Recent advances of single-atom catalysts in CO 2 conversion

S Wang, L Wang, D Wang, Y Li - Energy & Environmental Science, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The catalytic transformation of CO2 into valuable fuels/chemicals is a promising and
economically profitable process because it offers an alternative toward fossil feedstocks 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 …

Designing covalent organic frameworks with Co-O4 atomic sites for efficient CO2 photoreduction

Q Zhang, S Gao, Y Guo, H Wang, J Wei, X Su… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Cobalt coordinated covalent organic frameworks have attracted increasing interest in the
field of CO2 photoreduction to CO, owing to their high electron affinity and predesigned …

Atomically Dispersed Ni–Cu Catalysts for pH‐Universal CO2 Electroreduction

L Zhang, J Feng, S Liu, X Tan, L Wu, S Jia… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
CO2 electroreduction is of great significance to reduce CO2 emissions and complete the
carbon cycle. However, the unavoidable carbonate formation and low CO2 utilization …

Electrocatalytic reduction of nitrate–a step towards a sustainable nitrogen cycle

H Xu, Y Ma, J Chen, W Zhang, J Yang - Chemical society reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Nitrate enrichment, which is mainly caused by the over-utilization of fertilisers and industrial
sewage discharge, is a major global engineering challenge because of its negative …

Synergy of dual-atom catalysts deviated from the scaling relationship for oxygen evolution reaction

C Fang, J Zhou, L Zhang, W Wan, Y Ding… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Dual-atom catalysts, particularly those with heteronuclear active sites, have the potential to
outperform the well-established single-atom catalysts for oxygen evolution reaction, but the …

Optimization strategies of covalent organic frameworks and their derivatives for electrocatalytic applications

L **ao, Z Wang, J Guan - Advanced Functional Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) are crystalline organic porous polymers that can be
precisely integrated by building blocks to achieve pre‐designed composition, components …

A replacement strategy for regulating local environment of single-atom Co-SxN4−x catalysts to facilitate CO2 electroreduction

J Pei, H Shang, J Mao, Z Chen, R Sui, X Zhang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The performances of single-atom catalysts are governed by their local coordination
environments. Here, a thermal replacement strategy is developed for the synthesis of single …

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 …

Engineering strategies and active site identification of MXene-based catalysts for electrochemical conversion reactions

Y Zhao, J Zhang, X Guo, X Cao, S Wang… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
MXenes have been extensively studied due to their high metallic conductivity, hydrophilic
properties, tunable layer structure and attractive surface chemistry, making them highly …