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From isolated atoms to active sites: the rise of heterogenous single-atom catalysts

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Engineering of Asymmetric Dual-Atom Sites for Effective Oxygen Electrocatalysis

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Single atom-support interactions for highly efficient electrochemical nitrate reduction to ammonia: Fundamentals and recent progress

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Deciphering the active site of the hydrogen evolution reaction on metal phthalocyanine-carbon nanotube hybrid catalysts

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Heteronuclear Neighboring Co–Mn Single‐Atom Pairs as a Synergistic Platform for Oxidative C–H Functionalization

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Modulating the atomic local structure of ruthenium oxide for enhanced oxygen evolution reaction

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Multiscale electronic structure engineering of transition metal oxides: From atomic-scale, mesoscale, and external-field manipulation to multifunctional applications

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Excitonic engineering in low-symmetry covalent organic frameworks through B←N Lewis pair integration for enhanced photocatalytic performance

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Local Polarity Engineering via Unsaturated Cu–N3 Sites for Enhanced Iodine Redox Chemistry in Zinc‐Iodine Batteries

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Organic-Modulated Inorganic Catalysts: Interactions, Structures, and Applications in Heterogeneous Catalytic Reactions

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d-orbital hybridization in transition metal electrocatalysts: Correlating electronic structure with catalytic performance

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Metal-organic frameworks and their derivatives for carbon dioxide conversion to ethylene and ethanol

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Ag decoration promotes charge-state stabilization of Cu2O and CO spillover for CO2 electroreduction to ethanol at a low potential

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Single atom horizons for shaping the future of catalysis and sustainability: the next frontiers in energy conversion and storage

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Confining Asymmetrically Coordinated Cobalt Single‐Atoms/Clusters on Holey MXene for Ultrafast Fenton‐Like Catalysis

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Integration and Application of Solar‐Responsive Energy Storage Systems

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Empowering the rational design of two-dimensional single-atom electrocatalysts via data-driven strategies

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Synergistic Interaction Between Ir‐N‐C and Ru Nanoparticles for Enhanced Activity Toward Alkaline Hydrogen Oxidation Reaction

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[BMPyrr][NTf 2] ionic liquid functionalized Au/Pd heterostructure with charge redistribution as effective electrocatalyst for CO 2 reduction

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Metal–Organic Frameworks‐Driven Atomic Precision in Advanced Oxidation for Pollution Control

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Multiscale synergistic governance mechanisms and technological innovations for mixed air pollutants

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Recent key engineering strategies of 2D materials in AEM water splitting applications

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Symmetry Breaking at Locally Active Fe Site for Switchable CO2 Photoreduction Over Isostructural Ultrathin MOLs

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Asymmetric Coordinated Single‐Atom Catalysts Offering Zero‐Order Sulfur Redox Kinetics for High Performance Li–S Batteries

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Sabatier‐Adjusted d‐Band Centers of Scalable Asymmetric Iron Sites toward Dynamic Nonradical Network for Fast Mineralization with Low‐Amount Oxidant

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Single-atom nanozymes: Bridging atomic design and biomedical function through structure–activity–property relationships

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Breaking scaling relations in electrochemical nitrate reduction via asymmetrical Cu-Fe dual-site catalysts through disentangling geometric and electronic effects

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Local Polarity Engineering via Unsaturated Cu–N3 Sites for Enhanced Iodine Redox Chemistry in Zinc‐Iodine Batteries

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Asymmetric Structure‐Induced d‐Orbital Splitting Boosts Highly Active and Stable Li–CO2 Batteries

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Valorization of biomass derivatives for photocatalytic synthesis of nitrogen-containing chemicals

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Review of Nanocatalysts Comprising Single Atoms and Nanoparticles for Electrochemical Water Splitting

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Multiscale Manipulation of Functional Imperfection Atomic Interfaces

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Local symmetry breaking induced by atomic doping and vacancies for enhanced photocatalytic selective imine synthesis

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Asymmetric Fe-N3Se single atoms coupled with Fe atomic clusters on alveolar-inspired hierarchically porous carbon submicronspheres for enhanced oxygen reduction

