Large-scale synthesis of functional single-atom catalysts

Yuhua Liu; Wei Zhang

doi:10.1038/s42004-023-00834-4

Large-scale synthesis of functional single-atom catalysts

Commun Chem. 2023 Feb 22;6(1):36. doi: 10.1038/s42004-023-00834-4.

Authors

Yuhua Liu¹, Wei Zhang²

Affiliations

¹ Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials MOE, and School of Materials Science & Engineering, and Jilin Provincial International Cooperation Key Laboratory of High-Efficiency Clean Energy Materials, and Electron Microscopy Center, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, China.
² Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials MOE, and School of Materials Science & Engineering, and Jilin Provincial International Cooperation Key Laboratory of High-Efficiency Clean Energy Materials, and Electron Microscopy Center, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, China. weizhang@jlu.edu.cn.

Abstract

Economical and high-efficiency synthesis of single-atom catalysts is a tremendous challenge hampering their large-scale industrialization, which is mainly attributed to the complex equipment and processes necessary for both top-down and bottom-up synthesis methods. Now, a facile three-dimensional printing approach tackles this dilemma. From a solution of printing ink and metal precursors, target materials with specific geometric shapes are prepared with high output, directly and automatically.