Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers Blog

Molecular magnetism is a diverse field within chemistry with strong links to other disciplines across physical sciences. Current research focuses on magnetic memory and quantum information processing but also extends to medical diagnostics and catalysis. This focus collection highlights the exciting articles about molecular magnetism published on Inorganic 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.

Review Articles

Recent advances in computational modelling of mononuclear actinide single molecule magnets
Dey, Sourav; Baldovi, Jose J.

Research Articles

Exchange-transferred anisotropy: an isotropic MnII ion governs single-molecule magnetism in a {Mn₉} double-decker metallacrown
Baka, Konstantina H.; Kallio, Max; Vieru, Veacheslav; Mowson, Andrew M.; Koumousi, Evangelia S.; Raptopoulou, Catherine P.; Psycharis, Vassilis; Wernsdorfer, Wolfgang; Moreno-Pineda, Eufemio; Christou, George; Chibotaru, Liviu F.; Stamatatos, Theocharis C.

Binuclear and trinuclear 3d-metal complexes of HATNA and HAT(CN)₆ with unique magnetic behavior: from extremely strong antiferromagnetic coupling to opposite sign of zero-field splitting in the same complex
Mikhailenko, Maxim V.; Astakhova, Tatiana Yu.; Timokhina, Elena N.; Faraonov, Maxim A.; Kuzmin, Alexey V.; Khasanov, Salavat S.; Korchagin, Denis V.; Shilov, Gennady V.; Otsuka, Akihiro; Kitagawa, Hiroshi; Konarev, Dmitri V.

Achieving linear anisotropic thermal expansion via coupled molecular motion and spin crossover
Lu, Han-Han; Shang, Meng-Jia; Jiang, Wen-Jing; Sun, Hui-Ying; Peng, Ya-Lin; Liu, Qiang; Xiao, Jingyi; Zhao, Liang; Oshio, Hiroki; Meng, Yin-Shan; Liu, Tao

Structural tuning of spin-electric coupling in ammonium-metal-formate frameworks
Chen, Ling-Yu; Zhong, Meng-Qi; Deng, Qing-Song; Hu, Xin-Hua; Wu, Gao-Zheng; Liu, Zheng; Gao, Song

Coexistence of ferroelasticity and weak ferromagnetism in an organometallic ferrocenium molecular crystal
Xiong, Shu-Wen; Xu, Zhe-Kun; Liu, Xiaomeng; Lv, Hui-Peng; Chen, Huan-Huan; Zhang, Han-Yue

Photo-mediated performance change of a 1,8-dihydroxyanthraquinone-based Dy₆ single molecule magnet
Liu, Lan; Hu, Huancheng; Wang, Kai; Zhang, Zhanyun; Yu, Shui; Liu, Dongcheng; Hu, Zhaobo; Liang, Fupei; Chen, Zilu

Determining the zero-field cooling/field cooling blocking temperature from AC susceptibility data for single-molecule magnets
Gil, Yolimar; Quesada-Moreno, Maria Mar; Palacios, Maria A.; Gomez-Coca, Silvia; Colacio, Enrique; Ruiz, Eliseo; Aravena, Daniel

Air-stable pentagonal-bipyramidal dysprosium(iii) single-molecule magnets with a sulfur-containing macrocyclic equatorial ligand
Luo, Qian-Cheng; Li, Zi-Han; Lu, Jintao; Zheng, Yan-Zhen

Coligand-driven modulation of magnetic properties in trigonal prismatic cobalt(ii) single-ion magnets
Zhang, Aoyun; Zhang, Chennan; Qiao, Junnan; Wang, Yawen; Englert, Ulli; Chen, Lei; Luo, Shu-Chang; Li, Zhao-Yang; Chen, Li-Zhuang

Triply chalcogenophenolato-bridged erbium-cyclooctatetraenyl complexes: syntheses and single-molecule magnetic properties
Huang, Jia-Qi; Ding, You-Song; Zheng, Zhiping

Separation of o-vanillin hydrazone isomers constructing a Dy₂ single-molecule magnet and a Dy₃ single-molecule toroic
Meng, Linghao; Ying, Xu; Wu, Jinjiang; Zhu, Zhenhua; Li, Xiao-Lei; Wang, Yunquan; Zhang, Peng; Tang, Jinkui

Reciprocating thermal behavior and thermometry studies of Tb³⁺- and Gd³⁺-oxamato single-ion magnets
Araujo Junior, Cleber R.; Murad, Luana M.; Perrella, Rafael V.; Oliveira, Willian X. C.; Pinheiro, Carlos B.; Ramos, Thais F.; Patricio, Patricia S. O.; Pedroso, Emerson F.; Nunes, Wallace C.; Ribeiro, Pablo R. T.; Muraca, Diego; Fabris, Fernando; Knobel, Marcelo; Sigoli, Fernando A.; Pereira, Cynthia L. M.

Quenching quantum tunnelling of the magnetization utilizing 4d-4f exchange interactions in butterfly-shaped {Ru₂ᴵᴵᴵLn₂ᴵᴵᴵ} (Ln = Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, and Er) single-molecule magnets
Dutta, Imon J.; Kasi, Vignesh; Chauhan, Deepanshu; Murray, Keith S.; Langley, Stuart K.; Shanmugam, Maheswaran; Vignesh, Kuduva R.

Exploring the substitution effect on the magnetic coupling of tetrazinyl-bridged Ln₂ single-molecule magnets
Mavragani, Niki; Kitos, Alexandros A.; Gayfullina, Rezeda; Mansikkamaeki, Akseli; Moilanen, Jani O.; Murugesu, Muralee

Intermolecular exchange interaction in bis-(phenoxy Schiff base) Co(II) complexes: an in-depth insight into the magneto-structural nature of single-molecule magnets
Minakova, Olga V.; Kobylarczyk, Jedrzej; Panova, Elizaveta V.; Kukulka, Mercedes; Veber, Sergey L.; Holldack, Karsten; Lohmiller, Thomas; Herchel, Radovan; Mitoraj, Mariusz; Bolte, Michael; Fedin, Matvey V.; Safin, Damir A.; Podgajny, Robert

Solvato- and vapochromic exchange-coupled Dy₂ single-molecule magnets achieved by attaching iron-cyanido metalloligands
Liberka, Michal; Zychowicz, Mikolaj; Chorazy, Szymon

1D anionic dysprosium(iii) coordination polymers with photoactive protonated 4-styrylpyridinium counter-ions: photoinduced modulation of magnetic behavior via synergistic dual photoresponses
Yan, Shi-Kun; Wang, Yu-Hang; Zhao, Yan-Rui; Zhang, Jin; Xin, Qi-Yue; Wang, Ya-Hui; Zhou, Guang-Zhi; Sun, Ai-Huan; Hu, Ji-Xiang; Wang, Guo-Ming

Homochiral Dy₂ single-molecule magnets with strong magneto-optical Faraday effects and strong third-harmonic generation
Liu, Cai-Ming; Sun, Rong; Hao, Xiang; Li, Xi-Li; Wang, Bing-Wu

‘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
Armenis, Alexandros S.; Mondal, Arpan; Giblin, Sean R.; Alexandropoulos, Dimitris I.; Tang, Jinkui; Layfield, Richard A.; Stamatatos, Theocharis C.

