Promising approach for preparing metallic single-atom catalysts: electrochemical deposition

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2022, Vol. 16

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Promising approach for preparing metallic single-atom catalysts: electrochemical deposition

Shuiyun SHEN, Lutian ZHAO, Junliang ZHANG(

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Institute of Fuel Cells, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China

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Shuiyun SHEN,Lutian ZHAO,Junliang ZHANG. Promising approach for preparing metallic single-atom catalysts: electrochemical deposition[J]. Front. Energy, 2022, 16(4): 537-541.

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Fig.1 Development of metallic electrocatalysts (adapted with permission from Refs. [11, 15, 16].

Fig.2 Comparison of traditional preparation methods and electrochemical methods for SACs (adapted with permission from Refs. [34, 38, 40, 42?44]).

Tab.1 Comparisons of metal loading of SACs prepared by traditional and electrodeposition methods

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