Directly transforming copper (I) oxide bulk into isolated single-atom copper sites catalyst through gas-transport approach

Zhengkun Yang; Bingxu Chen; Wenxing Chen; Yunteng Qu; Fangyao Zhou; Changming Zhao; Qian Xu; Qinghua Zhang; Xuezhi Duan; Yuen Wu

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-11796-4

Nature Communications (Aug 2019)

Directly transforming copper (I) oxide bulk into isolated single-atom copper sites catalyst through gas-transport approach

Zhengkun Yang,
Bingxu Chen,
Wenxing Chen,
Yunteng Qu,
Fangyao Zhou,
Changming Zhao,
Qian Xu,
Qinghua Zhang,
Xuezhi Duan,
Yuen Wu

Affiliations

Zhengkun Yang: School of Chemistry and Materials Science, iChEM, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China
Bingxu Chen: State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology
Wenxing Chen: Beijing Key Laboratory of Construction Tailorable Advanced Functional Materials and Green Applications, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology
Yunteng Qu: School of Chemistry and Materials Science, iChEM, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China
Fangyao Zhou: School of Chemistry and Materials Science, iChEM, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China
Changming Zhao: School of Chemistry and Materials Science, iChEM, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China
Qian Xu: National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory (NSRL)
Qinghua Zhang: China Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xuezhi Duan: State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology
Yuen Wu: School of Chemistry and Materials Science, iChEM, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11796-4
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Single-atom catalysts attract lots of attention, but direct transformation of bulk metal oxide into single atoms remains challenging. Here the authors report a gas-transport route to transform monolithic copper (I) oxide into copper single-atoms catalyst with a high activity for oxygen reduction.

Published in Nature Communications

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