Jinlong Gong selects his Editor’s Choice in catalysis

10 Sep 2025

Read Jinlong’s recent ChemSci picks covering applications in catalysis

Professor Jinlong Gong, Tianjin University

Professor Jinlong Gong’s Editor’s Choice

We are delighted to share with you our latest Editor’s Choice collection that presents a selection of notable research contributions in catalysis chemistry in Chemical Science from 2023 to 2024.

The featured articles selected by Chemical Science Associate Editor Jinlong demonstrate 21 cutting-edge papers at the forefront of catalysis, highlighting the diverse strategies and mechanistic insights driving progress in energy conversion, environmental remediation and sustainable chemical transformations via heterogeneous and homogeneous catalysis.

Covering photo- and electrocatalytic platforms, machine learning, and applications from carbon dioxide reduction to plastic upcycling, these studies showcase key interdisciplinary advances in catalysis published Chemical Science.

Professor Gong considers work at the forefront of heterogeneous catalysis, including small molecule conversion and the synthesis of new nanostructured catalytic materials. Submit your best manuscripts on these topics to Chemical Science for Professor Gong’s consideration.

We hope you enjoy reading this selection of articles chosen by Professor Jinlong Gong.

1	Transport limitations in polyolefin cracking at the single catalyst particle level Sebastian Rejman, Ina Vollmer, Maximilian J. Werny, Eelco T. C. Vogt, Florian Meirer and Bert M. Weckhuysen Chem. Sci., 2023, 14, 10068-10080
2	A 2D/2D heterojunction of ultrathin Pd nanosheet/MXene towards highly efficient methanol oxidation reaction: the significance of 2D material nanoarchitectonics Huajie Huang, Di Xiao, Zihan Zhu, Chi Zhang, Lu Yang, Haiyan He, Jungmok You, Quanguo Jiang, Xingtao Xu and Yusuke Yamauchi Chem. Sci., 2023, 14, 9854-9862
3	Room temperature design of Ce(IV)-MOFs: from photocatalytic HER and OER to overall water splitting under simulated sunlight irradiation Shan Dai, Eva Montero-Lanzuela, Antoine Tissot, Herme G. Baldoví, Hermenegildo García, Sergio Navalón and Christian Serre Chem. Sci., 2023, 14, 3451-3461
4	Hydrogen spillover enhances alkaline hydrogen electrocatalysis on interface-rich metallic Pt-supported MoO₃ Rajib Samanta, Biplab Kumar Manna, Ravi Trivedi, Brahmananda Chakraborty and Sudip Barman Chem. Sci., 2024, 15, 364-378
5	Highly dispersed Pd-based pseudo-single atoms in zeolites for hydrogen generation and pollutant disposal Kai Zhang, Ning Wang, Yali Meng, Tianjun Zhang, Pu Zhao, Qiming Sun and Jihong Yu Chem. Sci., 2024, 15, 379-388
6	An optimal Fe–C coordination ensemble for hydrocarbon chain growth: a full Fischer–Tropsch synthesis mechanism from machine learning Qian-Yu Liu, Dongxiao Chen, Cheng Shang and Zhi-Pan Liu Chem. Sci., 2023, 14, 9461-9475
7	The challenge of balancing model sensitivity and robustness in predicting yields: a benchmarking study of amide coupling reactions Zhen Liu, Yurii S. Moroz and Olexandr Isayev Chem. Sci., 2023, 14, 10835-10846
8	*PET recycling under mild conditions via* substituent-modulated intramolecular hydrolysis Shengbo Zhang, Yingying Xue, Yanfen Wu, Yu-Xiao Zhang, Ting Tan and Zhiqiang Niu Chem. Sci.**, 2023, 14, 6558-6563
9	The spatial distribution of cobalt phthalocyanine and copper nanocubes controls the selectivity towards C₂ products in tandem electrocatalytic CO₂ reduction Min Wang, Anna Loiudice, Valery Okatenko, Ian D. Sharp and Raffaella Buonsanti Chem. Sci., 2023, 14, 1097-1104
10	Customizing precise, tunable, and universal cascade charge transfer chains towards versatile photoredox catalysis Xian Yan, Jun-Hao Dong, Jing-Ying Zheng, Yue Wu and Fang-Xing Xiao Chem. Sci., 2024, 15, 2898-2913
