Directly Probing the Local Coordination, Charge State, and Stability of Single Atom Catalysts by Advanced Electron Microscopy: A Review

On the Controlled Loading of Single Platinum Atoms as a Co‐Catalyst on TiO 2 Anatase for Optimized Photocatalytic H 2 Generation

(2020) Seyedsina Hejazi et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Single-atom vibrational spectroscopy in the scanning transmission electron microscope

(2020) F. S. Hage et al.   SCIENCE

Stabilizing Single-Atom Iron Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction via Ceria Confining and Trapping

(2020) Jin-Cheng Li et al.   ACS Catalysis

N-Coordinated Dual-Metal Single-Site Catalyst for Low-Temperature CO Oxidation

(2020) Jing Wang et al.   ACS Catalysis

Single‐Atom Catalytic Materials for Advanced Battery Systems

(2020) Chao Lu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Strong Metal–Support Interactions between Pt Single Atoms and TiO 2

(2020) Bing Han et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Dual Metal Active Sites in an Ir 1 /FeO x Single‐Atom Catalyst: A Redox Mechanism for the Water‐Gas Shift Reaction

(2020) Jin‐Xia Liang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Temperature‐Induced Structure Reconstruction to Prepare a Thermally Stable Single‐Atom Platinum Catalyst

(2020) Dongxu Yan et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Dynamic co-catalysis of Au single atoms and nanoporous Au for methane pyrolysis

(2020) Wei Xi et al.   Nature Communications

Lattice Strain Measurement of Core@Shell Electrocatalysts with 4D Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy Nanobeam Electron Diffraction

(2020) Debangshu Mukherjee et al.   ACS Catalysis

Visualization of Light Elements using 4D STEM: The Layered‐to‐Rock Salt Phase Transition in LiNiO 2 Cathode Material

(2020) Shamail Ahmed et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

One-Step High-Temperature-Synthesized Single-Atom Platinum Catalyst for Efficient Selective Hydrogenation

(2020) Qingyuan Bi et al.   Research

Effect of Step Edges on Adsorption Behavior for GaN(0001) Surfaces during Metalorganic Vapor Phase Epitaxy: An Ab Initio Study

(2020) Takumi Ohka et al.   CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN

The quantum confined Stark effect in N-doped ZnO/ZnO/N-doped ZnO nanostructures for infrared and terahertz applications

(2020) Pornsawan Sikam et al.   NANOTECHNOLOGY

Iridium single-atom catalyst on nitrogen-doped carbon for formic acid oxidation synthesized using a general host–guest strategy

(2020) Zhi Li et al.   Nature Chemistry

Single Ni Atoms Anchored on Porous Few‐Layer g‐C 3 N 4 for Photocatalytic CO 2 Reduction: The Role of Edge Confinement

(2020) Lei Cheng et al.   Small

Fast Scanning Probe Microscopy via Machine Learning: Non‐Rectangular Scans with Compressed Sensing and Gaussian Process Optimization

(2020) Kyle P. Kelley et al.   Small

Dynamic imaging of lithium in solid-state batteries by operando electron energy-loss spectroscopy with sparse coding

(2020) Yuki Nomura et al.   Nature Communications

Supported Metal Pair-Site Catalysts

(2020) Erjia Guan et al.   ACS Catalysis

Non defect-stabilized thermally stable single-atom catalyst

(2019) Rui Lang et al.   Nature Communications

Dispersive Single-Atom Metals Anchored on Functionalized Nanocarbons for Electrochemical Reactions

(2019) Jin-Cheng Li et al.   Topics in Current Chemistry

In Situ/Operando Techniques for Characterization of Single-Atom Catalysts

(2019) Xuning Li et al.   ACS Catalysis

Platinum-trimer decorated cobalt-palladium core-shell nanocatalyst with promising performance for oxygen reduction reaction

(2019) Sheng Dai et al.   Nature Communications

Identification of site-specific isotopic labels by vibrational spectroscopy in the electron microscope

(2019) Jordan A. Hachtel et al.   SCIENCE

Structural evolution of atomically dispersed Pt catalysts dictates reactivity

(2019) Leo DeRita et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Active Sites on Heterogeneous Single-Iron-Atom Electrocatalysts in CO2 Reduction Reaction

(2019) Xueping Qin et al.   ACS Energy Letters

Atomically Isolated Iron Atom Anchored on Carbon Nanotubes for Oxygen Reduction Reaction

