Atomically-thin two-dimensional sheets for understanding active sites in catalysis

• Published in: Chemical Society reviews Vol. 44; no. 3; pp. 623 - 636
• Main Authors: Sun, Yongfu, Gao, Shan, Lei, Fengcai, Xie, Yi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 01.01.2015
• Subjects: active sites; Atomic properties; Atomic structure; Catalysis; Catalysts; Catalytic activity; Defects; Disorders; electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy; electrons; hydrogen production; oxidation; oxygen; photocatalysis; transmission electron microscopy; Two dimensional; X-ray absorption spectroscopy

Catalysis can speed up chemical reactions and it usually occurs on the low coordinated steps, edges, terraces, kinks and corner atoms that are often called "active sites". However, the atomic level interplay between active sites and catalytic activity is still an open question, owing to th...