Design of Dyᴵᴵᴵ single-molecule magnets with molecularly installed luminescent thermometers based on bridging [Ptᴵᴵ(CN)₂(C∧N)]⁻ complexes
Bonarek, Pawel J.; Zychowicz, Mikolaj; Rzepiela, Jan; Liberka, Michal; Bas, Sebastian; Zakrzewski, Jakub J.; Chorazy, Szymon

Different roles of similar aromatic rings in half-sandwich lanthanide single-ion magnets unravelled by ab initio electronic structure calculations
Hu, Yan-Ling; Wang, Xuan; Liu, Hao; Yin, Bing

Pushing boundaries in single molecule magnets: an ab initio perspective on harnessing higher oxidation states for unprecedented lanthanide SMM performance
Sharma, Tanu; Rana, Rajanikanta; Swain, Abinash; Rajaraman, Gopalan

Slow magnetization relaxation of a high-spin iron(iii) in mayenite Ca₁₂Al₁₄O₃₃
Sharifullin, Timur Z.; Vasiliev, Alexander V.; Dolzhenko, Vladimir D.; Bette, Sebastian; Dinnebier, Robert E.; Kremer, Reinhard K.; Kazin, Pavel E.

Magnetic dynamics and exchange coupling in dinuclear lanthanide complexes bridged by naphthoquinone and anthraquinone radicals
Alexandropoulos, Dimitris I.; Vignesh, Kuduva R.; Cunha-Silva, Luis; Dunbar, Kim R.

Rare-earth inverse sandwich compounds supported by a dianionic five-membered aromatic ligand
Wang, Huan; Zhang, Hao-Lan; Chen, Yan-Cong; Shang, Tao; Liu, Ming; Peng, Xiao-Han; Liu, Ying; Tong, Ming-Liang; Guo, Fu-Sheng

Air-stable tetraphenylporphyrinate-Cp* sandwiches of Ln(iii): how decisive is geometry in controlling magnetic anisotropy?
Lyubov, Dmitry M.; Ermolin, Ilya D.; Mahrova, Tatyana V.; Vologzhanina, Anna V.; Nelyubina, Yulia V.; Kallio, Max; Vieru, Veacheslav; Martynov, Alexander G.; Kirakosyan, Gayane A.; Gorbunova, Yulia G.; Felix, Gautier; Guari, Yannick; Sene, Saad; Larionova, Joulia; Trifonov, Alexander A.

Enhancing blocking temperatures in {Crᴵᴵᴵ₂Dyᴵᴵᴵ₂} butterfly SMMs: deciphering the role of exchange interactions and developing magneto-structural maps
Swain, Abinash; Whyatt, Yasmin L.; Wielechowski, Daniel; Muthu, Satheeshkumar; Benjamin, Sophie L.; Murray, Keith S.; Rajaraman, Gopalan; Langley, Stuart K.

A thermochromic macrocyclic material exhibiting slow relaxation of magnetization: support for magnetic response and visualization applications
Yan, Han; Wang, Jia-Ling; Wang, Hao; Tian, Hai-Quan; Sun, Wen-Bin

Symmetry control and magnetic exchange coupling in SMMs based on Co(ii) complexes
Cuevas-Contreras, Laura; Quesada-Moreno, Maria Mar; Ruiz-Bilbao, Estibaliz; Gutierrez-Zorrilla, Juan Manuel; Krzystek, J.; Ozerov, Mykhaylo; Jimenez, Juan-Ramon; Colacio, Enrique

Complexes (TBA⁺){(TMI-NPS)₂Lnᴵᴵᴵᴵ₄}⁻ (Ln = Dy, Tb) with two axial photochromic spiropyran ligands: photoswitching and zero-field SIM behaviour with a high magnetization blocking barrier for the Dy complex
Osipov, Nikita G.; Faraonov, Maxim A.; Kuzmin, Aleksey V.; Khasanov, Salavat S.; Dmitriev, Alexey A.; Gritsan, Nina P.; Denisov, Nikolay N.; Otsuka, Akihiro; Kitagawa, Hiroshi; Konarev, Dmitri V.

Tunable SIM properties in a family of 3D anilato-based lanthanide-MOFs
Monni, Noemi; Dey, Sourav; Garcia-Lopez, Victor; Oggianu, Mariangela; Baldovi, Jose J.; Mercuri, Maria Laura; Clemente-Leon, Miguel; Coronado, Eugenio

Pentagonal-bipyramidal dysprosium(iii) complexes with two apical phosphine oxide ligands and equatorial pentadentate N₃O₂ Schiff-base ligands: breakdown of the apical magnetic axiality by a strong equatorial crystal field
Bazhenova, Tamara A.; Kopotkov, Vyacheslav A.; Korchagin, Denis V.; Yureva, Elena A.; Zhidkov, Mikhail V.; Dmitriev, Alexei I.; Yakushev, Ilya A.; Efimov, Nikolay N.; Babeshkin, Konstantin A.; Mironov, Vladimir S.; Yagubskii, Eduard B.

Multielectron transfer and field-induced slow magnetic relaxation in opto-electroactive spin crossover cobalt(ii) complexes: structure-function correlations
Rabelo, Renato; Toma, Luminita; Julve, Miguel; Lloret, Francesc; Pasan, Jorge; Cangussu, Danielle; Ruiz-Garcia, Rafael; Cano, Joan

Mixed-valence Ln₂@C₇₉N endohedral metallofullerenes: magnetic exchange, magnetic anisotropy, and electric-field control of SMM characteristics
Sharma, Tanu; Rajaraman, Gopalan

A high-performance dysprosium single-ion magnet with local pseudo cubic geometry
Shi, Yanbo; Zhang, Chennan; Shi, Mingyue; Zhou, Yang; Li, Hong; Liu, Rui; Zheng, Shaojun; Yuan, Aihua; Chen, Lei; Chen, Shu-Yang; Yin, Bing; Hu, Zhao-Bo

Eu(iii) dilution of Er(iii) and Yb(iii) molecular nanomagnets as a route to improving their magnetic features and creating a link with optical thermometry
Hoffman, Aleksander; Romanowska, Maja; Zychowicz, Mikolaj; Bas, Sebastian; Zakrzewski, Jakub J.; Chorazy, Szymon

