Highlights of Major Progress on Single-Atom Catalysis in 2017

Novel ternary photocatalyst of single atom-dispersed silver and carbon quantum dots co-loaded with ultrathin g-C 3 N 4 for broad spectrum photocatalytic degradation of naproxen

(2018) Fengliang Wang et al.   APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL

Evaluating the Risk of C–C Bond Formation during Selective Hydrogenation of Acetylene on Palladium

(2018) Emanuele Vignola et al.   ACS Catalysis

Heterogeneous single-atom catalysis

(2018) Aiqin Wang et al.   Nature Reviews Chemistry

Single Silver Adatoms on Nanostructured Manganese Oxide Surfaces: Boosting Oxygen Activation for Benzene Abatement

(2017) Yaxin Chen et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Sodium Rivals Silver as Single-Atom Active Centers for Catalyzing Abatement of Formaldehyde

(2017) Yaxin Chen et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

UiO-66 derived Ru/ZrO2@C as a highly stable catalyst for hydrogenation of levulinic acid to γ-valerolactone

(2017) Wenxiu Cao et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

CO Oxidation on Metal Oxide Supported Single Pt atoms: The Role of the Support

(2017) Yang Lou et al.   INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH

Platinum single atoms dispersed on carbon nanotubes as reusable catalyst for Suzuki coupling reaction

(2017) Eun-Kyung Lee et al.   JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS

Atomically dispersed Pt on specific TiO 2 facets for photocatalytic H 2 evolution

(2017) Yulei Sui et al.   JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS

Tuning the Electronic Properties of Single-Atom Pt Catalysts by Functionalization of the Carbon Support Material

(2017) Mehdi Mahmoodinia et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

K1–xMo3P2O14 as Support for Single-Atom Catalysts

(2017) Xu Zhang et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Diffusion of a Single Platinum Atom on Light-Element-Doped Graphene

(2017) Shun Hasegawa et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Polarization-Dependent Infrared Spectroscopy of Adsorbed Carbon Monoxide To Probe the Surface of a Pd/Cu(111) Single-Atom Alloy

(2017) Christopher M. Kruppe et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Theoretical Investigations of Pt1@CeO2 Single-Atom Catalyst for CO Oxidation

(2017) Yan Tang et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Single Mo Atom Supported on Defective Boron Nitride Monolayer as an Efficient Electrocatalyst for Nitrogen Fixation: A Computational Study

(2017) Jingxiang Zhao et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Selective Activation of Methane on Single-Atom Catalyst of Rhodium Dispersed on Zirconia for Direct Conversion

(2017) Yongwoo Kwon et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Electrodeposition of Isolated Platinum Atoms and Clusters on Bismuth—Characterization and Electrocatalysis

(2017) Min Zhou et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

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

Ionic Exchange of Metal–Organic Frameworks to Access Single Nickel Sites for Efficient Electroreduction of CO2

(2017) Changming Zhao et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Catalyst Architecture for Stable Single Atom Dispersion Enables Site-Specific Spectroscopic and Reactivity Measurements of CO Adsorbed to Pt Atoms, Oxidized Pt Clusters, and Metallic Pt Clusters on TiO2

(2017) Leo DeRita et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Uncoordinated Amine Groups of Metal–Organic Frameworks to Anchor Single Ru Sites as Chemoselective Catalysts toward the Hydrogenation of Quinoline

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

Metal (Hydr)oxides@Polymer Core–Shell Strategy to Metal Single-Atom Materials

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

Discriminating Catalytically Active FeNx Species of Atomically Dispersed Fe–N–C Catalyst for Selective Oxidation of the C–H Bond

(2017) Wengang Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Isolation of Cu Atoms in Pd Lattice: Forming Highly Selective Sites for Photocatalytic Conversion of CO2 to CH4

(2017) Ran Long et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

The Stability of High Metal-Loading Pt1/Fe2O3 Single-Atom Catalyst Under Different Gas Environment

(2017) Jingyue Liu et al.   MICROSCOPY AND MICROANALYSIS

Direct instrumental identification of catalytically active surface sites

(2017) Jonas H. K. Pfisterer et al.   NATURE

Mild oxidation of methane to methanol or acetic acid on supported isolated rhodium catalysts

(2017) Junjun Shan et al.   NATURE

Low-temperature hydrogen production from water and methanol using Pt/α-MoC catalysts

(2017) Lili Lin et al.   NATURE

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

(2017) Guoliang Liu et al.   Nature Chemistry

Catalytic molten metals for the direct conversion of methane to hydrogen and separable carbon

