Nature Communications (Nov 2021)
A general strategy for preparing pyrrolic-N4 type single-atom catalysts via pre-located isolated atoms
- Junjie Li,
- Ya-fei Jiang,
- Qi Wang,
- Cong-Qiao Xu,
- Duojie Wu,
- Mohammad Norouzi Banis,
- Keegan R. Adair,
- Kieran Doyle-Davis,
- Debora Motta Meira,
- Y. Zou Finfrock,
- Weihan Li,
- Lei Zhang,
- Tsun-Kong Sham,
- Ruying Li,
- Ning Chen,
- Meng Gu,
- Jun Li,
- Xueliang Sun
Affiliations
- Junjie Li
- Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Western Ontario
- Ya-fei Jiang
- Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology
- Qi Wang
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology
- Cong-Qiao Xu
- Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology
- Duojie Wu
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology
- Mohammad Norouzi Banis
- Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Western Ontario
- Keegan R. Adair
- Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Western Ontario
- Kieran Doyle-Davis
- Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Western Ontario
- Debora Motta Meira
- Science Division, Canadian Light Source Inc.
- Y. Zou Finfrock
- Science Division, Canadian Light Source Inc.
- Weihan Li
- Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Western Ontario
- Lei Zhang
- Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Western Ontario
- Tsun-Kong Sham
- Department of Chemistry, University of Western Ontario
- Ruying Li
- Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Western Ontario
- Ning Chen
- Science Division, Canadian Light Source Inc.
- Meng Gu
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology
- Jun Li
- Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology
- Xueliang Sun
- Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Western Ontario
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27143-5
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 12,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 11
Abstract
Synthesizing single-atom catalysts through a general method presents a great challenge. Here the authors report that Fe, Co and Ni single-atom catalysts can be obtained using pre-located isolated Pt atoms as the catalyst and identify the role of Pt single atoms in the synthesis process.