Magneto-chiral dichroism in a chiral twistacene ytterbium(iii) one-dimensional assembly of single-molecule magnets
Shioukhi, Israa; Adi, Langit Cahya; Dorcet, Vincent; Cador, Olivier; Rikken, Geert L. J. A.; Le Guennic, Boris; Crassous, Jeanne; Train, Cyrille; Pointillart, Fabrice; Atzori, Matteo; Gidron, Ori

Cyano-bridged {Ln₂ᴵᴵᴵFe₂ᴵᴵᴵ} molecular squares (Ln = Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, and Er): tuning the slow magnetic relaxation and magnetocaloric effects in zero-dimensional lanthanide Prussian blue analogues
Alexandru, Maria-Gabriela; Visinescu, Diana; Shova, Sergiu; Moliner, Nicolas; Pacheco, Mario; Julve, Miguel; Lloret, Francesc

An air-stable high-performance single-molecule magnet operating as a luminescent thermometer below its blocking temperature
Corredoira-Vazquez, Julio; Gonzalez-Barreira, Cristina; Fondo, Matilde; Garcia-Deibe, Ana M.; Sanmartin-Matalobos, Jesus; Gomez-Coca, Silvia; Ruiz, Eliseo; Brites, Carlos D. S.; Carlos, Luis D.

Effects of weak intramolecular interactions and distortions from trigonal prismatic coordination on the magnetic properties of zero-field Co(ii) single-ion magnets
Zhang, Ben; Zhou, Yang; Huang, Hao-Yi; Zhang, Xiao-Le; Xiang, Yi; Shi, Yanbo; Zhang, Chennan; Yuan, Aihua; Cai, Xingwei; Chen, Lei; Zhang, Yi-Quan; Hu, Zhao-Bo

Fullerene rotation dictated by benzene-fullerene interactions
Wang, Yaofeng; Liu, Fupin

Trigonal antiprismatic mononuclear Cr(ii) spin-crossover complexes
Liu, Shihao; Liu, Qi; Deng, Yi-Fei; Zhang, Yuan-Zhu

Near-infrared-II photothermal conversion and magnetic dynamic regulation in [Ln₃Rad₂] aggregation by rigidity modification of nitronyl nitroxide
Li, Hongdao; Jin, Chaoyi; Han, Jing; Tang, Jianke; Han, Xiaofeng; Song, Zhenjun

UV-Vis-NIR response in a photochromic diarylethene-based spin crossover framework with heterogeneous Feᴵᴵ-Agᴵ nodes
Jian, Ai-Qi; Liu, Jia-Chuan; Li, Dan; Qi, Yu-Quan; Wu, Si-Guo; Tong, Ming-Liang

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

Hysteretic spin crossover in a Hofmann-type metal-organic framework constructed from a [Moᴵᴵᴵ(CN)₇]⁴⁻ unit
Xu, Fang-Xue; Zhang, Xin-Yu; Wei, Hai-Yan; Wang, Xin-Yi

Chemical and magnetic tuneability in structurally defined hetero-trimetallic dendrimers
Suzana, Ingrid; Rupf, Susanne M.; Pecou, Cedric; Rousset, Elodie; Rahman, A. K. Fazlur; Klemke, Bastian; Marvaud, Valerie; Malischewski, Moritz

Coordination-driven assembly of dysprosium layers into a framework featuring enhanced energy barriers and quantum tunneling of magnetization
Huang, Zhen-Na; Sun, Rong; Ma, Fang; Yang, Jing; Huang, Xiao-Xiao; Sun, Hao-Ling; Gao, Song

[2+2] Photocycloaddition induces a 114 K high-temperature shift of the spin-crossover transition: the role of cycloaddition-induced strain
Kazmierczak, Marcin; Maliuzhenko, Vladyslav; Toloczko, Aleksandra; Weselski, Marek; Siczek, Milosz; Wolny, Juliusz A.; Schunemann, Volker; Bronisz, Robert

Hysteretic magnetism-dielectricity switching in 2D Hofmann type spin-crossover compounds
Yao, Nian-Tao; Shang, Meng-Jia; Lu, Han-Han; Liu, Qiang; Wen, Wen; Zhang, Shi-Hui; Zhao, Liang; Oshio, Hiroki; Meng, Yin-Shan; Liu, Tao

Unprecedented direct spatiotemporal imaging of a reversible interface propagation in a switchable cooperative Fe(iii) spin crossover material
Bento, Marcos A.; Belmouri, Nour El Islam; Fernandes, Andre; Ndrio, David; Bouchez, Guillaume; Li, Longhe; Ferreira, Liliana P.; Diogo, Herminio P.; Rocha, Joao; Vines, Francesc; Gil, Adria; Boukheddaden, Kamel; Martinho, Paulo N.

Host-guest synergistic regulation of multi-step spin-crossover behavior in a Hofmann-type complex
Xie, Kai-Ping; Weng, Xiao-Yin; Lin, Kai-Ye; Liu, Jing-Yin; Lu, Ming; Du, Zi-Yi; Peng, Zhong-Li; Deng, Yi-Fei; Wu, Si-Guo; Liu, Guo-Cong

Crystallization pathways and hydrogen-bond topology program spin crossover in interconverting Fe(ii)-complex polymorphs
Zhang, Jia-Qing; Hu, Jie-Sheng; Shi, Xin-Li; Ge, Ai-Wen; Chen, Yu-Xiao; Zhang, Jia-Hui; Yao, Zi-Shuo; Yu, Meng; Tao, Jun

Lithium recognition reconfigures a multistep spin-crossover pathway in a crown ether-functionalized Hofmann-type framework
Chen, Hong-Tai; Chen, Yu-Xiao; Yu, Meng; Tao, Jun

Spin-crossover tuning in synergistic luminescent Fe(ii) coordination compounds via topochemical [4+4] photocycloaddition of an anthracene-based ligand
Schobinger, Matthias; Huber, Martin; Mundigler, Sophia; Stoger, Berthold; Reissner, Michael; Weinberger, Peter

60 K wide hysteresis embracing room temperature in a fluorescent Feᴵᴵ spin transition complex
Seredyuk, Maksym; Znovjyak, Kateryna; Valverde-Munoz, Francisco Javier; Munoz, M. Carmen; Delgado, Teresa; da Silva, Ivan; Real, Jose Antonio

Systematic control of the spin crossover profile in dinuclear iron(iii) complexes via the bridging ligand redox-state
Janetzki, Jett T.; Chegerev, Maxim G.; Ismail, I. Haseena; Gable, Robert W.; Mulder, Roger J.; Jameson, Guy N. L.; Sorace, Lorenzo; Starikova, Alyona A.; Boskovic, Colette

Responsive structural adaptability in ultra-microporous frameworks: guest recognition and macroscopic shape transformations induced by spin transitions within single crystals
Yang, Yu-Ting; Guo, Wei; Li, Yu-Xia; Liu, Zhi-Kun; Chai, Yuqiao; Li, Xing; Li, Bao; Xue, Jin-Peng

