Single-atom catalysts for thermal- and electro-catalytic hydrogenation reactions

Abstract

The review highlights recent advances and remaining challenges in single atom catalysts for thermal- and electro-catalytic hydrogenation reactions.

Advances in studies of the structural effects of supported Ni catalysts for CO2hydrogenation: from nanoparticle to single atom catalyst

“…Ni clusters are needed for the full hydrogenation of CO 2 with the 8e − redox cycle. 35 The unique characteristics of the SAC render Ni-SAC active for electro-chemical CO 2 reduction to CO. 154–157 Frei and his co-workers 35 confirmed that the MgO supported Ni-SAC is active for RWGS. MgO supported Ni NPs are normally highly active for CO 2 methanation.…”

Recent progress of Cu-based electrocatalysts for upgrading biomass-derived furanic compounds

“…[69][70][71] The uniformly distributed and separated active sites in SACs are highly similar to homogeneous catalysts, ensuring high metal availability compared to conventional nanoparticle catalysts. 72 This structural feature would be available for ECH. Zhang and co-workers proposed a simple fabrication for P-doped carbon-supported Cu catalysts with a high surface area and variable sizes of Cu sites, ranging from nanoparticles to single atoms.…”

Machine learning for design principles for single atom catalysts towards electrochemical reactions

“…145 In the following subsection, the application of ML for the establishment of structure–activity relationship, feature engineering, high-throughput screening, and stability of SACs is broadly discussed. As the application of SACs in thermal and electrochemical reactions was presented in a recent review paper, 158 we only focus on the progress of ML for the design of SACs and DACs especially for electrochemical reactions.…”