Bimetallic sites for catalysis: from binuclear metal sites to bimetallic nanoclusters and nanoparticles

L Liu, A Corma - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Heterogeneous bimetallic catalysts have broad applications in industrial processes, but
achieving a fundamental understanding on the nature of the active sites in bimetallic …

Recent advances in electrocatalysts for efficient nitrate reduction to ammonia

D Liu, L Qiao, S Peng, H Bai, C Liu… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Ammonia as an irreplaceable chemical has been widely demanded to keep the sustainable
development of the modern society. However, its industrial production consumes huge …

Tailoring d-band center of high-valent metal-oxo species for pollutant removal via complete polymerization

HZ Liu, XX Shu, M Huang, BB Wu, JJ Chen… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Polymerization-driven removal of pollutants in advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) offers
a sustainable way for the simultaneous achievement of contamination abatement and …

Review of carbon support coordination environments for single metal atom electrocatalysts (SACS)

W Song, C **ao, J Ding, Z Huang, X Yang… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This topical review focuses on the distinct role of carbon support coordination environment
of single‐atom catalysts (SACs) for electrocatalysis. The article begins with an overview of …

Catalysis of alloys: classification, principles, and design for a variety of materials and reactions

Y Nakaya, S Furukawa - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Alloying has long been used as a promising methodology to improve the catalytic
performance of metallic materials. In recent years, the field of alloy catalysis has made …

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 …

Terbium-induced cobalt valence-band narrowing boosts electrocatalytic oxygen reduction

X Wang, J Zhang, P Wang, L Li, H Wang… - Energy & …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Rare-earth (RE)-based materials are evolving as a promising paradigm for the
electrocatalytic oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) to lead the practical application in energy …

Surface and interface coordination chemistry learned from model heterogeneous metal nanocatalysts: from atomically dispersed catalysts to atomically precise …

W **g, H Shen, R Qin, Q Wu, K Liu, N Zheng - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
The surface and interface coordination structures of heterogeneous metal catalysts are
crucial to their catalytic performance. However, the complicated surface and interface …

General synthesis of a diatomic catalyst library via a macrocyclic precursor-mediated approach

YX Zhang, S Zhang, H Huang, X Liu, B Li… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Heterogeneous catalysts containing diatomic sites are often hypothesized to have distinctive
reactivity due to synergistic effects, but there are limited approaches that enable the …

Size‐dependent catalysis in fenton‐like chemistry: from nanoparticles to single atoms

J Guo, B Gao, Q Li, S Wang, Y Shang… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
State‐of‐the‐art Fenton‐like reactions are crucial in advanced oxidation processes (AOPs)
for water purification. This review explores the latest advancements in heterogeneous metal …