Dinuclear metal synergistic catalysis for energy conversion
Catalysts featuring dinuclear metal sites are regarded as superior systems compared with their counterparts with mononuclear metal sites. The dinuclear metal sites in catalysts with appropriate spatial separations and geometric configurations can confer the dinuclear metal synergistic catalysis (DMS...
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| Published in | Chemical Society reviews Vol. 52; no. 9; pp. 317 - 3214 |
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| Main Authors | , , , |
| Format | Journal Article |
| Language | English |
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England
Royal Society of Chemistry
09.05.2023
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| Summary: | Catalysts featuring dinuclear metal sites are regarded as superior systems compared with their counterparts with mononuclear metal sites. The dinuclear metal sites in catalysts with appropriate spatial separations and geometric configurations can confer the dinuclear metal synergistic catalysis (DMSC) effect, and thus boost the catalytic performance, in particular for reactions involving multiple reactants, intermediates and products. In this review, we summarize the related reports on the design and synthesis of both homogeneous and heterogeneous dinuclear metal catalysts, and their applications in energy conversion reactions, including photo-/electro-catalytic hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), oxygen evolution reaction (OER), oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), CO
2
reduction reaction (CO
2
RR), and N
2
reduction reaction (N
2
RR). Particularly, we focus on the analysis of the relationship between the catalyst structure and catalytic performances, where the design principles are presented. Finally, we discuss the challenges in the design and preparation of dinuclear metal catalysts with the DMSC effect and present a perspective on the future development of dinuclear metal catalysts in energy conversion. This review aims to comprehensively summarize the up-to-date research progress on the synthesis and energy-related application of dinuclear metal catalysts and provide guidance for designing energy-conversion catalysts with superior performances.
An exclusive review focusing on catalysts exhibiting the dinuclear metal synergistic catalysis (DMSC) effect for energy conversion reactions is presented. |
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| Bibliography: | Yun-Nan Gong obtained his BS in 2008 and MS in 2011 from Nanchang Hangkong University and received his PhD in 2014 from Sun Yat-Sen University. Then, he joined the faculty at Gannan Normal University. He worked as a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of Science and Technology of China in 2018-2020. In 2021, he moved to Tianjin University of Technology and worked as an Associate Professor. His interests focus on the design and synthesis of porous materials for energy storage and conversion. 2 Tong-Bu Lu obtained his BS in 1988 and PhD in 1993 from Lanzhou University. After two years Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Sun Yat-Sen University, he joined the faculty at the same university, and became a Professor in 2000. He worked as a Post-Doctoral Fellow in F. Albert Cotton's group at Texas A&M University in 1998 and 2002, respectively. In 2016, he moved to Tianjin University of Technology. His current research interests focus on the study of artificial photosynthesis, including the design of homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts for water splitting and CO Di-Chang Zhong obtained his BS in 2003 from Gannan Normal University and his MS in 2006 from Guangxi Normal University and PhD in 2011 from the Sun Yat-Sen University. Then, he joined the faculty at Gannan Normal University and was promoted as Professor in 2017. He worked as a JSPS Post-Doctoral Fellow at AIST, Japan for two years. In 2020, he moved to Tianjin University of Technology. His interests focus on the design and synthesis of molecular catalytic materials for energy storage and conversion. Chao Zhang obtained his BS in 2006 from Beijing Institute of Technology and his PhD in 2011 from Peking University. He worked sequentially as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Peking University. He joined the faculty of Tianjing University of Technology in 2020 and worked as a Professor. Currently, his research interest is focused on the transport mechanisms across the macro-micro-nano scales in energy-related catalytic reactions. reduction. ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 14 ObjectType-Review-3 content type line 23 |
| ISSN: | 0306-0012 1460-4744 1460-4744 |
| DOI: | 10.1039/d2cs00368f |