A critical review on correlating active sites, oxidative species and degradation routes with persulfate-based antibiotics oxidation

N Li, J Ye, H Dai, P Shao, L Liang, L Kong, B Yan… - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
At present, numerous heterogeneous catalysts have been synthesized to activate persulfate
(PS) and produce various reactive species for antibiotic degradation from water. However …

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 …

Insights into the activity of single-atom Fe-NC catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction

K Liu, J Fu, Y Lin, T Luo, G Ni, H Li, Z Lin… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Single-atom Fe-NC catalysts has attracted widespread attentions in the oxygen reduction
reaction (ORR). However, the origin of ORR activity on Fe-NC catalysts is still unclear, which …

Regulating the Spin State of FeIII Enhances the Magnetic Effect of the Molecular Catalysis Mechanism

Z Sun, L Lin, J He, D Ding, T Wang, J Li… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Aqueous-phase oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is the bottleneck of water splitting. The
formation of the O–O bond involves the generation of paramagnetic oxygen molecules from …

Spin selection in atomic-level chiral metal oxide for photocatalysis

M Ai, L Pan, C Shi, ZF Huang, X Zhang, W Mi… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The spin degree of freedom is an important and intrinsic parameter in boosting carrier
dynamics and surface reaction kinetics of photocatalysis. Here we show that chiral structure …

An adjacent atomic platinum site enables single‐atom iron with high oxygen reduction reaction performance

A Han, X Wang, K Tang, Z Zhang, C Ye… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The modulation effect has been widely investigated to tune the electronic state of single‐
atomic M‐N‐C catalysts to enhance the activity of oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) …

Unraveling the origin of sulfur‐doped Fe‐N‐C single‐atom catalyst for enhanced oxygen reduction activity: effect of iron spin‐state tuning

Z Chen, H Niu, J Ding, H Liu, PH Chen… - Angewandte …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Heteroatom doped atomically dispersed Fe1‐NC catalysts have been found to show
excellent activity toward oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). However, the origin of the …

Spin-state-dependent peroxymonosulfate activation of single-atom M–N moieties via a radical-free pathway

J Miao, Y Zhu, J Lang, J Zhang, S Cheng, B Zhou… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Transition metal catalysts are known to activate persulfate, but the properties that govern the
intrinsic activity of these catalysts are still unknown. Here, we developed a series of catalysts …

Improved electronic structure from spin-state reconstruction of a heteronuclear Fe–Co diatomic pair to boost the Fenton-like reaction

Z Zhao, M Hu, T Nie, W Zhou, B Pan… - … Science & Technology, 2023 - ACS Publications
Dual-atom catalysts (DACs) are promising candidates for various catalytic reactions,
including electrocatalysis, chemical synthesis, and environmental remediation. However, the …

Activity and Selectivity Roadmap for C–N Electro-Coupling on MXenes

Y Jiao, H Li, Y Jiao, SZ Qiao - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Electrochemical coupling between carbon and nitrogen species to generate high-value C–N
products, including urea, presents significant economic and environmental potentials for …