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 …

Atomic site electrocatalysts for water splitting, oxygen reduction and selective oxidation

D Zhao, Z Zhuang, X Cao, C Zhang, Q Peng… - Chemical Society …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Electrocatalysis plays a central role in clean energy conversion, enabling a number of
processes for future sustainable technologies. Atomic site electrocatalysts (ASCs), including …

Recent progress of metal single-atom catalysts for energy applications

Q Yang, Y Jiang, H Zhuo, EM Mitchell, Q Yu - Nano Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Single-atom catalysts (SACs) have received tremendous attention in heterogeneous
catalysis because of their excellent catalytic performance and robust stability. Metal SACs …

Noble-metal single-atoms in thermocatalysis, electrocatalysis, and photocatalysis

F Zhang, Y Zhu, Q Lin, L Zhang, X Zhang… - Energy & Environmental …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Noble metals have received widespread applications in the field of catalysis due to their
unique intrinsic properties and irreplaceable catalytic activities. However, in consideration of …

Race on engineering noble metal single-atom electrocatalysts for water splitting

H Xu, Y Zhao, G He, H Chen - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Constructing noble metal single-atom catalysts (NMSACs) is essential to boosting the water
splitting electrocatalysis by virtue of their maximum atom utilization and distinctive electronic …

Ambient electrosynthesis toward single‐atom sites for electrocatalytic green hydrogen cycling

X Zhao, D He, BY **a, Y Sun, B You - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
With the ultimate atomic utilization, well‐defined configuration of active sites and unique
electronic properties, catalysts with single‐atom sites (SASs) exhibit appealing performance …

Trends and Prospects of Bulk and Single‐Atom Catalysts for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction

S Iqbal, B Safdar, I Hussain, K Zhang… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Electrolytic hydrogen is expected to play a key role in the production of green fuels and
chemicals, while contributing to balancing consumption and supply in the future electricity …

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 …

Applications of single-atom catalysts

Q Zhang, J Guan - Nano Research, 2022 - Springer
Owning to unsaturated coordination environment, quantum size effect and metal-support
interaction, single-or dual-atom metal sites, such as Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Mo, Ru, Rh, Pd …

Emerging electrochemical techniques for probing site behavior in single-atom electrocatalysts

Z **, P Li, Z Fang, G Yu - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2022 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Single-atom catalysts (SACs) have aroused tremendous interest over the past
decade, particularly in the community of energy and environment-related electrocatalysis. A …