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 …

Recent progress of metal single-atom catalysts for energy applications

Q Yang, Y Jiang, H Zhuo, EM Mitchell, Q Yu - Nano Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Single-atom catalysts (SACs) have received tremendous attention in heterogeneous
catalysis because of their excellent catalytic performance and robust stability. Metal SACs …

Supports promote single-atom catalysts toward advanced electrocatalysis

H Xu, Y Zhao, Q Wang, G He, H Chen - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Single-atom catalysts (SACs) offer high reactivity and selectivity toward catalytic reaction
while maximizing the utilization of active components. Unfortunately, single-atom sites are …

Single-atom engineering to ignite 2D transition metal dichalcogenide based catalysis: Fundamentals, progress, and beyond

X Wang, Y Zhang, J Wu, Z Zhang, Q Liao… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Single-atom catalysis has been recognized as a pivotal milestone in the development
history of heterogeneous catalysis by virtue of its superior catalytic performance, ultrahigh …

High-throughput screening of synergistic transition metal dual-atom catalysts for efficient nitrogen fixation

X Lv, W Wei, B Huang, Y Dai, T Frauenheim - Nano Letters, 2021 - ACS Publications
Great enthusiasm in single-atom catalysts (SACs) for the nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR)
has been aroused by the discovery of metal–N x as a promising catalytic center. However …

Non-carbon-supported single-atom site catalysts for electrocatalysis

X Zheng, P Li, S Dou, W Sun, H Pan… - Energy & Environmental …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Single-atom site catalysts (SACs) have received considerable attention for electrocatalytic
applications, owing to their maximum atom-utilization efficiency, well-identified active …

Synergizing Mo Single Atoms and Mo2C Nanoparticles on CNTs Synchronizes Selectivity and Activity of Electrocatalytic N2 Reduction to Ammonia

Y Ma, T Yang, H Zou, W Zang, Z Kou, L Mao… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Previous research of molybdenum‐based electrocatalysts for nitrogen reduction reaction
(NRR) has been largely considered on either isolated Mo single atoms (MoSAs) or Mo …

Rational Catalyst Design for N2 Reduction under Ambient Conditions: Strategies toward Enhanced Conversion Efficiency

L Shi, Y Yin, S Wang, H Sun - ACS Catalysis, 2020 - ACS Publications
Ammonia (NH3), one of the basic chemicals in most fertilizers and a promising carbon-free
energy storage carrier, is typically synthesized via the Haber–Bosch process with high …

Theory-guided electrocatalyst engineering: From mechanism analysis to structural design

M Zhang, K Zhang, X Ai, X Liang, Q Zhang… - Chinese Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
The exploitation of competent electrocatalysts is a key issue of the broad application of many
promising electrochemical processes, including the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), the …

Coordination tunes the activity and selectivity of the nitrogen reduction reaction on single-atom iron catalysts: a computational study

D Jiao, Y Liu, Q Cai, J Zhao - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Tuning the electronic structure of a single-atom catalyst (SAC) by controlling its coordination
has been recently shown to be a rather promising strategy for further improving its catalytic …