Spin state modulation and chiral hierarchical assembly via amine-driven single-crystal-to-single-crystal transformation
Ying, Xu; Zhu, Zhenhua; Xu, Peng; Zhou, Quan; Tang, Jinkui

Constant no more: reevaluating Hammett constants through spin-crossover
Nikovskiy, Igor; Aleshin, Dmitry; Anisimov, Aleksei; Novikov, Valentin; Nelyubina, Yulia

Photochemical [2+2] reaction-tuned spin-crossover cooperativity in an Feᴵᴵ-Agᴵ bimetallic Hofmann-type framework
Wang, Long-Fei; Wu, Liang; Huang, Guo-Zhang; Wu, Si-Guo; Tong, Ming-Liang

Interchain interactions raised the photo-induced [LS] → [HS*] transition temperature to 78 K in a cyanide-bridged [Fe₂ᴵᴵᴵCoᴵᴵ] chain
Jiang, Wen-Jing; Meng, Yin-Shan; Lu, Han-Han; Zhu, Hai-Lang; Liu, Qiang; Duan, Chunying; Oshio, Hiroki; Liu, Tao

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

Magnetically bistable Co(ii) and Fe(ii) complexes featuring pentyl-decorated pyridyl-benzimidazole ligands: role of isomerism and chirality
Sagatova, Alexandra; Nemec, Ivan; Moncol, Jan; Herchel, Radovan; Sebesta, Radovan; Kisszekelyi, Peter; Durina, Lukas; Salitros, Ivan

Near-infrared-photoinduced metamagnet based on a layered cyanido-bridged Co-W assembly with π-π interactions
Nakamura, Kazuki; Nakabayashi, Koji; Kobayashi, Shota; Ohkoshi, Shin-ichi

Robust high-spin Fe²⁺ centers in 2D TCNQ-based metal-organic frameworks
Qiu, Yan Yan Grisan; Mearini, Simone; Baranowski, Daniel; Cojocariu, Iulia; Jugovac, Matteo; Zamborlini, Giovanni; Gargiani, Pierluigi; Valvidares, Manuel; Feyer, Vitaliy; Schneider, Claus Michael

Thermally responsive magnetic bistability through solid-liquid phase transitions in alkylthio-functionalized dithiadiazolyl radicals
Toivola, Juho M.; Naik, Ankita; Lahtinen, Manu; Gonzalez-Prats, Oriol; Prieto, Andrea Perez; Oyarzabal, Itziar; Mailman, Aaron

Tunable collinear-to-canted antiferromagnetic transition in Co(ii)-based MOFs through structural control of linker length
Kim, Sunghyun; Lee, Gyuwon; Park, Sarah S.; Son, Kwanghyo; Oh, Hyunchul

Reversible on-off switching of a single-chain magnet via single-crystal-to-single-crystal transition and light-induced metal-to-metal electron transfer
Shang, Meng-Jia; Lu, Han-Han; Liu, Qiang; Zhou, Ren-He; Sun, Hui-Ying; Shao, Zhen; Zhao, Liang; Meng, Yin-Shan; Liu, Tao

Probing of optically responsive paramagnetic ions via light intensity-modulated EPR
Song, Ji-Min; Deng, Qing-Song; Chen, Jia-Xin; Liu, Yu-Qian; Li, Geng-Yuan; Gao, Song; Wang, Ye-Xin; Liu, Zheng; Jiang, Shang-Da

Engineering first-order spin-orbit coupling in a pentagonal bipyramidal Fe(ii) complex and subsequent SMM behavior
Bretosh, Kateryna; Bereau, Virginie; Heully-Alary, Flaurent; Suaud, Nicolas; Duhayon, Carine; Duverger-Nedellec, Elen; Guihery, Nathalie; Sutter, Jean-Pascal

Chiral molecular 4f qubits by post functionalization
Hansen, Steen H.; Buch, Christian D.; Bode, Bela E.; Piligkos, Stergios

An interplay between metal-fullerene and metal-metal bonding in molecular magnetism of erbium metallofullerenes
Zaripov, Ruslan B.; Liu, Fupin; Rosenkranz, Marco; Barbosa, Matheus Felipe de Souza; Kandrashkin, Yuri E.; Kataev, Vladislav; Avdoshenko, Stanislav M.; Popov, Alexey A.

Electron diffraction unveils the 2D metal-radical framework of two molecule-based magnets
Yoruk, Emre; Lecourt, Constance; Housset, Dominique; Izumi, Yuuta; Ling, Wai Li; Kodjikian, Stephanie; Tretyakov, Evgeny; Inoue, Katsuya; Maryunina, Kseniya; Desroches, Cedric; Klein, Holger; Luneau, Dominique

A tris-azo anion radical ligand-wrapped singlet Co(ii) complex with multiple redox for an efficient molecular memristor towards neuromorphic computing
Rani, Swati; Kaith, Priya; Mahanta, Swayang Priya; Muskan; Yadav, Nisha; Changotra, Avtar; Bedanta, Subhankar; Jagannathae, Prathapa Siriyara; Bera, Ashok; Samanta, Subhas

Magneto-chiral dichroism of chiral lanthanide complexes
Pointillart, Fabrice; Atzori, Matteo; Train, Cyrille

Proton conductivity and magnetization photoswitching in CN⁻-bridged Cu₃ᴵᴵM₂ᴵⱽ molecules (M = Mo, W) based on carboxy-functionalized macrocyclic ligand
Reczynski, Mateusz; Magott, Michal; Pazera, Maciej

This focus collection highlights the exciting articles on catalytic CO₂ conversion that recently appeared in Materials Chemistry Frontiers and Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, covering innovative catalysts, mechanistic insights, and emerging technologies. We hope you enjoy reading these articles.

Review Articles

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

MOF electrocatalysts in CO₂ conversion: critical analysis of research trends, challenges and prospects
Ogunbanjo, Oriyomi; Rodriguez, Paramaconi; Anderson, Paul

Emerging frontiers of high-entropy materials for catalytic CO₂ reduction
Wang, Jiale; Yang, Lingzhi; Chen, Yuan; Zhang, Wanting; Li, Pengyan; Li, Hongda

Metal- and covalent organic frameworks for photocatalytic CO₂ reduction coupled with H₂O oxidation
Zhou, Xiao-Xiang; Ye, Yongshi; Lin, Qia-Chun; Liao, Wei-Ming; He, Jun

Optimization of electronic structure by defect engineering for electrocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction reaction
He, Jinghan; Qiang, Jianxin; Xu, Yang-Fan; Shi, Zhan; Huang, Keke; Yao, Xiangdong

Heterojunction catalysts for CO₂-HCOOX interconversion cycles
Xu, Yu-Shuai; Xu, Dong; Chen, Jie-Sheng; Li, Xin-Hao

Advances in catalyst and reactor design for CO₂ electroreduction to methanol
Chen, Zhaoyang; Ding, Mao; Li, Xu; Zheng, Tingting; Jiang, Qiu; Xia, Chuan