(2019) Dong Liu et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Fe–N–C Single-Atom Nanozymes for the Intracellular Hydrogen Peroxide Detection

(2019) Lei Jiao et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

The stability and oxidation of supported atomic-size Cu catalysts in reactive environments

(2019) Satish Kumar Iyemperumal et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Unexpected Strong Thermally Induced Phonon Energy Shift for Mapping Local Temperature

(2019) Xingxu Yan et al.   NANO LETTERS

High temperature shockwave stabilized single atoms

(2019) Yonggang Yao et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Pocketlike Active Site of Rh1/MoS2 Single-Atom Catalyst for Selective Crotonaldehyde Hydrogenation

(2019) Yang Lou et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Real-space charge-density imaging with sub-ångström resolution by four-dimensional electron microscopy

(2019) Wenpei Gao et al.   NATURE

Rh single atoms on TiO2 dynamically respond to reaction conditions by adapting their site

(2019) Yan Tang et al.   Nature Communications

Atomic layer deposited Pt-Ru dual-metal dimers and identifying their active sites for hydrogen evolution reaction

(2019) Lei Zhang et al.   Nature Communications

Single-atom cobalt array bound to distorted 1T MoS2 with ensemble effect for hydrogen evolution catalysis

(2019) Kun Qi et al.   Nature Communications

Synthesis of Heteroatom Rh–ReOx Atomically Dispersed Species on Al2O3 and Their Tunable Catalytic Reactivity in Ethylene Hydroformylation

(2019) Insoo Ro et al.   ACS Catalysis

Application of machine learning techniques to electron microscopic/spectroscopic image data analysis

(2019) Shunsuke Muto et al.   Microscopy

Machine Learning and Scaling Laws for Prediction of Accurate Adsorption Energy

(2019) Sanjay Nayak et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A

Uniformity Is Key in Defining Structure–Function Relationships for Atomically Dispersed Metal Catalysts: The Case of Pt/CeO2

(2019) Joaquin Resasco et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Improvement of the energy resolution of energy dispersive spectrometers (EDS) using Richardson–Lucy deconvolution

(2019) Nicolas Brodusch et al.   ULTRAMICROSCOPY

Platinum–copper single atom alloy catalysts with high performance towards glycerol hydrogenolysis

(2019) Xi Zhang et al.   Nature Communications

Synthesis and high-resolution structural and chemical analysis of iron-manganese-oxide core-shell nanocubes

(2019) Aladin Ullrich et al.   Scientific Reports

Machine learning approaches for ELNES/XANES

(2019) Teruyasu Mizoguchi et al.   Microscopy

Nanoscale Probing of Local Hydrogen Heterogeneity in Disordered Carbon Nitrides with Vibrational Electron Energy-Loss Spectroscopy

(2018) Diane M. Haiber et al.   ACS Nano

Defect Effects on TiO2 Nanosheets: Stabilizing Single Atomic Site Au and Promoting Catalytic Properties

(2018) Jiawei Wan et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Regulation of Coordination Number over Single Co Sites: Triggering the Efficient Electroreduction of CO2

(2018) Xiaoqian Wang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Combining In-Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy and Infrared Spectroscopy for Understanding Dynamic and Atomic-Scale Features of Supported Metal Catalysts

(2018) Joaquin Resasco et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Direct observation of noble metal nanoparticles transforming to thermally stable single atoms

(2018) Shengjie Wei et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Stable iridium dinuclear heterogeneous catalysts supported on metal-oxide substrate for solar water oxidation

(2018) Yanyan Zhao et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Atomic-resolution transmission electron microscopy of electron beam–sensitive crystalline materials

(2018) Daliang Zhang et al.   SCIENCE

Real-time imaging of adatom-promoted graphene growth on nickel

(2018) Laerte L. Patera et al.   SCIENCE

Characterization of single-atom catalysts by EELS and EDX spectroscopy

(2018) R.F. Egerton et al.   ULTRAMICROSCOPY

Evolution and stabilization of subnanometric metal species in confined space by in situ TEM

(2018) Lichen Liu et al.   Nature Communications

Nanoceria-Supported Single-Atom Platinum Catalysts for Direct Methane Conversion

(2018) Pengfei Xie et al.   ACS Catalysis

Heterogeneous single-atom catalysis

(2018) Aiqin Wang et al.   Nature Reviews Chemistry

Nature of stable single atom Pt catalysts dispersed on anatase TiO2

(2018) Ho Viet Thang et al.   JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS

