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The discovery of robust and efficient water oxidation catalysts based on first-row transition metal complexes is still a challenge. Here, we describe the underlying chemistry related to the deactivation pathways of first-row transition metal complexes and put forward a series of principles and basic checks to enable the development of robust catalysts.
Metrics are a useful way to assess biocatalyst performance and, when compared to techno-economic targets, can help set goals for further enzyme and bioprocess research and development. Here, we outline some of the remaining challenges to ensure wider acceptance of this approach, both in industry and in academia.
Staff Sheehan is a co-founder and the Chief Technology Officer at Air Company, a Brooklyn-based startup that uses heterogeneous catalysis to transform CO2 into value-added products. Here, talking to Nature Catalysis, he takes us on a journey from vodka and hand sanitizer into outer space.
The catalysis of CO2 conversion is a research topic ripe with potential to contribute towards a net-zero future. This Focus issue features a collection of content dedicated to progressing the fundamental science and practical implementation of this technology to advance climate goals.
David Wakerley and Sarah Lamaison are co-founders of Dioxycle, a Bordeaux-based company that is developing scaled-up CO2 electrolysis systems. Here, they talk to Nature Catalysis about navigating the green tech start-up space during this time of tremendous change for the world.
Electrocatalytic conversion of CO2 into useful products can contribute to the Paris goals on the basis of abundant low-carbon power and technological advances. From R&D to policy, areas are highlighted in which coordinated efforts can support commercialization of such capture and catalytic technologies while deploying the required infrastructure.
