Single-Atom Catalysts: A Sustainable Pathway for the Advanced Catalytic Applications

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abstract

A heterogeneous catalyst is a backbone of modern sustainable green industries; and understanding the relationship between its structure and properties is the key for its advancement. Recently, many upscaling synthesis strategies for the development of a variety of respectable control atomically precise heterogeneous catalysts are reported and explored for various important applications in catalysis for energy and environmental remediation. Precise atomic-scale control of catalysts has allowed to significantly increase activity, selectivity, and in some cases stability. This approach has proved to be relevant in various energy and environmental related technologies such as fuel cell, chemical reactors for organic synthesis, and environmental remediation. Therefore, this review aims to critically analyze the recent progress on single-atom catalysts (SACs) application in oxygen reduction reaction, oxygen evolution reaction, hydrogen evolution reaction, and chemical and/or electrochemical organic transformations. Finally, opportunities that may open up in the future are summarized, along with suggesting new applications for possible exploitation of SACs.

keywords

OXYGEN EVOLUTION REACTION; NITROGEN-DOPED GRAPHENE; C-H FUNCTIONALIZATION; ZINC-AIR BATTERY; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; HIGH-PERFORMANCE; RATIONAL DESIGN; REDUCTION REACTION; ACTIVE-SITES; PARTICLE-SIZE

subject category

Chemistry, Multidisciplinary; Chemistry, Physical; Nanoscience & Nanotechnology; Materials Science, Multidisciplinary; Physics, Applied; Physics, Condensed Matter

authors

Singh, B; Sharma, V; Gaikwad, RP; Fornasiero, P; Zboril, R; Gawande, MB

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Baljeet Singh

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acknowledgements

The authors gratefully acknowledge the support by the Operational Program Research, Development and Education-European Regional Development Fund (Project No. CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16-019/0000754) and by the ERDF project Development of pre-applied research in nanotechnology and biotechnology (Project No. CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/17-048/0007323) of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic.

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Publication Details

type
Journal Article
year
2021
journal
SMALL
volume
17
article number
2006473
publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
issn
1613-6810
isbn
1613-6829
issue
16
digital object identifier
10.1002/smll.202006473
web of science article identifier
WOS:000621003200001

Journal Metrics (JCR 2019)

Journal Impact Factor
11.459
Journal Impact Factor (5 yrs)
10.611
category normalized journal percentile
91.017

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