Atomic‐Level Interface Engineering for Boosting Oxygen Electrocatalysis Performance of Single‐Atom Catalysts: From Metal Active Center to the First Coordination Sphere

Altering Ligand Fields in Single-Atom Sites through Second-Shell Anion Modulation Boosts the Oxygen Reduction Reaction

(2022) Jiayi Qin et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

New insights into the key bifunctional role of sulfur in Fe–N–C single-atom catalysts for ORR/OER

(2022) Xiaofei Zhang et al.   Nanoscale

Modulating the Local Coordination Environment of Single‐Atom Catalysts for Enhanced Catalytic Performance in Hydrogen/Oxygen Evolution Reaction

(2022) Gracita M. Tomboc et al.   Small

Coordination modulation of iridium single-atom catalyst maximizing water oxidation activity

(2022) Zhanwu Lei et al.   Nature Communications

Superiority of Dual‐Atom Catalysts in Electrocatalysis: One Step Further Than Single‐Atom Catalysts

(2022) Runze Li et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Insight into the Mechanism of Axial Ligands Regulating the Catalytic Activity of Fe–N 4 Sites for Oxygen Reduction Reaction

(2022) Kuang‐Min Zhao et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Mesopore–rich Fe–N–C catalyst with FeN 4 –O–NC Single Atom Sites Delivers Remarkable Oxygen Reduction Reaction Performance in Alkaline Media

(2022) Lishan Peng et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Ru‐Co Pair Sites Catalyst Boosts the Energetics for Oxygen Evolution Reaction

(2022) Xiaobo Zheng et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Modulating coordination environment of Fe single atoms for high-efficiency all-pH-tolerated H2O2 electrochemical production

(2022) Yuhan Wu et al.   APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL

The effect of coordination environment on the activity and selectivity of single-atom catalysts

(2022) Yuqi Zhang et al.   COORDINATION CHEMISTRY REVIEWS

Atomic manganese coordinated to nitrogen and sulfur for oxygen evolution

(2022) Xue Bai et al.   Nano Research

Ir Single Atom Catalyst Loaded on Amorphous Carbon Materials with High HER Activity

(2022) Chunxiang Liu et al.   Advanced Science

Intramolecular hydroxyl nucleophilic attack pathway by a polymeric water oxidation catalyst with single cobalt sites

(2022) Hao Yang et al.   Nature Catalysis

Recent Advances in Dual‐Atom Site Catalysts for Efficient Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide Electrocatalysis

(2022) Qizheng An et al.   Small Methods

Tracking the Oxygen Dynamics of Solid–Liquid Electrochemical Interfaces by Correlative In Situ Synchrotron Spectroscopies

(2022) Weiren Cheng et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Interfacial Cladding Engineering Suppresses Atomic Thermal Migration to Fabricate Well‐Defined Dual‐Atom Electrocatalysts

(2022) Kunyue Leng et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Highly Efficient Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution Over Atomically Dispersed Synergistic  Ni/Co Dual Sites

(2022) Zhihao Pei et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Sp‐Hybridized Nitrogen as New Anchoring Sites of Iron Single Atoms to Boost the Oxygen Reduction Reaction

(2022) Meiping Li et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Atomically Dispersed Pentacoordinated‐Zirconium Catalyst with Axial Oxygen Ligand for Oxygen Reduction Reaction

(2022) Xia Wang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Super‐Coordinated Nickel N 4 Ni 1 O 2 Site Single‐Atom Catalyst for Selective H 2 O 2 Electrosynthesis at High Current Densities

(2022) Chuqian Xiao et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Atomic ruthenium coordinated with chlorine and nitrogen as efficient and multifunctional electrocatalyst for overall water splitting and rechargeable zinc-air battery

(2022) Junsheng Chen et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Identification of the Highly Active Co–N4 Coordination Motif for Selective Oxygen Reduction to Hydrogen Peroxide

(2022) Shanyong Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Atomically-dispersed Mn-(N-C2)2(O-C2)2 sites on carbon for efficient oxygen reduction reaction

