Metal-support interactions: single atoms Vs nanoclusters

该项目旨在通过金属-金属和金属-金属/载体相互作用从原子水平上从根本上了解催化机制。因此，确定了特定反应的活性位点的优化配置，提供了新型催化剂的设计原则。精确控制这些活性中心的合成和将目标活性中心组装成催化剂将为催化剂开发提供一种全新的方法。该项目的预期成果包括新的化学科学和知识，新的催化剂设计理念和策略，以及用于电催化反应的高效催化剂，使澳大利亚可再生能源研究和工业受益。

This project aims to fundamentally understand the catalytic mechanism at an atomic level through metal-metal and metal-metal/support interactions. The optimised configuration of active sites for a specific reaction is consequently identified, providing the design principles of novel catalysts. The precisely control of synthesis for such active sites and assembly of the target active sites into a catalyst will deliver a completely new methodology for catalyst development. The expected outcomes from this project include new science and knowledge of Chemistry, new design philosophy and strategies for catalysts, and the highly efficient catalysts for electrocatalytic reactions, benefiting Australian renewable energy research and industry.