Challenges and Perspectives of Single-Atom-Based Catalysts for Electrochemical Reactions

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

(2022) Zhanwu Lei et al.   Nature Communications

Construction of N, P co‐doped carbon frames anchored with Fe single atoms and Fe 2 P nanoparticles as robust coupling catalyst for electrocatalytic oxygen reduction

(2022) Yuan Pan et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Metal-metal interactions in correlated single-atom catalysts

(2022) Jieqiong Shan et al.   Science Advances

Atomically dispersed Pt and Fe sites and Pt–Fe nanoparticles for durable proton exchange membrane fuel cells

(2022) Fei Xiao et al.   Nature Catalysis

Competitive Adsorption: Reducing the Poisoning Effect of Adsorbed Hydroxyl on Ru Single‐Atom Site with SnO2 for Efficient Hydrogen Evolution

(2022) Jiachen Zhang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

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 iron sites with a nitrogen–carbon coating as highly active and durable oxygen reduction catalysts for fuel cells

(2022) Shengwen Liu et al.   Nature Energy

Nature‐Inspired Design of Molybdenum–Selenium Dual‐Single‐Atom Electrocatalysts for CO 2 Reduction

(2022) Kaian Sun et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Surface‐Exposed Single‐Ni Atoms with Potential‐Driven Dynamic Behaviors for Highly Efficient Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution

(2022) Yafei Zhao et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Hybrid Catalyst Coupling Single-Atom Ni and Nanoscale Cu for Efficient CO2 Electroreduction to Ethylene

(2022) Zhouyang Yin et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Dynamic Stability of Copper Single-Atom Catalysts under Working Conditions

(2022) Xiaowan Bai et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Volcano-type relationship between oxidation states and catalytic activity of single-atom catalysts towards hydrogen evolution

(2022) Dong Cao et al.   Nature Communications

Neighboring Cationic Vacancy Assisted Adsorption Optimization on Single-Atom Sites for Improved Oxygen Evolution

(2022) Dongdi Wang et al.   ACS Catalysis

Single-Atom-Induced Adsorption Optimization of Adjacent Sites Boosted Oxygen Evolution Reaction

(2022) Huihuang Chen et al.   ACS Catalysis

One‐Step Approach for Constructing High‐Density Single‐Atom Catalysts toward Overall Water Splitting at Industrial Current Densities

(2022) Dong Cao et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Axial Coordination Effect on the Oxygen Reduction Reaction of FeN4 Electrocatalysts Based on Grand Canonical Density Functional Theory

(2022) Zhou Huang et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Atomic Replacement of PtNi Nanoalloys within Zn-ZIF-8 for the Fabrication of a Multisite CO2 Reduction Electrocatalyst

(2022) Xiaolu Wang et al.   Journal of the American Chemical Society

S and O Co-Coordinated Mo Single Sites in Hierarchically Porous Tubes from Sulfur–Enamine Copolymerization for Oxygen Reduction and Evolution

(2022) Yongzhi Zhao et al.   Journal of the American Chemical Society

Regulating the FeN4 Moiety by Constructing Fe–Mo Dual-Metal Atom Sites for Efficient Electrochemical Oxygen Reduction

(2022) Peng Zhu et al.   Nano Letters

Regulating electronic structure of CoN4 with axial Co—S for promoting oxygen reduction and Zn-air battery performance

(2022) Chang Chen et al.   Nano Research

Pinpointing the axial ligand effect on platinum single-atom-catalyst towards efficient alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction

(2022) Tianyu Zhang et al.   Nature Communications

Iridium single atoms incorporated in Co3O4 efficiently catalyze the oxygen evolution in acidic conditions

(2022) Yiming Zhu et al.   Nature Communications

Single atom catalysts in Van der Waals gaps

(2022) Huaning Jiang et al.   Nature Communications

Ultrathin NiPt Single-Atom Alloy for Synergistically Accelerating Alkaline Hydrogen Evolution

(2022) Liuxiang Huo et al.   ACS Applied Energy Materials

The dual-active-site tandem catalyst containing Ru single atoms and Ni nanoparticles boosts CO2 methanation

(2022) Tengfei Zhang et al.   APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL

Rational Fabrication of Low‐Coordinate Single‐Atom Ni Electrocatalysts by MOFs for Highly Selective CO2 Reduction

(2021) Hai-Long Jiang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Single atom Ru doped CoP/CDs Nanosheets via Splicing of Carbon‐Dots for Robust Hydrogen Production

(2021) Haoqiang Song et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Single‐atom‐layer catalysis in MoS2 monolayer activated by long‐range ferromagnetism: beyond the single‐atom catalysis

(2021) Hengli Duan et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Constructing FeN4/graphitic nitrogen atomic interface for high-efficiency electrochemical CO2 reduction over a broad potential window