(2022) Lingbo Zong et al.   Energy Storage Materials

Sulfur coordination engineering of molybdenum single-atom for dual-functional oxygen reduction/evolution catalysis

(2022) Yongzhi Zhao et al.   Energy Storage Materials

Insights on forming N,O-coordinated Cu single-atom catalysts for electrochemical reduction CO2 to methane

(2021) Yanming Cai et al.   Nature Communications

Large‐Scalable Interfacial Synthesis of Two‐Dimensional Metal‐Organic Framework Nanosheets for Electrochemical Hydrogen Peroxide Production

(2021) Xiaoqing Huang   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Rational design of ultrahigh loading metal single-atoms (Co, Ni, Mo) anchored on in-situ pre-crosslinked guar gum derived N-doped carbon aerogel for efficient overall water splitting

(2021) Yu Cheng et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Regulating Fe-spin state by atomically dispersed Mn-N in Fe-N-C catalysts with high oxygen reduction activity

(2021) Gege Yang et al.   Nature Communications

Engineering the Coordination Environment of Single Cobalt Atoms for Efficient Oxygen Reduction and Hydrogen Evolution Reactions

(2021) Tao Sun et al.   ACS Catalysis

Integration of Morphology and Electronic Structure Modulation on Atomic Iron‐Nitrogen‐Carbon Catalysts for Highly Efficient Oxygen Reduction

(2021) Cuncun Xin et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Emerging Dual‐Atomic‐Site Catalysts for Efficient Energy Catalysis

(2021) Weiyu Zhang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Underpotential-deposition synthesis and in-line electrochemical analysis of single-atom copper electrocatalysts

(2021) Jingsong Xu et al.   APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL

N and O multi-coordinated vanadium single atom with enhanced oxygen reduction activity

(2021) Ling Cheng et al.   JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE

Single Iridium Atom Doped Ni2P Catalyst for Optimal Oxygen Evolution

(2021) Qi Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Synergizing metal–support interactions and spatial confinement boosts dynamics of atomic nickel for hydrogenations

(2021) Jian Gu et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Orbital coupling of hetero-diatomic nickel-iron site for bifunctional electrocatalysis of CO2 reduction and oxygen evolution

(2021) Zhiping Zeng et al.   Nature Communications

3d-Orbital Occupancy Regulated Ir-Co Atomic Pair Toward Superior Bifunctional Oxygen Electrocatalysis

(2021) Meiling Xiao et al.   ACS Catalysis

Dual‐Sites Coordination Engineering of Single Atom Catalysts for Flexible Metal–Air Batteries

(2021) Deshuang Yu et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Identification of the Evolving Dynamics of Coordination-Unsaturated Iron Atomic Active Sites under Reaction Conditions

(2021) Wanlin Zhou et al.   ACS Energy Letters

High‐Efficiency Electrosynthesis of Hydrogen Peroxide from Oxygen Reduction Enabled by a Tungsten Single Atom Catalyst with Unique Terdentate N 1 O 2 Coordination

(2021) Feifei Zhang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Low‐Coordinated CoNC on Oxygenated Graphene for Efficient Electrocatalytic H 2 O 2 Production

(2021) Haisheng Gong et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Electronically and Geometrically Modified Single‐Atom Fe Sites by Adjacent Fe Nanoparticles for Enhanced Oxygen Reduction

(2021) Shu‐Na Zhao et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Metal‐Triazolate‐Framework‐Derived FeN 4 Cl 1 Single‐Atom Catalysts with Hierarchical Porosity for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction

(2021) Linyu Hu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Tailoring the Electronic Structure of an Atomically Dispersed Zinc Electrocatalyst: Coordination Environment Regulation for High Selectivity Oxygen Reduction

(2021) Yaling Jia et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Cobalt Single Atom Incorporated in Ruthenium Oxide Sphere: A Robust Bifunctional Electrocatalyst for HER and OER

