Single-atom catalysts across the periodic table

SK Kaiser, Z Chen, D Faust Akl, S Mitchell… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Isolated atoms featuring unique reactivity are at the heart of enzymatic and homogeneous
catalysts. In contrast, although the concept has long existed, single-atom heterogeneous …

Single-atom catalysts based on the metal–oxide interaction

R Lang, X Du, Y Huang, X Jiang, Q Zhang… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Metal atoms dispersed on the oxide supports constitute a large category of single-atom
catalysts. In this review, oxide supported single-atom catalysts are discussed about their …

Single-atom (iron-based) catalysts: synthesis and applications

B Singh, MB Gawande, AD Kute, RS Varma… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Supported single-metal atom catalysts (SACs) are constituted of isolated active metal
centers, which are heterogenized on inert supports such as graphene, porous carbon, and …

Surface coordination chemistry of atomically dispersed metal catalysts

R Qin, K Liu, Q Wu, N Zheng - Chemical Reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Atomically dispersed metal catalysts (ADCs), as an emerging class of heterogeneous
catalysts, have been widely investigated during the past two decades. The atomic dispersion …

Non-carbon-supported single-atom site catalysts for electrocatalysis

X Zheng, P Li, S Dou, W Sun, H Pan… - Energy & Environmental …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Single-atom site catalysts (SACs) have received considerable attention for electrocatalytic
applications, owing to their maximum atom-utilization efficiency, well-identified active …

Theoretical insights into single-atom catalysts

L Li, X Chang, X Lin, ZJ Zhao, J Gong - Chemical Society Reviews, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Single-atom catalysts (SACs) with atomically dispersed metals have emerged as a new
class of heterogeneous catalysts and have attracted considerable interest because they …

Anchoring zero valence single atoms of nickel and iron on graphdiyne for hydrogen evolution

Y Xue, B Huang, Y Yi, Y Guo, Z Zuo, Y Li, Z Jia… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Electrocatalysis by atomic catalysts is a major focus of chemical and energy conversion
effort. Although transition-metal-based bulk electrocatalysts for electrochemical application …

Single-atom catalysts designed and prepared by the atomic layer deposition technique

J Fonseca, J Lu - ACS Catalysis, 2021 - ACS Publications
The atomic layer deposition (ALD) technique allows the synthesis of materials at the atomic
scale to be controlled. ALD has been adapted to design and prepare single-atom catalysts …

Rare‐earth single‐atom catalysts: a new frontier in photo/electrocatalysis

X Wang, Y Zhu, H Li, JM Lee, Y Tang, G Fu - Small Methods, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Single‐atom catalysts (SACs) provide well‐defined active sites with 100% atom utilization,
and can be prepared using a wide range of support materials. Therefore, they are attracting …

Atomically dispersed metal catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction: synthesis, characterization, reaction mechanisms and electrochemical energy applications

M Liu, L Wang, K Zhao, S Shi, Q Shao… - Energy & …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
In recent years, atomically dispersed metal catalysts (ADMCs) with well-defined structures
have attracted great interest from researchers for electrocatalytic applications due to their …