Challenges and opportunities in engineering the electronic structure of single-atom catalysts

V Giulimondi, S Mitchell, J Pérez-Ramírez - ACS catalysis, 2023 - ACS Publications
Controlling the electronic structure of transition-metal single-atom heterogeneous catalysts
(SACs) is crucial to unlocking their full potential. The ability to do this with increasing …

Engineering strategies and active site identification of MXene-based catalysts for electrochemical conversion reactions

Y Zhao, J Zhang, X Guo, X Cao, S Wang… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
MXenes have been extensively studied due to their high metallic conductivity, hydrophilic
properties, tunable layer structure and attractive surface chemistry, making them highly …

Continuous Modulation of Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction Activities of Single‐Atom Catalysts through p‐n Junction Rectification

Z Zhuang, L **a, J Huang, P Zhu, Y Li, C Ye… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Fine‐tuning single‐atom catalysts (SACs) to surpass their activity limit remains challenging
at their atomic scale. Herein, we exploit p‐type semiconducting character of SACs having a …

Tailoring the d‐orbital splitting manner of single atomic sites for enhanced oxygen reduction

Y Dai, B Liu, Z Zhang, P Guo, C Liu, Y Zhang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Regulating the electronic states of single atomic sites around the Fermi level remains a
major concern for boosting the electrocatalytic oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). Herein, a …

Ultrahigh stable methanol oxidation enabled by a high hydroxyl concentration on Pt clusters/MXene interfaces

J Zhu, L **a, R Yu, R Lu, J Li, R He, Y Wu… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Anchoring platinum catalysts on appropriate supports, eg, MXenes, is a feasible pathway to
achieve a desirable anode for direct methanol fuel cells. The authentic performance of Pt is …

Tuning the spin state of Fe single atoms by Pd nanoclusters enables robust oxygen reduction with dissociative pathway

X Wei, S Song, W Cai, X Luo, L Jiao, Q Fang, X Wang… - Chem, 2023 - cell.com
The development of Fe single-atom catalysts is greatly impeded by their lower oxygen
reduction reaction (ORR) performance in acid electrolytes when compared with Pt/C …

Regulating Fe-spin state by atomically dispersed Mn-N in Fe-NC catalysts with high oxygen reduction activity

G Yang, J Zhu, P Yuan, Y Hu, G Qu, BA Lu… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
As low-cost electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction applied to fuel cells and metal-air
batteries, atomic-dispersed transition metal-nitrogen-carbon materials are emerging, but the …

Recent advances in electrocatalysis with phthalocyanines

S Yang, Y Yu, X Gao, Z Zhang, F Wang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Applications of phthalocyanines (Pcs) in electrocatalysis—including the oxygen reduction
reaction (ORR), the carbon dioxide reduction reaction (CO2RR), the oxygen evolution …

Evolution of Stabilized 1T‐MoS2 by Atomic‐Interface Engineering of 2H‐MoS2/Fe−Nx towards Enhanced Sodium Ion Storage

H **a, L Zan, P Yuan, G Qu, H Dong, Y Wei… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Metallic conductive 1T phase molybdenum sulfide (MoS2) has been identified as promising
anode for sodium ion (Na+) batteries, but its metastable feature makes it difficult to obtain …

Improving stability of MXenes

J Jiang, S Bai, J Zou, S Liu, JP Hsu, N Li, G Zhu… - Nano Research, 2022 - Springer
Due to their superior hydrophilicity and conductivity, ultra-high volumetric capacitance, and
rich surface-chemistry properties, MXenes exhibit unique and excellent performance in …