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Recent advances on metal-free graphene-based catalysts for the production of industrial chemicals

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With the development of carbon catalysts, graphene-based metal-free catalysts have drawn increasing attention in both scientific research and in industrial chemical production processes. In recent years, the catalytic activities of metal-free catalysts have significantly improved and they have become promising alternatives to traditional metal-based catalysts. The use of metal-free catalysts greatly improves the sustainability of chemical processes. In view of this, the recent progress in the preparation of graphene-based metal-free catalysts along with their applications in catalytic oxidation, reduction and coupling reactions are summarized in this review. The future trends and challenges for the design of graphenebased materials for industrial organic catalytic reactions with good stabilities and high catalytic performance are also discussed.

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Acknowledgements

We are grateful for financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 21620102007 and 21622601), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China (No. BUCTRC201601), and the “111” project of China (No. B14004).

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  1. Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China

    Zhiyong Wang, Yuan Pu, Dan Wang, Jie-Xin Wang & Jian-Feng Chen

  2. Research Center of the Ministry of Education for High Gravity Engineering and Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China

    Zhiyong Wang, Yuan Pu, Dan Wang, Jie-Xin Wang & Jian-Feng Chen

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Wang, Z., Pu, Y., Wang, D. et al. Recent advances on metal-free graphene-based catalysts for the production of industrial chemicals. Front. Chem. Sci. Eng. 12, 855–866 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11705-018-1722-y

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