Weng-Chon Cheong

TL;DR: A novel hybrid nanostructure with CoP nanoparticles embedded in a N-doped carbon nanotube hollow polyhedron (NCNHP) through a pyrolysis-oxidation-phosphidation strategy derived from core-shell ZIF-8@ZIF-67 is reported, benefiting from the synergistic effects between highly active CoP NPs and NCNHP.

TL;DR: Experiments and density functional theory calculations demonstrate single-atom Co-N5 site is the dominating active center simultaneously for CO2 activation, the rapid formation of key intermediate COOH* as well as the desorption of CO.

TL;DR: An unexpected phenomenon that noble metal nanoparticles can be transformed to thermally stable single atoms (Pd, Pt, Au-NPs) above 900 °C in an inert atmosphere and exhibited even better activity and selectivity than nanoparticles for semi-hydrogenation of acetylene.

TL;DR: Benefiting from structure functionalities and electronic control of a single-atom iron active center, the catalyst shows a remarkable performance with enhanced kinetics and activity for oxygen reduction in both alkaline and acid media and shows promise for substitution of expensive platinum to drive the cathodic oxygen reduction reaction in zinc-air batteries and hydrogen-air fuel cells.

TL;DR: A template-assisted pyrolysis (TAP) method is developed to obtain a unique Co catalyst with isolated single atomic sites anchored on hollow N-doped carbon spheres (ISAS-Co/HNCS).