Comprehensive understanding of the thriving ambient electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction

X Zhao, G Hu, GF Chen, H Zhang, S Zhang… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The electrochemical method of combining N2 and H2O to produce ammonia (ie, the
electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction [E‐NRR]) continues to draw attention as it is …

Single‐atom catalysts for electrocatalytic applications

Q Zhang, J Guan - Advanced Functional Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The recent advances in electrocatalysis for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), oxygen
evolution reaction (OER), hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), hydrogen oxidation reaction …

Non-carbon-supported single-atom site catalysts for electrocatalysis

X Zheng, P Li, S Dou, W Sun, H Pan… - Energy & Environmental …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Single-atom site catalysts (SACs) have received considerable attention for electrocatalytic
applications, owing to their maximum atom-utilization efficiency, well-identified active …

Spontaneous Atomic Ruthenium Do** in Mo2CTX MXene Defects Enhances Electrocatalytic Activity for the Nitrogen Reduction Reaction

W Peng, M Luo, X Xu, K Jiang, M Peng… - Advanced Energy …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) process usually suffers extremely
low Faradaic efficiency and ammonia yields due to sluggish N N dissociation. Herein …

Supported noble‐metal single atoms for heterogeneous catalysis

X Li, X Yang, Y Huang, T Zhang, B Liu - Advanced Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Single‐atom catalysts (SACs), with atomically distributed active metal sites on
supports, serve as a newly advanced material in catalysis, and open broad prospects for a …

Applications of single-atom catalysts

Q Zhang, J Guan - Nano Research, 2022 - Springer
Owning to unsaturated coordination environment, quantum size effect and metal-support
interaction, single-or dual-atom metal sites, such as Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Mo, Ru, Rh, Pd …

Atomic-level reactive sites for electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction to ammonia under ambient conditions

Y Yang, W Zhang, X Tan, K Jiang, S Zhai, Z Li - Coordination Chemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
Ammonia (NH 3) is an integral part to modern agriculture and industry. As an economical
and sustainable process to convert nitrogen to NH 3 under ambient conditions, the …

Transforming energy with single-atom catalysts

S Ding, MJ Hülsey, J Pérez-Ramírez, N Yan - Joule, 2019 - cell.com
Almost a quarter of the energy consumed globally is directly or indirectly related to the use of
a catalytic process. Conventional nanoparticle-based catalysts recently witnessed the dawn …

Single-atom catalysts for electrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction: recent advances and future perspectives

Z Pu, IS Amiinu, R Cheng, P Wang, C Zhang, S Mu… - Nano-Micro Letters, 2020 - Springer
Hydrogen, a renewable and outstanding energy carrier with zero carbon dioxide emission,
is regarded as the best alternative to fossil fuels. The most preferred route to large-scale …

Theoretical screening of single transition metal atoms embedded in MXene defects as superior electrocatalyst of nitrogen reduction reaction

L Li, X Wang, H Guo, G Yao, H Yu, Z Tian, B Li… - Small …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The MXene‐supported single transition metal systems have been reported as promising
electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and carbon dioxide reduction …