Efficient photothermal catalysis driving C-C coupling: challenges, strategies, and prospects for CO₂ reduction to C₂⁺ products
He, Hongbin; Ren, Yuqi; Peng, Ruoxuan; Zhu, Yuan-Hao; Chen, Zhouze; Zhan, Xingyu; Fei, Pengyu; Zhou, Jiancheng; Si, Yitao; Li, Naixu

MOF-derived doped porous carbon-based catalysts for CO₂ electroreduction: design, mechanisms, and scale-up
Hu, Huawen; Liu, Jin; Li, Wenbo; Wen, Hengtao; Yang, Xiting; Ke, Baoyi; Wang, Xiaowen; Xu, Xuejun; Wang, Guangjin

Sustainable and efficient production pathways for multi-carbon products via CO₂ electrosynthesis: catalyst surface and interface engineering
Han, Jiani; Yu, Yaodong; Yang, Jiakuo; Li, Yuanduo; Chao, Yanxue; Zhou, Jiaxuan; Li, Hongdong; Chi, Jingqi; Lai, Jianping; Wang, Lei

A review on framework (MOF/COF/POP)-based materials for efficient conversion of CO₂ to bio-active oxazolidinones
Rani, Pooja; Das, Rajesh; Nagaraja, C. M.

Recent advances in the mechanism and catalyst design in the research of aprotic, photo-assisted, and solid-state Li-CO₂ batteries
Chen, Haixia; Li, Xijuan; Xue, Hairong; Jia, Lulu; Xu, Yunyun; Tao, Yinglei; Yan, Yige; Fan, Xiaoli; He, Jianping; Wang, Tao

A review on covalent organic frameworks: exploration of their growing potential as porous materials in photocatalytic applications
Prakash, Kamal; Deka, Rakesh; Mobin, Shaikh M.

Multimetallenes and their electrocatalytic applications
Liu, Naiwen; Xu, Wenxia; Lai, Jianping; Wang, Lei

Active molecular units in metal organic frameworks for artificial photosynthesis
Mandal, Subrata; Yoosefi, Sahar; Mengele, Alexander K.; Rau, Sven; Pannwitz, Andrea

Prussian blue analogue-derived materials for photocatalysis
Han, Xu; He, Wen-Wen; Zhou, Tao; Ma, Shengqian

Mesoionic imines: strong N-donors, electronic ambivalence and applications in catalysis
Rudolf, Richard; Sarkar, Biprajit

Recent advances in rational design, synthesis and application of metal-organic frameworks as visible-light-driven photocatalysts
Li, Xu-Sheng; He, Yu-Jie; Chen, Jiao; Li, Quan-Quan; Liu, Ping; Li, Jian-Li

Preparation of organic compound/g-C₃N₄ composites and their applications in photocatalysis
Wu, Jun; Ding, Xingchen; Zhu, Xiashi

Rrsearch Articles

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

Multifunctions of carbon dots in the CeO₂/Cu₂O complex catalyst for the regulation of carbon dioxide reduction
Yan, Xiong; Li, Jiacheng; Si, Honglin; Xu, Haojie; Huang, Hui; Liu, Yang; Kang, Zhenhui

Synergetic effects of surface plasmon resonance and structure defects in a ZnCdS₂/NiMoO₄@Cu Z-scheme heterojunction for enhanced photocatalytic CO₂ reduction to CH₄
Hu, Zhentao; Huang, Lei; Sun, Bojing; Hou, Dongfang; Qiao, Xiu-qing; Wang, Meidi; Ma, Huijuan; Li, Dong-Sheng

Enhanced photocatalytic CO₂ reduction to CH₄ via restorable surface plasmon and Pdₙ-W^δ⁺ synergetic sites
Hu, Weisheng; Liu, Zehua; Chen, Liang; Wang, Ting; Hu, Yangguang; Long, Ran; Liu, Dong; Li, Benxia

Dynamic covalent bonding for directed construction of molecular cages toward carbon dioxide reduction
He, Jingting; Dong, Man; Zhao, Yang; Cui, Dongxu; Yao, Xiaohui; Meng, Fanfei; Li, Wei; Yang, Shuai; Sun, Chunyi; Su, Zhongmin

Local protons enhance photocatalytic CO₂ reduction by porphyrinic zirconium-organic frameworks
Zhao, Xue; Zhu, Chang-Yan; Qin, Jun-Sheng; Rao, Heng; Du, Dong-Ying; Zhang, Min; She, Ping; Li, Li; Su, Zhong-Min

Au depositing and Mg doping synergistically regulates an In₂O₃ photocatalyst for promoting CO₂ reduction and CH₄ exclusive generation
Liu, Yanduo; Li, Jiadong; Dong, Xianglan; Dai, Lina; Zhang, Enqi

Construction of a floatable copper/corncob biochar composite with an LSPR effect for CO₂ capture and efficient photothermal catalytic conversion
Gui, Haoguan; Yang, Zhiming; Zhang, Yuying; Huhe, Taoli; Li, Xiazhang

Stabilization of COOH* intermediate through hydroxylation engineering for remarkably efficient photocatalytic CO₂ reduction
Wu, Zhende; Xie, Jing; Lu, Zhenjiang; Hu, Jindou; Cao, Yali

Copper-doped Bi₂MoO₆ with concurrent oxygen vacancies for enhanced CO₂ photoreduction
Liu, Jiawei; Liu, Xin; Dai, Chunhui; Zeng, Chao; Ali, Sajjad; Bououdina, Mohamed; Jia, Yushuai

Enhanced photocatalytic CO₂ reduction by controlled oxygen vacancy generation and co-constructed heterojunction strategy for Pd/CeO₂
Kong, Fanlin; Lu, Xiaoyan; Xie, Jing; Lu, Zhenjiang; Hu, Jindou; Cao, Yali

CO₂ conversion efficiently catalyzed under ambient conditions by new self-supported and recyclable Cu₂S
Wang, Huili; Wang, Tiansheng; Berlande, Murielle; Subrati, Ahmed; Moya, Sergio; Salmon, Lionel; Daro, Nathalie; Audebrand, Nathalie; Hamon, Jean-Rene; Yu, Haizhu; Pozzo, Jean-Luc; Astruc, Didier

Enhancing CO₂ electroreduction with decamethylcucurbit[5]uril-alkaline earth metal modified Pd nanoparticles
Shao, Tao; Song, Xianmeng; Wei, Zongnan; Yang, Shuaibing; Zhang, Siying; Cao, Rong; Cao, Minna

Novel pentagonal MgX₂ (X = O, S, Se, Te) monolayers: promising photocatalysts for overall water splitting and CO₂ reduction
Xu, Zhanyao; Ur Rehman, Sajid; Xu, Yuan; Habib, Haris; Tariq, Zeeshan; Naeem Ullah, Hafiz Muhammad; Wang, Yang; Li, Chuanbo; Zhang, Xiaoming

