Yang Fa

TL;DR: Experimental and DFT results indicate that the four-nitrogen-anchored Zn single atom (Zn-N4 ) is the main active site for CO2RR with low free energy barrier for the formation of *COOH as the rate-limiting step.

TL;DR: A large-scale synthesis of free-standing Bismuthene is shown and its electrocatalytic activity for CO 2 reduction to formate is demonstrated, suggesting that selective formation of HCOO − indeed can proceed easily on BismUThene (111) facet due to the unique compressive strain.

TL;DR: Based on a series of metal-free single-layer graphene nanodisks with different surface contents of oxygen-containing groups for highly efficient electrocatalytic reduction reaction of CO2 (CO2RR) to produce formate (HCOO-), it is found that the CO2RR catalytic performance is only positively correlated with the surface content of carboxyl groups.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors briefly introduce the general synthetic strategies applied to 2D nanomaterials, followed by describing some important and newly developed members of the 2D family, and discuss in detail the engineering strategies to enhance their intrinsic performance for extensive applications among the electrocatalysis, photocatalysis, energy storage, and bioimaging.

TL;DR: The revealed huge activity difference of the same types of active sites for different reactions can efficiently guide the synthesis of advanced materials with multifunction.