Control of metal-support interactions in heterogeneous catalysts to enhance activity and selectivity

TW van Deelen, C Hernández Mejía, KP de Jong - Nature Catalysis, 2019 - nature.com
Metal nanoparticles stabilized on a support material catalyse many major industrial
reactions. Metal-support interactions in these nanomaterials can have a substantial …

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 …

Regulating local electron density of iron single sites by introducing nitrogen vacancies for efficient photo‐fenton process

L Su, P Wang, X Ma, J Wang, S Zhan - Angewandte Chemie, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The activity of heterogeneous photocatalytic H2O2 activation in Fenton‐like processes is
closely related to the local electron density of reaction centre atoms. However, the …

Modulating electron density of vacancy site by single Au atom for effective CO2 photoreduction

Y Cao, L Guo, M Dan, DE Doronkin, C Han… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The surface electron density significantly affects the photocatalytic efficiency, especially the
photocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction, which involves multi-electron participation in the …

Reaction-induced strong metal–support interactions between metals and inert boron nitride nanosheets

J Dong, Q Fu, H Li, J Xiao, B Yang… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Encapsulation of metal nanocatalysts by support-derived materials is well known as a
classical strong metal–support interaction (SMSI) effect that occurs almost exclusively with …

Electronic structure reconfiguration of nickel–cobalt layered double hydroxide nanoflakes via engineered heteroatom and oxygen-vacancies defect for efficient …

K Chen, YH Cao, S Yadav, GC Kim, Z Han… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
The development of earth-abundant and high-efficiency bifunctional electrocatalysts is
extremely desirable for electrochemical water splitting, but there are some critical challenges …

Reversing the charge transfer between platinum and sulfur-doped carbon support for electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution

QQ Yan, DX Wu, SQ Chu, ZQ Chen, Y Lin… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Metal–support interaction is of great significance for catalysis as it can induce charge
transfer between metal and support, tame electronic structure of supported metals, impact …

Size-dependent activity and selectivity of carbon dioxide photocatalytic reduction over platinum nanoparticles

C Dong, C Lian, S Hu, Z Deng, J Gong, M Li… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Abstract Platinum nanoparticles (Pt NPs) are one of the most efficient cocatalysts in
photocatalysis, and their size determines the activity and the selectivity of the catalytic …

Insights into the use of Te–O pairs as active centers of carbon nanosheets for efficient electrochemical oxygen reduction

Z Wang, G Li, W Hou, H Guo, L Wang, M Wu - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
Previous theoretical calculations have predicted that the incorporation of tellurium (Te) into
carbon materials can significantly enhance their catalytic activity. Nevertheless, the …

Constructing atomic surface concaves on Bi5O7Br nanotube for efficient photocatalytic CO2 reduction

Y Wang, K Wang, J Meng, C Ban, Y Duan, Y Feng… - Nano Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
The development of advanced photocatalysts for CO 2 reduction (CO 2 R) has attracted
intensive interest but is severely plagued by the intrinsically narrow photo-responsive range …