Recent advances of single-atom catalysts in CO 2 conversion

S Wang, L Wang, D Wang, Y Li - Energy & Environmental Science, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The catalytic transformation of CO2 into valuable fuels/chemicals is a promising and
economically profitable process because it offers an alternative toward fossil feedstocks and …

Designing a built-in electric field for efficient energy electrocatalysis

X Zhao, M Liu, Y Wang, Y **ong, P Yang, J Qin… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
To utilize intermittent renewable energy as well as achieve the goals of peak carbon dioxide
emissions and carbon neutrality, various electrocatalytic devices have been developed …

Ultralow overpotential nitrate reduction to ammonia via a three-step relay mechanism

S Han, H Li, T Li, F Chen, R Yang, Y Yu, B Zhang - Nature catalysis, 2023 - nature.com
Ammonia plays a substantial role in agriculture and the next generation of carbon-free
energy supply. Electrocatalytic nitrate reduction to NH3 is attractive for nitrate removal and …

High-density cobalt single-atom catalysts for enhanced oxygen evolution reaction

P Kumar, K Kannimuthu, AS Zeraati… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Single atom catalysts (SACs) possess unique catalytic properties due to low-coordination
and unsaturated active sites. However, the demonstrated performance of SACs is limited by …

Interfacial assembly of binary atomic metal-Nx sites for high-performance energy devices

Z Jiang, X Liu, XZ Liu, S Huang, Y Liu, ZC Yao… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Anion-exchange membrane fuel cells and Zn–air batteries based on non-Pt group metal
catalysts typically suffer from sluggish cathodic oxygen reduction. Designing advanced …

Review of carbon support coordination environments for single metal atom electrocatalysts (SACS)

W Song, C **ao, J Ding, Z Huang, X Yang… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This topical review focuses on the distinct role of carbon support coordination environment
of single‐atom catalysts (SACs) for electrocatalysis. The article begins with an overview of …

Multifunctional carbon nitride nanoarchitectures for catalysis

P Kumar, G Singh, X Guan, J Lee, R Bahadur… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Catalysis is at the heart of modern-day chemical and pharmaceutical industries, and there is
an urgent demand to develop metal-free, high surface area, and efficient catalysts in a …

Emerging low-nuclearity supported metal catalysts with atomic level precision for efficient heterogeneous catalysis

X Zheng, B Li, Q Wang, D Wang, Y Li - Nano research, 2022 - Springer
Supported atomically dispersed metal catalysts (ADMCs) have received enormous attention
due to their high atom utilization efficiency, mass activity and excellent selectivity. Single …

High‐loading Co single atoms and clusters active sites toward enhanced electrocatalysis of oxygen reduction reaction for high‐performance Zn–air battery

M Zhang, H Li, J Chen, FX Ma, L Zhen… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The development of precious‐metal alternative electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction
reaction (ORR) is highly desired for a variety of fuel cells, and single atom catalysts (SACs) …

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 …