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Highly Defective Ultrafine Carbon Nanoreactors Enriched with Edge‐Type Zn‐N3P1 Moiety Boosting Oxygen Electrocatalysis

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“One-Stone-Two-Birds” catalysis overcomes single-substrate activation: parallel dual-activation on a Cu3 nanocluter for efficient CO2 utilization

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Engineering the electronic structure of atomically dispersed p-block bismuth sites via multi-shells tuning effect for boosting oxygen reduction reaction

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Atomically dispersed copper in biomass-derived porous carbon for high-performance supercapacitors

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Amorphous Substrate‐Supported Single‐Atom Catalysts: Design Strategies, Electronic Regulation, and Catalytic Applications

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One‐Pot Sequential Coordination–Covalent Construction of Symmetry‐Broken MN2O2 Catalytic Sites in Cobalt–Polyimide Polymers for Nitrate Electroreduction

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Protein‐Templated Fe and Ni Subnanoclusters for Advanced Energy Storage and Electrocatalysis

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Grain Boundary-Driven Synergistic Dual-Mechanism Catalysis in RuO2 for Enhancing Acidic Oxygen Evolution Reaction Activity and Stability

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Axial Phosphate Coordination Driven Spin State Change in FeN4 Site for Stable Oxygen Reduction

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Asymmetric Co-O-La coordination achieves biocompatible and selective generation of high-valent cobalt-oxo species for boosting water purification

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Artificial Intelligence Guided Single Atom Catalysts: From Precise Design to Industrial‐Grade Preparation

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Nanoconfinement-induced symmetry-broken single-atom nickel site catalyst for efficient and durable CO2 electroreduction

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Tailoring of Fe-N-C single atom catalyst's coordination spheres via S-doping for oxygen reduction reaction activity: a DFT study

Monika Singh, Dipak Kumar Das and Anuj Kumar

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Decoding the coordination environment engineering of non-noble metal-nitrogen-carbon: From microstructure to oxygen electrocatalytic performance

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Breaking the oxo-wall for Co(IV)-oxo species and their nanoconfined catalytic performance within Ce-Co lamellar membrane

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Repurposing the Ligand Framework through a PCET Process to Bypass the Alkoxide Trap in N-Alkylation

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Boosting hydrogen transfer catalysis by symmetry breaking of iron site

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Symbiotic topological defect with atomic Fe sites for enhanced electrocatalytic oxygen reduction

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Current Research Trend and Future Research Trajectory of Single Atom Catalysis in Environmental Pollution Control: A Hybrid Approach

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Microenvironment engineering of electrocatalysts for high-performance Zn-CO2 batteries

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Axial Phosphate Coordination Driven Spin State Change in FeN4 Site for Stable Oxygen Reduction

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Synergistic d-p Regulation on Fe-Sb Dual-Atom Catalysts Enables High-Performance Oxygen Reduction and Wide-Temperature Zn-Air Batteries

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Symmetry‐Breaking Directed Assembly in Achiral Point Groups for Circularly Polarized Room‐Temperature Phosphorescence

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Halogen ligand-enhanced single atom catalysts for superior HER performance in Pd-anchored MoS2 monolayer

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Dual‐Atom Catalysts for Hydrogen Evolution: Electronic Structure Insights and Synthesis Strategies

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Asymmetric Coordinated Single‐Atom Catalysts Offering Zero‐Order Sulfur Redox Kinetics for High Performance Li–S Batteries

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Atomic Fe–N4/P doped hierarchical porous carbon nanofiber flexible cloth for efficient Zn–air batteries in wide–range temperature

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Cation doping driven performance optimization of MoS 2 nanoarrays for nitrate and sulfide co-electrolysis

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Advances in alcohols electrooxidation catalyzed by atomically dispersed and isolated active sites

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Electrochemical Nitrate Reduction Reaction to Ammonia at Industrial‐Level Current Densities

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Stimuli-responsive quantum-engineered polymeric networks: From molecular design and scalable manufacturing to high performance cargo loading systems

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Assembly of a decanuclear zinc cluster for the direct catalytic C–H/N–H coupling reactions

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Breaking Structural Symmetry of Atomically Dispersed Co Sites for Boosting Oxygen Reduction

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