TY  - JOUR
A1  - Antonietti, Markus
A1  - Lopez-Salas, Nieves
A1  - Primo, Ana
T1  - Adjusting the Structure and Electronic Properties of Carbons for Metal-Free Carbocatalysis of Organic Transformations
JF  - Advanced materials
N2  - Carbon nanomaterials doped with some other lightweight elements were recently described as powerful, heterogeneous, metal-free organocatalysts, adding to their high performance in electrocatalysis. Here, recent observations in traditional catalysis are reviewed, and the underlying reaction mechanisms of the catalyzed organic transformations are explored. In some cases, these are due to specific active functional sites, but more generally the catalytic activity relates to collective properties of the conjugated nanocarbon frameworks and the electron transfer from and to the catalytic centers and substrates. It is shown that the !earnings are tightly related to those of electrocatalysis; i.e., the search for better electrocatalysts also improves chemocatalysis, and vice versa. Carbon-carbon heterojunction effects and some perspectives on future possibilities are discussed at the end.
KW  - active sites
KW  - carbocatalysis
KW  - carbon electrical collective properties
KW  - metal-free
KW  - nanocarbon materials
Y1  - 2018
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201805719
SN  - 0935-9648
SN  - 1521-4095
VL  - 31
IS  - 13
PB  - Wiley-VCH
CY  - Weinheim
ER  -