Outside Back Cover: Boosting C─O Bond Cleavage and Reverse Water-Gas Shift Activity via Enriched in-plane Sulfur Vacancies in Single-Layer Molybdenum Disulfide

Abstract

A precise strategy for tuning defective structures in two-dimensional catalysts was developed by Yanqiang Huang, Xiong Su, Xin Shang et al. in their Research Article (e202422953). By employing a soft–hard dual-template approach, single-layer MoS₂ with enriched in-plane sulfur vacancies was synthesized. These vacancies significantly promote C─O bond cleavage, resulting in remarkable catalytic performance in the reverse water–gas shift reaction.