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 …

Semiconducting polymers for oxygen evolution reaction under light illumination

Y Fang, Y Hou, X Fu, X Wang - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Sunlight-driven water splitting to produce hydrogen fuel has stimulated intensive scientific
interest, as this technology has the potential to revolutionize fossil fuel-based energy …

Selective Photocatalytic Reduction of CO2 to CO Mediated by Silver Single Atoms Anchored on Tubular Carbon Nitride

S Hu, P Qiao, X Yi, Y Lei, H Hu, J Ye… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Artificial photosynthesis is a promising strategy for converting carbon dioxide (CO2) and
water (H2O) into fuels and value‐added chemical products. However, photocatalysts usually …

Single-atom catalysts across the periodic table

SK Kaiser, Z Chen, D Faust Akl, S Mitchell… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Isolated atoms featuring unique reactivity are at the heart of enzymatic and homogeneous
catalysts. In contrast, although the concept has long existed, single-atom heterogeneous …

Surface coordination chemistry of atomically dispersed metal catalysts

R Qin, K Liu, Q Wu, N Zheng - Chemical Reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Atomically dispersed metal catalysts (ADCs), as an emerging class of heterogeneous
catalysts, have been widely investigated during the past two decades. The atomic dispersion …

A Promoted Charge Separation/Transfer System from Cu Single Atoms and C3N4 Layers for Efficient Photocatalysis

X Xiao, Y Gao, L Zhang, J Zhang, Q Zhang… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Establishing highly effective charge transfer channels in carbon nitride (C3N4) for
enhancing its photocatalytic activity is still a challenging issue. Herein, for the first time, the …

Heterogeneous single-atom photocatalysts: fundamentals and applications

C Gao, J Low, R Long, T Kong, J Zhu, Y Xiong - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Single-atom photocatalysts have shown their compelling potential and arguably become the
most active research direction in photocatalysis due to their fascinating strengths in …

Noble-metal single-atoms in thermocatalysis, electrocatalysis, and photocatalysis

F Zhang, Y Zhu, Q Lin, L Zhang, X Zhang… - Energy & Environmental …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Noble metals have received widespread applications in the field of catalysis due to their
unique intrinsic properties and irreplaceable catalytic activities. However, in consideration of …

Silver single atom in carbon nitride catalyst for highly efficient photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

XH Jiang, LS Zhang, HY Liu, DS Wu, FY Wu… - Angewandte …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Single atom catalysts (SACs) with the maximized metal atom efficiency have sparked great
attention. However, it is challenging to obtain SACs with high metal loading, high catalytic …

Selective hydrogenation over supported metal catalysts: from nanoparticles to single atoms

L Zhang, M Zhou, A Wang, T Zhang - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
Selective catalytic hydrogenation has wide applications in both petrochemical and fine
chemical industries, however, it remains challenging when two or multiple functional groups …