Single-atom catalysts across the periodic table

SK Kaiser, Z Chen, D Faust Akl, S Mitchell… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Isolated atoms featuring unique reactivity are at the heart of enzymatic and homogeneous
catalysts. In contrast, although the concept has long existed, single-atom heterogeneous …

Advanced electrocatalysts with single-metal-atom active sites

Y Wang, H Su, Y He, L Li, S Zhu, H Shen, P **e… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Electrocatalysts with single metal atoms as active sites have received increasing attention
owing to their high atomic utilization efficiency and exotic catalytic activity and selectivity …

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 …

Electronic metal–support interaction modulates single-atom platinum catalysis for hydrogen evolution reaction

Y Shi, ZR Ma, YY **ao, YC Yin, WM Huang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Tuning metal–support interaction has been considered as an effective approach to modulate
the electronic structure and catalytic activity of supported metal catalysts. At the atomic level …

Design concept for electrocatalysts

Y Wang, X Zheng, D Wang - Nano Research, 2022 - Springer
Metal-based electrocatalysts with different sizes (single atoms, nanoclusters, and
nanoparticles) show different catalytic behaviors for various electrocatalytic reactions …

Single-atom catalysts based on the metal–oxide interaction

R Lang, X Du, Y Huang, X Jiang, Q Zhang… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Metal atoms dispersed on the oxide supports constitute a large category of single-atom
catalysts. In this review, oxide supported single-atom catalysts are discussed about their …

Regulations of active moiety in single atom catalysts for electrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction

P Zhu, X **ong, D Wang - Nano Research, 2022 - Springer
Hydrogen production from water splitting using renewable electric energy is an interesting
topic towards the carbon neutral future. Single atom catalysts (SACs) have emerged as a …

Metal-metal interactions in correlated single-atom catalysts

J Shan, C Ye, Y Jiang, M Jaroniec, Y Zheng… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Single-atom catalysts (SACs) include a promising family of electrocatalysts with unique
geometric structures. Beyond conventional ones with fully isolated metal sites, an emerging …

Chemical synthesis of single atomic site catalysts

S Ji, Y Chen, X Wang, Z Zhang, D Wang, Y Li - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Manipulating metal atoms in a controllable way for the synthesis of materials with the
desired structure and properties is the holy grail of chemical synthesis. The recent …

Emerging dual‐atomic‐site catalysts for efficient energy catalysis

W Zhang, Y Chao, W Zhang, J Zhou, F Lv… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Atomically dispersed metal catalysts with well‐defined structures have been the research
hotspot in heterogeneous catalysis because of their high atomic utilization efficiency …