Zheng Chen

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: A catalyst that features two adjacent copper atoms that work together to carry out the critical bimolecular step in CO2 reduction is reported, which results in a Faradaic efficiency for CO generation above 92%, with the competing hydrogen evolution reaction almost completely suppressed.

TL;DR: A polymerization-pyrolysis-evaporation method is a general strategy for preparing M SAs/NPC (M=Co, Ni, Mn), bringing new perspectives for designing various SAMs for catalytic application.

TL;DR: DFT calculations reveal that, compared to Pt nanoparticles, the single Pt atoms on Ti3- xC2T y support feature partial positive charges and atomic dispersion, which helps to significantly decrease the adsorption energy and activation energy of silane, CO2, and aniline, thereby boosting catalytic performance.

TL;DR: A general host–guest strategy to make various single-atom catalysts on nitrogen-doped carbon has been developed; the iridium variant electrocatalyses the formic acid oxidation reaction with high mass activity and displays high tolerance to CO poisoning.