Advances of synergistic electrocatalysis between single atoms and nanoparticles/clusters

G Luo, M Song, Q Zhang, L An, T Shen, S Wang… - Nano-Micro Letters, 2024 - Springer
Combining single atoms with clusters or nanoparticles is an emerging tactic to design
efficient electrocatalysts. Both synergy effect and high atomic utilization of active sites in the …

The future of alkaline water splitting from the perspective of electrocatalysts-seizing today's opportunities

S Liu, Y Wei, M Wang, Y Shen - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2025 - Elsevier
Water electrolysis currently accounts for approximately 4% of the global hydrogen
production volume, indicating there is a significant room to provide more low-carbon …

Tailored Metal–Organic Framework‐Based Nanozymes for Enhanced Enzyme‐Like Catalysis

Z Yu, Z Xu, R Zeng, M Xu, M Zou, D Huang… - Angewandte …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The global crisis of bacterial infections is exacerbated by the escalating threat of microbial
antibiotic resistance. Nanozymes promise to provide ingenious solutions. Here, we reported …

Oxophilic gallium single atoms bridged ruthenium clusters for practical anion-exchange membrane electrolyzer

C Zhou, J Shi, Z Dong, L Zeng, Y Chen, Y Han… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The development of highly efficient and durable alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction (HER)
catalysts is crucial for achieving high-performance practical anion exchange membrane …

Microwave‐assisted PtRu alloying on defective tungsten oxide: a pathway to improved hydroxyl dynamics for highly‐efficient hydrogen evolution reaction

B Zhou, J Wang, L Guo, H Li, W **ao… - Advanced Energy …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Platinum (Pt)‐based compounds are the benchmarked catalysts for hydrogen evolution
reaction (HER) but exhibit slow kinetics in alkaline environments. The* OH accumulation on …

Organocatalyst supported by a single‐atom support accelerates both electrodes used in the chlor‐alkali industry via modification of non‐covalent interactions

J Yang, C Zhu, WH Li, X Zheng… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Consuming one of the largest amount of electricity, the chlor‐alkali industry supplies basic
chemicals for society, which mainly consists of two reactions, hydrogen evolution (HER) and …

Gradient OH desorption facilitating alkaline hydrogen evolution over ultrafine quinary nanoalloy

H Ren, Z Zhang, Z Geng, Z Wang… - Advanced Energy …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Strengthening OH adsorption on electrocatalyst is crucial to promote the rate‐determining
water dissociation step of alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), whereas too …

Manipulating the Microenvironment of Single Atoms by Switching Support Crystallinity for Industrial Hydrogen Evolution

L Wang, M Ma, C Zhang, HH Chang… - Angewandte …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Modulating the microenvironment of single‐atom catalysts (SACs) is critical to optimizing
catalytic activity. Herein, we innovatively propose a strategy to improve the local reaction …

d-band center engineering of single Cu atom and atomic Ni clusters for enhancing electrochemical CO2 reduction to CO

R Li, CW Tung, B Zhu, Y Lin, FZ Tian, T Liu… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The rational design of catalysts with atomic dispersion and a deep understanding of the
catalytic mechanism is crucial for achieving high performance in CO 2 reduction reaction …

Twin-distortion modulated ultra-low coordination PtRuNi-Ox catalyst for enhanced hydrogen production from chemical wastewater

Y Zhang, X Mu, Z Liu, H Zhao, Z Zhuang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The development of efficient and robust catalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction is crucial
for advancing the hydrogen economy. In this study, we demonstrate that ultra-low …