Yue Lin

TL;DR: Durability tests revealed that the Co single atoms exhibit outstanding chemical stability during electrocatalysis and thermal stability that resists sintering at 900 °C, which could facilitate new discoveries at the atomic scale in condensed materials.

TL;DR: In this paper, the role of the two different catalytic sites of pure cobalt and coexisting domains of cobalt metal and cobalt oxide has been evaluated, showing that surface cobalt atoms of the atomically thin layers have higher intrinsic activity and selectivity towards formate production, at lower overpotentials.

TL;DR: In this article, the atomically dispersed Pd on graphene can be fabricated using the atomic layer deposition technique, and the single-atom Pd1/graphene catalyst showed about 100% butenes selectivity at 95% conversion at a mild reaction condition of about 50 °C, likely due to the changes of 1,3-butadiene adsorption mode and enhanced steric effect on the isolated Pd atoms.

TL;DR: It is reported that defect engineering on oxide catalyst can serve as a versatile approach to bridge light harvesting with surface reactions by ensuring species chemisorption.

TL;DR: The role of defects in affecting electron-hole separation at atomic level is uncovers, opening new opportunities for achieving highly efficient solar CO2 reduction performances.