Nature Communications (Mar 2023)
Epitaxially grown silicon-based single-atom catalyst for visible-light-driven syngas production
- Huai Chen,
- Yangyang Xiong,
- Jun Li,
- Jehad Abed,
- Da Wang,
- Adrián Pedrazo-Tardajos,
- Yueping Cao,
- Yiting Zhang,
- Ying Wang,
- Mohsen Shakouri,
- Qunfeng Xiao,
- Yongfeng Hu,
- Sara Bals,
- Edward H. Sargent,
- Cheng-Yong Su,
- Zhenyu Yang
Affiliations
- Huai Chen
- MOE Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, Lehn Institute of Functional Materials, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University
- Yangyang Xiong
- MOE Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, Lehn Institute of Functional Materials, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University
- Jun Li
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto
- Jehad Abed
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto
- Da Wang
- Electron Microscopy for Materials Science (EMAT), University of Antwerp
- Adrián Pedrazo-Tardajos
- Electron Microscopy for Materials Science (EMAT), University of Antwerp
- Yueping Cao
- MOE Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, Lehn Institute of Functional Materials, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University
- Yiting Zhang
- MOE Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, Lehn Institute of Functional Materials, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University
- Ying Wang
- Department of Chemistry, Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Mohsen Shakouri
- Canadian Light Source, Inc. (CLSI)
- Qunfeng Xiao
- Canadian Light Source, Inc. (CLSI)
- Yongfeng Hu
- Canadian Light Source, Inc. (CLSI)
- Sara Bals
- Electron Microscopy for Materials Science (EMAT), University of Antwerp
- Edward H. Sargent
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto
- Cheng-Yong Su
- MOE Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, Lehn Institute of Functional Materials, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University
- Zhenyu Yang
- MOE Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, Lehn Institute of Functional Materials, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37401-3
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 14,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 11
Abstract
Despite the natural abundance and promising properties of Si, there are few examples of crystalline Si-based catalysts. Here, the authors report an epitaxial growth method to construct Co single atoms on Si for light driven CO2 reduction to syngas.
