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 …

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 …

Reversible hydrogen spillover in Ru-WO3-x enhances hydrogen evolution activity in neutral pH water splitting

J Chen, C Chen, M Qin, B Li, B Lin, Q Mao… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Noble metal electrocatalysts (eg, Pt, Ru, etc.) suffer from sluggish kinetics of water
dissociation for the electrochemical reduction of water to molecular hydrogen in alkaline and …

Reversed spillover effect activated by Pt atom dimers boosts alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction

Z Lin, Z Wang, J Gong, T **, S Shen… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The hydrogen spillover effect has garnered considerable attention as a promising avenue to
enhance the activity of the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) in metal‐support compound …

Tailoring a local acid-like microenvironment for efficient neutral hydrogen evolution

X Zheng, X Shi, H Ning, R Yang, B Lu, Q Luo… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Electrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction in neutral media is listed as the most difficult
challenges of energy catalysis due to the sluggish kinetics. Herein, the Ir-HxWO3 catalyst is …

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 …

Metallic W/WO2 solid-acid catalyst boosts hydrogen evolution reaction in alkaline electrolyte

Z Chen, W Gong, J Wang, S Hou, G Yang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The lack of available protons severely lowers the activity of alkaline hydrogen evolution
reaction process than that in acids, which can be efficiently accelerated by tuning the …

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 …

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 …

Modulating Pt-O-Pt atomic clusters with isolated cobalt atoms for enhanced hydrogen evolution catalysis

Y Zhao, PV Kumar, X Tan, X Lu, X Zhu, J Jiang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Platinum is the most efficient catalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction in acidic conditions, but
its widespread use has been impeded by scarcity and high cost. Herein, Pt atomic clusters …