(2021) Khadim Shah et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Dual carbon-hosted Co-N3 enabling unusual reaction pathway for efficient oxygen reduction reaction

(2021) Hongbin Xu et al.   APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL

Boron Coordination Effect in Ni−N x Doped Graphene Catalysts on the ORR Performance Based on DFT Calculations

(2021) Jingyu Zhang et al.   CHEMPHYSCHEM

Non-Bonding Interaction of Neighboring Fe and Ni Single-Atom Pairs on MOF-Derived N-Doped Carbon for Enhanced CO2 Electroreduction

(2021) Long Jiao et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Bioinspired Trinuclear Copper Catalyst for Water Oxidation with a Turnover Frequency up to 20000 s–1

(2021) Qi-Fa Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Optimizing Microenvironment of Asymmetric N,S‐Coordinated Single‐Atom Fe via Axial Fifth Coordination toward Efficient Oxygen Electroreduction

(2021) Longbin Li et al.   Small

Coordination environment dependent selectivity of single-site-Cu enriched crystalline porous catalysts in CO2 reduction to CH4

(2021) Yu Zhang et al.   Nature Communications

Substrate strain tunes operando geometric distortion and oxygen reduction activity of CuN2C2 single-atom sites

(2021) Guokang Han et al.   Nature Communications

Relation between Water Oxidation Activity and Coordination Environment of C,N-Coordinated Mononuclear Co Catalyst

(2021) Qing’e Huang et al.   ACS Catalysis

Boosting Oxygen Reduction of Single Iron Active Sites via Geometric and Electronic Engineering: Nitrogen and Phosphorus Dual Coordination

(2020) Kai Yuan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

High‐Valence Nickel Single‐Atom Catalysts Coordinated to Oxygen Sites for Extraordinarily Activating Oxygen Evolution Reaction

(2020) Yaguang Li et al.   Advanced Science

Bridge Bonded Oxygen Ligands between Approximated FeN4 Sites Confer the Catalysts with High ORR Performance

(2020) Liyuan Gong et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

High‐Efficiency Oxygen Reduction to Hydrogen Peroxide Catalyzed by Nickel Single‐Atom Catalysts with Tetradentate N 2 O 2 Coordination in a Three‐Phase Flow Cell

(2020) Yulin Wang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Coordination Tunes Selectivity: Two‐Electron Oxygen Reduction on High‐Loading Molybdenum Single‐Atom Catalysts

(2020) Cheng Tang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Ionic Exchange of Metal−Organic Frameworks for Constructing Unsaturated Copper Single‐Atom Catalysts for Boosting Oxygen Reduction Reaction

(2020) Shenghua Ma et al.   Small

Engineering Local and Global Structures of Single Co Atoms for a Superior Oxygen Reduction Reaction

(2020) Xiao Hai et al.   ACS Catalysis

Harnessing the interplay of Fe–Ni atom pairs embedded in nitrogen-doped carbon for bifunctional oxygen electrocatalysis

(2020) Xiaofeng Zhu et al.   Nano Energy

Fabricating Dual‐Atom Iron Catalysts for Efficient Oxygen Evolution Reaction: A Heteroatom Modulator Approach

(2020) Yong‐Sheng Wei et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Phase-mediated robust interfacial electron-coupling over core-shell Co@carbon towards superior overall water splitting

(2020) Na Li et al.   APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL

Engineering Isolated Mn–N2C2 Atomic Interface Sites for Efficient Bifunctional Oxygen Reduction and Evolution Reaction

(2020) Huishan Shang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Engineering of Coordination Environment and Multiscale Structure in Single-Site Copper Catalyst for Superior Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction

(2020) Tingting Sun et al.   NANO LETTERS

Engineering unsymmetrically coordinated Cu-S1N3 single atom sites with enhanced oxygen reduction activity

(2020) Huishan Shang et al.   Nature Communications

O-coordinated W-Mo dual-atom catalyst for pH-universal electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution

