Nature Communications (Nov 2022)

Fine-tuned local coordination environment of Pt single atoms on ceria controls catalytic reactivity

  • Wei Tan,
  • Shaohua Xie,
  • Duy Le,
  • Weijian Diao,
  • Meiyu Wang,
  • Ke-Bin Low,
  • Dave Austin,
  • Sampyo Hong,
  • Fei Gao,
  • Lin Dong,
  • Lu Ma,
  • Steven N. Ehrlich,
  • Talat S. Rahman,
  • Fudong Liu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34797-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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CeO2-supported Pt single atoms with different coordination environments exhibit distinct behaviors in reactant adsorption/activation and product desorption, thus showing different catalytic performance for various catalytic oxidation reactions.