Single-Atom Catalysts: Emerging Multifunctional Materials in Heterogeneous Catalysis

Electric field imaging of single atoms

(2017) Naoya Shibata et al.   Nature Communications

Metal/oxide interfacial effects on the selective oxidation of primary alcohols

(2017) Guofeng Zhao et al.   Nature Communications

Atomically Dispersed Fe/N-Doped Hierarchical Carbon Architectures Derived from a Metal–Organic Framework Composite for Extremely Efficient Electrocatalysis

(2017) Qi-Long Zhu et al.   ACS Energy Letters

Single Atom Excels as the Smallest Functional Material

(2016) Wei Zhang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Implementing Metal-to-Ligand Charge Transfer in Organic Semiconductor for Improved Visible-Near-Infrared Photocatalysis

(2016) Yanrui Li et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Surface-Plasmon-Enhanced Photodriven CO2 Reduction Catalyzed by Metal-Organic-Framework-Derived Iron Nanoparticles Encapsulated by Ultrathin Carbon Layers

(2016) Huabin Zhang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Single-Atom Pt as Co-Catalyst for Enhanced Photocatalytic H2 Evolution

(2016) Xiaogang Li et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

A Graphene Composite Material with Single Cobalt Active Sites: A Highly Efficient Counter Electrode for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

(2016) Xiaoju Cui et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Efficient Visible-Light-Driven Carbon Dioxide Reduction by a Single-Atom Implanted Metal-Organic Framework

(2016) Huabin Zhang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Hydroformylation of Olefins by a Rhodium Single-Atom Catalyst with Activity Comparable to RhCl(PPh3)3

(2016) Rui Lang 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

Single Cobalt Atoms with Precise N-Coordination as Superior Oxygen Reduction Reaction Catalysts

(2016) Peiqun Yin et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Stabilizing a Platinum1 Single-Atom Catalyst on Supported Phosphomolybdic Acid without Compromising Hydrogenation Activity

(2016) Bin Zhang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Atomic-scale insight into the structural effect of a supported Au catalyst based on a size-distribution analysis using Cs-STEM and morphological image-processing

(2016) Junya Ohyama et al.   JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS

Single Atom (Pd/Pt) Supported on Graphitic Carbon Nitride as an Efficient Photocatalyst for Visible-Light Reduction of Carbon Dioxide

(2016) Guoping Gao et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Metal–Organic Frameworks Stabilize Mono(phosphine)–Metal Complexes for Broad-Scope Catalytic Reactions

(2016) Takahiro Sawano et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Interfacial electronic effects control the reaction selectivity of platinum catalysts

(2016) Guangxu Chen et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Catalysis with two-dimensional materials and their heterostructures

(2016) Dehui Deng et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

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

Tuning selectivity of electrochemical reactions by atomically dispersed platinum catalyst

(2016) Chang Hyuck Choi et al.   Nature Communications

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

(2016) Filip Dvořák et al.   Nature Communications

Atomically isolated nickel species anchored on graphitized carbon for efficient hydrogen evolution electrocatalysis

(2016) Lili Fan et al.   Nature Communications

Catalysis by Supported Single Metal Atoms

(2016) Jingyue Liu   ACS Catalysis

Engineering coordination polymers for photocatalysis

(2016) Huabin Zhang et al.   Nano Energy

Active Sites Implanted Carbon Cages in Core–Shell Architecture: Highly Active and Durable Electrocatalyst for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

(2015) Huabin Zhang et al.   ACS Nano

A Stable Single-Site Palladium Catalyst for Hydrogenations

(2015) Gianvito Vilé et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Single-Atom Catalyst of Platinum Supported on Titanium Nitride for Selective Electrochemical Reactions

(2015) Sungeun Yang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Hollow Zn/Co ZIF Particles Derived from Core-Shell ZIF-67@ZIF-8 as Selective Catalyst for the Semi-Hydrogenation of Acetylene

(2015) Jian Yang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

The Power of Single-Atom Catalysis

(2015) Suxia Liang et al.   ChemCatChem

Electron Microscopy of Solid Catalysts—Transforming from a Challenge to a Toolbox

(2015) Dang Sheng Su et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Single-Atom Gold Catalysis in the Context of Developments in Parahydrogen-Induced Polarization

(2015) Avelino Corma et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Triggering the electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution activity of the inert two-dimensional MoS2 surface via single-atom metal doping

(2015) Jiao Deng et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Visible-Light Photoreduction of CO2 in a Metal–Organic Framework: Boosting Electron–Hole Separation via Electron Trap States

(2015) Hai-Qun Xu 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

Ultrastable single-atom gold catalysts with strong covalent metal-support interaction (CMSI)

(2015) Botao Qiao et al.   Nano Research

How to determine accurate chemical ordering in several nanometer large bimetallic crystallites from electronic structure calculations

(2015) Sergey M. Kozlov et al.   Chemical Science

Single-atom electron energy loss spectroscopy of light elements

(2015) Ryosuke Senga et al.   Nature Communications

Molecular metal–N x centres in porous carbon for electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution

(2015) Hai-Wei Liang et al.   Nature Communications

Atomic cobalt on nitrogen-doped graphene for hydrogen generation

(2015) Huilong Fei et al.   Nature Communications

Highly Efficient Catalysis of Preferential Oxidation of CO in H2-Rich Stream by Gold Single-Atom Catalysts

(2015) Botao Qiao et al.   ACS Catalysis

Variable-angle high-angle annular dark-field imaging: application to three-dimensional dopant atom profiling

