Metal Nanocluster Catalysis - From Fundamentals to Applications

The book covers three kinds of metal nanoclusters that have been widely employed in catalysis: (i) in-situ generated metal nanoclusters, which are spontaneously formed by metal catalysts during the reaction; (ii) supported metal nanoclusters, which are obtained by loading the active metal nanoclusters on relatively robust supports, such as carbon nanomaterials (carbon nanotube, graphene?), metallic oxides (TiO2, SiO2, CeO2?), etc; (iii) organic ligand protected metal nanoclusters, which have defined molecular formulas and atomically precise structures, and can be designed and synthesized by wet-chemical reduction methods and other recently developed methods. It also introduces each metal nanocluster catalysis from its formation processes to their unique structures, and then to their catalytic performance and catalytic mechanisms. In addition, this book describes their catalytic activities in photo-, electro- and enzyme-mediated processes. Finally, the application of metal nanoclusters in industrial catalysis and the opportunities and challenges of metal nanocluster catalysis have also been discussed. This book serves as a valuable reference for the wide readership in both academic and industrial research to understand the current progress as well as the fundamental theory and applications of metal nanocluster catalysis.

List of contents

Preface
 
Chapter 1. Introduction to metal nanocluster catalysis
1.1 Catalysis and metal catalysts
1.2 Single metal atom, metal nanocluster and metal nanoparticle
1.3 Metal nanocluster catalysis: activity
1.4 Metal nanocluster catalysis: selectivity
1.5 Metal nanocluster catalysis: mechanism
 
Chapter 2. In-situ generated metal nanocluster catalysis
2.1 Catalytic hydrogenation
2.2 Catalytic oxidation
2.3 Catalytic borylation
2.4 Catalytic cross-coupling reactions
 
Chapter 3. Immobilized metal nanocluster catalysis
3.1 Carbon nanomaterial immobilized metal nanocluster
3.2 Metal or metallic oxide immobilized metal nanocluster
3.3 Polymer or supermolecule immobilized metal nanocluster
3.4 Dendrimer immobilized metal nanocluster
3.5 Biomolecule immobilized metal nanoclusters
3.6 New types of supports immobilized metal nanoclusters
 
Chapter 4. Organic ligand protected metal nanocluster catalysis
4.1 Synthesis, characterization and atomically precise structure
4.2 Thiolate-protected metal nanocluster for catalysis
4.3 Phosphine-protected metal nanocluster for catalysis
4.4 Alkyne-protected metal nanocluster for catalysis
4.5 Carbene-protected metal nanocluster for catalysis
4.6 Nitrogen-based ligand-protected metal nanocluster for catalysis
4.7 Isomeric metal nanocluster catalysis and nanocluster asymmetric catalysis
 
Chapter 5. Metal nanocluster photo-catalysis
5.1 Metal nanocluster photophysical property
5.2 Metal nanocluster photocatalytic property
5.3 Metal nanocluster energy transfer
5.4 Metal nanocluster electron transfer
 
Chapter 6. Metal nanocluster electro-catalysis
6.1 Metal nanocluster electrochemical property
6.2 Metal nanocluster heterogeneous electrode
6.3 Metal nanocluster homogeneous electrocatalyst
 
Chapter 7. Metal nanocluster enzyme-catalysis
7.1 Nano-enzyme and cluster-enzyme
7.2 Catalytic performance of metal nanocluster enzyme
 
Chapter 8. Metal nanocluster industrial catalysis
8.1 Metal nanocluster large-scale preparation
8.2 Metal nanocluster recyclability
8.3 Metal nanocluster catalysis in environmental and sustainable chemistry
 
Chapter 9. Conclusion and perspective
9.1 Metal nanocluster catalysis: opportunity
9.2 Metal nanocluster catalysis: challenge

About the author

Manzhou Zhu is currently the Changjiang Chair Professor of Chemistry at Anhui University. He received his PhD in Chemistry from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) in 2000, and conducted postdoctoral research at USTC and Carnegie Mellon University (CMU, Pittsburgh, USA). He joined the chemistry faculty of Anhui University in 2010. Professor Zhu is the Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, and the associate editor of Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances (RSC publisher). His current research interests include atomically precise nanoclusters, structure-property correlation of nanoclusters, and their applications.


Man-Bo Li is currently the Professor of the Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology at Anhui University. He received his BS (2008) and PhD (2013) degrees from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC). After postdoctoral research at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), and Stockholm University (SU), he started his independent academic career as a professor at Anhui University in 2019. Professor Li has received scientific awards, including the Thieme Chemistry Journals Award. His current research interests focus on atomically precise metal nanocluster catalysis.

Summary

The book covers three kinds of metal nanoclusters that have been widely employed in catalysis: (i) in-situ generated metal nanoclusters, which are spontaneously formed by metal catalysts during the reaction; (ii) supported metal nanoclusters, which are obtained by loading the active metal nanoclusters on relatively robust supports, such as carbon nanomaterials (carbon nanotube, graphene?), metallic oxides (TiO2, SiO2, CeO2?), etc; (iii) organic ligand protected metal nanoclusters, which have defined molecular formulas and atomically precise structures, and can be designed and synthesized by wet-chemical reduction methods and other recently developed methods. It also introduces each metal nanocluster catalysis from its formation processes to their unique structures, and then to their catalytic performance and catalytic mechanisms. In addition, this book describes their catalytic activities in photo-, electro- and enzyme-mediated processes. Finally, the application of metal nanoclusters in industrial catalysis and the opportunities and challenges of metal nanocluster catalysis have also been discussed. This book serves as a valuable reference for the wide readership in both academic and industrial research to understand the current progress as well as the fundamental theory and applications of metal nanocluster catalysis.

Product details

• Authors: Man-Bo Li, Manzhou Zhu
• Publisher: Wiley-VCH
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 13.05.2026
• EAN: 9783527355266
• ISBN: 978-3-527-35526-6
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Chemistry; Chemie, Anorganische Chemie, Katalyse, chemistry, Catalysis, Industrial Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Technische u. Industrielle Chemie