Using nature’s blueprint to expand catalysis with Earth-abundant metals

Author:

Bullock R. Morris1ORCID,Chen Jingguang G.23ORCID,Gagliardi Laura4ORCID,Chirik Paul J.5ORCID,Farha Omar K.6ORCID,Hendon Christopher H.7ORCID,Jones Christopher W.8ORCID,Keith John A.9ORCID,Klosin Jerzy10ORCID,Minteer Shelley D.11ORCID,Morris Robert H.12ORCID,Radosevich Alexander T.13ORCID,Rauchfuss Thomas B.14,Strotman Neil A.15ORCID,Vojvodic Aleksandra16ORCID,Ward Thomas R.17ORCID,Yang Jenny Y.18ORCID,Surendranath Yogesh13ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Center for Molecular Electrocatalysis, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, USA.

2. Department of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA.

3. Chemistry Division, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USA.

4. Department of Chemistry, Minnesota Supercomputing Institute, and Chemical Theory Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.

5. Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA.

6. Department of Chemistry and Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA.

7. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA.

8. School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA.

9. Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA.

10. Core R&D, Dow Chemical Co., Midland, MI 48674, USA.

11. Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA.

12. Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada.

13. Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

14. School of Chemical Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.

15. Process Research and Development, Merck & Co. Inc., Rahway, NJ 07065, USA.

16. Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.

17. Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, CH-4058 Basel, Switzerland.

18. Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA.

Abstract

Numerous redox transformations that are essential to life are catalyzed by metalloenzymes that feature Earth-abundant metals. In contrast, platinum-group metals have been the cornerstone of many industrial catalytic reactions for decades, providing high activity, thermal stability, and tolerance to chemical poisons. We assert that nature’s blueprint provides the fundamental principles for vastly expanding the use of abundant metals in catalysis. We highlight the key physical properties of abundant metals that distinguish them from precious metals, and we look to nature to understand how the inherent attributes of abundant metals can be embraced to produce highly efficient catalysts for reactions crucial to the sustainable production and transformation of fuels and chemicals.

Funder

National Institutes of Health

U.S. Department of Energy

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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