(2015) Jack Y. Zhang 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

Single-Atom Catalysis in Mesoporous Photovoltaics: The Principle of Utility Maximization

(2014) Yantao Shi et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Electronic Metal-Support Interactions in Single-Atom Catalysts

(2014) Pingping Hu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Thermal Methane Conversion to Formaldehyde Promoted by Single Platinum Atoms in PtAl2O4−Cluster Anions

(2014) Yan-Xia Zhao et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Maximum Noble-Metal Efficiency in Catalytic Materials: Atomically Dispersed Surface Platinum

(2014) Albert Bruix et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Atomic structure and dynamic behaviour of truly one-dimensional ionic chains inside carbon nanotubes

(2014) Ryosuke Senga et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

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

(2014) X. Guo et al.   SCIENCE

FeOx-supported platinum single-atom and pseudo-single-atom catalysts for chemoselective hydrogenation of functionalized nitroarenes

(2014) Haisheng Wei et al.   Nature Communications

Low-temperature carbon monoxide oxidation catalysed by regenerable atomically dispersed palladium on alumina

(2014) Eric J. Peterson et al.   Nature Communications

Gold Atoms Stabilized on Various Supports Catalyze the Water–Gas Shift Reaction

(2013) Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Single-Atom Catalysts: A New Frontier in Heterogeneous Catalysis

(2013) Xiao-Feng Yang et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Post-synthesis modification of a metal–organic framework to construct a bifunctional photocatalyst for hydrogen production

(2013) Tianhua Zhou et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Atomically Dispersed Au–(OH)x Species Bound on Titania Catalyze the Low-Temperature Water-Gas Shift Reaction

(2013) Ming Yang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Remarkable Performance of Ir1/FeOx Single-Atom Catalyst in Water Gas Shift Reaction

(2013) Jian Lin et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

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

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

Catalytically active single-atom niobium in graphitic layers

(2013) Xuefeng Zhang et al.   Nature Communications

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

(2013) Shuhui Sun et al.   Scientific Reports

Vacuum Ultraviolet Photoionization Studies of PtCH2and H-Pt-CH3: A Potential Energy Surface for the Pt+CH4Reaction

(2012) Manori Perera et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

An Amine-Functionalized Titanium Metal-Organic Framework Photocatalyst with Visible-Light-Induced Activity for CO2 Reduction

(2012) Yanghe Fu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Catalytically Active Single-Atom Sites Fabricated from Silver Particles

(2012) Zhiwei Huang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Taking charge of detection

(2012) Anthony M. Burke et al.   Nature Chemistry

Isolated Metal Atom Geometries as a Strategy for Selective Heterogeneous Hydrogenations

(2012) Georgios Kyriakou et al.   SCIENCE

Atomically Dispersed Supported Metal Catalysts

(2012) Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos et al.   Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Mononuclear Zeolite-Supported Iridium: Kinetic, Spectroscopic, Electron Microscopic, and Size-Selective Poisoning Evidence for an Atomically Dispersed True Catalyst at 22 °C

(2012) Ercan Bayram et al.   ACS Catalysis

Nano-photocatalytic Materials: Possibilities and Challenges

(2011) Hua Tong et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Activated Methane on Small Cationic Platinum Clusters

(2011) Dan J. Harding et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Tailoring nanoporous materials by atomic layer deposition

(2011) Christophe Detavernier et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

In situsolid-state NMR for heterogeneous catalysis: a joint experimental and theoretical approach

(2011) Weiping Zhang et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Organic Redox Couples and Organic Counter Electrode for Efficient Organic Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

(2011) Haining Tian et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

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

(2011) Botao Qiao et al.   Nature Chemistry

Can a Single Atom Serve as the Active Site in Some Heterogeneous Catalysts?

(2011) John Meurig Thomas et al.   TOPICS IN CATALYSIS

Highly Active Iron Oxide Supported Gold Catalysts for CO Oxidation: How Small Must the Gold Nanoparticles Be?

(2010) Yong Liu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Probing the surfaces of heterogeneous catalysts by in situ IR spectroscopy

(2010) Carlo Lamberti et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Direct imaging of single metal atoms and clusters in the pores of dealuminated HY zeolite

(2010) Volkan Ortalan et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Alkali-Stabilized Pt-OHx Species Catalyze Low-Temperature Water-Gas Shift Reactions

(2010) Y. Zhai et al.   SCIENCE

Dynamic Structural Changes in a Molecular Zeolite-Supported Iridium Catalyst for Ethene Hydrogenation

(2009) Alper Uzun et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Reaction Mechanisms for the CO Oxidation on Au/CeO2Catalysts: Activity of Substitutional Au3+/Au+Cations and Deactivation of Supported Au+Adatoms

(2009) Matteo Farnesi Camellone et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Embedding Transition-Metal Atoms in Graphene: Structure, Bonding, and Magnetism

(2009) A. V. Krasheninnikov et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Electronic Structure Controls Reactivity of Size-Selected Pd Clusters Adsorbed on TiO2 Surfaces

(2009) W. E. Kaden et al.   SCIENCE

Coordinatively Unsaturated Al3+ Centers as Binding Sites for Active Catalyst Phases of Platinum on  -Al2O3

(2009) J. H. Kwak et al.   SCIENCE

Transforming Nonselective into Chemoselective Metal Catalysts for the Hydrogenation of Substituted Nitroaromatics

(2008) Avelino Corma et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

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