Strong Oxide‐Support Interaction Induced Thermal Stabilization of Pt Single Atoms for Durable Catalytic CO Oxidation
Supported metal nanoparticle catalysts often suffer from sintering-induced size-dependent deactivation, limiting their high-temperature applications. Although high-temperature redispersion offers a potential solution, this strategy remains restricted to reducible support materials, severely limiting the selection of catalyst supports with versatile compositions and tunable functionalities. Here, we engineer cationic vacancies at Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>-La<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> interface via strong oxide-support interaction (SOSI)-driven interfacial reconstruction during calcination. The vacancy-mediated confinement effect dynamically intercepts migrating Pt species, enabling the construction of Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>-Pt<sub>1</sub>-La<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> structure with precisely defined coordination environments. The resulting catalyst achieves complete CO conversion at 145 °C and maintains stability with minimal decline after a 6-h treatment at 1100 °C in air with 10% steam. This interfacial engineering strategy proves universal, as demonstrated by ZrO<sub>2</sub>-La<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> counterparts. Our findings break the reducibility dependency in traditional single-atom catalysts (SACs) stabilization by establishing oxide-oxide interface as universal anchoring platforms, which expands the design space of industrial-grade SACs beyond conventional reducible oxides.
Authors
- Huixin Xiang
- Chuanhao Yao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6858-6560)
- Liang Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9718-0436)
- Xiaoxing Ke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2004-6906)
- Yueshuai Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6990-0750)
- Yong Yan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7834-5282)
- Hongyi Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1383-8972)
- Lu Yue (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-1996-9555)
- Xuan Luo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9434-6990)
- Guizhen Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6240-3751)
- Chaowei Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7784-2685)
- Ge Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3109-3145)
- Shuzhen Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-3072-7866)
Institutions
- Northwestern Polytechnical University (CN)
- Beijing University of Technology (CN)
- Flex (Mauritius) (MU)
- Tsinghua University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Angewandte Chemie International Edition
- Published
- 2025-08-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202504551
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.55
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation
- Tsinghua University
- Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility