Recent progress of metal single-atom catalysts for energy applications

Q Yang, Y Jiang, H Zhuo, EM Mitchell, Q Yu - Nano Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Single-atom catalysts (SACs) have received tremendous attention in heterogeneous
catalysis because of their excellent catalytic performance and robust stability. Metal SACs …

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 …

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 …

Advanced electrocatalysis for energy and environmental sustainability via water and nitrogen reactions

Y Li, H Wang, C Priest, S Li, P Xu, G Wu - Advanced Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Clean and efficient energy storage and conversion via sustainable water and nitrogen
reactions have attracted substantial attention to address the energy and environmental …

Design of local atomic environments in single‐atom electrocatalysts for renewable energy conversionsFree GPT-4

T Sun, S Mitchell, J Li, P Lyu, X Wu… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Single‐atom electrocatalysts (SAECs) have recently attracted tremendous research interest
due to their often remarkable catalytic responses, unmatched by conventional catalysts. The …

Construction of Highly Active Metal‐Containing Nanoparticles and FeCo‐N4 Composite Sites for the Acidic Oxygen Reduction Reaction

SH Yin, J Yang, Y Han, G Li, LY Wan… - Angewandte …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Metal‐containing nanoparticles (M‐NPs) in metal/nitrogen‐doped carbon (M‐N‐C) catalysts
have been considered hostile to the acidic oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). The relation …

Recent progress on the synthesis and oxygen reduction applications of Fe-based single-atom and double-atom catalysts

Y Yan, H Cheng, Z Qu, R Yu, F Liu, Q Ma… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Single-atom and double-atom catalysts have emerged as a new Frontier in many fields due
to their high atom-utilization efficiency, excellent catalytic properties and good durability. In …

Interfacing single-atom catalysis with continuous-flow organic electrosynthesis

MA Bajada, J Sanjosé-Orduna, G Di Liberto… - Chemical Society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The global warming crisis has sparked a series of environmentally cautious trends in
chemistry, allowing us to rethink the way we conduct our synthesis, and to incorporate more …

Recent advances in graphene‐based materials for fuel cell applications

H Su, YH Hu - Energy Science & Engineering, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The unique chemical and physical properties of graphene and its derivatives (graphene
oxide, heteroatom‐doped graphene, and functionalized graphene) have stimulated …

Identification and understanding of active sites of non‐noble iron‐nitrogen‐carbon catalysts for oxygen reduction electrocatalysis

Z Yang, Y Chen, S Zhang… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Non‐noble iron‐nitrogen‐carbon (Fe‐N‐C) catalysts have been explored as one type of the
most promising alternatives of precious platinum (Pt) in catalyzing the oxygen reduction …