Atomic distance engineering in metal catalysts to regulate catalytic performance

R Li, J Zhao, B Liu, D Wang - Advanced Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
It is very important to understand the structure–performance relationship of metal catalysts
by adjusting the microstructure of catalysts at the atomic scale. The atomic distance has an …

Recent advances in carbon‐supported noble‐metal electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction: syntheses, structures, and properties

Y Liu, Q Wang, J Zhang, J Ding… - Advanced Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The electrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) that converts renewable electricity
into storable hydrogen, a sustainable and clean energy carrier, provides a promising …

Synergistic Fe− Se atom pairs as bifunctional oxygen electrocatalysts boost low‐temperature rechargeable Zn‐air battery

Y Wang, J Wu, S Tang, J Yang, C Ye… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Herein, we successfully construct bifunctional electrocatalysts by synthesizing atomically
dispersed Fe− Se atom pairs supported on N‐doped carbon (Fe− Se/NC). The obtained Fe …

Water electrolysis for hydrogen production: from hybrid systems to self-powered/catalyzed devices

JT Ren, L Chen, HY Wang, WW Tian… - Energy & Environmental …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The electrocatalytic splitting of water holds great promise as a sustainable and
environmentally friendly technology for hydrogen production. However, the sluggish kinetics …

Ferromagnetic single-atom spin catalyst for boosting water splitting

T Sun, Z Tang, W Zang, Z Li, J Li, Z Li, L Cao… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Heterogeneous single-atom spin catalysts combined with magnetic fields provide a powerful
means for accelerating chemical reactions with enhanced metal utilization and reaction …

Orthogonal charge transfer by precise positioning of silver single atoms and clusters on carbon nitride for efficient piezocatalytic pure water splitting

C Hu, J Hu, Z Zhu, Y Lu, S Chu, T Ma… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Developing efficient piezocatalytic systems for two‐electron water splitting (TEWS) with
producing H2 and H2O2 shows great promise to meet the industrial demand. Herein, Ag …

A durable half-metallic diatomic catalyst for efficient oxygen reduction

H Li, S Di, P Niu, S Wang, J Wang, L Li - Energy & Environmental …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Single atom metal–nitrogen–carbon materials have shown immense potential for the oxygen
reduction reaction (ORR) while the development of durable catalysts with high reactivity …

Hierarchically Porous Carbons with Highly Curved Surfaces for Hosting Single Metal FeN4 Sites as Outstanding Oxygen Reduction Catalysts

G Chen, R Lu, C Li, J Yu, X Li, L Ni, Q Zhang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Iron–nitrogen–carbon (Fe N C) materials have emerged as a promising alternative to
platinum‐group metals for catalyzing the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in proton …

Engineering the local atomic environments of indium single‐atom catalysts for efficient electrochemical production of hydrogen peroxide

E Zhang, L Tao, J An, J Zhang, L Meng… - Angewandte …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The in‐depth understanding of local atomic environment–property relationships of p‐block
metal single‐atom catalysts toward the 2 e− oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) has rarely …

Atomically Dispersed Co2–N6 and Fe–N4 Costructures Boost Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Both Alkaline and Acidic Media

Z Wang, X Jin, C Zhu, Y Liu, H Tan, R Ku… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Polynary transition‐metal atom catalysts are promising to supersede platinum (Pt)‐based
catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). Regulating the local configuration of atomic …