New review highlights innovative catalysts: Design and application

Over the last decade, modern catalysis has entered the golden era owing to the development of single-atom catalysts. With the characteristics of 100% dispersion and uniform active center, the single-atom catalysts offer advanced opportunities for exploring the catalytic performances of metals. Recently, a comprehensive account paper on the design of modern heterogeneous catalysts was published in Chinese Journal of Catalysis by a team led by Prof. Chen Chen from Tsinghua University, China. This account summarized their extensive investigation of the factors impacting nano-catalysis, along with the synthetic strategies developed to prepare innovative catalysts ranging from single-atom catalysts to nano-catalysts. The application of the catalysts covers electrocatalysis, photocatalysis and thermocatalysis. The lead author, Prof. Chen Chen says that their "Team has long been dedicated to investigating nano-catalysis and exploiting novel catalysts for chemical synthesis and energy conversion. We hope our studies will offer some useful guidelines for the researchers to achieve visible breakthroughs in catalysis science." Citation: New review highlights innovative catalysts: Design and application retrieved 9 May 2022 from https://phys. org/news/2022-05-highlights-catalysts-application.