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 …

The reformation of catalyst: From a trial-and-error synthesis to rational design

L Wang, J Wu, S Wang, H Liu, Y Wang, D Wang - Nano Research, 2024 - Springer
The appropriate catalysts can accelerate the reaction rate and effectively boost the efficient
conversion of various molecules, which is of great importance in the study of chemistry …

Atomically dispersed Ni activates adjacent Ce sites for enhanced electrocatalytic oxygen evolution activity

Z Pei, H Zhang, ZP Wu, XF Lu, D Luan, XW Lou - Science Advances, 2023 - science.org
Manipulating the intrinsic activity of heterogeneous catalysts at the atomic level is an
effective strategy to improve the electrocatalytic performances but remains challenging …

Geometric and Electronic Engineering of Atomically Dispersed Copper‐Cobalt Diatomic Sites for Synergistic Promotion of Bifunctional Oxygen Electrocatalysis in Zinc …

Z Li, S Ji, C Wang, H Liu, L Leng, L Du… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The development of rechargeable zinc–air batteries is heavily dependent on bifunctional
oxygen electrocatalysts to offer exceptional oxygen reduction/evolution reaction (ORR/OER) …

Ir nanoparticles anchored on metal‐organic frameworks for efficient overall water splitting under pH‐universal conditions

J Yang, Y Shen, Y Sun, J Xian, Y Long… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The construction of high‐activity and low‐cost electrocatalysts is critical for efficient
hydrogen production by water electrolysis. Herein, we developed an advanced …

Proximity electronic effect of Ni/Co diatomic sites for synergistic promotion of electrocatalytic oxygen reduction and hydrogen evolution

M Li, H Zhu, Q Yuan, T Li, M Wang… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The modulation effect manifests an encouraging potential to enhance the performance of
single‐atom catalysts; however, the in‐depth study about this effect for the isolated diatomic …

Isolated electron trap‐induced charge accumulation for efficient photocatalytic hydrogen production

W Huang, C Su, C Zhu, T Bo, S Zuo, W Zhou… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The solar‐driven evolution of hydrogen from water using particulate photocatalysts is
considered one of the most economical and promising protocols for achieving a stable …

Co-catalytic metal–support interactions in single-atom electrocatalysts

L Gloag, SV Somerville, JJ Gooding… - Nature Reviews Materials, 2024 - nature.com
Single-atom catalysts (SACs) are advantageous because every active atom is exposed at
the surface, ensuring maximum utilization of catalytically active metals. To optimize the …

Bifunctional single atom catalysts for rechargeable zinc–air batteries: from dynamic mechanism to rational design

P Zhang, K Chen, J Li, M Wang, M Li, Y Liu… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Ever‐growing demands for rechargeable zinc–air batteries (ZABs) call for efficient
bifunctional electrocatalysts. Among various electrocatalysts, single atom catalysts (SACs) …

[HTML][HTML] Synergy of dual-atom catalysts deviated from the scaling relationship for oxygen evolution reaction

C Fang, J Zhou, L Zhang, W Wan, Y Ding… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Dual-atom catalysts, particularly those with heteronuclear active sites, have the potential to
outperform the well-established single-atom catalysts for oxygen evolution reaction, but the …