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 …

Atomically dispersed materials: Ideal catalysts in atomic era

T Gan, D Wang - Nano Research, 2024 - Springer
Catalysts can accelerate the chemical reaction rate and effectively promote the molecules
transformation, which is of great significance in the research of chemical industry and …

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 …

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 …

Construction of Co4 Atomic Clusters to Enable Fe−N4 Motifs with Highly Active and Durable Oxygen Reduction Performance

A Han, W Sun, X Wan, D Cai, X Wang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Fe− N− C catalysts with single‐atom Fe− N4 configurations are highly needed owing to the
high activity for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). However, the limited intrinsic activity and …

[HTML][HTML] Iron atom–cluster interactions increase activity and improve durability in Fe–N–C fuel cells

X Wan, Q Liu, J Liu, S Liu, X Liu, L Zheng… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Simultaneously increasing the activity and stability of the single-atom active sites of M–N–C
catalysts is critical but remains a great challenge. Here, we report an Fe–N–C catalyst with …

Engineering dual single‐atom sites on 2D ultrathin N‐doped carbon nanosheets attaining ultra‐low‐temperature zinc‐air battery

T Cui, YP Wang, T Ye, J Wu, Z Chen, J Li… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Herein, a novel dual single‐atom catalyst comprising adjacent Fe‐N4 and Mn‐N4 sites on
2D ultrathin N‐doped carbon nanosheets with porous structure (FeMn‐DSAC) was …

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 …

Regulations of active moiety in single atom catalysts for electrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction

P Zhu, X Xiong, D Wang - Nano Research, 2022 - Springer
Hydrogen production from water splitting using renewable electric energy is an interesting
topic towards the carbon neutral future. Single atom catalysts (SACs) have emerged as a …

The reformation of catalyst: From a trial-and-error synthesis to rational design

L Wang, J Wu, S Wang, H Liu, Y Wang, D Wang - Nano Research, 2024 - Springer
The appropriate catalysts can accelerate the reaction rate and effectively boost the efficient
conversion of various molecules, which is of great importance in the study of chemistry …