First-principles design of a single-atom–alloy propane dehydrogenation catalyst

RT Hannagan, G Giannakakis, R Réocreux… - Science, 2021 - science.org
The complexity of heterogeneous catalysts means that a priori design of new catalytic
materials is difficult, but the well-defined nature of single-atom–alloy catalysts has made it …

Recent developments of single atom alloy catalysts for electrocatalytic hydrogenation reactions

Z **, Y Xu, M Chhetri, J Wood, B Torreon, F Che… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
This review discusses the recent developments of single-atom alloy (SAA) catalysts toward
CO 2, CO, N 2, and NO 3–hydrogenation reactions in the electrocatalysis context, a natural …

One Decade of Computational Studies on Single-Atom Alloys: Is In Silico Design within Reach?

R Réocreux, M Stamatakis - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2021 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Single-Atom alloys (SAAs) are an emerging class of materials consisting of a
coinage metal (Cu, Ag, and Au) doped, at the single-atom limit, with another metal. As …

Periodic trends in adsorption energies around single-atom alloy active sites

J Schumann, Y Bao, RT Hannagan… - The Journal of …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Single-atom alloys (SAAs) make up a special class of alloy surface catalysts that offer well-
defined, isolated active sites in a more inert metal host. The dopant sites are generally …

Investigating spillover energy as a descriptor for single-atom alloy catalyst design

RT Hannagan, HY Lam, R Réocreux… - The Journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The identification of thermodynamic descriptors of catalytic performance is essential for the
rational design of heterogeneous catalysts. Here, we investigate how spillover energy, a …

Electrocatalytic Reduction of CO2 to C1 Compounds by Zn-Based Monatomic Alloys: A DFT Calculation

Y Wang, M Zheng, X Wang, X Zhou - Catalysts, 2022 - mdpi.com
Electrocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide to produce usable products and fuels such as
alkanes, alkenes, and alcohols, is a very promising strategy. Recent experiments have …

Dynamic Pt coordination in dilute AgPt alloy nanoparticle catalysts under reactive environments

J Finzel, P Christopher - Topics in Catalysis, 2022 - Springer
Single atom alloy (SAA) catalysts, consisting of oxide supported dilute alloy nanoparticles
(NPs), have become increasingly popular due to their unique chemical reactivity and ability …

[HTML][HTML] Formation of a Ti–Cu (111) single atom alloy: Structure and CO binding

J Shi, CJ Owen, HT Ngan, S Qin, V Mehar… - The Journal of …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
A single atom Ti–Cu (111) surface alloy can be generated by depositing small amounts of Ti
onto Cu (111) at slightly elevated surface temperatures (∼ 500 to 600 K). Scanning …

Advances in simulating dilute alloy nanoparticles for catalysis

JN El Berch, M Salem, G Mpourmpakis - Nanoscale, 2025 - pubs.rsc.org
Dilute alloy (DA) catalysts, including single-atom alloys (SAAs), which are comprised of trace
amounts of an active promoter metal dispersed on the surface of a selective host metal, offer …

Observation and characterization of dicarbonyls on a RhCu single-atom alloy

Y Wang, J Schumann, EE Happel, V Çınar… - The Journal of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Dicarbonyl species are ubiquitous on Rh/oxide catalysts and are known to form on Rh+
centers. However, dicarbonyl species have never been directly observed on single-atom …