Application of Nickel Group Monoatomic Catalysts in the Low Temperature Catalytic Oxidation of Carbon Monoxide

Wei Zhang, Zhaoyi Zhou, Quanbin Song, Yanshan Yin, Shan Cheng, Yanni Xuan, Min Ruan, Tao Liu, Kaikai Zhang, Zhihao Yao, Dancong Li

Prog Chem ›› 2025, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (10) : 1525-1539.

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Prog Chem ›› 2025, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (10) : 1525-1539. DOI: 10.7536/PC20250403
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Application of Nickel Group Monoatomic Catalysts in the Low Temperature Catalytic Oxidation of Carbon Monoxide

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Single-atom catalysts exhibit excellent catalytic performance in CO low-temperature oxidation reactions due to their extremely high atom utilization and tunable high active sites. Among them, carriers are crucial, which not only provide stable anchoring sites for single atoms to prevent atomic agglomeration and thus improve metal dispersion and segregation, but also change the interfacial electronic structure through metal-carrier interactions, which in turn affects the activity, selectivity, and stability of the catalysts. In this paper, we review the research progress of nickel group metals anchored on different carriers in recent years, including carbon, metal oxide and (non)metal framework materials, discuss the promotion mechanism of the catalysts for the low-temperature catalytic oxidation of CO as well as the influencing factors of the process, and summarize the four enhancement strategies to improve the catalytic activity by introducing heteroatoms, optimizing the interfacial structure, constructing defects, and constructing spatially confined domains, and finally, we give an insight into the development prospects of the nickel Finally, the development prospect of nickel single-atom catalysts is discussed.

Contents

1 Introduction

2 Nickel group monoatomic catalysts

2.1 Carbon loaded Ni-SAC

2.2 Metal Oxide Loaded Ni-SAC

2.3 (Non-)metal frame loaded Ni-SAC

3 Promotion mechanism of Ni-SAC for the low-temperature oxidation of CO

3.1 Promotion of CO and O2 co-adsorption

3.2 Promotion of CO redox

3.3 Mechanism of inhibition of H2O

4 Activity enhancement strategy for Ni-SAC

4.1 Introduction of heteroatoms

4.2 Optimization of interface structure

4.3 Architectural defects

4.4 Construction of spatial limits

5 Conclusion and outlook

Key words

nickel group single-atom / carbon monoxide oxidation / promotional mechanisms / reinforcement strategies / low temperatures

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Wei Zhang , Zhaoyi Zhou , Quanbin Song , et al . Application of Nickel Group Monoatomic Catalysts in the Low Temperature Catalytic Oxidation of Carbon Monoxide[J]. Progress in Chemistry. 2025, 37(10): 1525-1539 https://doi.org/10.7536/PC20250403

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National Natural Science Foundation of China(52104391)
Hunan Natural Science Foundation(2023JJ30047)
Hunan Natural Science Foundation(2022JJ40501)
Hunan Natural Science Foundation(2020JJ4098)
Key Project of Scientific Research Project of Hunan Provincial Department of Education(21A0216)
Young Teachers' Growth Plan Project of Changsha University of Science and Technology(2019QJCZ044)
National Natural Science Foundation of China Young Student Basic Research Project(2025JJ60890)
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