11	Manipulating electron redistribution between iridium and Co₆Mo₆C bridging with a carbon layer leads to a significantly enhanced overall water splitting performance at industrial-level current density Weimo Li, Wenqiong Gou, Linfeng Zhang, Mengxiao Zhong, Siyu Ren, Guangtao Yu, Ce Wang, Wei Chen and Xiaofeng Lu Chem. Sci., 2024, 15, 11890-11901
12	Enhancing the photocatalytic upcycling of polystyrene to benzoic acid: a combined computational-experimental approach for acridinium catalyst design Albert Ong, Zi Cheng Wong, Kang Le Osmund Chin, Wei Wei Loh, Ming Hui Chua, Shi Jun Ang and Jason Y. C. Lim Chem. Sci., 2024, 15, 1061-1067
13	Identifying the active sites and intermediates on copper surfaces for electrochemical nitrate reduction to ammonia Yohan Kim, Jinyoung Ko, Minyoung Shim, Jiwon Park, Hyun-Hang Shin, Zee Hwan Kim, Yousung Jung and Hye Ryung Byon Chem. Sci., 2024,15, 2578-2585
14	Lessons learnt in photocatalysis – the influence of solvent polarity and the photostability of the photocatalyst Megan Amy Bryden, Francis Millward, Oliver S. Lee, Lauren Cork, Malte C. Gather, Andreas Steffen and Eli Zysman-Colman Chem. Sci., 2024, 15, 3741-3757
15	Mesoporous Mo-doped PtBi intermetallic metallene superstructures to enable the complete electrooxidation of ethylene glycol Xiaotong Yang, Qiang Yuan, Tian Sheng and Xun Wang Chem. Sci., 2024, 15, 4349-4357
16	Efficient C–N coupling for urea electrosynthesis on defective Co₃O₄ with dual-functional sites Pengsong Li, Qinggong Zhu, Jiyuan Liu, Tianbin Wu, Xinning Song, Qinglei Meng, Xinchen Kang, Xiaofu Sun and Buxing Han Chem. Sci., 2024, 15, 3233-3239
17	Alleviating the competitive adsorption of hydrogen and hydroxyl intermediates on Ru by d–p orbital hybridization for hydrogen electrooxidation Youkai Feng, Siguang Lu, Luhong Fu, Fulin Yang and Ligang Feng Chem. Sci., 2024,15, 2123-2132
18	Electrolyte selection toward efficient photoelectrochemical glycerol oxidation on BiVO₄ Heejung Kong, Siddharth Gupta, Andrés F. Pérez-Torres, Christian Höhn, Peter Bogdanoff, Matthew T. Mayer, Roel van de Krol, Marco Favaro and Fatwa F. Abdi Chem. Sci., 2024, 15, 10425-10435
19	*Solar-driven CO₂-to-ethanol conversion enabled by continuous CO₂ transport via* a superhydrophobic Cu₂O nano fence Hailing Huo, Hua He, Chengxi Huang, Xin Guan, Fang Wu, Yongping Du, Hongbin Xing, Erjun Kan and Ang Li Chem. Sci.**, 2024, 15, 1638-1647
20	Overall reaction mechanism of photocatalytic CO₂ reduction on a Re(I)-complex catalyst unit of a Ru(II)–Re(I) supramolecular photocatalyst Kei Kamogawa, Yuki Kato, Yusuke Tamaki, Takumi Noguchi, Koichi Nozaki, Tatsuo Nakagawa and Osamu Ishitani Chem. Sci., 2024, 15, 2074-2088
21	Dynamic structural evolution of MgO-supported palladium catalysts: from metal to metal oxide nanoparticles to surface then subsurface atomically dispersed cations Yizhen Chen, Rachita Rana, Yizhi Zhang, Adam S. Hoffman, Zhennan Huang, Bo Yang, Fernando D. Vila, Jorge E. Perez-Aguilar, Jiyun Hong, Xu Li, Jie Zeng, Miaofang Chi, Coleman X. Kronawitter, Haiyan Wang, Simon R. Bare, Ambarish R. Kulkarni and Bruce C. Gates Chem. Sci., 2024, 15, 6454-6464

If you are interested in research in similar areas, explore our most popular 2024 catalysis articles collection in Chemical Science, as well as our special anniversary joint themed collection guest edited by Professor Jinlong Gong, Yingjin Yuan (Tianjin University, China), Shizhang Qiao (The University of Adelaide, Australia) and Naiqin Zhao (Tianjin University, China) in celebration of the 130th anniversary of Tianjin University.

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