The reformation of catalyst: From a trial-and-error synthesis to rational design

L Wang, J Wu, S Wang, H Liu, Y Wang, D Wang - Nano Research, 2024 - Springer
The appropriate catalysts can accelerate the reaction rate and effectively boost the efficient
conversion of various molecules, which is of great importance in the study of chemistry …

Advanced electrocatalysts with single-metal-atom active sites

Y Wang, H Su, Y He, L Li, S Zhu, H Shen, P Xie… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Electrocatalysts with single metal atoms as active sites have received increasing attention
owing to their high atomic utilization efficiency and exotic catalytic activity and selectivity …

Compositionally complex doping for zero-strain zero-cobalt layered cathodes

R Zhang, C Wang, P Zou, R Lin, L Ma, L Yin, T Li, W Xu… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
The high volatility of the price of cobalt and the geopolitical limitations of cobalt mining have
made the elimination of Co a pressing need for the automotive industry. Owing to their high …

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 …

Pinpointing the axial ligand effect on platinum single-atom-catalyst towards efficient alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction

T Zhang, J Jin, J Chen, Y Fang, X Han, J Chen… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Developing active single-atom-catalyst (SAC) for alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction
(HER) is a promising solution to lower the green hydrogen cost. However, the correlations …

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 …

High-density cobalt single-atom catalysts for enhanced oxygen evolution reaction

P Kumar, K Kannimuthu, AS Zeraati… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Single atom catalysts (SACs) possess unique catalytic properties due to low-coordination
and unsaturated active sites. However, the demonstrated performance of SACs is limited by …

Physicochemical confinement effect enables high-performing zinc–iodine batteries

M Liu, Q Chen, X Cao, D Tan, J Ma… - Journal of the American …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Zinc–iodine batteries are promising energy storage devices with the unique features of
aqueous electrolytes and safer zinc. However, their performances are still limited by the …

Synergy between Palladium Single Atoms and Nanoparticles via Hydrogen Spillover for Enhancing CO2 Photoreduction to CH4

P Liu, Z Huang, X Gao, X Hong, J Zhu… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Selective photoreduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) into carbon‐neutral fuels such as
methane (CH4) is extremely desirable but remains a challenge since sluggish multiple …

Clusters induced electron redistribution to tune oxygen reduction activity of transition metal single‐atom for metal–air batteries

H Huang, D Yu, F Hu, SC Huang, J Song… - Angewandte …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) activity can be effectively tuned by modulating the electron
configuration and optimizing the chemical bonds. Herein, a general strategy to optimize the …