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New monatomic layer clusters for advanced catalysis materials

新型的单原子层团簇催化剂

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“单原子层团簇”催化剂这一新概念, 不同于单原子催化剂和传统的纳米颗粒催化, 是由单原子建造新型的二维单原子层催化剂. 单原子层团簇催化剂的活性中心明确, 且原子间的相互作用会极大提高催化反应的选择性. 因此该催化剂材料不仅具有优异的催化性能, 还具有良好的选择性. 基于此, 作者同时分析和指出了未来的单原子层团簇催化剂的可能重点研究方向以及挑战.

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Acknowledgements

This research was supported by the Australian Research Council (ARC) (DE170100928 and DP170101467), the Commonwealth of Australia through the Automotive Australia 2020 Cooperative Research Centre (AutoCRC), and Baosteel-Australia Joint Research and Development Center (BA14006). The authors acknowledge the use of the facilities at the UOW Electron Microscopy Centre funded by ARC Grants (LE0882813 and LE0237478) and Dr. Tania Silver for her critical reading.

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  1. Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials, Australian Institute of Innovative Materials, University of Wollongong, Innovation Campus, Squires Way, North Wollongong, New South Wales, 2500, Australia

    Bin-Wei Zhang  (张斌伟), Long Ren  (任龙), Yun-Xiao Wang  (王云晓), Yi Du  (杜轶) & Shi-Xue Dou  (窦士学)

  2. BUAA-UOW Joint Research Centre, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China

    Yi Du  (杜轶), Lei Jiang  (江雷) & Shi-Xue Dou  (窦士学)

  3. Key Laboratory of Bio-Inspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of the Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Environment, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China

    Lei Jiang  (江雷)

  4. Laboratory of Bio-inspired Smart Interface Science, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, 100191, China

    Lei Jiang  (江雷)

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Bin-Wei Zhang received his bachelor degree and master degree in the College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University in 2012 and 2015, respectively. He is a PhD candidate at the University of Wollongong. His current research interest is renewable energy storage and conversion, including electrocatalysis and lithium/sodium sulfur batteries.

Yun-Xiao Wang is a Research Fellow at the Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials (ISEM), University of Wollongong (UOW). She received her bachelor degree (2008) from Hebei Normal University and her master degree (2011) from Xiamen University. She obtained her PhD degree from the University of Wollongong in 2015. Her current research interest is renewable energy storage and conversion, including electrocatalysis, lithium/sodium-ion batteries, and lithium/sodium sulfur batteries.

Yi Du is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials (ISEM), University of Wollongong (UOW). He received his bachelor degree (2004) and master degree (2007) from Beihang University, China. He obtained his PhD degree from the University of Wollongong in 2011. His current research interest is exploration and development of novel two-dimensional materials and their surface physics and chemistry with scanning probe microscopies (STM, AFM and SNOM).

Lei Jiang is currently a Professor at the Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ICCAS), and Dean of the School of Chemistry and Environment, Beihang University. He received his BSc degree (1987), MSc degree (1990), and PhD degree (1994) from Jilin University, China (Jintie Li’s group). He then worked as a postdoctoral fellow in Professor Akira Fujishima’s group in Tokyo University. In 1996, he worked as a senior researcher in Kanagawa Academy of Sciences and Technology under Professor Kazuhito Hashimoto’s group. He joined ICCAS as part of the Hundred Talents Program in 1999. He was elected the academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2009 and the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World in 2012. His scientific interests are focused on bioinspired, smart, multiscale interfacial (BSMI) materials.

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Zhang, BW., Ren, L., Wang, YX. et al. New monatomic layer clusters for advanced catalysis materials. Sci. China Mater. 62, 149–153 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40843-018-9317-7

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