Abstract
With the gradual transition of energy from traditional energy to clean energy, hydrogen energy has gradually entered people’s vision. Hydrogen production and hydrogenation are typical atomic economic reactions, play an irreplaceable role in the national economic growth, but there are still huge challenges. Single-atom catalysts (SACs) show the highest atomic utilization and uniform active site, which have broad development prospects in hydrogen production and hydrogenation. This paper reviews the research progress of SACs in hydrogen production and hydrogenation systematically, reveals the origin of high catalytic activity of SACs from the atomic scale by proposing the strategies for strengthening reaction process, and summarizes the rational design principles of SACs in hydrogen production and hydrogenation. Lastly, prospects are also given to the present opportunities, challenges, and applications of SACs in hydrogen production and hydrogenation reactions.
Z. Wang, X. Yuan, H. Guo, X. Zhang, J. Peng, Y. Pan, Rational design principles of single-atom catalysts in hydrogen production and hydrogenation, Energy & Environmental Science, 2024. DOI: 10.1039/D4EE02763A.
