Yanpeng Qi

1 week ago | nature.com | Jiazhen Wu |Yangfan Lu |Jiang Li |Yanpeng Qi |Qing Zhang |Hideo Hosono | +1 more

AbstractMetal single-atom catalysts offer improved activity and selectivity due to their unique electronic and coordination properties compared with bulk metals. However, many single-atom catalysts suffer from randomly dispersed active sites and limited electron-donating ability due to bonding with electronegative elements or less reactive metals. Here we demonstrate that Mg-rich intermetallic Mg29TM4 (TM = Pd, Rh, Ir, Pt) nanocatalysts overcome these limitations.