Industrial heterogeneous-phase catalysts typically consist of a support material that serves as the foundation for catalytically active components. This support not only interacts with the catalyst but also facilitates the dispersion of the catalyst, thereby increasing the number and fine-tuning the nature of active sites. To enhance activity and improve selectivity while minimizing waste, additional "promoters"—often stable inorganic or organic compounds and metals—are incorporated into the catalytic material. Recent advancements in catalyst preparation techniques have enabled the creation of structures that expose a single atom of catalytically active material amidst a less active metal matrix. Such atom-precise materials exhibit high selectivity in various catalytic reactions, particularly in applications related to clean energy and green chemistry. More recently, organic modifiers have been employed to influence the selectivity of catalytic reactions, especially in designing chiral surfaces for enantioselective catalysis. In this scenario, the organic molecule adsorbed on the support serves as the active site for enantioselective reactions.
The special issue on "The Design and Deployment of Stable Single Site Catalysts" will comprehensively cover recent advances in this interdisciplinary research field. This research topic seeks to encourage contributors to publish both experimental and theoretical/computational research on single-site catalysis, aiming to deepen our understanding of their structure, electronic properties, and chemical behaviors. We are particularly interested in submissions presenting innovative approaches and methodologies in the fundamental design and stabilization of single-site catalysts, as well as their application across various catalytic domains.
Research topics to be explored in this issue include, but are not limited to:
1. Single-site catalysis as it applies to thermochemical processes, electrocatalysis, and photocatalysis. The topics involve but extend beyond the carbon one-molecule (C1) activation.
2. Structure, stability, and dynamics of single sites on oxide and carbon support.
3. Ligand-functionalized single-site catalysts for biomimetic applications.
4. Catalytic chemistry of single atoms stabilized in porous structures, such as zeolites and metal-organic frameworks (MOFs).
5. The design of a single chiral site for enantioselective catalysis
Keywords:
Single site catalysis, heterogeneous catalysis, C1 activation, catalytic stability, ligand-functionalisation
Important Note:
All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.
Industrial heterogeneous-phase catalysts typically consist of a support material that serves as the foundation for catalytically active components. This support not only interacts with the catalyst but also facilitates the dispersion of the catalyst, thereby increasing the number and fine-tuning the nature of active sites. To enhance activity and improve selectivity while minimizing waste, additional "promoters"—often stable inorganic or organic compounds and metals—are incorporated into the catalytic material. Recent advancements in catalyst preparation techniques have enabled the creation of structures that expose a single atom of catalytically active material amidst a less active metal matrix. Such atom-precise materials exhibit high selectivity in various catalytic reactions, particularly in applications related to clean energy and green chemistry. More recently, organic modifiers have been employed to influence the selectivity of catalytic reactions, especially in designing chiral surfaces for enantioselective catalysis. In this scenario, the organic molecule adsorbed on the support serves as the active site for enantioselective reactions.
The special issue on "The Design and Deployment of Stable Single Site Catalysts" will comprehensively cover recent advances in this interdisciplinary research field. This research topic seeks to encourage contributors to publish both experimental and theoretical/computational research on single-site catalysis, aiming to deepen our understanding of their structure, electronic properties, and chemical behaviors. We are particularly interested in submissions presenting innovative approaches and methodologies in the fundamental design and stabilization of single-site catalysts, as well as their application across various catalytic domains.
Research topics to be explored in this issue include, but are not limited to:
1. Single-site catalysis as it applies to thermochemical processes, electrocatalysis, and photocatalysis. The topics involve but extend beyond the carbon one-molecule (C1) activation.
2. Structure, stability, and dynamics of single sites on oxide and carbon support.
3. Ligand-functionalized single-site catalysts for biomimetic applications.
4. Catalytic chemistry of single atoms stabilized in porous structures, such as zeolites and metal-organic frameworks (MOFs).
5. The design of a single chiral site for enantioselective catalysis
Keywords:
Single site catalysis, heterogeneous catalysis, C1 activation, catalytic stability, ligand-functionalisation
Important Note:
All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.