(2020) Yang Yang et al.   Science Advances

Turning on Zn 4s Electrons in a N2‐Zn‐B2 Configuration to Stimulate Remarkable ORR Performance

(2020) Jing Wang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Atomically dispersed catalysts for hydrogen/oxygen evolution reactions and overall water splitting

(2020) Qiaoqiao Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES

Coordination Engineering of Single‐Atom Catalysts for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction: A Review

(2020) Jincheng Zhang et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Isolated Zn-Co Atomic Pair for Highly Active and Durable Oxygen Reduction

(2019) Ziyang Lu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Atomically dispersed nickel–nitrogen–sulfur species anchored on porous carbon nanosheets for efficient water oxidation

(2019) Yang Hou et al.   Nature Communications

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

(2019) Sheng Dai et al.   Nature Communications

Stable Hierarchical Bimetal-Organic Nanostructures as HighPerformance Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction

(2019) Wei Zhou et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Fabricating Single‐Atom Catalysts from Chelating Metal in Open Frameworks

(2019) Yichao Lin et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Single atom iridium heterogeneous catalyst in oxygen reduction reaction

(2019) Zhongwei Chen et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Atom-by-Atom Resolution of Structure-Function Relations over Low-Nuclearity Metal Catalysts

(2019) Evgeniya Vorobyeva et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Single Fe Atom on Hierarchically Porous S, N‐Codoped Nanocarbon Derived from Porphyra Enable Boosted Oxygen Catalysis for Rechargeable Zn‐Air Batteries

(2019) Jiting Zhang et al.   Small

Identifying the structure of Zn-N2 active sites and structural activation

(2019) Feng Li et al.   Nature Communications

Nitrogen-coordinated single iron atom catalysts derived from metal organic frameworks for oxygen reduction reaction

(2019) Fei Xiao et al.   Nano Energy

Coordination-controlled single-atom tungsten as a non-3d-metal oxygen reduction reaction electrocatalyst with ultrahigh mass activity

(2019) Zhigang Chen et al.   Nano Energy

Hetero-N-Coordinated Co Single Sites with High Turnover Frequency for Efficient Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution in an Acidic Medium

(2019) Hui Su et al.   ACS Energy Letters

Operando Insight into the Oxygen Evolution Kinetics on the Metal-Free Carbon-Based Electrocatalyst in an Acidic Solution

(2019) Xu Zhao et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Nanocrystal supracrystal-derived atomically dispersed Mn-Fe catalysts with enhanced oxygen reduction activity

(2019) Biwei Wang et al.   Nano Energy

Precisely Tuning the Number of Fe Atoms in Clusters on N-Doped Carbon toward Acidic Oxygen Reduction Reaction

(2019) Wei Ye et al.   Chem

Atomically Dispersed Binary Co‐Ni Sites in Nitrogen‐Doped Hollow Carbon Nanocubes for Reversible Oxygen Reduction and Evolution

(2019) Xiaopeng Han et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Carbon Nanosheets Containing Discrete Co-Nx-By-C Active Sites for Efficient Oxygen Electrocatalysis and Rechargeable Zn–Air Batteries

(2018) Yingying Guo et al.   ACS Nano

O-, N-Atoms-Coordinated Mn Cofactors within a Graphene Framework as Bioinspired Oxygen Reduction Reaction Electrocatalysts

(2018) Yang Yang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Fe Isolated Single Atoms on S, N Codoped Carbon by Copolymer Pyrolysis Strategy for Highly Efficient Oxygen Reduction Reaction

(2018) Qiheng Li et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Exploring the Performance Improvement of the Oxygen Evolution Reaction in a Stable Bimetal-Organic Framework System

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

Electronic structure engineering to boost oxygen reduction activity by controlling the coordination of the central metal

(2018) Yunhu Han et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Unveiling the high-activity origin of single-atom iron catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction

(2018) Liu Yang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Atomically dispersed Ni(i) as the active site for electrochemical CO2 reduction

