In recent years, enormous efforts have been invested to improve the atom-efficiency of metal catalysts by decrease the size of metal particles to the limit of isolated atoms in heterogenous catalysis, termed single atom catalysts (SACs). In addition to being atom-efficient, these SACs are increasingly gaining attention due to the unique reactivity and selectivity they have exhibited in industrially relevant reactions, including both oxidation and hydrogenation reactions. Clear parallels can be drawn between heterogeneous SACs and their analogous homogeneous catalysts. In this chapter, we highlight SACs that demonstrate this relationship and report on relevant, recent developments in the field of single atom catalysis.
Revised: December 21, 2020 |
Published: January 1, 2020
Citation
Yuk S.F., G.B. Collinge, M. Nguyen, M. Lee, V. Glezakou, and R.J. Rousseau. 2020.Single Atom Catalysis: An Analogy between Heterogeneous and Homogeneous Catalysts. In Advanced Heterogeneous Catalysts: Volume 2: Applications at the Single-Atom Scale. ACS Symposium Series, edited by P. Sudarsanam and L. Singh. 1-15. Washington, District Of Columbia:American Chemical Society.PNNL-SA-152701.doi:10.1021/bk-2020-1360.ch001