Recent advances of single-atom catalysts in CO 2 conversion

S Wang, L Wang, D Wang, Y Li - Energy & Environmental Science, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The catalytic transformation of CO2 into valuable fuels/chemicals is a promising and
economically profitable process because it offers an alternative toward fossil feedstocks and …

Isolating single and few atoms for enhanced catalysis

Y Chen, J Lin, B Jia, X Wang, S Jiang… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Atomically dispersed metal catalysts have triggered great interest in the field of catalysis
owing to their unique features. Isolated single or few metal atoms can be anchored on …

Functional CeOx nanoglues for robust atomically dispersed catalysts

X Li, XI Pereira-Hernández, Y Chen, J Xu, J Zhao… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Single-atom catalysts make exceptionally efficient use of expensive noble metals and can
bring out unique properties,–. However, applications are usually compromised by limited …

Interface dynamics of Pd–CeO2 single-atom catalysts during CO oxidation

V Muravev, G Spezzati, YQ Su, A Parastaev… - Nature Catalysis, 2021 - nature.com
In recent years, noble metals atomically dispersed on solid oxide supports have become a
frontier of heterogeneous catalysis. In pursuit of an ultimate atom efficiency, the stability of …

Single-atom catalysts across the periodic table

SK Kaiser, Z Chen, D Faust Akl, S Mitchell… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Isolated atoms featuring unique reactivity are at the heart of enzymatic and homogeneous
catalysts. In contrast, although the concept has long existed, single-atom heterogeneous …

Single-atom catalysts based on the metal–oxide interaction

R Lang, X Du, Y Huang, X Jiang, Q Zhang… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Metal atoms dispersed on the oxide supports constitute a large category of single-atom
catalysts. In this review, oxide supported single-atom catalysts are discussed about their …

Single-atom (iron-based) catalysts: synthesis and applications

B Singh, MB Gawande, AD Kute, RS Varma… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Supported single-metal atom catalysts (SACs) are constituted of isolated active metal
centers, which are heterogenized on inert supports such as graphene, porous carbon, and …

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 …

Fine-tuned local coordination environment of Pt single atoms on ceria controls catalytic reactivity

W Tan, S Xie, D Le, W Diao, M Wang, KB Low… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Constructing single atom catalysts with fine-tuned coordination environments can be a
promising strategy to achieve satisfactory catalytic performance. Herein, via a simple …

Theoretical insights into single-atom catalysts

L Li, X Chang, X Lin, ZJ Zhao, J Gong - Chemical Society Reviews, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Single-atom catalysts (SACs) with atomically dispersed metals have emerged as a new
class of heterogeneous catalysts and have attracted considerable interest because they …