Single atom catalysts in Van der Waals gaps

Huaning Jiang; Weiwei Yang; Mingquan Xu; Erqing Wang; Yi Wei; Wei Liu; Xiaokang Gu; Lixuan Liu; Qian Chen; Pengbo Zhai; Xiaolong Zou; Pulickel M. Ajayan; Wu Zhou; Yongji Gong

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-34572-3

Nature Communications (Nov 2022)

Single atom catalysts in Van der Waals gaps

Huaning Jiang,
Weiwei Yang,
Mingquan Xu,
Erqing Wang,
Yi Wei,
Wei Liu,
Xiaokang Gu,
Lixuan Liu,
Qian Chen,
Pengbo Zhai,
Xiaolong Zou,
Pulickel M. Ajayan,
Wu Zhou,
Yongji Gong

Affiliations

Huaning Jiang: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beihang University
Weiwei Yang: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beihang University
Mingquan Xu: School of Physical Sciences and CAS Key Laboratory of Vacuum Physics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Erqing Wang: Shenzhen Geim Graphene Center and Low-Dimensional Materials and Devices Laboratory, Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen Institute, Tsinghua University
Yi Wei: State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites, Beijing Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Process and Technology for Materials, Beijing University of Chemical Technology
Wei Liu: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beihang University
Xiaokang Gu: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beihang University
Lixuan Liu: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beihang University
Qian Chen: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beihang University
Pengbo Zhai: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beihang University
Xiaolong Zou: Shenzhen Geim Graphene Center and Low-Dimensional Materials and Devices Laboratory, Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen Institute, Tsinghua University
Pulickel M. Ajayan: School of Material Science & NanoEngineering, Rice University
Wu Zhou: School of Physical Sciences and CAS Key Laboratory of Vacuum Physics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yongji Gong: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beihang University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34572-3
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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A family of single-atom catalysts synthesized by intercalating metal single atoms into the van der Waals gap of two-dimensional SnS2 is reported. The materials are applied as hydrogen evolving catalysts with good durability and overpotential.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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