Heterogeneous single-atom catalysis

A Wang, J Li, T Zhang - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2018 - nature.com
Single-atom catalysis has arguably become the most active new frontier in heterogeneous
catalysis. Aided by recent advances in practical synthetic methodologies, characterization …

Characterization techniques for nanoparticles: comparison and complementarity upon studying nanoparticle properties

S Mourdikoudis, RM Pallares, NTK Thanh - Nanoscale, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanostructures have attracted huge interest as a rapidly growing class of materials for many
applications. Several techniques have been used to characterize the size, crystal structure …

Well-defined materials for heterogeneous catalysis: from nanoparticles to isolated single-atom sites

Z Li, S Ji, Y Liu, X Cao, S Tian, Y Chen, Z Niu… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The use of well-defined materials in heterogeneous catalysis will open up numerous new
opportunities for the development of advanced catalysts to address the global challenges in …

Single-atom catalysis of CO oxidation using Pt1/FeOx

B Qiao, A Wang, X Yang, LF Allard, Z Jiang, Y Cui… - Nature …, 2011 - nature.com
Platinum-based heterogeneous catalysts are critical to many important commercial chemical
processes, but their efficiency is extremely low on a per metal atom basis, because only the …

Precisely Constructing Orbital Coupling-Modulated Dual-Atom Fe Pair Sites for Synergistic CO2 Electroreduction

Y Wang, BJ Park, VK Paidi, R Huang, Y Lee… - ACS Energy …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Electrochemical reduction of CO2 (CO2RR) provides an attractive pathway to achieve a
carbon-neutral energy cycle. Single-atom catalysts (SAC) have shown unique potential in …

Hot Electrons Do the Impossible: Plasmon-Induced Dissociation of H2 on Au

S Mukherjee, F Libisch, N Large, O Neumann… - Nano …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Heterogeneous catalysis is of paramount importance in chemistry and energy applications.
Catalysts that couple light energy into chemical reactions in a directed, orbital-specific …

Atomic Bridging Structure of Nickel–Nitrogen–Carbon for Highly Efficient Electrocatalytic Reduction of CO2

X Cao, L Zhao, B Wulan, D Tan, Q Chen… - Angewandte …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
To meet strategic applications, electrochemical reduction of CO2 into value‐added chemical
molecules would be improved by the rational design of advanced electrocatalysts with …

Bottom-up precise synthesis of stable platinum dimers on graphene

H Yan, Y Lin, H Wu, W Zhang, Z Sun, H Cheng… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Supported metal clusters containing only a few atoms are of great interest. Progress has
been made in synthesis of metal single-atom catalysts. However, precise synthesis of metal …

Impact of nanoparticle size and lattice oxygen on water oxidation on NiFeOxHy

C Roy, B Sebok, SB Scott, EM Fiordaliso… - Nature Catalysis, 2018 - nature.com
NiFeO x H y are the most active catalysts for oxygen evolution in a base. For this reason,
they are used widely in alkaline electrolysers. Several open questions remain as to the …

Atomically precise nanoclusters predominantly seed gold nanoparticle syntheses

L Qiao, N Pollard, RD Senanayake, Z Yang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Seed-mediated synthesis strategies, in which small gold nanoparticle precursors are added
to a growth solution to initiate heterogeneous nucleation, are among the most prevalent …