Engineering d-orbital of copper single-atom sites toward industrial-level electrocatalytic methanation

Z Zhengzheng Liu (Laboratory of Advanced Materials, State Key Laboratory of Porous Materials for Separation and Conversion, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials) J Junzhuo Cai S Shuming Dong C Chaoxiu Qin Z Zhuoran Lv (Key Laboratory of Intelligent Creation for Extreme Energy Materials of the Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, and Zhang Jiang Institute for Advanced Study) Y Yu Yang J Jiacheng Jayden Wang (Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences) J Jiaxu Gong H Huibin Zhang H Huazhen Cao A Anxiang Guan Z Zhangliu Tian Q Qing Han F Fengwang Li (School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and ARC Centre of Excellence for Green Electrochemical Transformation of Carbon Dioxide) F Fuqiang Huang (Key Laboratory of Intelligent Creation for Extreme Energy Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering and Zhang Jiang Institute for Advanced Study) X Ximeng Lv (Key Laboratory of Intelligent Creation for Extreme Energy Materials of the Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, and Zhang Jiang Institute for Advanced Study) G Guoqu Zheng

Article Details

Volume / Issue Vol. 17, Issue 1
Published February 13, 2026
ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher Nature Portfolio

Journal Info

Nature Communications

Nature Portfolio

ISSN: 2041-1723 Open Access Life Sciences

Authors (17)

Z

Zhengzheng Liu

Laboratory of Advanced Materials, State Key Laboratory of Porous Materials for Separation and Conversion, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials

J

Junzhuo Cai

S

Shuming Dong

C

Chaoxiu Qin

Z

Zhuoran Lv

Key Laboratory of Intelligent Creation for Extreme Energy Materials of the Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, and Zhang Jiang Institute for Advanced Study

Y

Yu Yang

J

Jiacheng Jayden Wang

Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

J

Jiaxu Gong

H

Huibin Zhang

H

Huazhen Cao

A

Anxiang Guan

Z

Zhangliu Tian

Q

Qing Han

F

Fengwang Li

School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and ARC Centre of Excellence for Green Electrochemical Transformation of Carbon Dioxide

F

Fuqiang Huang

Key Laboratory of Intelligent Creation for Extreme Energy Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering and Zhang Jiang Institute for Advanced Study

X

Ximeng Lv

Key Laboratory of Intelligent Creation for Extreme Energy Materials of the Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, and Zhang Jiang Institute for Advanced Study

G

Guoqu Zheng