Cover Feature: Edge‐Confined Pt1/MoS2 Single‐Atom Catalyst Promoting the Selective Activation of Carbon‐Oxygen Bond (ChemCatChem 12/2021)

Abstract

The Cover Feature shows 2D MoS2 edge-confined single-atom catalysts with pocket-like active sites that act like enzyme catalyst. In their Full Paper, Y. Lou et al. propose a new conceptual approach of fabricating enzyme-like catalysts by anchoring single Pt atoms on the edge sites of 2D MoS2 nanosheets (Pt1/MoS2 SAC), which shows excellent catalytic activity and selectivity for the hydrogenation of α, β-unsaturated aldehydes to unsaturated alcohols. The tactics of fabricating pocket-like active sites with metal single atoms and 2D nanosheet edges in this work shed a light on developing highly selective catalysts for biomass conversion reactions. More information can be found in the Full Paper by Y. Lou et al.