Understanding the Density-Dependent Activity of Cu Single-Atom Catalyst in the Benzene Hydroxylation Reaction

• Published in: ACS catalysis Vol. 13; no. 2; pp. 1316 - 1325
• Main Authors: Jin, Hongqiang, Cui, Peixin, Cao, Changyan, Yu, Xiaohu, Zhao, Runqing, Ma, Ding, Song, Weiguo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: American Chemical Society 20.01.2023
• Subjects: benzene hydroxylation; single-atom catalysis; heterogeneous catalysis; activity; electronic structure

Regulating the density of metal single atoms and exploring the interaction among them are showing great potential to further raise the performance of single-atom catalysts (SACs). Herein, we produce a series of Cu SACs with densities ranging from 0.1 to 2.4 atoms/nm2 and find that the catalytic acti...