Metal-coordinated networks are promising catalysts for environmental applications like green hydrogen production and pollutant photo-degradation. While traditionally 3D, recent efforts have extended these networks to 2D, though synthesis and stability remain challenging. Using a bottom-up approach, we successfully designed and synthesized a 2D hexagonal carbon nitride Cu-coordinated network by combining melamine and copper adatoms on a Cu(110) substrate. Copper adatoms play a key role in catalysis and stabilization of the network, which functions as a single-atom catalyst with high potential for technological applications.
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Single-metal-adatom catalysts for the synthesis of 2D-carbon nitride metal-coordinated networks, J. M. Zamalloa-Serrano, J. I. Mendieta, J. M. Gómez-Fernández, M. F. López, C. Sánchez-Sánchez, J. I. Martínez, J. A. Martín-Gago, I. Palacio
Carbon, 229 (2024) 119544.