TY - JOUR AV - public Y1 - 2024/10/14/ TI - Subsurface Single-atom Catalyst Enabled by Mechanochemical Synthesis for Oxidation Chemistry ID - discovery10194980 UR - https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202410457 N2 - Single-atom catalysts have garnered significant attention due to their exceptional atom utilization and unique properties. However, the practical application of these catalysts is often impeded by challenges such as sintering-induced instability and poisoning of isolated atoms due to strong gas adsorption. In this study, we employed the mechanochemical method to insert single Cu atoms into the subsurface of Fe2O3 support. By manipulating the location of single atoms at the surface or subsurface, catalysts with distinct adsorption properties and reaction mechanisms can be achieved. It was observed that the subsurface Cu single atoms in Fe2O3 remained isolated under both oxidation and reduction environments, whereas surface Cu single atoms on Fe2O3 experienced sintering under reduction conditions. The unique properties of these subsurface single-atom catalysts call for innovations and new understandings in catalyst design. IS - 42 VL - 63 N1 - Copyright © 2024 The Authors. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. A1 - Guan, Xuze A1 - Han, Rong A1 - Asakura, Hiroyuki A1 - Wang, Bolun A1 - Chen, Lu A1 - Yan, Jay Hon Cheung A1 - Guan, Shaoliang A1 - Keenan, Luke A1 - Hayama, Shusaku A1 - A van Spronsen, Matthijs A1 - Held, Georg A1 - Zhang, Jie A1 - Gu, Hao A1 - Ren, Yifei A1 - Zhang, Lun A1 - Yao, Zhangyi A1 - Zhu, Yujiang A1 - Regoutz, Anna A1 - Tanaka, Tsunehiro A1 - Guo, Yuzheng A1 - Wang, Feng Ryan PB - Wiley JF - Angewandte Chemie International Edition ER -