(2017) D. Chester Upham et al.   SCIENCE

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

(2017) Lei Nie et al.   SCIENCE

Identification of single-site gold catalysis in acetylene hydrochlorination

(2017) Grazia Malta et al.   SCIENCE

Single-atom catalysts for CO2 electroreduction with significant activity and selectivity improvements

(2017) Seoin Back et al.   Chemical Science

Iced photochemical reduction to synthesize atomically dispersed metals by suppressing nanocrystal growth

(2017) Hehe Wei et al.   Nature Communications

Thermally stable single atom Pt/m-Al2O3 for selective hydrogenation and CO oxidation

(2017) Zailei Zhang et al.   Nature Communications

High performance platinum single atom electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction reaction

(2017) Jing Liu et al.   Nature Communications

Catalysis on Singly Dispersed Rh Atoms Anchored on an Inert Support

(2017) Shiran Zhang et al.   ACS Catalysis

Single Cobalt Atom and N Codoped Carbon Nanofibers as Highly Durable Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Reduction Reaction

(2017) Qingqing Cheng et al.   ACS Catalysis

Atomically Dispersed Pt on the Surface of Ni Particles: Synthesis and Catalytic Function in Hydrogen Generation from Aqueous Ammonia–Borane

(2017) Zhao Li et al.   ACS Catalysis

Isolated Single-Atomic Ru Catalyst Bound on a Layered Double Hydroxide for Hydrogenation of CO2 to Formic Acid

(2017) Kohsuke Mori et al.   ACS Catalysis

Performance of Cu-Alloyed Pd Single-Atom Catalyst for Semihydrogenation of Acetylene under Simulated Front-End Conditions

(2017) Guang Xian Pei et al.   ACS Catalysis

Atomically Dispersed Pd–O Species on CeO2(111) as Highly Active Sites for Low-Temperature CO Oxidation

(2017) Giulia Spezzati et al.   ACS Catalysis

Support Effects in Single-Atom Platinum Catalysts for Electrochemical Oxygen Reduction

(2017) Sungeun Yang et al.   ACS Catalysis

First-principles study of single transition metal atoms on ZnO for the water gas shift reaction

(2017) Xiang-Kui Gu et al.   Catalysis Science & Technology

Identification of activity trends for CO oxidation on supported transition-metal single-atom catalysts

(2017) Haoxiang Xu et al.   Catalysis Science & Technology

Ménage-à-trois: single-atom catalysis, mass spectrometry, and computational chemistry

(2017) Helmut Schwarz   Catalysis Science & Technology

Gold atom-decorated CoSe2 nanobelts with engineered active sites for enhanced oxygen evolution

(2017) Xu Zhao et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Synthesis of Single Atom Based Heterogeneous Platinum Catalysts: High Selectivity and Activity for Hydrosilylation Reactions

(2017) Xinjiang Cui et al.   ACS Central Science

TiC- and TiN-Supported Single-Atom Catalysts for Dramatic Improvements in CO2 Electrochemical Reduction to CH4

(2017) Seoin Back et al.   ACS Energy Letters

Enhanced performance of Rh1 /TiO2 catalyst without methanation in water-gas shift reaction

(2016) Hongling Guan et al.   AICHE JOURNAL

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

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

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

Atomic-level insights in optimizing reaction paths for hydroformylation reaction over Rh/CoO single-atom catalyst

(2016) Liangbing Wang et al.   Nature Communications

Selective Formic Acid Dehydrogenation on Pt-Cu Single-Atom Alloys

(2016) Matthew D. Marcinkowski et al.   ACS Catalysis

Catalysis by Supported Single Metal Atoms

(2016) Jingyue Liu   ACS Catalysis

Water-Gas Shift Activity of Atomically Dispersed Cationic Platinum versus Metallic Platinum Clusters on Titania Supports

(2016) Salai Cheettu Ammal et al.   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

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

(2015) Botao Qiao et al.   Nano Research

Methane Activation by Heterogeneous Catalysis

(2014) Raimund Horn et al.   CATALYSIS LETTERS

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

The projected timing of climate departure from recent variability

(2013) Camilo Mora et al.   NATURE

Single atom alloy surface analogs in Pd0.18Cu15 nanoparticles for selective hydrogenation reactions

(2013) Matthew B. Boucher et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Atomically Dispersed Supported Metal Catalysts

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

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

(2011) Botao Qiao et al.   Nature Chemistry