Atomic Thickness Catalysts: Synthesis and Applications
Abstract
Atomic thickness catalysts (ATCs) have shown huge prospects in energy conversion applications due to the prominent advantages in large specific surface area and high density of exposed surface atoms over their bulk counterparts. The established ATCs, including metals (alloys), layered double hydroxides (LDHs), transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), transition metal oxides (TMOs), and carbon‐based materials, have exhibited higher efficiency and better catalytic stability than that of commercial noble metal‐based nanocrystals for energy conversion related reactions. In this review, important progress is exemplified from the aspects of synthetic methods (e.g., bottom‐up and top‐down methods) and energy conversion related reactions, for instance, oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), formic acid oxidation reaction (FAOR), methanol oxidation reaction (MOR), ethanol oxidation reaction (EOR), oxygen evolution reaction (OER), hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), and carbon dioxide (CO2) reduction reaction (CRR). Furthermore, a valuable insight into the remaining challenges and potential opportunities for ATCs is provided in the fields of energy conversion applications.
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An approach to enhance HER activity is to use Pt deposition methods free of organic solvents and capping agents, which may block the active sites of Pt-NPs.
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- Authors
- Han, A., Zhang, Z., Li, X., Wang, D., & Li, Y.
- Affiliations
- Tsinghua University (CN)
- Corresponding author
- Wang, Dingsheng
- Venue
- Small Methods
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2020-06-17
- Volume
- 4
- Issue
- 9
- ISSN
- 2366-9608 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3036225473
- Cited by
- 43
- References
- 4
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 19 · 2020: 1
- FWCI
- 1.58
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Small Methods (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Basic Research Program of China (2018YFA0702003)
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (21890383, 21671117, 21871159, 21901135)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Materials Chemistry › Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
- Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Organic Chemistry › Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions
- Keywords
- two-dimensional materials, layered double hydroxides, transition metal dichalcogenides, transition metal oxides, carbon materials, alloys, oxygen reduction reaction, formic acid oxidation, methanol oxidation, ethanol oxidation, oxygen evolution reaction, hydrogen evolution reaction, CO2 reduction, energy conversion, catalyst preparation
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