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Yan T, Lang S, Liu S, Wang S, Lin S, Cai Q, Zhao J. Strong interactions through the highly polar "Early-Late" metal-metal bonds enable single-atom catalysts good durability and superior bifunctional ORR/OER activity. J Colloid Interface Sci 2024; 669:32-42. [PMID: 38703580 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2024.04.161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2024] [Revised: 04/14/2024] [Accepted: 04/23/2024] [Indexed: 05/06/2024]
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Simultaneously enhancing the durability and catalytic performance of metal-nitrogen-carbon (M-Nx-C) single-atom catalysts is critical to boost oxygen electrocatalysis for energy conversion and storage, yet it remains a grand challenge. Herein, through the combination of early and late metals, we proposed to enhance the stability and tune the catalytic activity of M-Nx-C SACs in oxygen electrocatalysis by their strong interaction with the M2'C-type MXene substrate. Our density functional theory (DFT) computations revealed that the strong interaction between "early-late" metal-metal bonds significantly improves thermal and electrochemical stability. Due to considerable charge transfer and shift of the d-band center, the electronic properties of these SACs can be extensively modified, thereby optimizing their adsorption strength with oxygenated intermediates and achieving eight promising bifunctional catalysts for ORR/OER with low overpotentials. More importantly, the constant-potential analysis demonstrated the excellent bifunctional activity of SACs supported on MXene substrate across a broad pH range, especially in strongly alkaline media with record-low overpotentials. Further machine learning analysis shows that the d-band center, the charge of the active site, and the work function of the formed heterojunctions are critical to revealing the ORR/OER activity origin. Our results underscore the vast potential of strong interactions between different metal species in enhancing the durability and catalytic performance of SACs.
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- Tingyu Yan
- Key Laboratory for Photonic and Electronic Bandgap Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Harbin Normal University, Harbin 150025, PR China
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- Division of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX 76204, USA
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Resource Utilization, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, PR China
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- School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Harbin Normal University Harbin, 150025 PR China
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- Division of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX 76204, USA.
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- Key Laboratory for Photonic and Electronic Bandgap Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Harbin Normal University, Harbin 150025, PR China
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- Key Laboratory for Photonic and Electronic Bandgap Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Harbin Normal University, Harbin 150025, PR China.
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Chen X, Wang Y, Fan X, Zhu G, Liu Y, Quan X. Efficient electro-Fenton degradation of organic pollutants via the synergistic effect of 1O 2 and •OH generated on single FeN 4 sites. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 932:173042. [PMID: 38723975 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.173042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2024] [Revised: 05/05/2024] [Accepted: 05/05/2024] [Indexed: 05/12/2024]
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The electro-Fenton with in situ generated 1O2 and •OH is a promising method for the degradation of micropollutants. However, its application is hindered by the lack of catalysts that can efficiently generate 1O2 and •OH from electrochemical oxygen reduction. Herein, N-doped stacked carbon nanosheets supported Fe single atoms (Fe-NSC) with FeN4 sites were designed for simultaneous generation of 1O2 and •OH to enhance electro-Fenton degradation. Due to the synergistic effect of 1O2 and •OH, a variety of contaminants (phenol, 2,4-dichlorophenol, sulfamethoxazole, atrazine and bisphenol A) were efficiently degraded with high kinetic constants of 0.037-0.071 min-1 by the electro-Fenton with Fe-NSC as cathode (-0.6 V vs Ag/AgCl, pH 6). Moreover, the superior performance for electro-Fenton degradation was well maintained in a wide pH range from 3 to 10 even with interference of various inorganic salt ions. It was found that FeN4 sites with pyridinic N coordination were responsible for its good performance for electro-Fenton degradation. Its 1O2 yield was higher than •OH yield, and the contribution of 1O2 was more significant than •OH for pollutant degradation.
