A universal ligand mediated method for large scale synthesis of transition metal single atom catalysts

Yang, Hongzhou; Shang, Lu; Zhang, Qinghua; Shi, Run; Waterhouse, Geoffrey I. N.; Gu, Lin; Zhang, Tierui

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-12510-0

articleNature CommunicationsOct 8, 2019GOLD OA

A universal ligand mediated method for large scale synthesis of transition metal single atom catalysts

HYHongzhou Yang LSLu Shang QZQinghua Zhang RSRun Shi GIGeoffrey I. N. Waterhouse

Chinese Academy of Sciences · Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry · +4 more institutions

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Abstract

There is interest in metal single atom catalysts due to their remarkable activity and stability. However, the synthesis of metal single atom catalysts remains somewhat ad hoc, with no universal strategy yet reported that allows their generic synthesis. Herein, we report a universal synthetic strategy that allows the synthesis of transition metal single atom catalysts containing Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ru, Pt or combinations thereof. Aberration-corrected high-angle annular dark-field scanning transmission electron microscopy and extended X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy confirm that the transition metal atoms are uniformly dispersed over a carbon black support. The introduced synthetic method…

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Catalysis
Ligand (biochemistry)
Atom (system on chip)
Transition metal
Combinatorial chemistry
Chemistry
Scale (ratio)
Nanotechnology

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