Inside Front Cover: Covalently Hydrophobic Nanocarbon Supported Ni Single‐Atom Catalysts for Highly Selective CO <sub>2</sub> Electroreduction
In the Research Article e6865093, Jinlan Wang, Zhong Jin, Youfa Zhang, and co-workers covalently graft alkyl chains onto Ni single-atom catalysts supported by N-doped hollow carbon nanospheres to construct hydrophobic catalytic microenvironments. Such covalent hydrophobic functionalization disrupts interfacial water networks, raises the energy barrier for competing hydrogen evolution, stabilizes the key *COOH intermediate, and thus delivers near-unity CO selectivity alongside robust long-term electrolysis stability.
Authors
- Yanzheng Ji
- Chongyi Ling (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4126-9036)
- Yan Xiong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4851-6263)
- Jinlan Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4529-874X)
- Huaizhu Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4071-2582)
- Youfa Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3225-5502)
- Zhikang Cheng
- Jin Zhong
- Chunhui Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8069-1694)
- Xinquan Yu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1276-0253)
- Yuxiao Meng
- Zuoxiu Tie
Institutions
- Yangzhou Polytechnic Institute (CN)
- Southeast University (CN)
- Nanjing University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Angewandte Chemie International Edition
- Published
- 2026-07-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.2026-m2506061700
- Primary Topic
- CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00