Recent advances in nature-inspired nanocatalytic reduction of organic molecules with water

Nature has provided us the assurance and inspiration for thousands of years in synthesizing value-added chemicals, with the assistance of reactive hydrogen species, and water as the ultimate hydrogen source. However, the natural photosynthesis is inefficient due to some intrinsic properties, urging...

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Published inNano research Vol. 15; no. 12; pp. 10292 - 10315
Main Authors Sun, Hongli, Ou, Wei, Sun, Like, Wang, Bo, Su, Chenliang
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Beijing Tsinghua University Press 01.12.2022
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Atomic/Molecular Structure and Spectra
Biomedicine
Biotechnology
Catalysts
Chemistry and Materials Science
Condensed Matter Physics
Evolution
Fine chemicals
Hydrogen
Materials Science
Nanotechnology
Organic chemistry
Photosynthesis
Reduction
Review Article
Species
Synergism
reactive hydrogen species
reduction of organic molecules
nature inspiration
nano-catalysts
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Summary:Nature has provided us the assurance and inspiration for thousands of years in synthesizing value-added chemicals, with the assistance of reactive hydrogen species, and water as the ultimate hydrogen source. However, the natural photosynthesis is inefficient due to some intrinsic properties, urging people not only to learn from but also surpass during nature imitation. In this review, we summarized recent progresses on reactive hydrogen species-assisted nanocatalytic reduction of organic molecules towards value-added fine chemicals and pharmaceuticals, with water as the hydrogen source, and especially highlighted how photocatalytically or electrocatalytically evolved reactive hydrogen species synergize with biocatalytic centers and nanocatalytic sites for reduction of organic molecules. The design principles of collaborative semi-artificial systems and nanocatalytic artificial systems, the structure tuning of catalysts for the evolution and utilization of hydrogen species, and the determination of reactive hydrogen species for mechanistic insights were discussed in detail. Finally, perspectives were provided for further advancing this emerging area of nanocatalytic reduction of organic molecules from water (or proton) and organics.
ISSN:1998-0124
1998-0000
DOI:10.1007/s12274-022-4737-0