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 …

Microenvironment engineering of single/dual‐atom catalysts for electrocatalytic application

Y Gao, B Liu, D Wang - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Single/dual‐metal atoms supported on carbon matrix can be modulated by coordination
structure and neighboring active sites. Precisely designing the geometric and electronic …

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 …

Engineering dual single‐atom sites on 2D ultrathin N‐doped carbon nanosheets attaining ultra‐low‐temperature zinc‐air battery

T Cui, YP Wang, T Ye, J Wu, Z Chen, J Li… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Herein, a novel dual single‐atom catalyst comprising adjacent Fe‐N4 and Mn‐N4 sites on
2D ultrathin N‐doped carbon nanosheets with porous structure (FeMn‐DSAC) was …

Synergistic Fe− Se atom pairs as bifunctional oxygen electrocatalysts boost low‐temperature rechargeable Zn‐air battery

Y Wang, J Wu, S Tang, J Yang, C Ye… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Herein, we successfully construct bifunctional electrocatalysts by synthesizing atomically
dispersed Fe− Se atom pairs supported on N‐doped carbon (Fe− Se/NC). The obtained Fe …

Iron atom–cluster interactions increase activity and improve durability in Fe–N–C fuel cells

X Wan, Q Liu, J Liu, S Liu, X Liu, L Zheng… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Simultaneously increasing the activity and stability of the single-atom active sites of M–N–C
catalysts is critical but remains a great challenge. Here, we report an Fe–N–C catalyst with …

[HTML][HTML] Theory-oriented screening and discovery of advanced energy transformation materials in electrocatalysis

H **g, P Zhu, X Zheng, Z Zhang, D Wang… - Advanced Powder …, 2022 - Elsevier
Various metal-based electrocatalysts from nanocrystals, to clusters and single-atoms, have
been well-discovered towards high-efficient power devices and electrocatalytic conversion …

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 …

Regulations of active moiety in single atom catalysts for electrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction

P Zhu, X **ong, D Wang - Nano Research, 2022 - Springer
Hydrogen production from water splitting using renewable electric energy is an interesting
topic towards the carbon neutral future. Single atom catalysts (SACs) have emerged as 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 …