The progress and outlook of metal single-atom-site catalysis

X Liang, N Fu, S Yao, Z Li, Y Li - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Single-atom-site catalysts (SASCs) featuring maximized atom utilization and isolated active
sites have progressed tremendously in recent years as a highly prosperous branch of …

Bimetallic sites for catalysis: from binuclear metal sites to bimetallic nanoclusters and nanoparticles

L Liu, A Corma - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Heterogeneous bimetallic catalysts have broad applications in industrial processes, but
achieving a fundamental understanding on the nature of the active sites in bimetallic …

Reversely trapping atoms from a perovskite surface for high-performance and durable fuel cell cathodes

Z Zhuang, Y Li, R Yu, L Xia, J Yang, Z Lang, J Zhu… - Nature Catalysis, 2022 - nature.com
Atom trapping of scarce precious metals onto a suitable support at high temperatures has
emerged as an effective approach to build thermally stable single-atom catalysts. Here …

Catalysis of alloys: classification, principles, and design for a variety of materials and reactions

Y Nakaya, S Furukawa - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Alloying has long been used as a promising methodology to improve the catalytic
performance of metallic materials. In recent years, the field of alloy catalysis has made …

Single‐atom catalysis for carbon neutrality

L Wang, D Wang, Y Li - Carbon Energy, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Currently, more than 86% of global energy consumption is still mainly dependent on
traditional fossil fuels, which causes resource scarcity and even emission of high amounts of …

Surface and interface coordination chemistry learned from model heterogeneous metal nanocatalysts: from atomically dispersed catalysts to atomically precise …

W Jing, H Shen, R Qin, Q Wu, K Liu, N Zheng - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
The surface and interface coordination structures of heterogeneous metal catalysts are
crucial to their catalytic performance. However, the complicated surface and interface …

Designing sites in heterogeneous catalysis: are we reaching selectivities competitive with those of homogeneous catalysts?

F Zaera - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
A critical review of different prominent nanotechnologies adapted to catalysis is provided,
with focus on how they contribute to the improvement of selectivity in heterogeneous …

Engineering d‐p Orbital Hybridization in Single‐Atom Metal‐Embedded Three‐Dimensional Electrodes for Li–S Batteries

Z Han, S Zhao, J Xiao, X Zhong, J Sheng… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Single‐atom metal catalysts (SACs) are used as sulfur cathode additives to promote battery
performance, although the material selection and mechanism that govern the catalytic …

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 …

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 …