Cu₂In/In core-shell interface regulating Cu⁰/⁺ enables selective *OCHO capture for efficient CO₂-to-formate conversion across a wide potential range
Li, Ziya; Chi, Caixia; Zhao, Gaoqiang; Zhang, Qiuyue; Lv, Zhiguo; Wang, Feng; Zhuang, Tao; Zhang, Chao

Synergistic enhancement of the electrocatalytic reduction of CO₂ to hydrocarbons at a large-sized Cu@Ag electrode
Chang, Ke-Ke; Xiong, Wan-Feng; Wen, Yu-Ting; Feng, Bin-Bin; Li, Hong-Fang; Zhang, Teng; Huang, Yuan-Biao; Si, Duan-Hui; Cao, Rong

One-pot molten-salt construction of channels for hole transport and mass transfer over CoS₂ nanocubes for visible-light-driven CO₂ reduction
Wang, Fulin; Zhou, Man; Huang, Weiya; Lu, Kangqiang; Ouyang, Shaobo; Xiang, Wentao; Zhou, Chensheng; Yu, Changlin; Yang, Kai

Stabilized Cuδ⁺-OH species on Cu nanoparticles encapsulated in porous carbon nitride for electrocatalytic reduction of CO₂ to ethylene
Wang, Ling; Chen, Ji-Long; Wang, Jin; Dong, Yu-Liang; Xiong, Wan-Feng; Li, Ze; Si, Duan-Hui; Li, Hong-Fang; Cao, Rong

Enhanced photothermal CO₂ hydrogenation over In₂O₃₋ₓ/carbon nanotube composites
Liu, Ruiyang; Zhou, Yiming; Li, Ziyang; Wang, Hujingyue; Han, Lipu; Guo, Shiguang; Yang, Zhenwen; Qi, Yuhang

Illuminating the mechanistic impacts of an Fe-quaterpyridine functionalized crystalline poly(triazine imide) semiconductor for photocatalytic CO₂ reduction
McGuigan, Scott; Tereniak, Stephen J.; Smith, Avery; Jana, Subhendu; Donley, Carrie L.; Collins, Leonard; Ghorai, Nandan; Xu, Yixuan; Fosu, Emmanuel Adu; Suhr, Simon; Margavio, Hannah R. M.; Yang, Hyuenwoo; Parsons, Gregory N.; Holland, Patrick L.; Jakubikova, Elena; Lian, Tianquan; Maggard, Paul A.

Aerial carbon dioxide conversion to carbonate mediated by a lead(II) complex with tridentate bipyridine containing a hydrazide ligand under electrochemical conditions yielding single-component white-light-emitting phosphors
Mahmoudi, Ghodrat; Garcia-Santos, Isabel; Labisbal, Elena; Castineiras, Alfonso; Alizadeh, Vali; Gomila, Rosa M.; Frontera, Antonio; Safin, Damir A.

Ru species decoration on hierarchical Nb₂O₅₋ₓ modulates product selectivity for CO₂ photoreduction
Zhai, Yeqiang; Wang, Guimin; Wang, Nan; Jiao, Yanqing; Wang, Dongxu; Yan, Haijing; Jiang, Yuxian; Wu, Aiping; Fu, Honggang

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

Robust imidazole-linked Ni-phthalocyanine-based covalent-organic framework for CO₂ electroreduction in the full pH range
Yang, Xu; Si, Duan-Hui; Li, Hong-Fang; Cao, Rong; Huang, Yuan-Biao

Tailoring the catalytic microenvironment of large-scale Cu foil with polyaniline to enhance CH₄ selectivity in CO₂ electroreduction
Wen, Yu-Ting; Xiong, Wan-Feng; Si, Duan-Hui; Li, Hong-Fang; Cao, Rong

A mixed-valence Cuᴵ/Cuᴵᴵ metal-organic framework for CO₂ conversion
Wang, Yu-Mei; Mo, Kai-Ming; Luo, Dong; Tao, Mei-Xia; Chen, Xu; Ning, Guo-Hong; Li, Dan

Air promotes efficient and selective CO₂ photoreduction with a molecule/semiconductor hybrid photocatalyst: the significant role of simultaneous photodegradation of organic pollutants
Hong, Xinyue; Zhu, Yuru; Chao, Duobin

High-efficiency photodriven coupling of CO₂ and various epoxides via a multi-shelled hollow ZIF/MXene derived composite with low activation energy
Wang, Yang; Ding, Meili; Fu, Xiaotong; Yao, Jianfeng

Engineering uranyl sites into MOFs for efficient and highly selective photocatalytic CO₂ reduction
Zhou, Zhi-Heng; Li, Xiao-Bo; Huang, Zhi-Wei; Wu, Qun-Yan; Wang, Jun-Xi; Zhang, Zhi-Hui; Yu, Ji-Pan; Mei, Lei; Ma, Fu-Qiu; Hu, Kong-Qiu; Shi, Wei-Qun

Metal-doped polyoxometalates with dual ligands for efficient CO₂ photoreduction
Lv, Yu; Jin, Ting; Wang, Ji-Lei; Zhou, Jiu-Lin; Dong, Zhi-Ming; Mei, Hua; Xu, Yan

Steady Cu⁺ species via magnesium and boron co-modification for enhanced CO₂ electroreduction to C₂⁺ products: an in situ Raman spectroscopic study
Yang, Hua; Mu, Xuefan; Guan, Jiexin; Ouyang, Bo; Li, Huaming; Deng, Yilin

Temperature-driven growth of uranyl-organic frameworks for efficient photocatalytic CO₂ reduction
Wang, Lu-Yao; Che, Guang; Gong, Ya-Ru; Yang, Wei-Ting; Lin, Yuan; Liu, Jiao-Rong; Chen, Shu-Yu; Xiao, Meng-Dan; Tian, Xu-Dong; Su, Zhong-Min

High-stability electrocatalytic CO₂ reduction in seawater over heterostructure Cu-Bi nanosheets with H-spillover effect
Feng, Bangli; Ouyang, Yixin; Liu, Peng; Zheng, Shanshan; Wang, Liwen; Yang, Yifan; Wang, Zisen; Xin, Zhifeng; Zhang, Xiuyun; Chen, Yifa

A derived-Cu catalyst with a potential-driven interface and tensile strain for enhancing CO₂ electrocatalytic reduction
Chang, Fangfang; Lin, Zihan; Liu, Yongpeng; Zhang, Qing; Wang, Xiaolei; Bai, Zhengyu

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

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

Mechanistic insights into CO₂ reduction to C₂ products on Cu₃Zn surfaces: the role of stepped surfaces and Zn atoms
Santatiwongchai, Jirapat; Hirunsit, Pussana; Impeng, Sarawoot

