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ArticleNature materials2026

A molten-salt dispersion of lanthanides at the atomic scale.

Haoyuan Wang, Chunxiao Liu, Yuan Ji, Hongliang Zeng, Sunpei Hu, Xinyan Zhang, Qisheng Zeng, Jiawei Li, Qinglong Gao, Yao Zhang and 5 more

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Article in Nature materials, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Haoyuan WangSchool of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, People's Republic of China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0003-7667-8547
Chunxiao LiuSchool of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, People's Republic of China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6217-4482
Yuan JiSchool of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, People's Republic of China.
Hongliang ZengSchool of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, People's Republic of China.
Sunpei HuHefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, People's Republic of China.
Xinyan ZhangSchool of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, People's Republic of China.
Qisheng ZengSchool of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, People's Republic of China.
Jiawei LiSchool of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, People's Republic of China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9069-7002
Qinglong GaoSchool of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, People's Republic of China.
Yao ZhangHefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, People's Republic of China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6524-0289
Jie ZengHefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, People's Republic of China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8812-0298
Xu LiSchool of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, People's Republic of China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7577-4957
Tingting ZhengSchool of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, People's Republic of China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2782-2800
Qiu JiangSchool of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, People's Republic of China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2408-198X
Chuan XiaSchool of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, People's Republic of China. chuan.xia@uestc.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4526-159X

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lanthanide (Ln) elements have distinctive electronic structures and chemical behaviours that can be used to tune electrocatalytic performance when they are introduced as isolated atomic modifiers. However, their broader use remains limited because their high reactivity and ultralow reduction potentials make it difficult to develop general synthesis strategies that can atomically disperse Ln atoms on diverse substrates. Here we develop a molten-nitrite method that yields Ln single-atom catalysts, permitting the atomic isolation of multiple lanthanides on various supports, including metals, metal oxides and carbon materials. Mechanistic insights obtained from systematic control experiments indicate that Ln single-atom catalyst formation in molten nitrites is dictated by three factors: the Lux-Flood basicity effect, mass-diffusion resistance and molten-salt shielding. As a demonstration, Dy

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