Unveiling the Mystery of Precision Catalysis: Dual‐Atom Catalysts Stealing the Spotlight DOI Open Access
Mengyang Zhang,

Xuchuan Cao,

Jie Dong

et al.

Small, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Dec. 26, 2024

In the era of atomic manufacturing, precise manipulation structures to engineer highly active catalytic sites has become a central focus in catalysis research. Dual-atom catalysts (DACs) have garnered significant attention for their superior activity, selectivity, and stability compared single-atom (SACs). However, comprehensive review that integrates geometric electronic factors influencing DAC performance remains limited. This systematically explores structure DAC, addressing key macroscopic parameters, such as spatial arrangements interatomic distances, well microscopic factors, including local coordination environments structures. Additionally, metal-support interactions (MSI) long-range (LSI) are comprehensively analyzed, which play pivotal yet underexplored role governing behavior. integration tailored functional groups is further discussed fine-tune properties, thereby optimizing intermediate adsorption, enhancing reaction kinetics, expanding multifunctionality various electrochemical environments. offers novel insights into rational design by elucidating intricate mechanisms underlying DACs' exceptional performance. Ultimately, DACs positioned critical players precision catalysis, highlighting potential drive breakthroughs across broad spectrum applications.

Language: Английский

Ruthenium‐Based Electrocatalysts for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction: from Nanoparticles to Single Atoms DOI
Yanqiang Li, Xuan Liu,

Junlong Xu

et al.

Small, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 20(45)

Published: July 27, 2024

Abstract Benefiting from similar hydrogen bonding energy to Pt and much lower price compare with Pt, Ru based catalysts are promising candidates for electrocatalytic evolution reaction (HER). The catalytic activity of nanoparticles can be enhanced through improving their dispersion by using different supports, the strong metal supports interaction further regulate performance. In addition, single‐atom (SACs) almost 100% atomic utilization attract great attention coordinative atmosphere single atoms adjusted supports. Moreover, syngenetic effects improve performance catalysts. this review, progress HER electrocatalysts summarized according existing forms, including (NPs), (SAs) combination both NPs SAs. common such as carbon materials, oxides, phosphides sulfides classified clarify active centers. Especially, possible mechanisms reasons improved discussed experimental results theoretical calculations. Finally, some challenges opportunities prospected facilitate development HER.

Language: Английский

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Do we achieve “1 + 1 > 2” in dual-atom or dual-single-atom catalysts? DOI
Xue Yang,

Linyao Xu,

Yuxin Li

et al.

Coordination Chemistry Reviews, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 516, P. 215961 - 215961

Published: May 29, 2024

Language: Английский

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From Single-atom to Bi-atom and Ordered Multi-atom: Not Just a Number Changing for Electrocatalysis DOI
Wenting Lu, Xiao Zhao

Chemical Research in Chinese Universities, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Jan. 7, 2025

Language: Английский

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Heteroatom Immobilization Engineering toward High-Performance Metal Anodes DOI
Jianan Gu, Yongzheng Zhang, Yu Shi

et al.

ACS Nano, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Sept. 11, 2024

Heteroatom immobilization engineering (HAIE) is becoming a forefront approach in materials science and engineering, focusing on the precise control manipulation of atomic-level interactions within heterogeneous systems. HAIE has emerged as an efficient strategy to fabricate single-atom sites for enhancing performance metal-based batteries. Despite significant progress achieved through metal anodes batteries, several critical challenges such dendrites, side reactions, sluggish reaction kinetics are still present. In this review, we delve into fundamental principles underlying heteroatom anodes, aiming elucidate its role electrochemical We systematically investigate how facilitates uniform nucleation inhibits reactions at anode-electrolyte interface, promoting desolvation ions accelerating Finally, discuss various strategies implementing electrode materials, high-temperature pyrolysis, vacancy reduction, molten-salt etching anchoring. These include selecting appropriate heteroatoms, optimizing methods, constructing material architectures. They can be utilized further refine enhance capabilities facilitate widespread application next-generation battery technologies.

Language: Английский

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High-throughput screening of axially bonded dual atom catalysts for enhanced electrocatalytic reactions: The effect of van der Waals interaction DOI
Mohsen Tamtaji, William A. Goddard, Ziyang Hu

et al.

Journal of Material Science and Technology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Sept. 1, 2024

Language: Английский

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Advanced development of dual-atom catalysts: From synthesis methods to versatile electrocatalytic applications DOI
Mengyang Zhang, Xiaomin Lu, Zefei Wu

et al.

Journal of Power Sources, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 613, P. 234923 - 234923

Published: June 19, 2024

Language: Английский

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Fueling the future of clean energy with self‐supported layered double hydroxides‐based electrocatalysts: A step toward sustainability DOI Creative Commons

Man‐Kei Wong,

Jian Yiing Loh,

Feng Ming Yap

et al.

InfoMat, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Nov. 5, 2024

Abstract Amid the ongoing transition toward renewable fuels, self‐supported layered double hydroxides (LDHs) are envisioned as propitious electrocatalysts for reinvigorating electrocatalysis realm, thereby facilitating environmental remediation and bolstering sustainable global energy security. Exploiting appealing attributes such unique lamellar structure, abundant active sites, tunable intercalation spacing compositional flexibility, LDHs boast remarkable activity, selectivity stability across diverse energy‐related applications. By virtue of addressing technological time prominence excavating their renaissance, this review first encompasses facile state‐of‐the‐art synthetic approaches alongside intriguing modification strategies, deciphering authentic structure–performance correlations advancing more robust precise catalyst design. Aside from this, heterostructure engineering employing diversified ranges coupling materials is highlighted, to construct ground‐breaking binder‐free LDHs‐based heterostructures endowing with unprecedented activity stability. Subsequently, milestone gained experimental research theoretical modeling frontier in multifarious electrocatalytic applications, including HER, OER, UOR, AOR, seawater splitting other fundamental conversion reactions rigorously unveiled. As a final note, brief conclusion presented an outline future prospects. Essentially, aspires offer enlightenment incite wise inspiration evolution innovative resilient next‐generation catalysts. image

Language: Английский

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Tailoring Hydrogen Storage Materials Kinetics and Thermodynamics Through Nanostructuring, and Nanoconfinement With In‐Situ Catalysis DOI Creative Commons
Darvaish Khan, Wee‐Jun Ong

Interdisciplinary materials, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Feb. 23, 2025

ABSTRACT For a clean and sustainable society, there is an urgent demand for renewable energy with net‐zero emissions due to fossil fuels limited resources irreversible environmental impact. Hydrogen has the unrivaled potential replace its high gravimetric density, abundant sources (H 2 O), friendliness. However, low volumetric density causes significant challenges, inspiring major efforts develop chemical‐based storage alternatives. Solid‐state hydrogen in materials substantial fulfilling practical requirements recognized as candidate their properties tuning more independently. hydrogen's stable thermodynamics sluggish kinetics are bottleneck widespread applications. To explore kinetic thermodynamic barriers fundamentals of materials, this review will provide promising information researchers gain detailed knowledge about applications find new routes engineering tuned properties. This further attract wider scientific community intend understand innovative concepts strategies developed employ them tailoring materials' Recent advances nanostructuring, nanoconfinement situ catalysts, host/guest stress/strain have propel prospects at nanoscale several directions that could lead next generation solid‐state

Language: Английский

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Precise Synthesis of Dual-Atom Catalysts for Better Understanding the Enhanced Catalytic Performance and Synergistic Mechanism DOI
Di‐Chang Zhong,

Yuchen Wang,

Mei Wang

et al.

Accounts of Chemical Research, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: April 10, 2025

ConspectusDual-atom catalysts (DACs), featuring two catalytic sites in close proximity, have emerged as a new frontier energy-related catalysis. Compared with single-atom (SACs), DACs more space to optimize the performance by changing dual-atom and their coordination environments. Through adjusting compositions environments of metal DACs, it is possible finely tune electronic geometric properties active centers, then synergistic effects for facilitating substrates activation intermediates stabilization can be strengthened or optimized, consequently tailoring diverse reaction pathways achieving various challenging reactions. The most important yet task studies precise synthesis which crucial understand relationship between structure at atomic level. In cases, were synthesized via pyrolysis mixture salts organic ligands, metals are randomly distributed was difficult control M···M distance (M = ion) uniform dispersion DACs. Hence, developing innovative strategies definite structures high-efficiency urgently needed.In this Account, we tentatively summarize applications conversion small molecules such H2O, CO2, so on. Focusing on three types been put forward systematically introduced. Based strategies, resulting high purity synergistically activating converting concurrently discussed, including cleavage C-C bonds, reduction CO2 Attempts made explain why these functions much higher than what SACs achieved. Efforts revealing influences dual-metal site types, separations dual metals, geometry configurations environments, well ligand performance. Emphasis has placed analysis structure-reactivity mechanism molecular Finally, perspectives current challenges future development forward. We anticipate believe that Account will provide profound insights into structurally defined give

Language: Английский

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Mechanistic study of the competition between carbon dioxide reduction and hydrogen evolution reaction and selectivity tuning via loading single-atom catalysts on graphitic carbon nitride DOI

Joel Jie Foo,

Sue‐Faye Ng, Mo Xiong

et al.

Nanoscale, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 16(34), P. 16015 - 16025

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

We computationally screened metal-single-atom catalysts (M-SAC) on carbon nitride for selective CO 2 reduction. NiCN significantly lowered the rate-determining potential conversion to formic acid via *OCHO key intermediate.

Language: Английский

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