Atomically-thin two-dimensional sheets for understanding active sites in catalysis
University of Science and Technology of China · Hefei University · +3 more institutions
Abstract
Catalysis can speed up chemical reactions and it usually occurs on the low coordinated steps, edges, terraces, kinks and corner atoms that are often called "active sites". However, the atomic level interplay between active sites and catalytic activity is still an open question, owing to the large difference between idealized models and real catalysts. This stimulates us to pursue a suitable material model for studying the active sites-catalytic activity relationship, in which the atomically-thin two-dimensional sheets could serve as an ideal model, owing to their relatively simple type of active site and the ultrahigh fraction of active sites that are comparable to the overall atoms. In this tutorial review,…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 27.16
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 39
Authors
4- YSYongfu Sun
University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei University, Hefei National Center for Physical Sciences at Nanoscale, Microscale (United States), Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials
- SGShan Gao
University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei University, Hefei National Center for Physical Sciences at Nanoscale, Microscale (United States), Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials
- FLFengcai Lei
University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei University, Hefei National Center for Physical Sciences at Nanoscale, Microscale (United States), Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials
- YXYi XieCorresponding
University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei University, Hefei National Center for Physical Sciences at Nanoscale, Microscale (United States), Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials
Topics & keywords
- Catalysis
- Active site
- Chemistry
- Chemical physics
- Spectroscopy
- Nanotechnology
- Heterogeneous catalysis
- Materials science