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- Xin Chen
- Key Laboratory of Industrial Ecology and Environmental Engineering (Ministry of Education, China), School of Environmental Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Ecology and Environmental Engineering (Ministry of Education, China), School of Environmental Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Dalian Maritime University, Dalian 116026, China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Ecology and Environmental Engineering (Ministry of Education, China), School of Environmental Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Ecology and Environmental Engineering (Ministry of Education, China), School of Environmental Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Ecology and Environmental Engineering (Ministry of Education, China), School of Environmental Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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Guo Q, Yuan R, Zhao Y, Yu Y, Fu J, Cao L. Performance of Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanoparticles Carrying FeNiCu as Bifunctional Electrocatalyst for Rechargeable Zinc-Air Battery. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024:e2400830. [PMID: 38778739 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202400830] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2024] [Revised: 05/12/2024] [Indexed: 05/25/2024]
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Catalysts for zinc-air batteries (ZABs) must be stable over long-term charging-discharging cycles and exhibit bifunctional catalytic activity. In this study, by doping nitrogen-doped carbon (NC) materials with three metal atoms (Fe, Ni, and Cu), a single-atom-distributed FeNiCu-NC bifunctional catalyst is prepared. The catalyst includes Fe(Ni-doped)-N4 for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER), Fe(Cu-doped)-N4 for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), and the NiCu-NC catalytic structure for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in the nitrogen-doped carbon nanoparticles. This single-atom distribution catalyst structure enhances the bifunctional catalytic activity. If a trimetallic single-atom catalyst is designed, it will surpass the typical bimetallic single-atom catcalyst. FeNiCu-NC exhibits outstanding performance as an electrocatalyst, with a half-wave potential (E1/2) of 0.876 V versus RHE, overpotential (Ej = 10) of 253 mV versus RHE at 10 mA cm-2, and a small potential gap (ΔE = 0.61 V). As the anode in a ZAB, FeNiCu-NC can undergo continuous charge-discharged cycles for 575 h without significant attenuation. This study presents a new method for achieving high-performance, low-cost ZABs via trimetallic single-atom doping.
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- Qiao Guo
- Institute of Material Science and Engineering, Dalian Jiaotong University, Dalian, 116028, China
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- Fuel Cell System and Engineering Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Fuel Cells & Hybrid Power Sources, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, China
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- Fuel Cell System and Engineering Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Fuel Cells & Hybrid Power Sources, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, China
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- Fuel Cell System and Engineering Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Fuel Cells & Hybrid Power Sources, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, China
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- Institute of Material Science and Engineering, Dalian Jiaotong University, Dalian, 116028, China
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- Fuel Cell System and Engineering Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Fuel Cells & Hybrid Power Sources, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, China
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Zhu W, Liu S, Huang R, Su Y, Huang K, He Z. Enhancing CO 2 Electroreduction to C2 Products on Metal-Nitrogen Sites by Regulating H 2O Dissociation. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2024; 16:26316-26324. [PMID: 38717337 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.4c04752] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2024]
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Water dissociation remarkably affects the CO2 reduction to CO and HCOOH, but whether it is effective for two-carbon product formation on M-Nx-containing catalysts is still ambiguous. Herein, by using a fluorinated metal phthalocyanine (MPc-F) as the M-N4-based model electrocatalyst, experimental and theoretical results reveal that the H2O-dissociation-induced active H species decrease the overpotential of the *CO hydrogenation to *CHO and facilitate the C-C coupling between *CHO and neighboring CO. Such an effect is strengthened by an increase in the *CO binding strength on the metal center. By introducing CuPc as the H2O dissociation catalyst into MPc-F (MPc-F/CuPc) to accurately regulate the H2O dissociation, the faradic efficiency of C2 products on FePc-F/CuPc and MnPc-F/CuPc increases from 0% (FePc-F and MnPc-F) to 26 and 36%, respectively. This work develops a novel strategy for enhancing the selectivity of M-Nx-containing catalysts to C2 products and reveals the correlation between H2O dissociation and C2 product formation.
