Microenvironment engineering of single/dual‐atom catalysts for electrocatalytic application

Y Gao, B Liu, D Wang - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Single/dual‐metal atoms supported on carbon matrix can be modulated by coordination
structure and neighboring active sites. Precisely designing the geometric and electronic …

Surface and interface coordination chemistry learned from model heterogeneous metal nanocatalysts: from atomically dispersed catalysts to atomically precise …

W **g, H Shen, R Qin, Q Wu, K Liu, N Zheng - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
The surface and interface coordination structures of heterogeneous metal catalysts are
crucial to their catalytic performance. However, the complicated surface and interface …

Continuous carbon capture in an electrochemical solid-electrolyte reactor

P Zhu, ZY Wu, A Elgazzar, C Dong, TU Wi, FY Chen… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Electrochemical carbon-capture technologies, with renewable electricity as the energy input,
are promising for carbon management but still suffer from low capture rates, oxygen …

Identification of Fenton-like active Cu sites by heteroatom modulation of electronic density

X Zhou, MK Ke, GX Huang, C Chen… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Develo** heterogeneous catalysts with atomically dispersed active sites is vital to boost
peroxymonosulfate (PMS) activation for Fenton-like activity, but how to controllably adjust …

Single‐atom catalysis for carbon neutrality

L Wang, D Wang, Y Li - Carbon Energy, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Currently, more than 86% of global energy consumption is still mainly dependent on
traditional fossil fuels, which causes resource scarcity and even emission of high amounts of …

Tuning the Coordination Structure of CuNC Single Atom Catalysts for Simultaneous Electrochemical Reduction of CO2 and NO3 to Urea

J Leverett, T Tran‐Phu, JA Yuwono… - Advanced Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Closing both the carbon and nitrogen loops is a critical venture to support the establishment
of the circular, net‐zero carbon economy. Although single atom catalysts (SACs) have …

Single-Atom Cu Channel and N-Vacancy Engineering Enables Efficient Charge Separation and Transfer between C3N4 Interlayers for Boosting Photocatalytic …

J Shen, C Luo, S Qiao, Y Chen, Y Tang, J Xu, K Fu… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Polymeric carbon nitride (C3N4) has attracted great attention in photocatalysis due to its low-
cost, visible-light response, and environment-friendly merits. However, the catalytic …

Atomically precise electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction

L Yan, P Li, Q Zhu, A Kumar, K Sun, S Tian, X Sun - Chem, 2023 - cell.com
Challenges in develo** fuel cells provide strong stimulation to develop efficient
electrocatalysts for the sluggish cathodic oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). Among various …

Adsorption energy in oxygen electrocatalysis

J Zhang, HB Yang, D Zhou, B Liu - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Adsorption energy (AE) of reactive intermediate is currently the most important descriptor for
electrochemical reactions (eg, water electrolysis, hydrogen fuel cell, electrochemical …

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 …