Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2023, Vol. 50: 83-108.DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2067(23)64463-8

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Core/yolk-shell nanoreactors for tandem catalysis

Meng Zhaoa,b,1, Jing Xua,b,1, Shuyan Songa,b,*(), Hongjie Zhanga,b,c,*()   

  1. aState Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, Jilin, China
    bSchool of Applied Chemistry and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, Anhui, China
    cDepartment of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
  • Received:2023-02-28 Accepted:2023-05-16 Online:2023-07-18 Published:2023-07-25
  • Contact: *E-mail: songsy@ciac.ac.cn (S. Song), hongjie@ciac.ac.cn (H. Zhang).
  • About author:Shuyan Song received his BSc degree in Chemistry in 2003 and MSc in inorganic chemistry in 2006 both from Northeast Normal University. He joined the group of Prof. Hongjie Zhang at Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), where he received his PhD in inorganic chemistry in 2009. He is working as a professor under the direction of Prof. Zhang at Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, CAS. His research focus is primarily on the development of porous functional materials for heterogeneous catalysis, proton conduction, chemical sensing and detection.
    Hongjie Zhang received his BSc degree from Peking University in 1978. He then worked as a research assistant in Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, where he received his MSc degree in Inorganic Chemistry in 1985. Then, he worked as an assistant professor at the same institute from 1985-1989. He then studied at Universite de Bordeaux I, Laboratoire de Chimie du Solide du CNRS (France), where he received his PhD degree in Solid State Chemistry and Materials Sciences in 1993. He joined Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, CAS, as a professor in 1994. His current research interests include lanthanide organic-inorganic hybrid materials, electroluminescent devices, functional nanomaterials, and the structure and properties of rare earth magnesium alloys.

    1 Contributed equally to this work.

  • Supported by:
    National Science and Technology Major Project of China(2021YFB3500700);National Natural Science Foundation of China(22020102003);National Natural Science Foundation of China(22025506);National Natural Science Foundation of China(22271274)

Abstract:

Tandem catalysis is of great significance in industrial production. Among various catalysts, the core/yolk-shell nanoreactors have been regarded as one of the most promising ones. Their special hierarchical structure is an excellent platform for the deposition of various active sites, thus bringing strong interaction reactions. More importantly, their well-controlled shell structures can prudentially select the filterable components onto the inner cores, which facilitates the operation of tandem reaction steps. In this review, we systematically summarize the state-of-art encouraging progress of the core/yolk-shell tandem nanoreactors. Apart from their unique characteristics and attractive advantages, we also explored the innovative synthetic approaches as well as the potential application fields. Meanwhile, the specific tandem catalytic mechanism was discussed in-depth. Finally, we outlined the challenges and opportunities of this field to propose some promising development directions.

Key words: Tandem catalysis, Core shell catalyst, Yolk shell catalyst, Nanoreactor, Heterogeneous catalysis