Elucidation of single atom catalysts for energy and sustainable chemical production: Synthesis, characterization and frontier science

The emergence of single atom sites as a frontier research area in catalysis has sparked extensive academic and industrial interest, especially for energy, environmental and chemicals production processes. Single atom catalysts (SACs) have shown remarkable performance in a variety of catalytic reacti...

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Main Authors: Loy, Adrian Chun Minh, Teng, Sin Yong, How, Bing Shen, Zhang, Xixia, Cheah, Kin Wai, Butera, Valeria, Leong, Wei Dong, Chin, Bridgid Lai Fui, Yiin, Chung Loong, Taylor, Martin J, Kyriakou, Georgios
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2023
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/90501
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author Loy, Adrian Chun Minh
Teng, Sin Yong
How, Bing Shen
Zhang, Xixia
Cheah, Kin Wai
Butera, Valeria
Leong, Wei Dong
Chin, Bridgid Lai Fui
Yiin, Chung Loong
Taylor, Martin J
Kyriakou, Georgios
author_facet Loy, Adrian Chun Minh
Teng, Sin Yong
How, Bing Shen
Zhang, Xixia
Cheah, Kin Wai
Butera, Valeria
Leong, Wei Dong
Chin, Bridgid Lai Fui
Yiin, Chung Loong
Taylor, Martin J
Kyriakou, Georgios
author_sort Loy, Adrian Chun Minh
building Curtin Institutional Repository
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description The emergence of single atom sites as a frontier research area in catalysis has sparked extensive academic and industrial interest, especially for energy, environmental and chemicals production processes. Single atom catalysts (SACs) have shown remarkable performance in a variety of catalytic reactions, demonstrating high selectivity to the products of interest, long lifespan, high stability and more importantly high atomic metal utilization efficiency. In this review, we unveil in depth insights on development and achievements of SACs, including (a) Chronological progress on SACs development, (b) Recent advances in SACs synthesis, (c) Spatial and temporal SACs characterization techniques, (d) Application of SACs in different energy and chemical production, (e) Environmental and economic aspects of SACs, and (f) Current challenges, promising ideas and future prospects for SACs. On a whole, this review serves to enlighten scientists and engineers in developing fundamental catalytic understanding that can be applied into the future, both for academia or valorizing chemical processes.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-905012023-03-22T01:44:30Z Elucidation of single atom catalysts for energy and sustainable chemical production: Synthesis, characterization and frontier science Loy, Adrian Chun Minh Teng, Sin Yong How, Bing Shen Zhang, Xixia Cheah, Kin Wai Butera, Valeria Leong, Wei Dong Chin, Bridgid Lai Fui Yiin, Chung Loong Taylor, Martin J Kyriakou, Georgios The emergence of single atom sites as a frontier research area in catalysis has sparked extensive academic and industrial interest, especially for energy, environmental and chemicals production processes. Single atom catalysts (SACs) have shown remarkable performance in a variety of catalytic reactions, demonstrating high selectivity to the products of interest, long lifespan, high stability and more importantly high atomic metal utilization efficiency. In this review, we unveil in depth insights on development and achievements of SACs, including (a) Chronological progress on SACs development, (b) Recent advances in SACs synthesis, (c) Spatial and temporal SACs characterization techniques, (d) Application of SACs in different energy and chemical production, (e) Environmental and economic aspects of SACs, and (f) Current challenges, promising ideas and future prospects for SACs. On a whole, this review serves to enlighten scientists and engineers in developing fundamental catalytic understanding that can be applied into the future, both for academia or valorizing chemical processes. 2023 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/90501 10.1016/j.pecs.2023.101074 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ fulltext
spellingShingle Loy, Adrian Chun Minh
Teng, Sin Yong
How, Bing Shen
Zhang, Xixia
Cheah, Kin Wai
Butera, Valeria
Leong, Wei Dong
Chin, Bridgid Lai Fui
Yiin, Chung Loong
Taylor, Martin J
Kyriakou, Georgios
Elucidation of single atom catalysts for energy and sustainable chemical production: Synthesis, characterization and frontier science
title Elucidation of single atom catalysts for energy and sustainable chemical production: Synthesis, characterization and frontier science
title_full Elucidation of single atom catalysts for energy and sustainable chemical production: Synthesis, characterization and frontier science
title_fullStr Elucidation of single atom catalysts for energy and sustainable chemical production: Synthesis, characterization and frontier science
title_full_unstemmed Elucidation of single atom catalysts for energy and sustainable chemical production: Synthesis, characterization and frontier science
title_short Elucidation of single atom catalysts for energy and sustainable chemical production: Synthesis, characterization and frontier science
title_sort elucidation of single atom catalysts for energy and sustainable chemical production: synthesis, characterization and frontier science
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/90501