Harnessing the Wisdom in Colloidal Chemistry to Make Stable Single-Atom Catalysts

Atomically Dispersed Transition Metals on Carbon Nanotubes with Ultrahigh Loading for Selective Electrochemical Carbon Dioxide Reduction

(2018) Yi Cheng et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

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

(2018) Jiawei Wan et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Single Pt Atoms Confined into a Metal-Organic Framework for Efficient Photocatalysis

(2018) Xinzuo Fang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Mechanistic insight into the enhanced photocatalytic activity of single-atom Pt, Pd or Au-embedded g-C 3 N 4

(2018) Tong Tong et al.   APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE

Coordinatively unsaturated nickel–nitrogen sites towards selective and high-rate CO2 electroreduction

(2018) Chengcheng Yan et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Unraveling Charge State of Supported Au Single-Atoms during CO Oxidation

(2018) Xiong Zhou et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Pt/Cu single-atom alloys as coke-resistant catalysts for efficient C–H activation

(2018) Matthew D. Marcinkowski et al.   Nature Chemistry

Synergetic interaction between neighbouring platinum monomers in CO2 hydrogenation

(2018) Hongliang Li et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

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

(2018) Lichen Liu et al.   Nature Communications

Interface Stabilization of Undercoordinated Iron Centers on Manganese Oxides for Nature-Inspired Peroxide Activation

(2018) Li Yu et al.   ACS Catalysis

Beating Heterogeneity of Single-Site Catalysts: MgO-Supported Iridium Complexes

(2018) Adam S. Hoffman et al.   ACS Catalysis

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

(2018) Hong Bin Yang et al.   Nature Energy

Graphene Defects Trap Atomic Ni Species for Hydrogen and Oxygen Evolution Reactions

(2018) Longzhou Zhang et al.   Chem

Atomically Dispersed Rhodium on Self-Assembled Phosphotungstic Acid: Structural Features and Catalytic CO Oxidation Properties

(2017) Bin Zhang et al.   INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH

Computational Study on M1/POM Single-Atom Catalysts (M = Cu, Zn, Ag, and Au; POM = [PW12O40]3–): Metal–Support Interactions and Catalytic Cycle for Alkene Epoxidation

(2017) Chun-Guang Liu et al.   INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

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

Isolated Single-Atom Pd Sites in Intermetallic Nanostructures: High Catalytic Selectivity for Semihydrogenation of Alkynes

(2017) Quanchen Feng 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

Exclusive Ni–N4 Sites Realize Near-Unity CO Selectivity for Electrochemical CO2 Reduction

(2017) Xiaogang Li et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Hollow N-Doped Carbon Spheres with Isolated Cobalt Single Atomic Sites: Superior Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction

(2017) Yunhu Han 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

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

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

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

Atomic-layered Au clusters on α-MoC as catalysts for the low-temperature water-gas shift reaction

(2017) Siyu Yao et al.   SCIENCE

Dynamic multinuclear sites formed by mobilized copper ions in NOxselective catalytic reduction

(2017) Christopher Paolucci et al.   SCIENCE

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

(2017) Seoin Back et al.   Chemical Science

Bottom-up precise synthesis of stable platinum dimers on graphene

(2017) Huan Yan et al.   Nature Communications

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

Solid frustrated-Lewis-pair catalysts constructed by regulations on surface defects of porous nanorods of CeO2

(2017) Sai Zhang et al.   Nature Communications

Catalysis on Singly Dispersed Rh Atoms Anchored on an Inert Support

(2017) Shiran Zhang et al.   ACS Catalysis

Tuning the Selectivity of Single-Site Supported Metal Catalysts with Ionic Liquids

(2017) Melike Babucci et al.   ACS Catalysis

Understanding All-Solid Frustrated-Lewis-Pair Sites on CeO2 from Theoretical Perspectives

(2017) Zheng-Qing Huang 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

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

(2017) Sungeun Yang et al.   ACS Catalysis

Highly Durable Platinum Single-Atom Alloy Catalyst for Electrochemical Reactions

(2017) Jiwhan Kim et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Single-Atom Catalysts: Emerging Multifunctional Materials in Heterogeneous Catalysis

(2017) Huabin Zhang et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Palladium–gold single atom alloy catalysts for liquid phase selective hydrogenation of 1-hexyne

(2017) Jilei Liu et al.   Catalysis Science & Technology

Merging Single-Atom-Dispersed Silver and Carbon Nitride to a Joint Electronic System via Copolymerization with Silver Tricyanomethanide

(2016) Zupeng Chen et al.   ACS Nano

Atomic-Level-Designed Catalytically Active Palladium Atoms on Ultrathin Gold Nanowires

(2016) Rui Liu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

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

(2016) Xiaogang Li et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Low-Temperature Transformation of Methane to Methanol on Pd1 O4 Single Sites Anchored on the Internal Surface of Microporous Silicate

(2016) Weixin Huang 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

Installing Heterobimetallic Cobalt–Aluminum Single Sites on a Metal Organic Framework Support

(2016) Anthony B. Thompson et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Toward “metalloMOFzymes”: Metal–Organic Frameworks with Single-Site Metal Catalysts for Small-Molecule Transformations

(2016) Seth M. Cohen et al.   INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Controlling Hydrogen Activation, Spillover, and Desorption with Pd–Au Single-Atom Alloys

(2016) Felicia R. Lucci et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

An Exceptionally Stable Metal–Organic Framework Supported Molybdenum(VI) Oxide Catalyst for Cyclohexene Epoxidation

