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Professor of Chemistry at KAUST. Passionate about Energy, Catalysis, & Education. Research PN3(P) ligand, formic acid PFP, & waste utilization/recycling.

academia.kaust.edu.sa/en/persons/kuo-wei-huang
Joined August 2020
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Organometallics@Orgmet_ACS24 Feb 2020
Published in today's @Orgmet_ACS issue is the first installment of our series "Pioneers and Influencers in Organometallic Chemistry," bringing you stories about chemists who are making a difference. Have a read here: pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.102… @ACSPublications
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Integrated Perovskite/Silicon Tandems for Unassisted Water Splitting and CO2-to-Liquid Fuel Conversion with Profs. De Wolf and He @ACSEnergyLett pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.102…

Integrated Perovskite/Silicon Tandems for Unassisted Water Splitting and CO2-to-Liquid Fuel...

AbstractIntegrated photoelectrochemical systems offer a promising pathway to produce value-added fuels from sunlight and abundant reagents. However, practi

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Collaboration led by Xingzhu with Prof. William A Goddard III and Prof. @HuabinZhang3 on Deciphering competing elementary steps to correlate electrocatalyst chemical state with activity in @ScienceAdvances science.org/doi/full/10.1126…

Deciphering competing elementary steps to correlate electrocatalyst chemical state with activity

Electrochemical deconvolution resolves competing adsorbed and lattice oxygen elementary steps in oxygen evolution.

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PET waste to formic acid led by Jumaa, Prof. @Mabrook_S_Ame, and Prof. @ammayouf63 sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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eCO2R to formic acid led by Jumaa, Prof. @Mabrook_S_Ame, and Prof. @ammayouf63 with collaboration by Xingzhu and @karthick73chem sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Alkane dehydrogenation catalyzed by a #PN3P-Ir complex led by Sandeep published in @NewJChem pubs.rsc.org/en/content/arti…
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Work led by Sandeep on #PN3P‐Ir Catalyzed Upgrading Ethanol Into Butanol and Higher Alcohols in #AsianJOC @ACES_Journals aces.onlinelibrary.wiley.com…

Upgrading Ethanol Into Butanol and Higher Alcohols via PN3P Iridium Complexes

Herein we accomplished ethanol upgradation into butanol as well as higher branched and linear chain alcohols upto C10─OH in single reactor under neat conditions catalyzed by air stable PN3P pincer...

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Collaboration led by Ajitha with Prof. YY Yeung on Pillar[5]arene-catalyzed anti-Markovnikov halogenations @NatureComms nature.com/articles/s41467-0…

Pillar[5]arene-catalyzed anti-Markovnikov halogenations through cationic intermediates stabilizat...

Nature Communications - Here the authors report that the π-basic cavity of pillar[n]arenes can effectively stabilize bromiranium intermediates generated during olefin halogenation, confining...

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Work led by Alejandro, @PirudhanK, @dhara216on, @Indranilchemist on Synthesis, Characterization, and Structural Analysis of #PN3(P)-Antimony(III) Complexes at @Orgmet_ACS pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs…

Synthesis, Characterization, and Structural Analysis of PN3(P)-Antimony(III) Complexes and Their...

Abstract. We report the synthesis and characterization of a new class of antimony­(III) complexes supported by the PN3(P)-pincer frameworks, featuring phos

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Work led by @layalycb, @Indranilchemist, and Dr. Benjamin Chen on Efficient hydrogen generation from sodium formate on SiO2-700 in @JCatal_J sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Collaboration led by Ajitha with Prof. De Wang on Phosphine-Catalyzed Alkyne-Ester Stitching for the Construction of Functionalized Cyclopentenones in @JOC_OL pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.102…

Phosphine-Catalyzed Alkyne-Ester Stitching for the Construction of Functionalized Cyclopentenones

Abstract. We report a novel organophosphine-catalyzed cascade cyclization between alkynes and esters for the efficient synthesis of polysubstituted cyclope

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Work led by Sophie and @Indranilchemist on #PN3P‐Iron(II) Catalyzed Selective Conversion of Glycerol to Lactate in #ChemAsianJ @ACES_Journals aces.onlinelibrary.wiley.com…

A Nonsymmetrical PN3P‐Iron(II) Complex as a Catalyst for the Selective Conversion of Glycerol to...

