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 …

Emerging low-nuclearity supported metal catalysts with atomic level precision for efficient heterogeneous catalysis

X Zheng, B Li, Q Wang, D Wang, Y Li - Nano research, 2022 - Springer
Supported atomically dispersed metal catalysts (ADMCs) have received enormous attention
due to their high atom utilization efficiency, mass activity and excellent selectivity. Single …

Understanding the structure-performance relationship of active sites at atomic scale

R Li, D Wang - Nano Research, 2022 - Springer
Metal-based atomically dispersed catalysts have attracted more attention because of their
excellent catalytic performance and nearly 100% atom utilization. Therefore, it is very …

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 …

Ru–Co pair sites catalyst boosts the energetics for the oxygen evolution reaction

X Zheng, J Yang, Z Xu, Q Wang, J Wu… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Manipulating the coordination environment of the active center via anion modulation to
reveal tailored activity and selectivity has been widely achieved, especially for carbon …

Lattice Strain and Schottky Junction Dual Regulation Boosts Ultrafine Ruthenium Nanoparticles Anchored on a N-Modified Carbon Catalyst for H2 Production

Z Jiang, S Song, X Zheng, X Liang, Z Li… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Ruthenium-based materials are considered great promising candidates to replace Pt-based
catalysts for hydrogen production in alkaline conditions. Herein, we adopt a facile method to …

Regulations of active moiety in single atom catalysts for electrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction

P Zhu, X Xiong, D Wang - Nano Research, 2022 - Springer
Hydrogen production from water splitting using renewable electric energy is an interesting
topic towards the carbon neutral future. Single atom catalysts (SACs) have emerged as a …

Metal-metal interactions in correlated single-atom catalysts

J Shan, C Ye, Y Jiang, M Jaroniec, Y Zheng… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Single-atom catalysts (SACs) include a promising family of electrocatalysts with unique
geometric structures. Beyond conventional ones with fully isolated metal sites, an emerging …

Breaking local charge symmetry of iron single atoms for efficient electrocatalytic nitrate reduction to ammonia

J Xu, S Zhang, H Liu, S Liu, Y Yuan… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The electrochemical conversion of nitrate pollutants into value‐added ammonia is a feasible
way to achieve artificial nitrogen cycle. However, the development of electrocatalytic nitrate …

Tuning mass transport in electrocatalysis down to sub‐5 nm through nanoscale grade separation

Z Liu, Y Du, R Yu, M Zheng, R Hu, J Wu… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Nano and single‐atom catalysis open new possibilities of producing green hydrogen (H2)
by water electrolysis. However, for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) which occurs at a …