Rational design of better hydrogen evolution electrocatalysts for water splitting: a review

F Liu, C Shi, X Guo, Z He, L Pan, ZF Huang… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The excessive dependence on fossil fuels contributes to the majority of CO2 emissions,
influencing on the climate change. One promising alternative to fossil fuels is green …

Inorganic non-carbon supported Pt catalysts and synergetic effects for oxygen reduction reaction

Q Sun, XH Li, KX Wang, TN Ye, JS Chen - Energy & Environmental …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is regarded as the rate-determining step in a fuel cell or a
metal–air battery because of the kinetically retarded four-electron process. Among the …

Local coordination regulation through tuning atomic‐scale cavities of Pd metallene toward efficient oxygen reduction electrocatalysis

F Lin, F Lv, Q Zhang, H Luo, K Wang, J Zhou… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Moderate adsorption of oxygenated intermediates takes a significant role in rational design
of high‐efficiency oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) electrocatalysts. Long‐serving as a …

Identification of the active complex for CO oxidation over single-atom Ir-on-MgAl2O4 catalysts

Y Lu, J Wang, L Yu, L Kovarik, X Zhang, AS Hoffman… - Nature Catalysis, 2019 - nature.com
Supported single atoms provide an opportunity to design new heterogeneous catalysts
while optimizing the utilization of noble metals. However, identification of the active single …

Activation of subnanometric Pt on Cu-modified CeO2 via redox-coupled atomic layer deposition for CO oxidation

X Liu, S Jia, M Yang, Y Tang, Y Wen, S Chu… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Improving the low-temperature activity (below 100° C) and noble-metal efficiency of
automotive exhaust catalysts has been a continuous effort to eliminate cold-start emissions …

One-Pot Synthesis of Highly Anisotropic Five-Fold-Twinned PtCu Nanoframes Used as a Bifunctional Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Reduction and Methanol Oxidation.

Z Zhang, Z Luo, B Chen, C Wei, J Zhao… - … (Deerfield Beach, Fla …, 2016 - europepmc.org
Five-fold-twinned PtCu nanoframes (NFs) with nanothorns protruding from their edges are
synthesized by a facile one-pot method. Compared to commercial Pt/C catalyst, the obtained …

Design of Efficient Catalysts with Double Transition Metal Atoms on C2N Layer

X Li, W Zhong, P Cui, J Li, J Jiang - The journal of physical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Heterogeneous catalysis often involves molecular adsorptions to charged catalyst site and
reactions triggered by catalyst charges. Here we use first-principles simulations to design …

CO Oxidation on Au/TiO2: Condition-Dependent Active Sites and Mechanistic Pathways

YG Wang, DC Cantu, MS Lee, J Li… - Journal of the …, 2016 - ACS Publications
We present results of ab initio electronic structure and molecular dynamics simulations
(AIMD), as well as a microkinetic model of CO oxidation catalyzed by TiO2 supported Au …

Nano-sized Ag rather than single-atom Ag determines CO oxidation activity and stability

F Wang, Z Li, H Wang, M Chen, C Zhang, P Ning, H He - Nano Research, 2022 - Springer
Single-atom catalysis recently attracts great attentions, however, whether single atom or
their nanoparticle (NP) has the advantage in its intrinsic activity remains under heated …

Single atom excels as the smallest functional material

W Zhang, W Zheng - Advanced Functional Materials, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The emerging single‐atom field spans single‐atom catalysis in chemistry and single‐atom
manipulation in physics up to the state‐of‐the‐art characterization via imaging and …