A non-equivalent Ni doped La-MOF for enhanced photocatalytic CO₂ reduction through oxygen vacancy regulation and electronic structure optimization
Zhang, Tongzheng; Huang, Zhaohui; Xie, Guanshun; Liao, Le; Yu, Changqiang; Xie, Xiuqiang; Zhang, Nan

Cu,S,N heteroatom-tailored carbon quantum dots enabling efficient electrochemical CO₂ reduction to acetate and formate
Syahputra, Suanto; Vacandio, Florence; Wernert, Veronique; Sgreccia, Emanuela; Kaciulis, Saulius; Di Vona, Maria Luisa; Knauth, Philippe

Covalent integration of photosensitizer and catalyst in the pore walls of periodic mesoporous organosilicas for efficient solar-driven CO₂ reduction
Pozo-Lopez, Miguel A.; Rojas-Luna, Raul; Roy, Souvik; Romero-Salguero, Francisco J.; Esquivel, Dolores

Engineering a pyrene MOF composite photocatalyst toward the formation of carbon dioxide radical anions through regulating the charge transfer from type II to Z scheme via a chemical bond-modulated strategy
Zhao, Xin; Zhao, Yajun; Li, Yuan-Peng; Lyu, Pengbo; Chen, Chunying; Mo, Zong-Wen; Peng, Chao; Liu, Jiewei; Zhang, Li

In situ constructed oxygen vacancy-rich Bi₂O₂CO₃ nanosheets derived from BiOI for efficient electrochemical CO₂ reduction to formate
Li, Jiaxin; He, Fan; Cheng, Ziye; Chen, Jiayi; Ding, Haoran; Zhang, Xiao; Qi, Zhifu

Three-component diazaphospholium synthesis enables P(V)-to-P(III) conversion and ylide-mediated CO₂ and CS₂ activation
Huang, Linwei; Fidelius, Jannis; Schwedtmann, Kai; Royla, Philipp; Gomila, Rosa M.; Frontera, Antonio; Weigand, Jan J.

Development of In-Cu binary oxide catalysts for hydrogenating CO₂ via thermocatalytic and electrocatalytic routes
Mezzapesa, Marco Pietro; Salomone, Fabio; Guzman, Hilmar; Zammillo, Federica; Millini, Roberto; Bua, Letizia; Marra, Gianluigi; Tacca, Alessandra; Marrazzo, Rosamaria; Russo, Nunzio; Pirone, Raffaele; Hernandez, Simelys; Bensaid, Samir

A defective bismuth-indium catalyst promotes water dissociation for selective carbon dioxide electroreduction to HCOOH
Zhou, Jieshu; Li, Liming; Ren, Hangxing; Wang, Haibin; Li, Yong; Liu, Kangning; Huang, Liang; Yang, Xinyao; Hao, Zhen; Zhang, Yuguang; Wang, Zhichao; Wang, Xi; Ding, Jian; Ji, Yuping; Wang, Li; Liang, Hongyan

Boosting the catalytic performance of metalloporphyrin-based covalent organic frameworks via coordination engineering for CO₂ and O₂ reduction
Ren, Zhixin; Gong, Ke; Zhao, Bo; Chen, Shi-Lu; Xie, Jing

Band edge modulation via a hydrogen-bond-free cation in hybrid bismuth iodine for overall photocatalytic CO₂ reduction
Liu, Guang-Ning; Gao, Cheng-Cheng; Qi, Fangzheng; Chen, Wen-Tong; Zhang, Ning-Ning; Sun, Yiqiang; Zhao, Huaiqing; Chen, Guozhu; Li, Cuncheng

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

Trace Sn modified Zn catalysts for efficient CO₂ electroreduction to HCOOH
Yang, Rui; Fu, Hao; Han, Zimin; Feng, Guoqing; Liu, Huaizhi; Hu, Yangguang; Huang, Yiyin

Interfacial interaction of Ag-MnOₓ heterostructure for efficient CO₂ electroreduction to CO and aqueous Zn-CO₂ batteries
Wen, Chao; Xie, Ziyin; Wu, Na; Dong, Lihui; Li, Bin; Chen, Zhengjun

High-efficient separation of photogenerated carriers in S-scheme BiOI@TpPa-1 heterojunction for enhanced photocatalytic CO₂ reduction: crystal face engineering and DFT calculations
Zhong, Zhenfeng; Zhou, Chenyu; Zhu, Ming; Yang, Huaizhi; Wan, Yuqi; Pan, Zhiquan; Cheng, Qingrong

Incorporating metal active centers into covalent organic frameworks for boosting CO₂ photoreduction
Chen, Ming-zhen; Zhao, Hai-rong; Zhang, Kai-ming; Zhu, Hong-jing; Duan, Hai-bao; Ren, Xiao-Ming

High density facet junctions in nano-stepped CuFeO₂ enable efficient charge separation for selective photocatalytic CO₂ reduction to CH₄
Wei, Jingying; Guo, Chun; Hou, Dongfen; Jia, Dailing; Xue, Huaiguo; Tian, Jingqi; Jiang, Tengfei

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

Insights into atomic level defect commanding coupling with n-π* excitation in carbon nitride for enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen production and CO₂ reduction
Shi, Shukui; Zong, Huibin; Yuan, Zhimin; Jiang, Zaiyong; Qi, Haotian; Mo, Zhao; Zhu, Xianglin

High-entropy-assisted platinum single atoms for photothermal green syngas production with high CO₂ utilization efficiency
Liu, Xin; Huang, Senyan; Yuan, Dachao; Li, Shan; Ma, Lin; Gao, Linjie; Li, Zhaoqi; Wang, Yachuan; Li, Yaguang; Ye, Jinhua

Bimetallic Ni/Co single-atom catalysts guided by an energy descriptor for efficient CO₂ electroreduction to syngas
Qiu, Yuye; Zheng, Tao; Liu, Rui; Liu, Jingjing; Xue, Xiangdong; Liu, Wengang; Liu, Jian

Electroreduction of N₂ and CO₂ to urea via Pd-assisted hydrogenation on MOF-derived CeO₂ nanosheets
Chen, Xiaoyue; Liang, Jia; Ren, Guangmin; Zhao, Zhan; Meng, Xiangchao

Grain boundary-mediated electrocatalytic C-N coupling for urea synthesis from CO₂ and NOₓ
Wang, Siqing; Zhang, Yan; Xiang, Pengda; Chen, Dawei; Li, Qiling; Guo, Zhiyan; Chen, Chen

Titanium-mediated coupling of CO₂ and ethylene to form acrylate: mechanistic insights from Cp*₂Ti complexes
Kim, Areum; Seok, Nayeong; Lee, Mijung; Hwang, Young Kyu; Shin, Jeongcheol; Yoo, Changho

