Single-atom alloys as a reductionist approach to the rational design of heterogeneous catalysts

G Giannakakis… - Accounts of chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Heterogeneous catalysts are workhorses in the industrial production of most
commodity and specialty chemicals, and have widespread energy and environmental …

Supported noble‐metal single atoms for heterogeneous catalysis

X Li, X Yang, Y Huang, T Zhang, B Liu - Advanced Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Single‐atom catalysts (SACs), with atomically distributed active metal sites on
supports, serve as a newly advanced material in catalysis, and open broad prospects for a …

[HTML][HTML] Selective hydrogenation of 1, 3-butadiene on platinum–copper alloys at the single-atom limit

FR Lucci, J Liu, MD Marcinkowski, M Yang… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Platinum is ubiquitous in the production sectors of chemicals and fuels; however, its scarcity
in nature and high price will limit future proliferation of platinum-catalysed reactions. One …

Tackling CO poisoning with single-atom alloy catalysts

J Liu, FR Lucci, M Yang, S Lee… - Journal of the …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Platinum catalysts are extensively used in the chemical industry and as electrocatalysts in
fuel cells. Pt is notorious for its sensitivity to poisoning by strong CO adsorption. Here we …

Surface processes on interstellar amorphous solid water: Adsorption, diffusion, tunneling reactions, and nuclear-spin conversion

T Hama, N Watanabe - Chemical reviews, 2013 - ACS Publications
Since we intend to review experimental and theoretical studies of physicochemical
processes occurring on cosmic dust grains in very cold regions in space, we start with a brief …

Selective formic acid dehydrogenation on Pt-Cu single-atom alloys

MD Marcinkowski, J Liu, CJ Murphy, ML Liriano… - Acs …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Formic acid is a potential hydrogen storage molecule which dehydrogenates to form CO2
and H2 on metal surfaces. However, it can also decompose via a competing dehydration …

H2 Activation and Spillover on Catalytically Relevant Pt–Cu Single Atom Alloys

FR Lucci, MD Marcinkowski, TJ Lawton… - The Journal of …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Platinum is a key component in many heterogeneous hydrogenation catalysts. Because of
its high price, fairly strong interaction with intermediates, and susceptibility to CO poisoning …

[HTML][HTML] Controlled release of hydrogen isotope compounds and tunneling effect in the heterogeneously-catalyzed formic acid dehydrogenation

K Mori, Y Futamura, S Masuda, H Kobayashi… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The hydrogen isotope deuterium is widely used in the synthesis of isotopically-labeled
compounds and in the fabrication of semiconductors and optical fibers. However, the facile …

Sustained Hydrogen Spillover on Pt/Cu (111) Single‐Atom Alloy: Dynamic Insights into Gas‐Induced Chemical Processes

K Gu, S Lin - Angewandte Chemie, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrogen spillover, involving the surface migration of dissociated hydrogen atoms from
active metal sites to the relatively inert catalyst support, plays a crucial role in hydrogen …

Dynamics of initial hydrogen spillover from a single atom platinum active site to the Cu (111) host surface: The impact of substrate electron–hole pairs

K Gu, F Wei, Y Cai, S Lin, H Guo - The Journal of Physical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The initial impulsive diffusion of hot hydrogen atoms resulted from the dissociative
chemisorption of H2 at atomically dispersed Pt atoms embedded in Cu (111) is investigated …