Interplay between remote single-atom active sites triggers speedy catalytic oxidation

Huang，Zhiwei1,5; Liang，Jin Xia2,6; Tang，Daiming3; Chen，Yaxin1; Qu，Weiye1; Hu，Xiaolei1; Chen，Junxiao1; Dong，Yangyang1; Xu，Dongrun1; Golberg，Dmitri3,9; Li，Jun2,4; Tang，Xingfu1,7,8

2022

10.1016/j.chempr.2022.07.002

Chem   Impact Factor & Quartile

2451-9308

2451-9294

Understanding interaction between active sites in heterogeneous catalysis is a grand challenge, owing to difficulty in extracting information from different active sites. We report a solution to this problem by showing that electron conduction can facilitate direct interplay of distant active sites. By fabricating two single-atom site catalysts (manganese dioxide-encapsulated metallic silver atomic wires) with one or two ending silver atoms of each wire exposed on surfaces, we find that only the catalyst with both ending silver atoms exposed can trigger low-temperature carbon monoxide oxidation, which provides unequivocal evidence that interaction between active sites is possible upon eligible electron conducting. This result indicates that the interaction between active sites might be universally present in catalysis reactions when there is effective communication between the active sites.

catalytic oxidation conducting electron models electronic interactions heterogeneous catalysis SDG9: Industry, innovation, and infrastructure silver atomic chain

SCI

English

Corresponding

National Nature Science Foundation of China["21777030","91645203","22076051","21590792","21976037"] ; National Key RD Plan[2021YFB3500601] ; Kakenhi of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science["JP20K05281","JP25820336"] ; Promotion Program for Young and Middle-Aged Teachers in Science and Technology Research of Huaqiao University[ZQN-915] ; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Catalysis[2020B121201002] ; Natural Science Foundation of Guizhou University["[2021]40","[2020]32"] ; Australian Research Council Laureate Fellowship[FL160100089]

Chemistry

Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

WOS:000922735600016

CELL PRESS

2-s2.0-85135484209

Scopus

1.Department of Environmental Science & Engineering,Fudan University,Shanghai,200438,China
2.Department of Chemistry,Southern University of Science and Technology,Shenzhen,Guangdong,518055,China
3.World Premier International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics,National Institute for Materials Science,Tsukuba,Namiki 1-1, Ibaraki,3050044,Japan
4.Department of Chemistry and Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics & Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education,Tsinghua University,Beijing,100084,China
5.Department of Environmental Science & Engineering,College of Chemical Engineering,Huaqiao University,Xiamen,Fujian,361021,China
6.School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,Guizhou University,Guiyang,Guizhou,550025,China
7.Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security,Shanghai,200092,China
8.Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Atmospheric Environment & Equipment Technology,Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology,Nanjing,Jiangsu,210044,China
9.Centre for Materials Science and School of Chemistry and Physics,Queensland University of Technology (QUT),Brisbane,2 George str.,4000,Australia

Huang，Zhiwei,Liang，Jin Xia,Tang，Daiming,et al. Interplay between remote single-atom active sites triggers speedy catalytic oxidation[J]. Chem,2022,8(11).

Huang，Zhiwei.,Liang，Jin Xia.,Tang，Daiming.,Chen，Yaxin.,Qu，Weiye.,...&Tang，Xingfu.(2022).Interplay between remote single-atom active sites triggers speedy catalytic oxidation.Chem,8(11).

Huang，Zhiwei,et al."Interplay between remote single-atom active sites triggers speedy catalytic oxidation".Chem 8.11(2022).