Ensemble effect for single-atom, small cluster and nanoparticle catalysts

Y Guo, M Wang, Q Zhu, D Xiao, D Ma - Nature Catalysis, 2022 - nature.com
A large family of heterogeneous catalytic reactions require active sites with more than one
metal atom, that is, an ensemble of metal atoms. The ensemble requirement, which refers to …

Catalysis of alloys: classification, principles, and design for a variety of materials and reactions

Y Nakaya, S Furukawa - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Alloying has long been used as a promising methodology to improve the catalytic
performance of metallic materials. In recent years, the field of alloy catalysis has made …

Designing sites in heterogeneous catalysis: are we reaching selectivities competitive with those of homogeneous catalysts?

F Zaera - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
A critical review of different prominent nanotechnologies adapted to catalysis is provided,
with focus on how they contribute to the improvement of selectivity in heterogeneous …

Single-atom catalysts based on the metal–oxide interaction

R Lang, X Du, Y Huang, X Jiang, Q Zhang… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Metal atoms dispersed on the oxide supports constitute a large category of single-atom
catalysts. In this review, oxide supported single-atom catalysts are discussed about their …

Single-atom (iron-based) catalysts: synthesis and applications

B Singh, MB Gawande, AD Kute, RS Varma… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Supported single-metal atom catalysts (SACs) are constituted of isolated active metal
centers, which are heterogenized on inert supports such as graphene, porous carbon, and …

Theoretical understandings of graphene-based metal single-atom catalysts: stability and catalytic performance

HY Zhuo, X Zhang, JX Liang, Q Yu, H Xiao… - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Research on heterogeneous single-atom catalysts (SACs) has become an emerging frontier
in catalysis science because of their advantages in high utilization of noble metals, precisely …

Surface coordination chemistry of atomically dispersed metal catalysts

R Qin, K Liu, Q Wu, N Zheng - Chemical Reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Atomically dispersed metal catalysts (ADCs), as an emerging class of heterogeneous
catalysts, have been widely investigated during the past two decades. The atomic dispersion …

Single-atom alloy catalysis

RT Hannagan, G Giannakakis… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Single-atom alloys (SAAs) play an increasingly significant role in the field of single-site
catalysis and are typically composed of catalytically active elements atomically dispersed in …

Noble-metal single-atoms in thermocatalysis, electrocatalysis, and photocatalysis

F Zhang, Y Zhu, Q Lin, L Zhang, X Zhang… - Energy & Environmental …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Noble metals have received widespread applications in the field of catalysis due to their
unique intrinsic properties and irreplaceable catalytic activities. However, in consideration of …

Non-carbon-supported single-atom site catalysts for electrocatalysis

X Zheng, P Li, S Dou, W Sun, H Pan… - Energy & Environmental …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Single-atom site catalysts (SACs) have received considerable attention for electrocatalytic
applications, owing to their maximum atom-utilization efficiency, well-identified active …