Single‐atom catalysis for carbon neutrality

L Wang, D Wang, Y Li - Carbon Energy, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Currently, more than 86% of global energy consumption is still mainly dependent on
traditional fossil fuels, which causes resource scarcity and even emission of high amounts of …

Isolating single and few atoms for enhanced catalysis

Y Chen, J Lin, B Jia, X Wang, S Jiang… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Atomically dispersed metal catalysts have triggered great interest in the field of catalysis
owing to their unique features. Isolated single or few metal atoms can be anchored on …

Attenuating metal-substrate conjugation in atomically dispersed nickel catalysts for electroreduction of CO2 to CO

Q Wang, K Liu, K Hu, C Cai, H Li, H Li, M Herran… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Atomically dispersed transition metals on carbon-based aromatic substrates are an
emerging class of electrocatalysts for the electroreduction of CO2. However, electron …

Atomically dispersed zincophilic sites in N, P-codoped carbon macroporous fibers enable efficient Zn metal anodes

Y Zeng, Z Pei, D Luan, XWD Lou - Journal of the American …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Zn dendrite growth and undesired parasitic reactions severely restrict the practical use of
deep-cycling Zn metal anodes (ZMAs). Herein, we demonstrate an elaborate design of …

Zinc single‐atom‐regulated hard carbons for high‐rate and low‐temperature sodium‐ion batteries

Z Lu, J Wang, W Feng, X Yin, X Feng, S Zhao… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Hard carbons, as one of the most commercializable anode materials for sodium‐ion
batteries (SIBs), have to deal with the trade‐off between the rate capability and specific …

Single carbon vacancy traps atomic platinum for hydrogen evolution catalysis

Q Yang, H Liu, P Yuan, Y Jia, L Zhuang… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The coordinated configuration of atomic platinum (Pt) has always been identified as an
active site with high intrinsic activity for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Herein, we …

Non‐covalent interaction of atomically dispersed Cu and Zn pair sites for efficient oxygen reduction reaction

D Deng, J Qian, X Liu, H Li, D Su, H Li… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Dual–single‐atom catalysts with synergistic effect of adjacent atomic metal sites show a
great potential for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). Herein, a dynamical synthetic strategy …

Strong p‐d Orbital Hybridization on Bismuth Nanosheets for High Performing CO2 Electroreduction

X Cao, Y Tian, J Ma, W Guo, W Cai… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Single‐atom alloys (SAAs) show great potential for a variety of electrocatalytic reactions.
However, the atomic orbital hybridization effect of SAAs on the electrochemical reactions is …

Asymmetric Coordination Induces Electron Localization at Ca Sites for Robust CO2 Electroreduction to CO

Q Wang, M Dai, H Li, YR Lu, TS Chan, C Ma… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Main group single atom catalysts (SACs) are promising for CO2 electroreduction to CO by
virtue of their ability in preventing the hydrogen evolution reaction and CO poisoning …

Single‐Product Faradaic Efficiency for Electrocatalytic of CO2 to CO at Current Density Larger than 1.2 A cm−2 in Neutral Aqueous Solution by a Single‐Atom …

JR Huang, XF Qiu, ZH Zhao, HL Zhu… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Electroreduction of CO2 to CO is a promising approach for the cycling use of CO2, while it
still suffers from impractical current density and durability. Here we report a single‐atom …