Single-atom alloy catalysis

RT Hannagan, G Giannakakis… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Single-atom alloys (SAAs) play an increasingly significant role in the field of single-site
catalysis and are typically composed of catalytically active elements atomically dispersed in …

Selective hydrogenation over supported metal catalysts: from nanoparticles to single atoms

L Zhang, M Zhou, A Wang, T Zhang - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
Selective catalytic hydrogenation has wide applications in both petrochemical and fine
chemical industries, however, it remains challenging when two or multiple functional groups …

Single-atom alloy catalysts: structural analysis, electronic properties and catalytic activities

T Zhang, AG Walsh, J Yu, P Zhang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Monometallic catalysts, in particular those containing noble metals, are frequently used in
heterogeneous catalysis, but they are expensive, rare and the ability to tailor their structures …

Atomically thick oxide overcoating stimulates low-temperature reactive metal–support interactions for enhanced catalysis

X Liu, Q Gu, Y Zhang, X Xu, H Wang… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Reactive metal–support interactions (RMSIs) induce the formation of bimetallic alloys and
offer an effective way to tune the electronic and geometric properties of metal sites for …

Electrochemical energy conversion on intermetallic compounds: a review

L Rößner, M Armbrüster - ACS Catalysis, 2019 - ACS Publications
Structurally ordered intermetallic compounds possess unique chemical and physical
properties, making them an interesting class of materials for application in electrocatalytic …

Intermetallic nanocrystals: syntheses and catalytic applications

Y Yan, JS Du, KD Gilroy, D Yang, Y **a… - Advanced …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
At the forefront of nanochemistry, there exists a research endeavor centered around
intermetallic nanocrystals, which are unique in terms of long‐range atomic ordering, well …

Heterogeneous catalysis

R Schlögl - Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
A heterogeneous catalyst is a functional material that continually creates active sites with its
reactants under reaction conditions. These sites change the rates of chemical reactions of …

Intermetallic compounds: promising inorganic materials for well-structured and electronically modified reaction environments for efficient catalysis

S Furukawa, T Komatsu - Acs Catalysis, 2017 - ACS Publications
An overview of the catalytic properties of intermetallic compounds has been made to provide
a comprehensive understanding regarding (1) what intermetallic catalysts can do,(2) their …

Isolated single-atom Pd sites in intermetallic nanostructures: high catalytic selectivity for semihydrogenation of alkynes

Q Feng, S Zhao, Y Wang, J Dong, W Chen… - Journal of the …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Improving the catalytic selectivity of Pd catalysts is of key importance for various industrial
processes and remains a challenge so far. Given the unique properties of single-atom …

Recent progress on rational design of bimetallic Pd based catalysts and their advanced catalysis

J Fan, H Du, Y Zhao, Q Wang, Y Liu, D Li, J Feng - ACS Catalysis, 2020 - ACS Publications
Bimetallic Pd based catalysts have received tremendous research interests for many
important reactions in fields of important petrochemical industrial process, fine chemical …