Superiority of dual‐atom catalysts in electrocatalysis: one step further than single‐atom catalysts

R Li, D Wang - Advanced Energy Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, dual‐atom catalysts (DACs) have attracted extensive attention, as an
extension of single‐atom catalysts (SACs). Compared with SACs, DACs have higher metal …

Multi-atom cluster catalysts for efficient electrocatalysis

L Sun, V Reddu, X Wang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Multi-atom cluster catalysts have turned out to be novel heterogeneous catalysts with atomic
dispersion for electrochemical energy applications. Beyond a simple combination of single …

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 …

High-Efficiency N2 Electroreduction Enabled by Se-Vacancy-Rich WSe2–x in Water-in-Salt Electrolytes

P Shen, X Li, Y Luo, Y Guo, X Zhao, K Chu - ACS nano, 2022 - ACS Publications
Electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) is a promising approach for renewable
NH3 production, while develo** the NRR electrocatalysis systems with both high activity …

Comprehensive understanding of the thriving ambient electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction

X Zhao, G Hu, GF Chen, H Zhang, S Zhang… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The electrochemical method of combining N2 and H2O to produce ammonia (ie, the
electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction [E‐NRR]) continues to draw attention as it is …

Structural optimization of carbon-based diatomic catalysts towards advanced electrocatalysis

T Tang, Z Wang, J Guan - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
As an extension of single-atom catalysts (SACs), diatomic catalysts (DACs) perfectly inherit
the advantages of SACs but break some theoretical limitations of SACs due to the interaction …

Breaking the scaling relationship limit: from single-atom to dual-atom catalysts

L Li, K Yuan, Y Chen - Accounts of Materials Research, 2022 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Recent decades have witnessed the rapid development of catalytic science,
especially after Taylor and Armstrong proposed the notion of the “active site” in 1925. By …

Dinuclear metal synergistic catalysis for energy conversion

DC Zhong, YN Gong, C Zhang, TB Lu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Catalysts featuring dinuclear metal sites are regarded as superior systems compared with
their counterparts with mononuclear metal sites. The dinuclear metal sites in catalysts with …

Tackling the activity and selectivity challenges of electrocatalysts toward the nitrogen reduction reaction via atomically dispersed biatom catalysts

X Guo, J Gu, S Lin, S Zhang, Z Chen… - Journal of the American …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Develo** efficient catalysts for nitrogen fixation is becoming increasingly important but is
still challenging due to the lack of robust design criteria for tackling the activity and selectivity …

“More is different:” synergistic effect and structural engineering in double‐atom catalysts

Y Ying, X Luo, J Qiao, H Huang - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Double‐atom catalysts (DACs) have emerged as a novel frontier in heterogeneous catalysis
because the synergistic effect between adjacent active sites can promote their catalytic …