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 …

Single-atom alloys as a reductionist approach to the rational design of heterogeneous catalysts

G Giannakakis… - Accounts of chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Heterogeneous catalysts are workhorses in the industrial production of most
commodity and specialty chemicals, and have widespread energy and environmental …

Electrochemical CO2 Reduction over Compressively Strained CuAg Surface Alloys with Enhanced Multi-Carbon Oxygenate Selectivity

EL Clark, C Hahn, TF Jaramillo… - Journal of the American …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide using renewably generated electricity offers
a potential means for producing fuels and chemicals in a sustainable manner. To date …

Importance of Ag–Cu Biphasic Boundaries for Selective Electrochemical Reduction of CO2 to Ethanol

S Lee, G Park, J Lee - Acs Catalysis, 2017 - ACS Publications
In recent years, electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) has received a great deal
of attention due to the potential that this process can mitigate the atmospheric CO2 …

Regulating and identifying the structures of PdAu alloys with splendid oxygen reduction activity for rechargeable zinc–air batteries

S Qiao, H Shou, W Xu, Y Cao, Y Zhou… - Energy & …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Alloying improves catalytic performance, but the control is challenging due to element
contributions. Here, we study the structural differences in PdxAuy alloys to understand their …

[HTML][HTML] Selective hydrogenation of 1, 3-butadiene on platinum–copper alloys at the single-atom limit

FR Lucci, J Liu, MD Marcinkowski, M Yang… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Platinum is ubiquitous in the production sectors of chemicals and fuels; however, its scarcity
in nature and high price will limit future proliferation of platinum-catalysed reactions. One …

Lonely atoms with special gifts: breaking linear scaling relationships in heterogeneous catalysis with single-atom alloys

MT Darby, M Stamatakis, A Michaelides… - The journal of physical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
We discuss a simple yet effective strategy for escaping traditional linear scaling relations in
heterogeneous catalysis with highly dilute bimetallic alloys known as single-atom alloys …

Grain boundary complexions

PR Cantwell, M Tang, SJ Dillon, J Luo, GS Rohrer… - Acta Materialia, 2014 - Elsevier
Grain boundaries exhibit phase-like behavior in which their structure, chemistry and
properties may change discontinuously at critical values of thermodynamic parameters such …

Review of Pt-based bimetallic catalysis: from model surfaces to supported catalysts

W Yu, MD Porosoff, JG Chen - Chemical reviews, 2012 - ACS Publications
The field of heterogeneous catalysis, specifically catalysis on bimetallic alloys, has seen
many advances over the past few decades. Bimetallic catalysts, which often show electronic …

Theoretical heterogeneous catalysis: scaling relationships and computational catalyst design

J Greeley - Annual review of chemical and biomolecular …, 2016 - annualreviews.org
Scaling relationships are theoretical constructs that relate the binding energies of a wide
variety of catalytic intermediates across a range of catalyst surfaces. Such relationships are …