of an Al₄ precursor toward the study of enhanced optical properties
Yang, Fan; Chen, Rui-Yan; Wang, San-Tai; He, Yan-Ping; Fang, Wei-Hui; Zhang, Jian

Engineering geometric metamorphosis in {P₆M₂Mo₁₆O₇₃}-based high-nuclearity metal superclusters: from tetrahedral to square assemblies via topological transformations
Zhang, Xiaoyan; Li, Hui; Xu, Na; Liu, Xiaodong; Wang, Xiu-Li

Combination of dimensional reduction and active site addition strategies for preparing unique {RE₉}-cluster-based MOFs: efficient CO₂ fixation and Knoevenagel condensation
Zhao, Ying; Wu, Dan; Qiao, Yidan; Yang, Guo-Ping; Ma, Lu-Fang; Wang, Yao-Yu

A long-range synergistic effect between Ptₙ clusters and Zn₁ single atoms for efficient selective hydrogenations
Wei, Haisheng; Li, Jing; Yan, Xiaorui; Liu, Tiantian; Li, Kairui; Feng, Dan; Ren, Yujing

UN@C₂(13)-C₈₄: a diatomic cluster with a U=N triple bond inside a C₈₄ fullerene cage
Meng, Qingyu; Rosello, Yannick; Shen, Yi; Yao, Yang-Rong; Poblet, Josep M.; Rodriguez-Fortea, Antonio; Chen, Ning

The effect of the large cation matrix and delocalization of electronic density on the switchable behaviour of heterotrimetallic cyanido-bridged FexMn₉₋xW₆ clusters
Kobylarczyk, Jedrzej; Koziel, Marcin; Dziedzic-Kocurek, Katarzyna; Michalik, Jan M.; Pinkowicz, Dawid; Fitta, Magdalena; Sieklucka, Barbara; Podgajny, Robert

Magneto-optical response and luminescence properties of lanthanide-titanium-oxo clusters
Liu, Wei-Dong; Xu, Han; Li, Chong-Yang; Long, La-Sheng; Zheng, Lan-Sun; Kong, Xiang-Jian

Highly dispersed Ru cluster-embedded nitrogen-doped hollow carbon spheres with tunable electronic properties for efficient catalytic reductive amination of biomass-derived furfural
Wu, Jun; Pan, Gang; Jin, Ming; Bai, Jiahao; Shi, Tailong; Li, Yong

Ionothermal synthesis of a stable three-dimensional [Cu₄I₄] cluster scintillator with near-unity quantum efficiency and weak thermal quenching
Zou, Qing-Hua; Yang, Wen-Hao; Wu, Ling-Kun; Jiang, Lu-Lu; Wang, Shuai-Hua; Liu, Lang; Li, Ren-Fu; Ye, Heng-Yun; Li, Jian-Rong

An unprecedented Cu₆ cluster-based bimetallic MOF with multiple open sites for high CO₂ capture and efficient CO₂ conversion
Yu, Xueyue; Gu, Jiaming; Tang, Baobing; Xu, Tong; Li, Guanghua; Chang, Zhiyong; Liu, Yunling

Polyoxoniobates with the long-sought feature of face-sharing octahedra stabilized by Te(Ⅳ): a synthetic analogue of natural minerals
Zhen, Ni; Li, Run-Han; Xue, Binghui; Liu, Jingjing; Xu, Shan; Zhang, Chao; Lei, Peng; Dong, Jing; Chi, Yingnan; Yin, Panchao; Lan, Ya-Qian; Hu, Changwen

Enhanced reactive oxygen species generation and pollutant adsorption in advanced oxidation processes via Ru cluster-oxygen vacancy synergy on a BiOCl (110) facet
Zhang, Wensheng; Ding, Bo; Liang, Zhishan; Huang, Youlin; Qin, Dongdong; Han, Dongxue

A bis-aromatic MOF system constructed with a copper iodine cluster and porphyrinic ligand for enhancing near-infrared photothermal conversion
Cao, Man; Wang, Qian-You; Li, Run-Meng; Dai, Fangfang; Wang, Shan; Luo, Peng; Hu, Jia-Hua; Dong, Xi-Yan; Huang, Ren-Wu

