Dual Single‐Atom Catalysts Unveiling Active Sites for Enhanced Ethylene Methoxycarbonylation
species as the true active sites for the EMC reaction. Further DFT calculations reveal the electronic coupling in Ru-Zn site optimizes the d-band center near the Fermi level, and facilitates the adsorption and activation of reactants, thereby reducing the energy barrier for the C-C coupling step. This work establishes a general strategy for constructing bimetallic single-atom catalysts as precise model systems for elucidating active sites and guiding the rational design of efficient and stable catalysts for carbonylation and related transformations.
Authors
- Haozhi Zhou
- Shunan Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2385-0767)
- Hao Liang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9045-9717)
- Y W Sun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4420-5708)
- Hu Luo
- Yuli Lai
- Xiaofang Liu
- Hui Wang
- Yaying Zheng
- Lin Xia
Institutions
- ShanghaiTech University (CN)
- Shanghai Advanced Research Institute (CN)
- Nano Carbon (Poland) (PL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Angewandte Chemie International Edition
- Published
- 2026-04-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202525283
- Primary Topic
- Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- National Key Research and Development Program of China