A tandem nanoreactor constructed by coating Cu₂O on the surface of single-atom catalyst Ni-NC₃ for electroreduction of CO₂ to C₂ products
Liang, Cheng-Peng; Huang, Jia-Run; Liao, Pei-Qin; Chen, Xiao-Ming

Selective electrocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide to methane using a guanidine-based metal-organic cage
Zhang, Ziang; Yang, Yang; Wang, Jinfeng; Jing, Xu; Duan, Chunying

Interfacial engineering regulating the electronic structure of cobalt active sites in hollow Co₃S₄/In₂S₃ for enhanced photothermal catalytic cycloaddition of diluted CO₂
An, Hong; Zhu, Yiwen; Chen, Fengfeng; Fu, Chunting; Chu, Xiaoyu; Gao, Junkuo

Enhancing electrocatalytic activities of high-entropy borides (HEBs) for C-N coupling in induced cation and pH-dependent microenvironments via multiscale modeling strategy
Feng, Yan; Ding, Yingchun; Liu, Li; Xiao, Yi

Morphological regulation of sulfur-vacancy-rich CdS for tunable CO₂ photoreduction under visible light irradiation
Qiu, Lu-Wen; Zhang, Wen-Ni; Wang, Lin-Ying; Li, Hao; Zhang, Tian-Kuan; Lin, Mi-Xin; Ci, Su-Qin; Lu, Jian

Photosensitizing metal-organic polyhedra combined with Co catalytic sites for CO₂ photoreduction
Li, Jixin; Liu, Yaming; Ma, Kaiyue; Li, Chunguang; Shi, Zhan

Coordination-induced in situ confinement of small-sized Ag nanoparticles on ultrathin C₃N₄ with strong metal-support interaction for enhanced selective CO₂ photoreduction
Zhang, Qin; Liu, Jiancong; Wang, Dongxu; Jin, Chengxu; Fang, Li; Li, Xingyu; Jiang, Yingjie; Wang, Xin; Tian, Chungui

A-site cations in stannate perovskites affect their performance in catalysing CO₂ electroreduction
Wang, Guoqing; Yuan, Hao; Zhang, Haiyan; Liu, Ruigang; Yue, Shanhu; Yan, Jiaxu; Xie, Xiaoji; Lu, Min

Modulating the surface state of Cu catalysts by Ga doping enables tunable CO₂ electroreduction to syngas over a wide potential window
Du, Jia-Huan; Liu, Ziwei; Liu, Jinyun; Ye, Jin-Yu; Ge, Yingying; Chen, Shanyong; Zhang, Yuting; Gu, Xuehong

Synergistic cobalt-manganese Prussian blue analogues for enhanced polysulfide conversion in lithium-sulfur batteries
Yang, Kexin; Liu, Yanjun; Ma, Bolin; Wang, Jie; He, Jiarui; Wu, Yuping

Co(ii)-embedded covalent organic framework for catalyzing CO₂ fixation to highly valuable N-formamides and 2-oxazolidinones under mild conditions
Parihar, Vaibhav; Kumar, Shubham; Rani, Pooja; Nagaraja, C. M.

A three-in-one strategy enables improved kinetics in an LLZTO solid electrolyte for Li-CO₂ batteries with high energy efficiency
Gao, Zesen; Yang, Shijie; Yang, Yan; Sun, Futing; Zhang, Tianshuo; Wang, Yunluo; Zhou, Tianrui; Tao, Lang; Song, Hucheng; Chen, Haijie

Atomically anchored Cu on MXene-derived TiO₂/Ti₃C₂ enables Cu-Ti dual sites for selective urea photosynthesis from CO₂ and nitrate
Lou, Zengxin; Kang, Kai; Zhang, Pingping; Zhong, Qi; Liu, Yong; Liu, Kaiqiang; Yuan, Wenzhuo; Liu, Juan; Bao, Yongchao

Efficient electrosynthesis of urea using CO₂ and nitrate over a bifunctional In₄SnS₈ catalyst
Li, Mao; Gao, Yanan; Xu, Ji; Wang, Sangzi; Wei, Yujin; Wang, Jingru; Ouyang, Bo; Xu, Kun

Silagermylenation of C=O bonds and radical fragmentation of CO₂-expanded bis(germylene) by a cyclic (alkyl)(amino)carbene
Thoemmes, Anna-Lena; Voelker, Robin; Morgenstern, Bernd; Zimmer, Michael; Munz, Dominik; Kay, Christopher W. M.; Scheschkewitz, David

A Ni-N-C catalyst for CO₂ electroreduction based on the MOF@MOF configuration exhibiting wide active reaction sites
Jun, Chul Hyun; Gudal, Chandan Chandru; Prabhakaran, Sampath; Mule, Anki Reddy; Yoo, Pil J.; Kim, Do Hwan; Chung, Chan-Hwa

SiCl₄-Modified layered double hydroxides for boosting CO selectivity in CO₂ hydrogenation: increasing selectivity from 20% to nearly 100%
Dong, Yuhang; Zhang, Chengcheng; Wang, Shenghua; Xing, Chuangwang; Wang, Shichang; Xiao, Yi; Feng, Hailong; Wan, Ye; Sun, Wei; Yang, Deren

Potential-driven in situ formation of Se-vacancy-rich CuS@Cu₂Se to steer the CO₂ electroreduction path from HCOOH to C₂H₅OH
Xie, Shuxian; Lv, Chao; Kong, Lichun; Li, Cui; Wang, Chang; Lv, Xuyu; Wu, Qianmin; Feng, Jiuju; Wang, Ai-Jun; Chen, De-Li; Yang, Fa

Post-synthetic modification of bis-iron(III)-μ-oxo-porphyrin prisms to enhance oxygen reduction electrocatalysis
Zhang, Daoyang; Rosch, Lauren E.; Crawley, Matthew R.; Cook, Timothy R.

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

The transformation of a bimetal carboxylate-MOF into a phosphonate-based MOF as a multifunctional photocatalyst
Cao, Aihui; Li, Kang; Xu, Xiao; Kang, Longtian; Zhang, Min

Optimizing the electronic structure of copper and cobalt dual sites for efficient electrosynthesis of urea
Liu, Jiafang; Zhang, Shengbo; Mao, Zhixian; Li, Wenyi; Jin, Meng; Yin, Huajie; Zhang, Yunxia; Wang, Guozhong; Zhang, Haimin

Desorption kinetics of water on hydrophobic core-shell iron-based Fischer-Tropsch synthesis catalysts
Ding, Zhibin; Liu, Jingyi; Ma, Zhuang; Wang, Feng; Zhang, Feiyue; Zhang, Ying; Zhang, Xian; Yang, Jiangong; Li, Hu; Liu, Zhen; Yan, Zifeng

Coordination-modulated nonplanar penta-graphene as the electronic structural lever for CO₂RR activity and selectivity in dual-atom catalysts
Shao, Yueyue; Zhong, Huaying; Zhou, Jia