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 …

Sustainable zinc–air battery chemistry: advances, challenges and prospects

Q Wang, S Kaushik, X **ao, Q Xu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Sustainable zinc–air batteries (ZABs) are considered promising energy storage devices
owing to their inherent safety, high energy density, wide operating temperature window …

Understanding the structure-performance relationship of active sites at atomic scale

R Li, D Wang - Nano Research, 2022 - Springer
Metal-based atomically dispersed catalysts have attracted more attention because of their
excellent catalytic performance and nearly 100% atom utilization. Therefore, it is very …

Insights into the activity of single-atom Fe-NC catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction

K Liu, J Fu, Y Lin, T Luo, G Ni, H Li, Z Lin… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Single-atom Fe-NC catalysts has attracted widespread attentions in the oxygen reduction
reaction (ORR). However, the origin of ORR activity on Fe-NC catalysts is still unclear, which …

High Durability of Fe–N–C Single‐Atom Catalysts with Carbon Vacancies toward the Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Alkaline Media

H Tian, A Song, P Zhang, K Sun, J Wang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Single‐atom catalysts (SACs) have attracted extensive interest to catalyze the oxygen
reduction reaction (ORR) in fuel cells and metal–air batteries. However, the development of …

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 …

MOF-derived electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction, oxygen evolution and hydrogen evolution reactions

HF Wang, L Chen, H Pang, S Kaskel… - Chemical Society Reviews, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and hydrogen evolution
reaction (HER) are three key reactions for the development of green and sustainable energy …

Electronic metal–support interaction of single‐atom catalysts and applications in electrocatalysis

J Yang, W Li, D Wang, Y Li - Advanced Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The electronic metal–support interaction (EMSI), which acts as a bridge between theoretical
electronic study and the design of heterogenous catalysts, has attracted much attention …

Clusters induced electron redistribution to tune oxygen reduction activity of transition metal single‐atom for metal–air batteries

H Huang, D Yu, F Hu, SC Huang, J Song… - Angewandte …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) activity can be effectively tuned by modulating the electron
configuration and optimizing the chemical bonds. Herein, a general strategy to optimize the …

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 …