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 …

Long‐range interactions in diatomic catalysts boosting electrocatalysis

WH Li, J Yang, D Wang - Angewandte Chemie, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The simultaneous presence of two active metal centres in diatomic catalysts (DACs) leads to
the occurrence of specific interactions between active sites. Such interactions, referred to as …

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 …

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 …

Atomically dispersed Fe–Co dual metal sites as bifunctional oxygen electrocatalysts for rechargeable and flexible Zn–air batteries

Y He, X Yang, Y Li, L Liu, S Guo, C Shu, F Liu… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Single-metal site catalysts have exhibited highly efficient electrocatalytic properties due to
their unique coordination environments and adjustable local structures for reactant …

Superiority of dual‐atom catalysts in electrocatalysis: one step further than single‐atom catalysts

R Li, D Wang - Advanced Energy Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, dual‐atom catalysts (DACs) have attracted extensive attention, as an
extension of single‐atom catalysts (SACs). Compared with SACs, DACs have higher metal …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-atom cluster catalysts for efficient electrocatalysis

L Sun, V Reddu, X Wang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Multi-atom cluster catalysts have turned out to be novel heterogeneous catalysts with atomic
dispersion for electrochemical energy applications. Beyond a simple combination of single …

Advances in the electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction by metal nanoclusters‐based materials

J Ding, H Yang, S Zhang, Q Liu, H Cao, J Luo, X Liu - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
With the development of renewable energy systems, clean hydrogen is burgeoning as an
optimal alternative to fossil fuels, in which its application is promising to retarding the global …

MIL‐101‐derived mesoporous carbon supporting highly exposed Fe single‐atom sites as efficient oxygen reduction reaction catalysts

X Xie, L Peng, H Yang, GIN Waterhouse… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Fe single‐atom catalysts (Fe SACs) with atomic FeNx active sites are very promising
alternatives to platinum‐based catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). The …

A “pre‐constrained metal twins” strategy to prepare efficient dual‐metal‐atom catalysts for cooperative oxygen electrocatalysis

M Liu, N Li, S Cao, X Wang, X Lu, L Kong… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Dual‐metal‐atom‐center catalysts (DACs) are a novel frontier in oxygen electrocatalysis,
boasting functional and electronic synergies between contiguous metal centers and higher …