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

• DOI: 10.1016/j.pecs.2023.101074
• Publication Date: 2023-02-15T23:51:42Z
• Authors: Adrian Chun Minh Loy; Sin Yong Teng; Bing Shen How; Xixia Zhang; Kin Wai Cheah; Valeria Butera; Wei Dong Leong; Bridgid Lai Fui Chin; Chung Loong Yiin; Martin J. Taylor; Georgios Kyriakou
• Keywords: Characterization; Frontier

The emergence of single atom sites as a frontier research area in catalysis has sparked extensive academic and industrial interest, especially for energy, environmental chemicals production processes. Single catalysts (SACs) have shown remarkable performance variety catalytic reactions, demonstrating high selectivity to the products long lifespan, stability more importantly atomic metal utilization efficiency. In this review, we unveil depth insights on development achievements SACs, including (a) Chronological progress SACs development, (b) Recent advances synthesis, (c) Spatial temporal characterization techniques, (d) Application different energy chemical production, (e) Environmental economic aspects (f) Current challenges, promising ideas future prospects SACs. On whole, review serves enlighten scientists engineers developing fundamental understanding that can be applied into future, both academia or valorizing