Bimetallic sites for catalysis: from binuclear metal sites to bimetallic nanoclusters and nanoparticles

L Liu, A Corma - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Heterogeneous bimetallic catalysts have broad applications in industrial processes, but
achieving a fundamental understanding on the nature of the active sites in bimetallic …

Rational design of single‐atom site electrocatalysts: from theoretical understandings to practical applications

Y Wang, D Wang, Y Li - Advanced Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Atomically dispersed metal‐based electrocatalysts have attracted increasing attention due to
their nearly 100% atomic utilization and excellent catalytic performance. However, current …

Sabatier principle of metal-support interaction for design of ultrastable metal nanocatalysts

S Hu, WX Li - Science, 2021 - science.org
The stability of supported nanocatalysts is crucial to meeting environmental and energy
challenges and necessitates fundamental theory to relieve trial-and-error experimentation …

Metal–support interactions in metal/oxide catalysts and oxide–metal interactions in oxide/metal inverse catalysts

Y Li, Y Zhang, K Qian, W Huang - ACS Catalysis, 2022 - ACS Publications
Solid catalysts usually consist of multicomponents, within which interfacial interactions have
been recognized as a key factor affecting structures and catalytic performance. Metal …

Overturning CO2 Hydrogenation Selectivity with High Activity via Reaction-Induced Strong Metal–Support Interactions

H **n, L Lin, R Li, D Li, T Song, R Mu… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Encapsulation of metal nanoparticles by support-derived materials known as the classical
strong metal–support interaction (SMSI) often happens upon thermal treatment of supported …

Orbital occupancy and spin polarization: from mechanistic study to rational design of transition metal-based electrocatalysts toward energy applications

VH Do, JM Lee - ACS nano, 2022 - ACS Publications
Over the past few decades, development of electrocatalysts for energy applications has
extensively transitioned from trial-and-error methodologies to more rational and directed …

Synergizing metal–support interactions and spatial confinement boosts dynamics of atomic nickel for hydrogenations

J Gu, M Jian, L Huang, Z Sun, A Li, Y Pan… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Atomically dispersed metal catalysts maximize atom efficiency and display unique catalytic
properties compared with regular metal nanoparticles. However, achieving high reactivity …

Chemical synthesis of single atomic site catalysts

S Ji, Y Chen, X Wang, Z Zhang, D Wang, Y Li - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Manipulating metal atoms in a controllable way for the synthesis of materials with the
desired structure and properties is the holy grail of chemical synthesis. The recent …

Surface coordination chemistry of atomically dispersed metal catalysts

R Qin, K Liu, Q Wu, N Zheng - Chemical Reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Atomically dispersed metal catalysts (ADCs), as an emerging class of heterogeneous
catalysts, have been widely investigated during the past two decades. The atomic dispersion …

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 …