Quantitative Operando Visualization of Electrochemical Reactions and Li Ions in All-Solid-State Batteries by STEM-EELS with Hyperspectral Image Analyses

(2018) Yuki Nomura et al.   NANO LETTERS

End-On Bound Iridium Dinuclear Heterogeneous Catalysts on WO3 for Solar Water Oxidation

(2018) Yanyan Zhao et al.   ACS Central Science

Synthesis and Application of Fe-Doped WO3 Nanoparticles for Photocatalytic Degradation of Methylparaben Using Visible–Light Radiation and H2O2

(2018) Eric Mwangi Ngigi et al.   CATALYSIS LETTERS

Breaking the scaling relationship via thermally stable Pt/Cu single atom alloys for catalytic dehydrogenation

(2018) Guodong Sun et al.   Nature Communications

Nitrogen Fixation by Ru Single-Atom Electrocatalytic Reduction

(2018) Hengcong Tao et al.   Chem

Supported single-atom catalysts: synthesis, characterization, properties, and applications

(2017) Jing Liu et al.   Environmental Chemistry Letters

Retrieving the Quantitative Chemical Information at Nanoscale from Scanning Electron Microscope Energy Dispersive X-ray Measurements by Machine Learning

(2017) B. R. Jany et al.   NANO LETTERS

Persistent Electrochemical Performance in Epitaxial VO2(B)

(2017) Shinbuhm Lee et al.   NANO LETTERS

MoS2 monolayer catalyst doped with isolated Co atoms for the hydrodeoxygenation reaction

(2017) Guoliang Liu et al.   Nature Chemistry

Activation of surface lattice oxygen in single-atom Pt/CeO2for low-temperature CO oxidation

(2017) Lei Nie et al.   SCIENCE

Single-atom detection of light elements: Imaging or spectroscopy?

(2017) Ryosuke Senga et al.   ULTRAMICROSCOPY

Electric field imaging of single atoms

(2017) Naoya Shibata et al.   Nature Communications

Atomic-resolution imaging of electrically induced oxygen vacancy migration and phase transformation in SrCoO2.5-σ

(2017) Qinghua Zhang et al.   Nature Communications

Large-scale water collection of bioinspired cavity-microfibers

(2017) Ye Tian et al.   Nature Communications

High performance platinum single atom electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction reaction

(2017) Jing Liu et al.   Nature Communications

Fabrication, characterization, and stability of supported single-atom catalysts

(2017) Yaxin Chen et al.   Catalysis Science & Technology

Transmission electron microscopy on metal–organic frameworks – a review

(2017) Christian Wiktor et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

EELS at very high energy losses

(2017) Ian MacLaren et al.   Microscopy

Direct Detection Electron Energy-Loss Spectroscopy: A Method to Push the Limits of Resolution and Sensitivity

(2017) James L. Hart et al.   Scientific Reports

Individual heteroatom identification with X-ray spectroscopy

(2016) R. M. Stroud et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Dynamical Observation and Detailed Description of Catalysts under Strong Metal–Support Interaction

(2016) Shuyi Zhang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Adsorbate-mediated strong metal–support interactions in oxide-supported Rh catalysts

(2016) John C. Matsubu et al.   Nature Chemistry

Thermally stable single-atom platinum-on-ceria catalysts via atom trapping

(2016) J. Jones et al.   SCIENCE

Photochemical route for synthesizing atomically dispersed palladium catalysts

(2016) P. Liu et al.   SCIENCE

Creating single-atom Pt-ceria catalysts by surface step decoration

(2016) Filip Dvořák et al.   Nature Communications

Platinum single-atom and cluster catalysis of the hydrogen evolution reaction

(2016) Niancai Cheng et al.   Nature Communications

Single Atoms of Pt-Group Metals Stabilized by N-Doped Carbon Nanofibers for Efficient Hydrogen Production from Formic Acid

(2016) Dmitri A. Bulushev et al.   ACS Catalysis

Catalysis by Supported Single Metal Atoms

(2016) Jingyue Liu   ACS Catalysis

Water-Mediated Mars–Van Krevelen Mechanism for CO Oxidation on Ceria-Supported Single-Atom Pt1 Catalyst

(2016) Chunlei Wang et al.   ACS Catalysis

Highly Dense Isolated Metal Atom Catalytic Sites: Dynamic Formation and In Situ Observations

