| ▶ Highly tunable binding energies to reacting species
allowing to adjust catalytic activity to the maximum of the Brønsted–Evans–Polanyi
relation.33,34
|
▶ Often high surface
free energy |
| ▶ Maximum dispersion,
theoretically high catalytic efficiency
(unless catalysts with small clusters and monolayers, which also offer
100% dispersion, are considered). |
▶ High risk
of agglomeration under harsh reaction conditions
or pretreatments. |
| ▶ Emerging applications
in wide range of materials such
as thermal, electro, photocatalysts, where knowledge driven approach
between molecular and solid catalysts is key for the findings. |
▶ Synthesis often results in nonuniform mixture of different
species, challenging to adequately identify active species and characterize
with readily available spectroscopic techniques. |
| ▶ Potential for selective reaction pathway, minimization
of side reactions. |
▶ Limited to low metal concentration,
high mass of catalyst,
higher risk of mass-transfer limitations in comparison to clusters
and nanoparticle catalysts. |
