High-Loading Pt Single-Atom Catalyst on CeO₂ -Modified Diatomite Support

Single-atom catalysis has become a new branch in heterogeneous catalysis. Although the naturally produced SiO₂ -based materials are abundant and stable, fabrication of single-atom catalysts on such supports with high loading remains as a formidable challenge due to the lack of bonding sites to anchor the isolated metal species. Herein, modifying the diatomite, a kind of pure SiO₂ mineral, with CeO₂ nanoparticles is demonstrated to increase the defect sites on the support. The enhanced metal-support interaction maintains the atomic dispersion of Pt species with above 1 wt.% loading, exhibiting good performance in the selective hydrogenation of phenylacetylene to styrene.