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October 31, 2024
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Metal Catalysts for Heterogeneous Catalysis: From Single Atoms to Nanoclusters and Nanoparticles

Publicated to: CHEMICAL REVIEWS. 118 (10): 4981-5079 - 2018-05-23 118(10), DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.7b00776

Authors:

Liu, Lichen; Corma, Avelino
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Affiliations

Univ Politecn Valencia, CSIC, Inst Tecnol Quim, Ave Naranjos S-N - Author

Abstract

Metal species with different size (single atoms, nanoclusters, and nanoparticles) show different catalytic behavior for various heterogeneous catalytic reactions. It has been shown in the literature that many factors including the particle size, shape, chemical composition, metal-support interaction, and metal-reactant/solvent interaction can have significant influences on the catalytic properties of metal catalysts. The recent developments of well-controlled synthesis methodologies and advanced characterization tools allow one to correlate the relationships at the molecular level. In this Review, the electronic and geometric structures of single atoms, nanoclusters, and nanoparticles will be discussed. Furthermore, we will summarize the catalytic applications of single atoms, nanoclusters, and nanoparticles for different types of reactions, including CO oxidation, selective oxidation, selective hydrogenation, organic reactions, electrocatalytic, and photocatalytic reactions. We will compare the results obtained from different systems and try to give a picture on how different types of metal species work in different reactions and give perspectives on the future directions toward better understanding of the catalytic behavior of different metal entities (single atoms, nanoclusters, and nanoparticles) in a unifying manner.
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Keywords

AtomsBond-forming reactionsC-h functionalizationCatalysisCatalystsCatalytic applicationsCatalytic oxidationCatalytically active goldCharacterization toolsChemical compositionsCovalent organic frameworksElectronic and geometric structuresFischer-tropsch synthesisHeterogeneous catalytic reactionsLow-temperature oxidationMetal nanoparticlesMetal-support interactionsMetalsNanoclustersNitrogen-doped grapheneOxygen reduction activityParticle sizePhotocatalytic reactionsSelective aerobic oxidationSelective hydrogenationSolvent-free oxidation

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal CHEMICAL REVIEWS due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2018, it was in position 1/172, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Chemistry, Multidisciplinary. Notably, the journal is positioned above the 90th percentile.

This publication has been distinguished as a “Highly Cited Paper” by the agencies WoS (ESI, Clarivate) and ESI (Clarivate), meaning that it ranks within the top 1% of the most cited articles in its thematic field during the year of its publication. In terms of the observed impact of the contribution, this work is considered one of the most influential worldwide, as it is recognized as highly cited. (source consulted: ESI Nov 13, 2025)

And this is evidenced by the extremely high normalized impacts through some of the main indicators of this type, which, although dynamic over time and dependent on the set of average global citations at the time of calculation, already indicate that they are well above the average in different agencies:

  • Normalization of citations relative to the expected citation rate (ESI) by the Clarivate agency: 96.45 (source consulted: ESI Nov 13, 2025)
  • Weighted Average of Normalized Impact by the Scopus agency: 120.58 (source consulted: FECYT Mar 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2026-04-02, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 4025
  • Scopus: 4148
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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-02:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 2826.

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 17.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 2 (Altmetric).
  • The number of mentions in news outlets: 1 (Altmetric).
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (Liu, LC) and Last Author (Corma Canós, Avelino).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been Corma Canós, Avelino.

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