Nature Communications (Aug 2018)

Atomic engineering of high-density isolated Co atoms on graphene with proximal-atom controlled reaction selectivity

  • Huan Yan,
  • Xiaoxu Zhao,
  • Na Guo,
  • Zhiyang Lyu,
  • Yonghua Du,
  • Shibo Xi,
  • Rui Guo,
  • Cheng Chen,
  • Zhongxin Chen,
  • Wei Liu,
  • Chuanhao Yao,
  • Jing Li,
  • Stephen J. Pennycook,
  • Wei Chen,
  • Chenliang Su,
  • Chun Zhang,
  • Jiong Lu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05754-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Controllable synthesis of single atom catalysts with sufficiently high metal loading remains challenging due to the tendency of agglomeration. Here the authors synthesize a series of stable atomically dispersed cobalt atoms on graphene with high Co loadings via the regeneration of active sites by atomic layer deposition.