Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: The growing energy shortages and environmental damage make it urgent to activate chemical reactions under mild conditions, reducing energy consumption and improving efficiency. Mechanocatalysis, with its advantages of simplicity, scalability, and sustainability, has demonstrated exceptional performance in many key heterogeneous catalytic reactions and surpassed traditional catalytic methods. It possesses significant potential for future applications and development. In this review, recent advances in the field of mechanocatalysis for energy and environmental applications are systematically summarized. Meanwhile, insights into the design of effective mechanical catalysts and the mechanocatalytic reactions, especially those with gaseous reactants, are highlighted and discussed in detail. Lastly, challenges and future perspectives in the mechanocatalysis are described to guide its broader application in the field of catalysis.
Source: ChemSusChem
Authors: Keran Lv, Chenghu Wei, Rui Tu, Wei‐Qiao Deng, Tie Yu
Institution: Shandong University
Language: English
Subfield: Materials Chemistry
Field: Materials Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
Funders: Shandong University, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China, Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province, State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Suzhou Institute of Nanotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, National Key Research and Development Program of China
OpenAlex ID: W7127046139