Ag基纳米团簇在电催化领域的应用进展
Research Progress of Ag-Based Nanoclusters in Electrocatalytic Applications
DOI: 10.12677/ms.2025.155111, PDF,   
作者: 孟 荣：武汉工程大学化学与环境工程学院，湖北 武汉
关键词: Ag基纳米团簇；电催化；挑战与展望；Ag-Based Nanoclusters； Electrocatalysis； Challenges and Prospects
摘要: 金属纳米团簇是一类尺寸介于金属纳米颗粒与金属配合物之间的新型纳米材料，具有结构精确、电子结构独特、活性位点丰富等特点，在催化领域展现出潜在的应用前景。其中，Ag基纳米团簇因其导电性良好、成本相对较低、结构可调控等特点，已应用于电催化领域。本文简要介绍了Ag基纳米团簇在电催化领域的最新研究进展，包括CO2还原、合成氨、氧还原反应、析氢反应以及其他反应，总结影响其催化性能的因素(如金属组成、配体类型等)和相应的催化机理，指出当前研究中存在的挑战，并展望其未来发展方向。
Abstract: Metal nanoclusters are a new class of nanomaterials with sizes between metal nanoparticles and metal complexes. They are characterized by precise structure, unique electronic structure, and abundant active sites, which show potential applications in the field of catalysis. Among them, Ag-based nanoclusters have been applied in the field of electrocatalysis due to their good electrical conductivity, relatively low cost, and tunable structure. In this paper, we briefly introduce the recent research progress of Ag-based nanoclusters in electrocatalysis, including CO2 reduction, ammonia synthesis, oxygen reduction reaction, hydrogen precipitation reaction, and other reactions, summarize the factors affecting their catalytic performance (e.g., metal composition, type of ligand, etc.) and the corresponding catalytic mechanism, point out the challenges in the current research, and look forward to their future development direction.
文章引用：孟荣. Ag基纳米团簇在电催化领域的应用进展[J]. 材料科学, 2025, 15(5): 1058-1072. https://doi.org/10.12677/ms.2025.155111

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