Carbon nitride based materials: more than just a support for single-atom catalysis

GFSR Rocha, MAR da Silva, A Rogolino… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Recently, the missing link between homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis has been
found and it was named single-atom catalysis (SAC). However, the SAC field still faces …

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 …

Mesopore‐Rich Fe–N–C Catalyst with FeN4–O–NC Single‐Atom Sites Delivers Remarkable Oxygen Reduction Reaction Performance in Alkaline Media

L Peng, J Yang, Y Yang, F Qian, Q Wang… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Fe–N–C catalysts offer excellent performance for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in
alkaline media. With a view toward boosting the intrinsic ORR activity of Fe single‐atom sites …

Continuous electroproduction of formate via CO2 reduction on local symmetry-broken single-atom catalysts

J Dong, Y Liu, J Pei, H Li, S Ji, L Shi, Y Zhang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Atomic-level coordination engineering is an efficient strategy for tuning the catalytic
performance of single-atom catalysts (SACs). However, their rational design has so far been …

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 …

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 …

Solvent-free microwave synthesis of ultra-small Ru-Mo2C@CNT with strong metal-support interaction for industrial hydrogen evolution

X Wu, Z Wang, D Zhang, Y Qin, M Wang, Y Han… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Exploring a simple, fast, solvent-free synthetic method for large-scale preparation of cheap,
highly active electrocatalysts for industrial hydrogen evolution reaction is one of the most …

Tuning Two‐Electron Oxygen‐Reduction Pathways for H2O2 Electrosynthesis via Engineering Atomically Dispersed Single Metal Site Catalysts

X Yang, Y Zeng, W Alnoush, Y Hou… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) generation via the electrochemical oxygen reduction
reaction (ORR) under ambient conditions is emerging as an alternative and green strategy …

Chemical synthesis of single atomic site catalysts

S Ji, Y Chen, X Wang, Z Zhang, D Wang, Y Li - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Manipulating metal atoms in a controllable way for the synthesis of materials with the
desired structure and properties is the holy grail of chemical synthesis. The recent …

Race on engineering noble metal single-atom electrocatalysts for water splitting

H Xu, Y Zhao, G He, H Chen - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Constructing noble metal single-atom catalysts (NMSACs) is essential to boosting the water
splitting electrocatalysis by virtue of their maximum atom utilization and distinctive electronic …