Near-unity room-temperature phosphorescence quantum yield induced by halogen-halogen interaction in chiral hybrid copper(Ⅰ) iodide clusters
Qin, Yanjing; Wei, Jianwu; Li, Jing; Li, Xianli; Luo, Binbin; Chen, Peican; Zhou, Liya; Zhang, Jin Zhong; Pang, Qi

Distinct roles of fast, slow, and unobservable relaxation regimes controlling proton transport barriers in lanthanide metal-organic coordination polymers featuring hexameric water clusters
Wu, Xingru; Xie, Fengxia; Wan, Chengan; Chen, Bingtang; Jia, Yifeng; Ji, Hejia; Li, Pingping; Zhang, Feng; Feng, Lei; Wen, Chen; Liang, Xiaoqiang

Pt single atom and atomic cluster-enhanced TiO₂ Janus micromotors for efficient bubble propulsion and photocatalytic environmental remediation
Lv, Chang; Wang, Tao; Fang, Yeting; Ying, Yulong; Ji, Lvlv; Liu, Lei; Wang, Sheng

A coordination polymer based on tetranuclear Tb³⁺ clusters exhibiting dual turn-on/off fluorescence sensing of long- and short-chain polyfluoroalkyl substances
Long, Chanreingam; Chen, Zhonghang; Ye, Jiayin; Ma, Shixuan; Xu, Enting; Qiao, Yuchen; Gao, Min; Zhou, Xuequan; Zheng, Fangrui; Yang, Xuemei; Ren, Peng

Tailoring supertetrahedral cadmium/tin selenide clusters into a robust framework for efficient elimination of Cs⁺, Co²⁺, and Ni²⁺ ions
Wang, Kai-Yao; Li, Meng-Yu; Cheng, Lin; Hao, Xin; Wang, Cheng

Significant adsorption enhancements driven by pore microenvironment tuning for efficient C₂H₂/C₂H₄ separation in a chemically stable Ni₇-cluster-based framework
Wang, Yunli; Zhang, Rizhao; Xue, Jin-Peng; Chai, Yuqiao; Li, Bao; Li, Jia

Two X-shaped {Eu₆}-embedded water-soluble heterometallic polyoxotungstates based on {Eu₆M₄WSe₄(GeW₁₀)₄} (M = Cr, Al) clusters with resistance-switching
Cao, Yun-Fei; Chen, Ju-Ning; Shen, Xiao-Min; Sun, Yan-Qiong; Zheng, Shou-Tian

Reversible formation of yttrium planar cyclo-P₄ clusters and their selective conversion: access to mixed Pⱽ/Pᴵᴵᴵ cyclo-P₄ units
Han, Keyu; You, Qing; Ye, Zihao; Li, Kunhua; Li, Yunmeng; Duan, Sujiao; Zhang, Junliang; Zhou, Xigeng; Zhang, Jie

Linker-cluster cooperativity in confinement of proline-functionalized Zr-based metal-organic frameworks and its effect on the organocatalytic aldol reaction
Dilruba, Zarfishan; Yeganeh, Ardeshir D.; Kolin, Sofia; Noor, Sadia; Shatla, Hassan; Wieland, Carl; Yu, Bo-Hung; Gugeler, Katrin; Zens, Anna; Kaestner, Johannes; Estes, Deven P.; Pluhackova, Kristyna; Krause, Simon; Laschat, Sabine

A tetranuclear-cluster-based MOF with a low-polarity pore environment for efficient C₂H₆/C₂H₄ separation
Feng, Meng; Li, Jiantang; Wang, Xirong; Wang, Jingyu; Wang, Dongmei; Chen, Banglin

Unleashing the power of directed electron transfer: unraveling the potential of {PV₄}²⁻ in heterogeneous photocatalysis
Su, Xin; He, Yuzan; Li, Kunhong; Wang, Miao; Tang, Wei; Zhang, Shihao; Ma, Pengtao; Niu, Jingyang; Wang, Jingping

A 3D-printed pre-filter with a crystal violet-gold nanocluster hybrid for a reusable visible-light-activated antimicrobial air filtration system
Shin, Jae Hak; Kim, So Yeong; Kang, Hyun Sung; Kim, In Ho; Park, Joon Young; Heo, Ki Joon; Hwang, Gi Byoung; Jung, Jae Hee

