Recent Advances in Synthesis and Applications of Single-Atom Catalysts for Rechargeable Batteries

Syed Shoaib Ahmad Shah; Tayyaba Najam; Muhammad Sufyan Javed; Muhammad Sohail Bashir; Muhammad Altaf Nazir; Naseem Ahmad Khan; Aziz Ur Rehman; Md Abdus Subhan; Mohammed Muzibur Rahman

doi:10.1002/tcr.202100280

Recent Advances in Synthesis and Applications of Single-Atom Catalysts for Rechargeable Batteries

Chem Rec. 2022 Jul;22(7):e202100280. doi: 10.1002/tcr.202100280. Epub 2021 Dec 18.

Authors

Syed Shoaib Ahmad Shah^{1

2}, Tayyaba Najam³, Muhammad Sufyan Javed⁴, Muhammad Sohail Bashir⁵, Muhammad Altaf Nazir², Naseem Ahmad Khan², Aziz Ur Rehman², Md Abdus Subhan⁶, Mohammed Muzibur Rahman⁷

Affiliations

¹ Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P.R. China.
² Institute of Chemistry, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, 63100, Pakistan.
³ College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China.
⁴ School of Physical Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China.
⁵ Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, P.R. China.
⁶ Department of Chemistry, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, 3114, Bangladesh.
⁷ Center of Excellence for Advanced Materials Research (CEAMR) & Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 21589, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

PMID: 34921492
DOI: 10.1002/tcr.202100280

Abstract

The rapid development of flexible and wearable optoelectronic devices, demanding the superior, reliable, and ultra-long cycling energy storage systems. But poor performances of electrode materials used in energy devices are main obstacles. Recently, single-atom catalysts (SACs) are considered as emerging and potential candidates as electrode materials for battery devices. Herein, we have discussed the recent methods for the fabrication of SACs for rechargeable metal-air batteries, metal-CO₂ batteries, metal-sulfur batteries, and other batteries, following the recent advances in assembling and performance of these batteries by using SACs as electrode materials. The role of SACs to solve the bottle-neck problems of these energy storage devices and future perspectives are also discussed.

Keywords: Energy Devices; Rechargeable Batteries; Single-atom Catalysts; Synthetic Strategies.

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