Catalytic Scenarios Over Metal-Carbon Interaction Interface.

Liwen Xing,Yongjun Ji,Yunxuan Weng,Yujuan Jin

doi:10.3389/fchem.2021.810147

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Abstract

Numerous efforts have been devoted to investigating the catalytic events and disclosing the catalytic nature of the metal-carbon interaction interface. Nevertheless, the local deconstruction of catalytically active metal-carbon interface was still missing. Herein, the selected four types of landmark catalytic paradigms were highlighted, which was expected to clarify their essence and thus simplify the catalytic scenarios of the metal-carbon interface—carbon-supported metal nanoparticles, carbon-confined single-atom sites, chainmail catalysis, and the Mott-Schottky effect. The potential challenges and new opportunities were also proposed in the field. This perspective is believed to give an in-depth understanding of the catalytic nature of the metal-carbon interaction interface and in turn provide rational guidance to the delicate design of novel high-performance carbon-supported metal catalysts.

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Specialty section: This article was submitted to Catalysis and Photocatalysis, a section of the journal Frontiers in Chemistry
Numerous efforts have been devoted to investigating the catalytic events and disclosing the catalytic nature of the metal-carbon interaction interface
Since the reactant molecules could have a direct contact with supported metal NPs and were chemisorbed or activated onto the metallic surface to finish the catalytic reaction, the size, shape, dispersion and exposed facets of large metal NPs on carbon supports largely determined the catalytic activity and selectivity

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Introduction

Specialty section: This article was submitted to Catalysis and Photocatalysis, a section of the journal Frontiers in Chemistry. The selected four types of landmark catalytic paradigms were highlighted, which was expected to clarify their essence and simplify the catalytic scenarios of the metalcarbon interface—carbon-supported metal nanoparticles, carbon-confined single-atom sites, chainmail catalysis, and the Mott-Schottky effect.

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