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Recent Advances of Single-atom Catalysts for Electro-catalysis

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Single-atom catalysis is the “hot spot” in the field of catalysis due to the special geometries, electronic states, and their unique catalytic performance. Single-atom catalysts(SACs), isolated metal atoms dispersed on the support, show the highest atom efficiency, cutting down the potential cost in the industrial process. Consequently, this “homo-hetero” catalyst could be a promising candidate for the next-generation catalysts. The applications for the SACs are widely reported, like gas-solid reactions, organic reactions, and electro-catalysis. In this mini-review, we will focus on the recent work of SACs on electro-catalysis, including hydrogen evolution reaction(HER), oxygen reduction reaction(ORR), oxygen evolution reaction(OER), CO2 reduction reaction(CO2 RR), and nitrogen reduction reaction(NRR).

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This work was supported by the Start-up Funds from University of Science of Technology of China(Nos.KY2060000204, KY2060000213).

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    Guangyuan Xu, Qin Liu & Huan Yan

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Xu, G., Liu, Q. & Yan, H. Recent Advances of Single-atom Catalysts for Electro-catalysis. Chem. Res. Chin. Univ. 38, 1146–1150 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40242-022-2216-5

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