(2015) Yaxin Chen et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Utilising DualEELS to probe the nanoscale mechanisms of the corrosion of Zircaloy-4 in 350 °C pressurised water

(2015) Kirsty J. Annand et al.   JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS

Chemical States of Overcharged LiCoO2 Particle Surfaces and Interiors Observed Using Electron Energy-Loss Spectroscopy

(2015) Jun Kikkawa et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Isolated Metal Active Site Concentration and Stability Control Catalytic CO2 Reduction Selectivity

(2015) John C. Matsubu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Single-Atom Pd1/Graphene Catalyst Achieved by Atomic Layer Deposition: Remarkable Performance in Selective Hydrogenation of 1,3-Butadiene

(2015) Huan Yan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

In Situ Study of Lithiation and Delithiation of MoS2 Nanosheets Using Electrochemical Liquid Cell Transmission Electron Microscopy

(2015) Zhiyuan Zeng et al.   NANO LETTERS

Opportunities and challenges in liquid cell electron microscopy

(2015) F. M. Ross   SCIENCE

Atomic cobalt on nitrogen-doped graphene for hydrogen generation

(2015) Huilong Fei et al.   Nature Communications

Bottom-up formation of robust gold carbide

(2015) Benedikt Westenfelder et al.   Scientific Reports

A single iron site confined in a graphene matrix for the catalytic oxidation of benzene at room temperature

(2015) D. Deng et al.   Science Advances

Chemical Structure of Nitrogen-Doped Graphene with Single Platinum Atoms and Atomic Clusters as a Platform for the PEMFC Electrode

(2014) Samantha Stambula et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Vibrational spectroscopy in the electron microscope

(2014) Ondrej L. Krivanek et al.   NATURE

Direct in situ observations of single Fe atom catalytic processes and anomalous diffusion at graphene edges

(2014) J. Zhao et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Direct, Nonoxidative Conversion of Methane to Ethylene, Aromatics, and Hydrogen

(2014) X. Guo et al.   SCIENCE

EELS study of Fe- or Co-doped titania nanosheets

(2014) Megumi Ohwada et al.   Microscopy

Direct Imaging of Pt Single Atoms Adsorbed on TiO2 (110) Surfaces

(2013) Teng-Yuan Chang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Single-atom Catalysis Using Pt/Graphene Achieved through Atomic Layer Deposition

(2013) Shuhui Sun et al.   Scientific Reports

Single atom identification by energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy

(2012) T. C. Lovejoy et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Probing the Bonding and Electronic Structure of Single Atom Dopants in Graphene with Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy

(2012) Quentin M. Ramasse et al.   NANO LETTERS

Detection of photons emitted from single erbium atoms in energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy

(2012) Kazu Suenaga et al.   Nature Photonics

Direct Determination of the Chemical Bonding of Individual Impurities in Graphene

(2012) Wu Zhou et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Isolated Metal Atom Geometries as a Strategy for Selective Heterogeneous Hydrogenations

(2012) Georgios Kyriakou et al.   SCIENCE

Oxidation state and chemical shift investigation in transition metal oxides by EELS

(2012) Haiyan Tan et al.   ULTRAMICROSCOPY

Control of radiation damage in the TEM

(2012) R.F. Egerton   ULTRAMICROSCOPY

Single-atom catalysis of CO oxidation using Pt1/FeO x

(2011) Botao Qiao et al.   Nature Chemistry

Direct imaging of hydrogen-atom columns in a crystal by annular bright-field electron microscopy

(2011) Ryo Ishikawa et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

On the dose-rate threshold of beam damage in TEM

(2011) Nan Jiang et al.   ULTRAMICROSCOPY

Electron diffraction and HRTEM imaging of beam-sensitive materials

(2011) Heather F. Greer et al.   Crystallography Reviews

Nanoclusters of Gold on a High-Area Support: Almost Uniform Nanoclusters Imaged by Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy

(2009) Alper Uzun et al.   ACS Nano

Basic questions related to electron-induced sputtering in the TEM

(2009) R.F. Egerton et al.   ULTRAMICROSCOPY

Depth sectioning of individual dopant atoms with aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy

(2008) Huolin L. Xin et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Small Au and Pt Clusters at the Anatase TiO2(101) Surface:  Behavior at Terraces, Steps, and Surface Oxygen Vacancies

(2007) Xue-Qing Gong et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY