Confining isolated atoms and clusters in crystalline porous materials for catalysis

L Liu, A Corma - Nature Reviews Materials, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Structure–reactivity relationships for nanoparticle-based catalysts have been
greatly influenced by the study of catalytic materials with either supported isolated metal …

Machine learning in scanning transmission electron microscopy

SV Kalinin, C Ophus, PM Voyles, R Erni… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) has emerged as a uniquely powerful
tool for structural and functional imaging of materials on the atomic level. Driven by …

Tailoring bond microenvironments and reaction pathways of single‐atom catalysts for efficient water electrolysis

W Zheng, R Zhu, H Wu, T Ma, H Zhou… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Single‐atom sites (SASs) are commonly stabilized and influenced by neighboring atoms in
the host; disclosing the structure–reactivity relationships of SASs in water electrolysis is one …

Reconstructing the coordination environment of platinum single-atom active sites for boosting oxygen reduction reaction

J Liu, J Bak, J Roh, KS Lee, A Cho, JW Han… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Exploring highly efficient platinum single-atom (Pt1) catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction
(ORR) is desired to greatly reduce the catalysts costs of polymer electrolyte membrane …

[HTML][HTML] From platinum atoms in molecules to colloidal nanoparticles: A review on reduction, nucleation and growth mechanisms

J Quinson, KMØ Jensen - Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 2020 - Elsevier
Platinum (Pt) is one of the most studied materials in catalysis today and considered for a
wide range of applications: chemical synthesis, energy conversion, air treatment, water …

Regioselective Generation of Single‐Site Iridium Atoms and Their Evolution into Stabilized Subnanometric Iridium Clusters in MWW Zeolite

L Liu, M Lopez‐Haro, DM Meira… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Preparation of supported metal catalysts with uniform particle size and coordination
environment is a challenging and important topic in materials chemistry and catalysis. In this …

Support-facet-dependent morphology of small Pt particles on ceria

H Eliasson, Y Niu, RE Palmer, H Grönbeck, R Erni - Nanoscale, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Direct atomic scale information on how the structure of supported nanoparticles is affected
by the metal–support interaction is rare. Using scanning transmission electron microscopy …

Boosting Benzene Oxidation with a Spin‐State‐Controlled Nuclearity Effect on Iron Sub‐Nanocatalysts

F Bu, C Chen, Y Yu, W Hao, S Zhao, Y Hu… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A fundamental understanding of the nature of nuclearity effects is important for the rational
design of superior sub‐nanocatalysts with low nuclearity, but remains a long‐standing …

Crystal-in-Amorphous Vanadate Catalysts for Universal Poison-Resistant Elimination of Nitric Oxide

J Deng, S Cai, M Gao, J Hasegawa, H Yao… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The deactivation of catalysts by metal poisons is a pressing and ongoing concern in
heterogeneous catalysis. The design of catalysts with good resistance to metal poisons …

[HTML][HTML] Atom hybridization of metallic elements: Emergence of subnano metallurgy for the post-nanotechnology

T Imaoka, A Kuzume, M Tanabe, T Tsukamoto… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
Miniaturizing metallic materials from the nanoscale to the atomic scale transforms the
structures and physical properties. Among these sub-nanoscale materials, some catalysts …