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ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
Volume 32, Issue 24, Pages -Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202202227
Keywords
clusters; electrocatalysis; interfaces; sub-nanometer; support-cluster interactions
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [52171224]
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2021M692757]
- National Postdoctoral Program for Innovative Talents [BX2021251]
- China Postdoctoral Foundation [2021M692755]
- Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation [LY22B030003]
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Single-atom catalysts have gained attention in electrocatalysis for their exceptional activity, selectivity, and atom utilization. However, their limited metal-support interactions hinder their applications in complex reactions. Supported sub-nanometer cluster catalysts with nearly fully exposed active atoms may outperform single-atom catalysts in specific catalytic reactions. This review summarizes recent advances in supported sub-nanometer cluster catalysts in electrocatalysis and highlights the importance of support-cluster interactions and ensemble effects.
Single-atom catalysts (SACs) have attracted great attention in the field of electrocatalysis due to their exceptional activity, selectivity, 100% atom utilization, and tailorability of active sites at atomic level. The metal-support interactions and interatomic synergies, however, are severely limited due to the isolation of active sites in SACs which hinder their applications in some complex reactions. To this end, supported sub-nanometer cluster catalysts (SNCCs, <2 nm) with nearly fully exposed active atoms may outperform the SACs in some specific catalytic reactions. The presence of abundant chemical bonds in the clusters can flexibly regulate the support-cluster interaction and build ensemble effect in the sub-nanometer clusters for different electrocatalysis applications. In this review, recent advances of supported SNCCs in electrocatalysis applications are summarized and discussed for the first time. In particular, the importance of the support-cluster interactions and ensemble effect of the clusters in determining the catalytic performance of SNCCs are highlighted. Lastly, challenges and opportunities in SNCCs electrocatalysis are prospected.
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