Dilute alloys based on Au, Ag, or Cu for efficient catalysis: from synthesis to active sites

JD Lee, JB Miller, AV Shneidman, L Sun… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The development of new catalyst materials for energy-efficient chemical synthesis is critical
as over 80% of industrial processes rely on catalysts, with many of the most energy-intensive …

Recent advancements on designing transition metal-based carbon-supported single atom catalysts for oxygen electrocatalysis: Miles to go for sustainable Zn-air …

S Das, A Kundu, T Kuila, NC Murmu - Energy Storage Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Metal-air batteries, especially, rechargeable zinc–air batteries (ZABs) have recently
rejuvenated extensive research attention as a promising sustainable energy technology …

Facilitating alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction on the hetero-interfaced Ru/RuO2 through Pt single atoms doping

Y Zhu, M Klingenhof, C Gao, T Koketsu… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Exploring an active and cost-effective electrocatalyst alternative to carbon-supported
platinum nanoparticles for alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) have remained …

Dual Activation of Molecular Oxygen and Surface Lattice Oxygen in Single Atom Cu1/TiO2 Catalyst for CO Oxidation

Y Fang, Q Zhang, H Zhang, X Li… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The in‐depth mechanism on the simultaneous activation of O2 and surface lattice O2− on
one active metallic site has not been elucidated yet. Herein, we report a strategy for the …

Single atom environmental catalysis: influence of supports and coordination environments

LH Xu, W Liu, K Liu - Advanced Functional Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Single‐atom catalysts (SACs) are desirable in environmental catalysis due to environmental
friendliness, structural stability, and maximum utilization of active metal sites. Extensive …

Techniques for the characterization of single atom catalysts

P Qi, J Wang, X Djitcheu, D He, H Liu, Q Zhang - RSC advances, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Single atom catalysts (SACs) are a hot research area recently. Over most of the SACs, the
singly dispersed atoms are the active sites, which contribute to the catalytic activities …

A novel strategy to adjust the oxygen vacancy of CuO/MnO2 catalysts toward the catalytic oxidation of toluene

W Liu, W Xiang, X Chen, Z Song, C Gao, N Tsubaki… - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
A facile and efficient solid-state redox strategy with low consumption was applied to modify
the surface defect concentration of α-MnO 2. The surficial reduction of α-MnO 2 by Cu 2 O …

[HTML][HTML] Reduction of thermally grown single-phase CuO and Cu2O thin films by in-situ time-resolved XRD

Y Unutulmazsoy, C Cancellieri, L Lin… - Applied Surface …, 2022 - Elsevier
Copper oxide is used as a catalyst or catalyst precursor in chemical reactions that involve
hydrogen as a reactant or a product. Controlled reduction and therefore known reduction …

Microscopic Investigation of H2 Reduced CuOx/Cu(111) and ZnO/CuOx/Cu(111) Inverse Catalysts: STM, AP-XPS, and DFT Studies

V Mehar, E Huang, R Shi, N Rui, R Rosales… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Understanding the reduction mechanism of ZnO/CuO x interfaces by hydrogen is of great
importance in advancing the performance of industrial catalysts used for CO and CO2 …

Recent advancements in the preparation and application of copper single-atom catalysts

B Syal, P Kumar, P Gupta - ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2023 - ACS Publications
Single-atom catalysts (SACs) have developed as a potential advanced variety of catalysts
wherein copper SACs (Cu SACs) have appeared as a rising star in catalysis in which …