(2021) Chuhao Liu et al.   Chem

Boosting Selective Nitrogen Reduction via Geometric Coordination Engineering on Single‐Tungsten‐Atom Catalysts

(2021) Yu Gu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Operando Cooperated Catalytic Mechanism of Atomically Dispersed Cu−N 4 and Zn−N 4 for Promoting Oxygen Reduction Reaction

(2021) Miaomiao Tong et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Exceptional electrochemical HER performance with enhanced electron transfer between Ru nanoparticles and single atoms dispersed on carbon substrate

(2021) Panpan Su et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Tailoring Acidic Oxygen Reduction Selectivity on Single-Atom Catalysts via Modification of First and Second Coordination Spheres

(2021) Cheng Tang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Single-Atom-Substituted Mo2CTx:Fe-Layered Carbide for Selective Oxygen Reduction to Hydrogen Peroxide: Tracking the Evolution of the MXene Phase

(2021) Denis A. Kuznetsov et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Atomic Indium Catalysts for Switching CO2 Electroreduction Products from Formate to CO

(2021) Weiwei Guo et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Hydrogen Passivation of M–N–C (M = Fe, Co) Catalysts for Storage Stability and ORR Activity Improvements

(2021) Jieyuan Liu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Boosting CO 2 Electroreduction over a Cadmium Single‐Atom Catalyst by Tuning of the Axial Coordination Structure

(2021) Yahui Wu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Single Iridium Atom Doped Ni2P Catalyst for Optimal Oxygen Evolution

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

Dynamic Behavior of Single-Atom Catalysts in Electrocatalysis: Identification of Cu-N3 as an Active Site for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction

(2021) Ji Yang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Chemical vapour deposition of Fe–N–C oxygen reduction catalysts with full utilization of dense Fe–N4 sites

(2021) Li Jiao et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Theoretical Inspection of M1/PMA Single-Atom Electrocatalyst: Ultra-High Performance for Water Splitting (HER/OER) and Oxygen Reduction Reactions (OER)

(2021) Shamraiz Hussain Talib et al.   ACS Catalysis

Understanding the inter-site distance effect in single-atom catalysts for oxygen electroreduction

(2021) Zhaoyu Jin et al.   Nature Catalysis

Atomically Dispersed Co 2 –N 6 and Fe–N 4 Costructures Boost Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Both Alkaline and Acidic Media

(2021) Zhe Wang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Atomically Dispersed Selenium Sites on Nitrogen‐Doped Carbon for Efficient Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction

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

Unraveling the Function of Metal–Amorphous Support Interactions in Single‐Atom Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution

(2021) Yang Liu 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

Moving beyond bimetallic-alloy to single-atom dimer atomic-interface for all-pH hydrogen evolution

(2021) Ashwani Kumar et al.   Nature Communications

A general strategy for preparing pyrrolic-N4 type single-atom catalysts via pre-located isolated atoms

(2021) Junjie Li et al.   Nature Communications

Accelerating CO 2 Electroreduction to CO Over Pd Single‐Atom Catalyst

(2020) Qun He et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

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

Low-PGM and PGM-Free Catalysts for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells: Stability Challenges and Material Solutions

(2020) Lei Du et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Single‐Atom Iron Catalysts on Overhang‐Eave Carbon Cages for High‐Performance Oxygen Reduction Reaction

(2020) Chun‐Chao Hou et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Ultrahigh-Loading of Ir Single Atoms on NiO Matrix to Dramatically Enhance Oxygen Evolution Reaction

(2020) Qi Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Dual-atom Ag2/graphene catalyst for efficient electroreduction of CO2 to CO

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

Reaction environment self-modification on low-coordination Ni2+ octahedra atomic interface for superior electrocatalytic overall water splitting

(2020) Kaian Sun et al.   Nano Research

Accelerated oxygen reduction on Fe/N/C catalysts derived from precisely-designed ZIF precursors

(2020) Ergui Luo et al.   Nano Research

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

(2020) Yang Yang et al.   Science Advances

Revealing Isolated M−N 3 C 1 Active Sites for Efficient Collaborative Oxygen Reduction Catalysis

(2020) Feng Li et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Hollow Mesoporous Carbon Sphere Loaded Ni–N 4 Single‐Atom: Support Structure Study for CO 2 Electrocatalytic Reduction Catalyst

(2020) Wanfeng Xiong et al.   Small

Iron phthalocyanine with coordination induced electronic localization to boost oxygen reduction reaction

(2020) Kejun Chen et al.   Nature Communications

Fe atoms anchored on defective nitrogen doped hollow carbon spheres as efficient electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction

(2020) Panpan Su et al.   Nano Research

Axial ligand effect on the stability of Fe–N–C electrocatalysts for acidic oxygen reduction reaction

(2020) Feiteng Wang et al.   Nano Energy

Identification of the Electronic and Structural Dynamics of Catalytic Centers in Single-Fe-Atom Material

