Atomic site electrocatalysts for water splitting, oxygen reduction and selective oxidation

Electrocatalysis plays a central role in clean energy conversion, enabling a number of processes for future sustainable technologies. Atomic site electrocatalysts (ASCs), including single-atomic site catalysts (SASCs) and diatomic site catalysis (DASCs), are being pursued as economical alternatives to noble-metal-based catalysts for these reactions by virtue of their exceptionally high atom utilization efficiencies, well-defined active sites and high selectivities. In this review, we start from a systematic review on the fabrication routes of ASCs followed by an overview of some new and effective characterization methods to precisely probe the atomic structure. Then we give a comprehensive summary on the…

• NN
  National Natural Science Foundation of China

  Awards: 21890383, 21872076, 21925202
• CP
  China Postdoctoral Science Foundation

  Award: 2018M631445
• TU
  Tsinghua University
• NS
  Natural Science Foundation of Beijing Municipality

  Award: JQ18007
• BM
  Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission

  Award: Z191100007219003
• NP
  National Postdoctoral Program for Innovative Talents

  Award: BX201700131
• NK
  National Key Research and Development Program of China

  Awards: 2018YFA0702003, 2016YFA0202801, 2017YFA0700101