The progress and outlook of metal single-atom-site catalysis

X Liang, N Fu, S Yao, Z Li, Y Li - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2022‏ - ACS Publications
Single-atom-site catalysts (SASCs) featuring maximized atom utilization and isolated active
sites have progressed tremendously in recent years as a highly prosperous branch of …

Co-catalytic metal–support interactions in single-atom electrocatalysts

L Gloag, SV Somerville, JJ Gooding… - Nature Reviews Materials, 2024‏ - nature.com
Single-atom catalysts (SACs) are advantageous because every active atom is exposed at
the surface, ensuring maximum utilization of catalytically active metals. To optimize the …

Catalyzing Artificial Photosynthesis with TiO2 Heterostructures and Hybrids: Emerging Trends in a Classical yet Contemporary Photocatalyst

X Ruan, S Li, C Huang, W Zheng, X Cui… - Advanced …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Titanium dioxide (TiO2) stands out as a versatile transition‐metal oxide with applications
ranging from energy conversion/storage and environmental remediation to sensors and …

Engineering a Copper Single‐Atom Electron Bridge to Achieve Efficient Photocatalytic CO2 Conversion

G Wang, Y Wu, Z Li, Z Lou, Q Chen, Y Li… - Angewandte …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Develo** highly efficient and stable photocatalysts for the CO2 reduction reaction
(CO2RR) remains a great challenge. We designed a Z‐Scheme photocatalyst with N− Cu1 …

Protruding Pt single-sites on hexagonal ZnIn2S4 to accelerate photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

X Shi, C Dai, X Wang, J Hu, J Zhang, L Zheng… - Nature …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Single-site cocatalysts engineered on supports offer a cost-efficient pathway to utilize
precious metals, yet improving the performance further with minimal catalyst loading is still …

Single-atomic platinum on fullerene C60 surfaces for accelerated alkaline hydrogen evolution

R Zhang, Y Li, X Zhou, A Yu, Q Huang, T Xu… - Nature …, 2023‏ - nature.com
The electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is one of the most studied and
promising processes for hydrogen fuel generation. Single-atom catalysts have been shown …

Single-atom catalysts for photocatalytic energy conversion

ZH Xue, D Luan, H Zhang, XWD Lou - Joule, 2022‏ - cell.com
Artificial photocatalytic energy conversion represents a highly intriguing strategy for solving
the energy crisis and environmental problems by directly harvesting solar energy. The …

A review on ZnO-based S-scheme heterojunction photocatalysts

Z Jiang, B Cheng, L Zhang, Z Zhang, C Bie - Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2023‏ - Elsevier
ZnO, a typical photocatalyst, has aroused great attention due to its nontoxicity,
biocompatibility, and earth abundance. However, its performance is hindered by insufficient …

Mechanistic insight into the synergy between platinum single atom and cluster dual active sites boosting photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

J Zhang, Y Pan, D Feng, L Cui, S Zhao, J Hu… - Advanced …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
In the energy transition context, the design and synthesis of high‐performance Pt‐based
photocatalysts with low Pt content and ultrahigh atom‐utilization efficiency for hydrogen …

Coordination engineering in single-site catalysts: General principles, characterizations, and recent advances

H Wang, T Yang, J Wang, Z Zhou, Z Pei, S Zhao - Chem, 2024‏ - cell.com
Single-site catalysts (SSCs) have long been considered to be promising candidates for
heterogeneous catalysis due to the maximum exposure of metal sites at the catalytic …