(2016) Hyunho Noh et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

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

Photoexcited Surface Frustrated Lewis Pairs for Heterogeneous Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction

(2016) Kulbir Kaur Ghuman et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Tackling CO Poisoning with Single-Atom Alloy Catalysts

(2016) Jilei Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

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

The broadening reach of frustrated Lewis pair chemistry

(2016) D. W. Stephan   SCIENCE

Single-atom dispersed Co–N–C catalyst: structure identification and performance for hydrogenative coupling of nitroarenes

(2016) Wengang Liu et al.   Chemical Science

Tuning selectivity of electrochemical reactions by atomically dispersed platinum catalyst

(2016) Chang Hyuck Choi et al.   Nature Communications

Implications of CO2 Activation by Frustrated Lewis Pairs in the Catalytic Hydroboration of CO2: A View Using N/Si+ Frustrated Lewis Pairs

(2016) N. von Wolff et al.   ACS Catalysis

Quantum Mechanical Screening of Single-Atom Bimetallic Alloys for the Selective Reduction of CO2 to C1 Hydrocarbons

(2016) Mu-Jeng Cheng et al.   ACS Catalysis

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

(2016) Chunlei Wang et al.   ACS Catalysis

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

Nanoporous Graphene with Single-Atom Nickel Dopants: An Efficient and Stable Catalyst for Electrochemical Hydrogen Production

(2015) H.-J. Qiu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

H2 Activation and Spillover on Catalytically Relevant Pt–Cu Single Atom Alloys

(2015) Felicia R. Lucci et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Catalytic CO Oxidation on Single Pt-Atom Doped Aluminum Oxide Clusters: Electronegativity-Ladder Effect

(2015) Xiao-Na Li et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

A Common Single-Site Pt(II)–O(OH)x– Species Stabilized by Sodium on “Active” and “Inert” Supports Catalyzes the Water-Gas Shift Reaction

(2015) Ming Yang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

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

Tens of thousands of atoms replaced by one

(2015) John Meurig Thomas   NATURE

Colloidal matter: Packing, geometry, and entropy

(2015) V. N. Manoharan   SCIENCE

Dynamic formation of single-atom catalytic active sites on ceria-supported gold nanoparticles

(2015) Yang-Gang Wang et al.   Nature Communications

Atomic cobalt on nitrogen-doped graphene for hydrogen generation

(2015) Huilong Fei et al.   Nature Communications

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

A Single-Site Platinum CO Oxidation Catalyst in Zeolite KLTL: Microscopic and Spectroscopic Determination of the Locations of the Platinum Atoms

(2014) Joseph D. Kistler et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Reducing CO2 to Methanol Using Frustrated Lewis Pairs: On the Mechanism of Phosphine–Borane-Mediated Hydroboration of CO2

(2014) Marc-André Courtemanche et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

CO Oxidation Catalyzed by Single Gold Atoms Supported on Aluminum Oxide Clusters

(2014) Zi-Yu Li et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

High-Temperature Catalytic Reforming of n-Hexane over Supported and Core–Shell Pt Nanoparticle Catalysts: Role of Oxide–Metal Interface and Thermal Stability

(2014) Kwangjin An et al.   NANO LETTERS

Direct Observation of a Long-Lived Single-Atom Catalyst Chiseling Atomic Structures in Graphene

(2014) Wei Li Wang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Catalytically active Au-O(OH)x- species stabilized by alkali ions on zeolites and mesoporous oxides

(2014) Ming Yang et al.   SCIENCE

Polyelectrolyte adsorption, interparticle forces, and colloidal aggregation

(2014) Istvan Szilagyi et al.   Soft Matter

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

(2014) Haisheng Wei et al.   Nature Communications

Supported Single Pt1/Au1 Atoms for Methanol Steam Reforming

(2014) Xiang-Kui Gu et al.   ACS Catalysis

Remarkable NO oxidation on single supported platinum atoms

(2014) Chaitanya K. Narula et al.   Scientific Reports

Single-Atom Catalysts: A New Frontier in Heterogeneous Catalysis

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

CO Oxidation on Supported Single Pt Atoms: Experimental and ab Initio Density Functional Studies of CO Interaction with Pt Atom on θ-Al2O3(010) Surface

(2013) Melanie Moses-DeBusk et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

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

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

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

Catalytically active single-atom niobium in graphitic layers

(2013) Xuefeng Zhang et al.   Nature Communications

Catalysis and In Situ Studies of Rh1/Co3O4 Nanorods in Reduction of NO with H2

(2013) Lei Wang et al.   ACS Catalysis

Charge-Enhanced Dry Impregnation: A Simple Way to Improve the Preparation of Supported Metal Catalysts

(2013) Xiaoru Zhu et al.   ACS Catalysis

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

(2013) Shuhui Sun et al.   Scientific Reports

From Dimer to Crystal: Calculating the Cohesive Energy of Rare Gas Solids

(2012) Arthur M. Halpern   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL EDUCATION

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

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

(2011) Botao Qiao et al.   Nature Chemistry

Catalytically highly active top gold atom on palladium nanocluster

(2011) Haijun Zhang et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Transition Metal Nanoparticle Catalysis in Ionic Liquids

(2011) Jackson D. Scholten et al.   ACS Catalysis

Metal–organic framework materials as catalysts

(2009) JeongYong Lee et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

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

(2009) J. H. Kwak et al.   SCIENCE