Non-equilibrium reducing flame aerosol process to create supported high-entropy alloy nanoparticles - Nature Communications

Small and stable supported high-entropy alloy nanoparticles show great promise in catalysis, but their synthesis remains challenging. Here, the authors report a reducing flame aerosol route to highly ...

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Time-dependent surface polarization breaks static scaling relationship for selective acetylene hydrogenation - Nature Chemistry

Scaling correlations, between adsorption energies of chemically related surface species, impose limits on selectivity in chemical processes, as exemplified by constraints in heterogeneous catalysis. N...

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Isolated and H2-reduced Anderson clusters catalyse low-temperature hydrogenation of CO2 to methanol - Nature Chemistry

Understanding how precise atomic structures govern catalytic activity remains a fundamental challenge. Now it has been shown that framework-encapsulated, molecularly defined polyoxometalate clusters e...

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All-in-one cocatalyst for photocatalytic overall water splitting

Nature Chemistry, Published online: 11 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41557-026-02143-4One-step excitation overall water splitting holds promise for green hydrogen production but currently requires precise loading of multiple inorganic cocatalysts. Now, a conductive two-dimensional metal–organic framework is shown to serve as an ‘all-in-one’ cocatalyst for both the hydrogen and oxygen evolution reactions without catalysing reverse oxygen reduction.

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Polyoxotungstates reloaded for renewable fuels - Nature Chemistry

Tungsten clusters have illuminated complexity from biology to light conversion. Elisabetta Benazzi, Maurizio Prato and Marcella Bonchio explore how ruthenium-polyoxotungstates for artificial photosynt...

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Interfacial solvation pre-organizes the transition state of the oxygen evolution reaction - Nature Chemistry

The oxygen evolution reaction proceeds over a surface that undergoes (frustrated) phase transitions to accommodate bias-dependent excess charge. Now it has been shown that this excess charge is intima...

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Stable single-site organonickel catalyst preferentially hydrogenolyses branched polyolefin C–C bonds - Nature Chemistry

Selective chemical upcycling of polyolefin mixtures remains challenging due to the structural similarity of their backbones. Now it has been shown that a single-site nickel catalyst can preferentially...

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Reversible self-assembly of small molecules for recyclable solid-state battery electrolytes - Nature Chemistry

Battery recyclability presents a sustainability challenge in materials design. Now it has been shown that aramid amphiphile self-assembly yields solid-state electrolytes with fast ion conductivity and...

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Lattice O–O ligands in Fe-incorporated hydroxides enhance water oxidation electrocatalysis - Nature Chemistry

While the ligand coordination microenvironment surrounding catalytic centres influences reactivity, dynamic oxygen reconstruction during water oxidation electrocatalysis complicates structure-based me...

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Ultrafast charging of two-dimensional polymer cathodes enabled by cross-flow structure design - Nature Chemistry

Electrochemical energy-storage devices require rapid charge–discharge profiles, but the dense electrode packing required to achieve high energy densities results in sluggish ion-transport kinetics. No...

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Magnetically induced convection enhances water electrolysis in microgravity - Nature Chemistry

Electrochemical devices producing oxygen in space face limited buoyancy, hindering gas bubble removal and increasing reaction overpotentials. Now, it has been shown that commercial magnets can enhance...

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Cooperative spin alignment enhances dimerization in the electrochemical ammonia oxidation reaction - Nature Chemistry

Ammonia represents a promising fuel resource, but its efficient conversion to dinitrogen faces high energy barriers. Now magnetic domain structures of Co/Pt thin films have been engineered to facilita...

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Nucleation processes at interfaces with both substrate and electrolyte control lithium growth - Nature Chemistry

Lithium-metal batteries require the controlled growth of lithium for reliable operation, but it has been challenging to understand which factors impact and determine lithium nucleation and growth. Now...

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Polymer connectivity governs electrophotocatalytic activity in the solid state - Nature Chemistry

The combination of electricity and light can provide a sustainable route to drive challenging synthetic transformations, but current catalysts are plagued by poor stability and mechanistic ambiguity. ...

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An accurate and efficient framework for modelling the surface chemistry of ionic materials - Nature Chemistry

Simulating molecular adsorption on surfaces presents considerable challenges, as computational methods typically suffer from either insufficient accuracy or prohibitive computational costs. Now, with ...

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Reversible fluorenol photobases that perform CO2 capture and concentration from ambient air - Nature Chemistry

Current CO₂ capture strategies often suffer from high thermal regeneration costs. Now a photobase has been shown to reversibly capture and release CO₂ from ambient air using visible light, offering a ...

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Solid solvation structure design improves all-solid-state organic batteries - Nature Chemistry

Organic electrode materials offer a versatile and sustainable route for lithium-ion batteries, but their application is hindered by low working voltages and poor cycling stability. Now, it has been sh...

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Flame synthesis achieves compositionally tailorable high-entropy metal-containing nanomaterials - Nature Chemistry

High-entropy nanomaterials, which incorporate multiple homogeneously dispersed elements, are promising for energy conversion, but typically require complex, high-temperature synthesis. Now a scalable ...

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Transition state tuning with concentrated electrolytes - Nature Chemistry

Electrochemical CO2 and CO reduction are promising for the sustainable synthesis of multi-carbon products. However, the kinetics that govern the activity and selectivity of the interface between catal...

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Disordered interfacial H2O promotes electrochemical C–C coupling - Nature Chemistry

The structure of interfacial water plays a key role in the electrochemical reduction of CO to multi-carbon products on copper electrodes. Now it is shown that highly concentrated electrolytes modulate...

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Expedient access to methylamine with potential - Nature Chemistry

Traditional methylamine synthesis from methanol and ammonia relies on high-temperature and high-pressure reaction conditions, resulting in byproducts and challenging purification. Now, electrochemical...

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Strong dipole-promoted N–O bond hydrogenolysis enables ampere-level electrosynthesis of methylamine - Nature Chemistry

Nitromethane electroreduction offers a sustainable route for methylamine synthesis, but poor N–O activation yields low selectivity. Now N-methylhydroxylamine adsorption on low-coordination copper has ...

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Metal-centred states control carrier lifetimes in transition metal oxide photocatalysts - Nature Chemistry

Efficient sunlight-to-fuel conversion requires materials that produce long-lived charges, but increasing carrier lifetimes in visible-light-active photocatalysts has proven difficult. Now it has been ...

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Linked in with lignin - Nature Chemistry

Moses Dike and Shudipto Konika Dishari explore lignin’s historic journey alongside human civilization and showcase its game-changing potential to drive sustainability without compromising performance.

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Oxidation of interfacial cobalt controls the pH dependence of the oxygen evolution reaction - Nature Chemistry

Transition metal oxides serve as important electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction, although Co-based oxides typically undergo pH-dependent dynamic surface reconstruction under catalytic co...

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Super-dry reforming of methane using a tandem electro-thermocatalytic system - Nature Chemistry

Although dry reforming of methane can convert CO2 to valuable chemicals, the reaction requires near-equivalent amounts of CH4. Now it has been demonstrated that an electro-thermocatalytic CH4 reformin...

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Light-driven propane dehydrogenation by a single-atom catalyst under near-ambient conditions - Nature Chemistry

Propane dehydrogenation is challenging to perform under mild conditions due to the reaction’s endothermic nature. Now, near-ambient propane dehydrogenation has been shown using copper single-atom cata...

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