Microenvironment engineering of single/dual‐atom catalysts for electrocatalytic application

Y Gao, B Liu, D Wang - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Single/dual‐metal atoms supported on carbon matrix can be modulated by coordination
structure and neighboring active sites. Precisely designing the geometric and electronic …

Noble‐metal‐free single‐and dual‐atom catalysts for artificial photosynthesis

H Li, R Li, G Liu, M Zhai, J Yu - Advanced Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Artificial photosynthesis enables direct solar‐to‐chemical energy conversion aimed at
mitigating environmental pollution and producing solar fuels and chemicals in a green and …

Boosting oxygen electrocatalytic activity of Fe–N–C catalysts by phosphorus incorporation

Y Zhou, R Lu, X Tao, Z Qiu, G Chen… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Nitrogen-doped graphitic carbon materials hosting single-atom iron (Fe–N–C) are major non-
precious metal catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). The nitrogen-coordinated …

Dynamic stability of copper single-atom catalysts under working conditions

X Bai, X Zhao, Y Zhang, C Ling, Y Zhou… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The long-term stability of single-atom catalysts is a major factor affecting their large-scale
commercial application. How to evaluate the dynamic stability of single-atom catalysts under …

Asymmetric Atomic Dual‐Sites for Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction

G Jia, Y Zhang, JC Yu, Z Guo - Advanced Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Atomically dispersed active sites in a photocatalyst offer unique advantages such as locally
tuned electronic structures, quantum size effects, and maximum utilization of atomic species …

Dynamic evolution of the active center driven by hemilabile coordination in Cu/CeO2 single-atom catalyst

Z Chen, Z Liu, X Xu - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Hemilability is an important concept in homogeneous catalysis where both the reactant
activation and the product formation can occur simultaneously through a reversible opening …

Time-resolved formation and operation maps of pd catalysts suggest a key role of single atom centers in cross-coupling

AS Galushko, DA Boiko, EO Pentsak… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
An approach to the spatially localized characterization of supported catalysts over a reaction
course is proposed. It consists of a combination of scanning, transmission, and high …

Microenvironment engineering of heterogeneous catalysts for liquid-phase environmental catalysis

ZS Zhu, S Zhong, C Cheng, H Zhou, H Sun… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Environmental catalysis has emerged as a scientific frontier in mitigating water pollution and
advancing circular chemistry and reaction microenvironment significantly influences the …

Modeling Single‐Atom Catalysis

G Di Liberto, G Pacchioni - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Electronic structure calculations represent an essential complement of experiments to
characterize single‐atom catalysts (SACs), consisting of isolated metal atoms stabilized on a …

Enhancing Methane Combustion Activity by Modulating the Local Environment of Pd Single Atoms in Pd1/CeO2 Catalysts

J Tian, R Kong, Z Wang, L Fang, T He, D Jiang… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Reducing methane emissions is crucial for mitigating global warming. Develo** highly
efficient catalysts for low-temperature methane combustion is of great importance …