Bimetallic sites for catalysis: from binuclear metal sites to bimetallic nanoclusters and nanoparticles

L Liu, A Corma - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Heterogeneous bimetallic catalysts have broad applications in industrial processes, but
achieving a fundamental understanding on the nature of the active sites in bimetallic …

Molecular cavity for catalysis and formation of metal nanoparticles for use in catalysis

R Saha, B Mondal, PS Mukherjee - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
The employment of weak intermolecular interactions in supramolecular chemistry offers an
alternative approach to project artificial chemical environments like the active sites of …

Recent advances of single-atom catalysts in CO 2 conversion

S Wang, L Wang, D Wang, Y Li - Energy & Environmental Science, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The catalytic transformation of CO2 into valuable fuels/chemicals is a promising and
economically profitable process because it offers an alternative toward fossil feedstocks and …

Supported metal clusters: fabrication and application in heterogeneous catalysis

C Dong, Y Li, D Cheng, M Zhang, J Liu, YG Wang… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Different from isolated metal atoms and large metal nanoparticles (NPs), supported metal
clusters (SMCs) possess distinct geometric and electronic structures and thus exhibit …

Formation of active sites on transition metals through reaction-driven migration of surface atoms

L Xu, KG Papanikolaou, BAJ Lechner, L Je… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Adopting low-index single-crystal surfaces as models for metal nanoparticle catalysts has
been questioned by the experimental findings of adsorbate-induced formation of …

Surface strategies for catalytic CO 2 reduction: from two-dimensional materials to nanoclusters to single atoms

L Wang, W Chen, D Zhang, Y Du, R Amal… - Chemical Society …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Redox catalysis, including photocatalysis and (photo) electrocatalysis, may alleviate global
warming and energy crises by removing excess CO2 from the atmosphere and converting it …

Propane dehydrogenation catalyzed by isolated Pt atoms in≡ SiOZn–OH nests in dealuminated zeolite Beta

L Qi, M Babucci, Y Zhang, A Lund, L Liu… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Atomically dispersed noble metal catalysts have drawn wide attention as candidates to
replace supported metal clusters and metal nanoparticles. Atomic dispersion can offer …

Atomically precise noble metal nanoclusters as efficient catalysts: a bridge between structure and properties

Y Du, H Sheng, D Astruc, M Zhu - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
Improving the knowledge of the relationship between structure and properties is
fundamental in catalysis. Recently, researchers have developed a variety of well-controlled …

Tandem propane dehydrogenation and surface oxidation catalysts for selective propylene synthesis

W Wang, S Chen, C Pei, R Luo, J Sun, H Song, G Sun… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Direct propane dehydrogenation (PDH) to propylene is a desirable commercial reaction but
is highly endothermic and severely limited by thermodynamic equilibrium. Routes that …

Regulating the tip effect on single‐atom and cluster catalysts: forming reversible oxygen species with high efficiency in chlorine evolution reaction

J Yang, WH Li, K Xu, S Tan, D Wang… - Angewandte Chemie, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Chlorine evolution reaction has been applied in the production since a century ago. After
times of evolution, it has been widely realized by the electrocatalytic process on anode …