A nonsymmetrical PN3P-Fe(II) pincer complex catalyzes the selective conversion of glycerol, a biodiesel byproduct, to lactate. Steric and electronic effects imparted by the nonsymmetrical phosphine...

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Book chapter led by @Ajithajohn on "Nonclassical Hydrogen Bond ( NCHB ) Interactions in Enantioselective Organocatalysis" in "Enantioselective Organocatalysis: Catalysts, Reactions, and Applications" was published. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…

Enantioselective Organocatalysis

Updated reference on the field of organocatalysis explaining the many advances made in the past 10 years Enantioselective Organocatalysis III presents easily accessible, summarized information on...

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Review led by Khan and @karthick73chem with Prof. He on "Photoelectrochemical CO2-to-Formic Acid Conversions" in Adv. Energy Mater. @AdvPortfolio advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley…

Photoelectrochemical CO2‐to‐Formic Acid Conversions: Advances in Photoelectrode Designs and...

Schematic of a photoelectrochemical CO2-to-formic acid conversion. The outer circle highlights that the generated formic acid can be stored and later utilized as a fuel, while the emitted CO2 can be...

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Work led by Pradip on CO2-to-Formate Using Waste Plastic-Derived Carbon Nanotube-Copper Catalysts in @ACSCatalysis pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.102…

Efficient and Selective CO2‑to-Formate Conversion Using Waste Plastic-Derived Carbon Nanotube-Cop...

Abstract. Electrochemical reduction of CO2 to formic acid (FA) offers a straightforward route for CO2 utilization and hydrogen (H2) storage. However, its w

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Work led by Moyi with with Prof. @HuabinZhang3 on mole-scale formic acid production from CO2 electrolysis sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Work led by @Rajesh_ChemWiz with @ZhipingLaiGroup and @Rueping_Lab on Partially Ordered Mesoporous Zeolite Beta Frameworks in Vacuum Gas Oil Hydrocracking in @J_A_C_S pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jac…

Partially Ordered Mesoporous Zeolite Beta Frameworks as Naphtha-Selective Catalysts in Vacuum Gas...

Abstract. Designing hierarchical zeolites with ordered mesoporosity remains a major synthetic challenge despite their well-established importance in cataly

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Power to formic acid: Work by Jifeng in collaboration with Prof. @HuabinZhang3 on Gas–Proton Microenvironment Modulation for Enhanced CO2-to-Formate Electroreduction in @angew_chem onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…

Gas–Proton Microenvironment Modulation for Enhanced CO2‐to‐Formate Electroreduction

A dual-wettability Bi–PVDF catalyst with spatially encoded superhydrophilic and superhydrophobic nanodomains enables the decoupling of CO2 and proton transport at the triple-phase interface, promot...

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Work led by @Ajithajohn on "The Role of Substrate Acidity in #PN3P–Ru Pincer Complex Catalyzed Formic Acid Dehydrogenation: Pseudo-Dearomatization vs Non-Dearomatization Pathways" published in @Orgmet_ACS pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021…

The Role of Substrate Acidity in PN3P–Ru Pincer Complex Catalyzed Formic Acid Dehydrogenation:...

Abstract. Metal–ligand cooperation (MLC) plays a crucial role in catalysis by enabling substrate activation through coordinated interactions between the me

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"Does carbon dioxide endanger humans?" comment by Melanie Lenart. Our recent paper on "Carbon dioxide as a pollutant" was cited. open.substack.com/pub/melani…
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Carbon dioxide as a pollutant: the risks on human health and the stability of the biosphere

The consequences of the human-caused increase in carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere are normally discussed mainly in terms of its radiative for

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