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 …

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 …

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 …

Formic acid to power towards low‐carbon economy

I Dutta, S Chatterjee, H Cheng… - Advanced Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The storage and utilization of low‐carbon electricity and decarbonization of transportation
are essential components for the future energy transition into a low‐carbon economy. While …

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 …

Recent advances in the use of nitrogen-doped carbon materials for the design of noble metal catalysts

JL Fiorio, MAS Garcia, ML Gothe, D Galvan… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
Noble metals nanoparticles (NPs) and single atoms (SAs) supported on nitrogen-doped
carbon (NC) materials display remarkable activity and selectivity in a wide variety of …

Catalysis with two-dimensional materials confining single atoms: concept, design, and applications

Y Wang, J Mao, X Meng, L Yu, D Deng, X Bao - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
Two-dimensional materials and single-atom catalysts are two frontier research fields in
catalysis. A new category of catalysts with the integration of both aspects has been rapidly …

Single‐atom catalysts for hydrogen generation: rational design, recent advances, and perspectives

C Zhang, H Wang, H Yu, K Yi, W Zhang… - Advanced Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrogen is widely believed to be a promising fuel to solve the global energy crisis and
environmental issues. The catalytic system represented by metal‐supported catalysts is an …

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 …

Asymmetric Coordination of Iridium Single‐atom IrN3O Boosting Formic Acid Oxidation Catalysis

L Wang, B Ji, Y Zheng, Y Tang - … Chemie International Edition, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Rational design of the proximal coordination of an active site to achieve its optimum catalytic
activity is the ultimate goal in single‐atom catalysis, but still challenging. Here, we report …