Cover Feature: Graphene Supported Single Atom Transition Metal Catalysts for Methane Activation (ChemCatChem 15/2018)

Abstract

The Cover Feature illustrates a first-principles based study of the catalytic activity of graphene-supported single transition metal (TM) atoms for activation of methane. In their Full Paper, S. Sahoo et al. investigated the role of graphene support on the activity and selectivity of Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, and Cu atoms. It was found that the energy barrier for methane activation is significantly reduced for graphene-supported TM systems relative to the support-free TM-methane systems and graphene-methane systems. Specifically, the reduction in activation barrier is significant for the graphene-supported Co, suggesting that this system could be an effective single-site catalyst for methane activation. More information can be found in the Full Paper by S. Sahoo et al. on page 3229 in Issue 15, 2018 (DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201800465).Artwork designed by Sanjubala Sahoo and Hayley Joyal.