AUTHOR=Xing Liwen , Jin Yujuan , Weng Yunxuan , Ji Yongjun TITLE=Catalytic Scenarios Over Metal-Carbon Interaction Interface JOURNAL=Frontiers in Chemistry VOLUME=9 YEAR=2021 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/chemistry/articles/10.3389/fchem.2021.810147 DOI=10.3389/fchem.2021.810147 ISSN=2296-2646 ABSTRACT=

Numerous efforts have been devoted to investigating the catalytic events and disclosing the catalytic nature of the metal-carbon interaction interface. Nevertheless, the local deconstruction of catalytically active metal-carbon interface was still missing. Herein, the selected four types of landmark catalytic paradigms were highlighted, which was expected to clarify their essence and thus simplify the catalytic scenarios of the metal-carbon interface—carbon-supported metal nanoparticles, carbon-confined single-atom sites, chainmail catalysis, and the Mott-Schottky effect. The potential challenges and new opportunities were also proposed in the field. This perspective is believed to give an in-depth understanding of the catalytic nature of the metal-carbon interaction interface and in turn provide rational guidance to the delicate design of novel high-performance carbon-supported metal catalysts.