Issue 29, 2022

Single-atom site catalysts based on high specific surface area supports

Abstract

Single-atom site catalysts (SASCs) are characterized with atomically dispersed isolated metal active sites and theoretically 100% metal dispersion. Supports with high specific surface area are crucial for the fabrication of highly efficient SASCs with maximized metal dispersion. The high specific surface area supports provide anchoring sites that stabilize the monodispersed active metal atoms. The metal atoms and their coordination environment jointly constitute the metal single-atom sites, which represent the active sites of SASCs. The selection of suitable supports is one of the key factors that determine the structures and properties of SASCs. In this perspective, we introduce various types of SASCs based on high specific surface area supports from 0-dimension to 3-dimension with different sorts of active sites and coordination environments. In particular, we select the most representative high specific surface supports in each dimension and introduce the corresponding SASCs and how different supports cooperate with single metal atoms to achieve efficient catalysis. We summarize the current developments, and also present future opportunities and challenges of SASCs, aiming to provide an instructive perspective of the SASCs based on high specific surface area supports.

Graphical abstract: Single-atom site catalysts based on high specific surface area supports

  • This article is part of the themed collection: PCCP Reviews

Article information

Article type
Perspective
Submitted
14 feb 2022
Accepted
20 jún 2022
First published
24 jún 2022

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2022,24, 17417-17438

Single-atom site catalysts based on high specific surface area supports

N. Fu, X. Liang, Z. Li and Y. Li, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2022, 24, 17417 DOI: 10.1039/D2CP00736C

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