(2020) Xuning Li et al.   Chem

Identification of durable and non-durable FeNx sites in Fe–N–C materials for proton exchange membrane fuel cells

(2020) Jingkun Li et al.   Nature Catalysis

Performance enhancement and degradation mechanism identification of a single-atom Co–N–C catalyst for proton exchange membrane fuel cells

(2020) Xiaohong Xie et al.   Nature Catalysis

Atomically dispersed Ni–Ru–P interface sites for high-efficiency pH-universal electrocatalysis of hydrogen evolution

(2020) Konglin Wu et al.   Nano Energy

Copper atom-pair catalyst anchored on alloy nanowires for selective and efficient electrochemical reduction of CO2

(2019) Jiqing Jiao et al.   Nature Chemistry

MXene (Ti3C2) Vacancy-Confined Single-Atom Catalyst for Efficient Functionalization of CO2

(2019) Di Zhao et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

PGM-Free Cathode Catalysts for PEM Fuel Cells: A Mini-Review on Stability Challenges

(2019) Yuyan Shao et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Progress in the Development of Fe-Based PGM-Free Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction

(2019) Ulises Martinez et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Atomically dispersed Fe3+ sites catalyze efficient CO2 electroreduction to CO

(2019) Jun Gu et al.   SCIENCE

Single atom tungsten doped ultrathin α-Ni(OH)2 for enhanced electrocatalytic water oxidation

(2019) Junqing Yan et al.   Nature Communications

A Cobalt–Iron Double-Atom Catalyst for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction

(2019) Lichen Bai et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Synergistically Interactive Pyridinic-N-MoP Sites: Identified Active Centers for Enhanced Hydrogen Evolution in Alkaline Solution

(2019) Di Zhao et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Thermally Driven Structure and Performance Evolution of Atomically Dispersed FeN4 Sites for Oxygen Reduction

(2019) Jiazhan Li et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Bismuth Single Atoms Resulting from Transformation of Metal–Organic Frameworks and Their Use as Electrocatalysts for CO2 Reduction

(2019) Erhuan Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Engineering Energy Level of Metal Center: Ru Single-Atom Site for Efficient and Durable Oxygen Reduction Catalysis

(2019) Meiling Xiao et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Three-dimensional open nano-netcage electrocatalysts for efficient pH-universal overall water splitting

(2019) Zewen Zhuang et al.   Nature Communications

Boosting the activity of Fe-Nx moieties in Fe-N-C electrocatalysts via phosphorus doping for oxygen reduction reaction

(2019) Jin-Cheng Li et al.   Science China-Materials

Reaction: Open Up the Era of Atomically Precise Catalysis

(2019) Wei Zhu et al.   Chem

Evolution Pathway from Iron Compounds to Fe1(II)–N4 Sites through Gas-Phase Iron during Pyrolysis

(2019) Jingkun Li et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

A Bimetallic Zn/Fe Polyphthalocyanine-Derived Single-Atom Fe-N4 Catalytic Site:A Superior Trifunctional Catalyst for Overall Water Splitting and Zn-Air Batteries

(2018) Yuan Pan et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Isolated Ni single atoms in graphene nanosheets for high-performance CO2 reduction

(2018) Kun Jiang et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Core–Shell ZIF-8@ZIF-67-Derived CoP Nanoparticle-Embedded N-Doped Carbon Nanotube Hollow Polyhedron for Efficient Overall Water Splitting

(2018) Yuan Pan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Design of Single-Atom Co–N5 Catalytic Site: A Robust Electrocatalyst for CO2 Reduction with Nearly 100% CO Selectivity and Remarkable Stability

(2018) Yuan Pan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

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

(2018) Shengjie Wei et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Single-Atomic Cu with Multiple Oxygen Vacancies on Ceria for Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction to CH4

(2018) Yifei Wang et al.   ACS Catalysis

Single atom catalysts on carbon-based materials

(2018) Philippe Serp et al.   ChemCatChem

Edge-Site Engineering of Atomically Dispersed Fe–N4 by Selective C–N Bond Cleavage for Enhanced Oxygen Reduction Reaction Activities

(2018) Rui Jiang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Porphyrin-like Fe-N4 sites with sulfur adjustment on hierarchical porous carbon for different rate-determining steps in oxygen reduction reaction

(2018) Konglin Wu et al.   Nano Research

Single Atomic Iron Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction in Acidic Media: Particle Size Control and Thermal Activation

(2017) Hanguang Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Use of Platinum as the Counter Electrode to Study the Activity of Nonprecious Metal Catalysts for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

(2017) Rong Chen et al.   ACS Energy Letters

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

(2016) Niancai Cheng et al.   Nature Communications

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

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

Highly Crystalline Multimetallic Nanoframes with Three-Dimensional Electrocatalytic Surfaces

(2014) C. Chen et al.   SCIENCE

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

(2011) Botao Qiao et al.   Nature Chemistry