The reformation of catalyst: From a trial-and-error synthesis to rational design

L Wang, J Wu, S Wang, H Liu, Y Wang, D Wang - Nano Research, 2024 - Springer
The appropriate catalysts can accelerate the reaction rate and effectively boost the efficient
conversion of various molecules, which is of great importance in the study of chemistry …

Stability Issues in Electrochemical CO2 Reduction: Recent Advances in Fundamental Understanding and Design Strategies

W Lai, Y Qiao, Y Wang, H Huang - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) offers a promising approach to close the
anthropogenic carbon cycle and store intermittent renewable energy in fuels or chemicals …

Continuous electroproduction of formate via CO2 reduction on local symmetry-broken single-atom catalysts

J Dong, Y Liu, J Pei, H Li, S Ji, L Shi, Y Zhang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Atomic-level coordination engineering is an efficient strategy for tuning the catalytic
performance of single-atom catalysts (SACs). However, their rational design has so far been …

Emerging low-nuclearity supported metal catalysts with atomic level precision for efficient heterogeneous catalysis

X Zheng, B Li, Q Wang, D Wang, Y Li - Nano research, 2022 - Springer
Supported atomically dispersed metal catalysts (ADMCs) have received enormous attention
due to their high atom utilization efficiency, mass activity and excellent selectivity. Single …

[HTML][HTML] Theory-oriented screening and discovery of advanced energy transformation materials in electrocatalysis

H **g, P Zhu, X Zheng, Z Zhang, D Wang… - Advanced Powder …, 2022 - Elsevier
Various metal-based electrocatalysts from nanocrystals, to clusters and single-atoms, have
been well-discovered towards high-efficient power devices and electrocatalytic conversion …

Challenges and opportunities in engineering the electronic structure of single-atom catalysts

V Giulimondi, S Mitchell, J Pérez-Ramírez - ACS catalysis, 2023 - ACS Publications
Controlling the electronic structure of transition-metal single-atom heterogeneous catalysts
(SACs) is crucial to unlocking their full potential. The ability to do this with increasing …

Dynamic stability of copper single-atom catalysts under working conditions

X Bai, X Zhao, Y Zhang, C Ling, Y Zhou… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The long-term stability of single-atom catalysts is a major factor affecting their large-scale
commercial application. How to evaluate the dynamic stability of single-atom catalysts under …

Highly efficient electrocatalytic oxygen evolution over atomically dispersed synergistic Ni/Co dual sites

Z Pei, XF Lu, H Zhang, Y Li, D Luan… - Angewandte …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Single‐atom catalysts (SACs) are being pursued as economical electrocatalysts. However,
their low active‐site loading, poor interactions, and unclear catalytic mechanism call for …

Mechanistic insight into the active centers of single/dual-atom Ni/Fe-based oxygen electrocatalysts

W Wan, Y Zhao, S Wei, CA Triana, J Li, A Arcifa… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Single-atom catalysts with maximum metal utilization efficiency show great potential for
sustainable catalytic applications and fundamental mechanistic studies. We here provide a …

Intramolecular hydroxyl nucleophilic attack pathway by a polymeric water oxidation catalyst with single cobalt sites

H Yang, F Li, S Zhan, Y Liu, W Li, Q Meng… - Nature Catalysis, 2022 - nature.com
Exploration of efficient water oxidation catalysts (WOCs) is the primary challenge in
conversion of renewable energy into fuels. Here we report a molecularly well-defined …