(2018) Hong Bin Yang et al.   Nature Energy

Heterogeneous single-atom catalysis

(2018) Aiqin Wang et al.   Nature Reviews Chemistry

Kinetic and Mechanistic Characterization of Low-Overpotential, H2O2-Selective Reduction of O2 Catalyzed by N2O2-Ligated Cobalt Complexes

(2018) Yu-Heng Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Coordination of Atomic Co–Pt Coupling Species at Carbon Defects as Active Sites for Oxygen Reduction Reaction

(2018) Longzhou Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Hierarchically Porous M-N-C (M = Co and Fe) Single-Atom Electrocatalysts with Robust MN x Active Moieties Enable Enhanced ORR Performance

(2018) Chengzhou Zhu et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Atomically Dispersed Molybdenum Catalysts for Efficient Ambient Nitrogen Fixation

(2018) Lili Han et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Enhanced oxygen reduction with single-atomic-site iron catalysts for a zinc-air battery and hydrogen-air fuel cell

(2018) Yuanjun Chen et al.   Nature Communications

Manganese and Cobalt in the Nonheme-Metal-Binding Site of a Biosynthetic Model of Heme-Copper Oxidase Superfamily Confer Oxidase Activity through Redox-Inactive Mechanism

(2017) Julian H. Reed et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Confined Pyrolysis within Metal–Organic Frameworks To Form Uniform Ru3 Clusters for Efficient Oxidation of Alcohols

(2017) Shufang Ji et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Design of N-Coordinated Dual-Metal Sites: A Stable and Active Pt-Free Catalyst for Acidic Oxygen Reduction Reaction

(2017) Jing Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Molecule-Level g-C3N4 Coordinated Transition Metals as a New Class of Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Electrode Reactions

(2017) Yao Zheng et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Atomically FeN 2 moieties dispersed on mesoporous carbon: A new atomic catalyst for efficient oxygen reduction catalysis

(2017) Hangjia Shen et al.   Nano Energy

Creating coordinatively unsaturated metal sites in metal-organic-frameworks as efficient electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction: Insights into the active centers

(2017) Li Tao et al.   Nano Energy

Electrocatalytic O2 Reduction at a Bio-inspired Mononuclear Copper Phenolato Complex Immobilized on a Carbon Nanotube Electrode

(2016) Solène Gentil et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Atomically Dispersed Iron-Nitrogen Species as Electrocatalysts for Bifunctional Oxygen Evolution and Reduction Reactions

(2016) Pengzuo Chen et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Highly doped and exposed Cu(i)–N active sites within graphene towards efficient oxygen reduction for zinc–air batteries

(2016) Haihua Wu et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Theoretical insights on the catalytic activity and mechanism for oxygen reduction reaction at Fe and P codoped graphene

(2016) Feng He et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Tuning selectivity of electrochemical reactions by atomically dispersed platinum catalyst

(2016) Chang Hyuck Choi et al.   Nature Communications

Catalysis by Supported Single Metal Atoms

(2016) Jingyue Liu   ACS Catalysis

Rational design of common transition metal-nitrogen-carbon catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction in fuel cells

(2016) Yongping Zheng et al.   Nano Energy

Identification of catalytic sites for oxygen reduction in iron- and nitrogen-doped graphene materials

(2015) Andrea Zitolo et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Fe– and Co–P4-embedded graphenes as electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction: theoretical insights

(2015) Liyan Feng et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Reactivity of Surface Species in Heterogeneous Catalysts Probed by In Situ X-ray Absorption Techniques

(2013) Silvia Bordiga et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Activity Descriptor Identification for Oxygen Reduction on Nonprecious Electrocatalysts: Linking Surface Science to Coordination Chemistry

(2013) Nagappan Ramaswamy et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Opportunities and challenges for a sustainable energy future

(2012) Steven Chu et al.   NATURE

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

(2011) Botao Qiao et al.   Nature Chemistry

Iron-Based Catalysts with Improved Oxygen Reduction Activity in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells

(2009) Michel Lefèvre et al.   SCIENCE