Sulfur-induced structural and electronic engineering of Ru nanoclusters for highly efficient hydrogen evolution
Li, Xinyu; Li, Jing; Yin, Jingwen; Zhou, Guangyao; Chen, Lei; Xu, Lin; Tang, Yawen

Cobalt-promoted Zn encapsulation within silicalite-1 for oxidative propane dehydrogenation with CO₂ by microwave catalysis at low temperature
Nie, Fangui; Sun, Hongyang; Li, Tianyi; You, Zhimin; Zhou, Jicheng; Xu, Wentao

Self-assembly of a high-nuclearity fullerene-like heteropolyoxometalate cage
Wu, Shuangxue; Sun, Chunyi; Wang, Xinlong; Shao, Kuizhan; Qin, Chao; Su, Zhongmin

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		MOF nanozymes: active sites and sensing applications Ziyan Zhang, Yujie Li, Zhishuang Yuan, Lingxia Wu, Jiping Ma, Weiqiang Tan, Yingjie Sun, Guangyao Zhang and Huining Chai Inorg. Chem. Front., 2025, 12, 400–429 https://doi.org/10.1039/D4QI02555E
		A review on framework (MOF/COF/POP)-based materials for efficient conversion of CO₂ to bio-active oxazolidinones Pooja Rani, Rajesh Das and C. M. Nagaraja Inorg. Chem. Front., 2025, 12, 430–478 https://doi.org/10.1039/D4QI02101K
		Recent advances in inorganic oxide semiconductor-based S-scheme heterojunctions for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution Ikram Ullah, Muhammad Amin, Pei Zhao, Ning Qin and An-Wu Xu Inorg. Chem. Front., 2025, 12, 1329–1348 https://doi.org/10.1039/D4QI02797C
		Anticancer iridium(III) cyclopentadienyl complexes Pavel Štarha Inorg. Chem. Front., 2025, 12, 897–954 https://doi.org/10.1039/D4QI02472A
		Toward highly durable aqueous zinc ion batteries: a review of MOFs/MOF-derived cathode materials Yi Liu, Xiang Wu and Yoshio Bando Inorg. Chem. Front., 2025, 12, 3959–3980 https://doi.org/10.1039/D5QI00555H
		Enhanced interfacial polarization loss induced by hollow engineering of hollow alloyed CoFe-ZIF nanocages/carbon nanofibers for efficient microwave absorption Dan Wu, Congmin Fan, Wusi Luo, Yingzhi Jin, Qinchuan He and Yiqun Wang Inorg. Chem. Front., 2025, 12, 3083–3097 https://doi.org/10.1039/D5QI00118H
		P vacancy-induced electron redistribution and phase reconstruction of CoFeP for overall water splitting at industrial-level current density Xueling Wei, Yang Jiao, Xiangyu Zou, Yuchen Guo, Wenhu Li and Taotao Ai Inorg. Chem. Front., 2025, 12, 2678–2690 https://doi.org/10.1039/D4QI03351E
		Mechanistic insights into MnOx-cocatalyzed piezophotocatalytic dye degradation over S-scheme MnOx/BiFeO3 heterojunctions Yuxing Chu, Yekang Zheng, Jiating Xu, Ruoyu Dong, Feng Zhu, Kaiqi Wang, Ying Wu and Yiming He Inorg. Chem. Front., 2025, 12, 6825–6836 https://doi.org/10.1039/D5QI01226K
		Non-conjugated polymer regulated photoelectrochemical water oxidation Jiao-Nan Yuan, Xian Yan, Bing-Xiong Zheng, Jia-Qi Chen and Fang-Xing Xiao Inorg. Chem. Front., 2025, 12, 1553–1567 https://doi.org/10.1039/D4QI02694B
		‘Kick-in the head’: high-performance and air-stable mononuclear DyIII single-molecule magnets with pseudo-D6h symmetry from a [1 + 1] Schiff-base macrocycle approach Alexandros S. Armenis, Arpan Mondal, Sean R. Giblin, Dimitris I. Alexandropoulos, Jinkui Tang, Richard A. Layfield and Theocharis C. Stamatatos Inorg. Chem. Front., 2025, 12, 1214–1224 https://doi.org/10.1039/D4QI02756F

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	P vacancy-induced electron redistribution and phase reconstruction of CoFeP for overall water splitting at industrial-level current density   Xueling Wei, Yang Jiao, Xiangyu Zou, Yuchen Guo, Wenhu Li and Taotao Ai   Inorg. Chem. Front., 2025,12, 2678-2690 https://doi.org/10.1039/D4QI03351E
	Enhanced interfacial polarization loss induced by hollow engineering of hollow alloyed CoFe-ZIF nanocages/carbon nanofibers for efficient microwave absorption Dan Wu, Congmin Fan, Wusi Luo, Yingzhi Jin, Qinchuan He and Yiqun Wang   Inorg. Chem. Front., 2025,12, 3083-3097 https://doi.org/10.1039/D5QI00118H
	Achieving ultra-trace analysis and multi-light driven photodegradation toward phenolic derivatives via a bifunctional catalyst derived from a Cu(i)-complex-modified polyoxometalate Shuang Li, Bingqian Wang, Guocheng Liu, Xiaohui Li, Chang Sun, Zhong Zhang and Xiuli Wang   Inorg. Chem. Front., 2024,11, 1561-1572 https://doi.org/10.1039/D3QI02513F
	PEO/Li1.25Al0.25Zr1.75(PO4)3 composite solid electrolytes for high-rate and ultra-stable all-solid-state lithium metal batteries with impregnated cathode modification Yongquan Zhang, Hongchang Gao, Jingshun Wang, Qingguo Chi, Tiandong Zhang, Changhai Zhang, Yu Feng, Yue Zhang, Dianxue Cao and Kai Zhu   Inorg. Chem. Front., 2024,11, 1289-1300 https://doi.org/10.1039/D3QI02407E
	Achieving ultrasensitive temperature sensing through non-thermally coupled energy levels to overcome energy gap constraints   Guotao Xiang, Yuanyuan Yi, Zhiyu Yang, Yongjie Wang, Lu Yao, Sha Jiang, Xianju Zhou, Li Li, Xiaojun Wang and Jiahua Zhang   Inorg. Chem. Front., 2024,11, 1522-1530 https://doi.org/10.1039/D3QI02625F
	Photoredox catalysis enabled by atomically precise metal nanoclusters Junyi Zhang, Linjian Zhan, Boyuan Ning, Yunhui He, Guangcan Xiao, Zhixin Chen and Fang-Xing Xiao   Inorg. Chem. Front., 2024,11, 6970-6980 https://doi.org/10.1039/D4QI01826E
	Low-content Ru–Pt supported on oxygen vacancy enriched black TiO2 with strong electronic interactions as efficient hydrogen generation electrocatalysts Yuanzong Shen, Weichen Li, Wenna Wang, Liantao Xin, Weiping Xiao, Guangrui Xu, Dehong Chen,d Lei Wang, Fusheng Liu and Zexing Wu   Inorg. Chem. Front., 2024,11, 5508-5516 https://doi.org/10.1039/D4QI00919C
	Highly efficient and stable oxygen evolution from seawater enabled by a hierarchical NiMoSx microcolumn@NiFe-layered double hydroxide nanosheet array Longcheng Zhang, Ling Li, Jie Liang, Xiaoya Fan, Xun He, Jie Chen, Jun Li, Zixiao Li, Zhengwei Cai, Shengjun Sun, Dongdong Zheng, Yongsong Luo, Hong Yan, Qian Liu, Abdulmohsen Ali Alshehri, Xiaodong Guo, Xuping Sun and Binwu Ying   Inorg. Chem. Front., 2023,10, 2766-2775 https://doi.org/10.1039/D3QI00341H
	Hierarchical porous NiFe-P@NC as an efficient electrocatalyst for alkaline hydrogen production and seawater electrolysis at high current density Zhi Chen, Qichang Li, Huimin Xiang, Yue Wang, Pengfei Yang, Chunlong Dai, Huadong Zhang, Weiping Xiao, Zexing Wu and Lei Wang   Inorg. Chem. Front., 2023,10, 1493-1500 https://doi.org/10.1039/D2QI02703H
	P-doped hard carbon microspheres for sodium-ion battery anodes with superior rate and cyclic performance Sheng Wu, Handong Peng, Le Huang, Yongsi Liu, Yanxue Wu, Lei Liu, Wei Ai and Zhipeng Sun   Inorg. Chem. Front., 2023,10, 5908-5916 https://doi.org/10.1039/D3QI01296D
	Electron-rich biochar enhanced Z-scheme heterojunctioned bismuth tungstate/bismuth oxyiodide removing tetracycline Fuyan Kang, Xiaona Jiang, Yao Wang, Juanna Ren, Ben Bin Xu, Guoyang Gao, Zhanhua Huang and Zhanhu Guo   Inorg. Chem. Front., 2023,10, 6045-6057 https://doi.org/10.1039/D3QI01283B
	Ce-doped MoS2−x nanoflower arrays for electrocatalytic nitrate reduction to ammonia Yaojing Luo, Kai Chen, Guohui Wang, Guike Zhang, Nana Zhang and Ke Chu   Inorg. Chem. Front., 2023,10, 1543-1551 https://doi.org/10.1039/D2QI01798A

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	MOF nanozymes: active sites and sensing applications Ziyan Zhang, Yujie Li, Zhishuang Yuan, Lingxia Wu, Jiping Ma, Weiqiang Tan, Yingjie Sun, Guangyao Zhang and Huining Chai   Inorg. Chem. Front., 2025,12, 400-429 https://doi.org/10.1039/D4QI02555E
	Porphyrin-based MOFs for photocatalysis in water: advancements in solar fuels generation and pollutants degradation Fangbing Liu, Irene Rincón, Herme G. Baldoví, Amarajothi Dhakshinamoorthy, Patricia Horcajada, Sara Rojas, Sergio Navalón and Alexandra Fateeva Inorg. Chem. Front., 2024,11, 2212-2245 https://doi.org/10.1039/D3QI01996A
	Recent progress on modulating luminescence thermal quenching properties of Bi3+-activated phosphors Xiang Lv, Ran Xiao, Jianxia Liu, Chunwei Yang, Yanmei Xin and Ning Guo Inorg. Chem. Front., 2024,11, 1668-1682 https://doi.org/10.1039/D3QI02588H
	Recent advancements in graphitic carbon nitride based direct Z- and S-scheme heterostructures for photocatalytic H2O2 production Subrat Kumar Sahoo, Lopamudra Acharya, Lijarani Biswal, Priyanka Priyadarshinia and Kulamani Parida Inorg. Chem. Front., 2024,11, 4914-4973 https://doi.org/10.1039/D4QI00950A
	Rational design of local microenvironment for electrocatalytic water splitting Xiang Li, Wangchuan Zhu, Yanqun Zhang, Yueyue Zhao, Danjun Wang, Yanzhong Zhen, Feng Fu and Chunming Yang Inorg. Chem. Front., 2024,11, 4080-4106 https://doi.org/10.1039/D4QI00854E
	Magneto-chiral dichroism of chiral lanthanide complexes Fabrice Pointillart, Matteo Atzori and Cyrille Train Inorg. Chem. Front., 2024,11, 1313-1321 https://doi.org/10.1039/D3QI02510A
	Research progress of MXenes and layered double hydroxides for supercapacitors Zhongtai Lin, Xue Li, Hao Zhang, Ben Bin Xu, Priyanka Wasnik, Handong Li, Man Vir Singh, Yong Ma, Tingxi Li and Zhanhu Guo Inorg. Chem. Front., 2023,10, 4358-4392 https://doi.org/10.1039/D3QI00819C
	Recent progress and strategies on the design of catalysts for electrochemical ammonia synthesis from nitrate reduction Wei Song, Luchao Yue, Xiaoya Fan, Yongsong Luo, Binwu Ying, Shengjun Sun, Dongdong Zheng, Qian Liu, Mohamed S. Hamdye and Xuping Sun Inorg. Chem. Front., 2023,10, 3489-3514 https://doi.org/10.1039/D3QI00554B
	Mechanisms of Mg carbonates precipitation and implications for CO2 capture and utilization/storage Hellen S. Santos, Hoang Nguyen, Fabricio Venâncio, Durgaprasad Ramteke, Ron Zevenhovenc and Paivo Kinnunen Inorg. Chem. Front., 2023,10, 2507-2546 https://doi.org/10.1039/D2QI02482A
	Recent progress in polyoxometalate–viologen photochromic hybrids: structural design, photochromic mechanism, and applications Li Li, Yang-Tao Yu, Yang Hua, Xiao-Nan Li and Hong Zhang Inorg. Chem. Front., 2023,10, 1965-1985 https://doi.org/10.1039/D3QI00040K