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- Weiwei Zhu
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, Hunan, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, Hunan, P. R. China
- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Power Sources, Central South University, Changsha 410083, Hunan, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan 411201, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, Hunan, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, Hunan, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, Hunan, P. R. China
- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Power Sources, Central South University, Changsha 410083, Hunan, P. R. China
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Zhou C, Shi S, Zhang X, Sun Y, Peng G, Yuan W. Mechanism insight into the N-C polar bond and Pd-Co heterojunction for improved hydrogen evolution activity. iScience 2024; 27:109620. [PMID: 38628965 PMCID: PMC11019276 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.109620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2023] [Revised: 02/04/2024] [Accepted: 03/26/2024] [Indexed: 04/19/2024] Open
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Constructing platinum-like materials with excellent catalytic activity and low cost has great significance for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) during electrolysis of water. Herein, palladium nanoparticles (NPs) deposition on the surface of Co NPs using nitrogen-doped carbon (NC) as substrate, denoted as N-ZIFC/CoPd-30, are manufactured and served as HER electrocatalysts. Characterization results and density functional theory calculations validate that Pd-Co heterojunctions with NC acting as "electron donators" promote the Pd species transiting to the electron-rich state based on an efficient electron transfer mechanism, namely the N-C polar bonds induced strong metal-support interaction effect. The electron-rich Pd sites are beneficial to HER. Satisfactorily, N-ZIFC/CoPd-30 have only low overpotentials of 16, 162, and 13 mV@-10 mA cm-2 with the small Tafel slopes of 98 mV/decade, 126 mV/decade, and 72 mV/decade in pH of 13, 7, and 0, respectively. The success in fabricating N-ZIFC/CoPd opens a promising path to constructing other platinum-like electrocatalysts with high HER activity.
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- Chenliang Zhou
- Ganjiang Innovation Academy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ganzhou 341119, People’s Republic of China
- School of Rare Earths, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People’s Republic of China
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- Ganjiang Innovation Academy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ganzhou 341119, People’s Republic of China
- School of Rare Earths, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People’s Republic of China
- Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Cleaner Production of Rare Earths, Ganzhou 341119, People’s Republic of China
- Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, People’s Republic of China
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- Ganjiang Innovation Academy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ganzhou 341119, People’s Republic of China
- School of Rare Earths, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People’s Republic of China
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- Ganjiang Innovation Academy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ganzhou 341119, People’s Republic of China
- School of Rare Earths, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People’s Republic of China
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- Ganjiang Innovation Academy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ganzhou 341119, People’s Republic of China
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- Ganjiang Innovation Academy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ganzhou 341119, People’s Republic of China
- School of Rare Earths, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People’s Republic of China
- Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Cleaner Production of Rare Earths, Ganzhou 341119, People’s Republic of China
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Zhou Q, Song J, Lv N, Shi H, Wang J. Fully dispersed cobalt diatomic site with significantly improved Fenton-like catalysis performance for organic pollutant degradation. J Colloid Interface Sci 2024; 662:1005-1015. [PMID: 38387362 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2024.02.097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2023] [Revised: 01/31/2024] [Accepted: 02/12/2024] [Indexed: 02/24/2024]
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A novel strategy for better catalytic performance in terms of precisely tuning the metal atom number of active centers is gradually getting attention. In this paper, the Co atom pair sites on N-doped porous carbon was engineered. The binuclear Co2 site structure was identified by aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy and X-ray absorption spectroscopy. As expected, the Co2NC display an outstanding Fenton-like catalysis activity in tetracycline degradation with turnover frequency exceeding 0.91 min-1 that is approximately 4 times higher than the conventional CoN4 site. The EPR tests indicated that the ROS strength stimulated by the binuclear site was much stronger than that of single site. Theoretical density functional theory calculations reveal that the optimized adsorption configuration is the O1 of peroxymonosulfate (PMS) interacting with two Co atoms, leading to stronger interaction effect and electron transfer for PMS comparing to single atom sites.
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- Qi Zhou
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anhui University, Hefei 230601 China; Centre for Atomic Engineering of Advanced Materials, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry of Anhui Province, Anhui University, Hefei 230601 China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anhui University, Hefei 230601 China; Centre for Atomic Engineering of Advanced Materials, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry of Anhui Province, Anhui University, Hefei 230601 China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anhui University, Hefei 230601 China; Centre for Atomic Engineering of Advanced Materials, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry of Anhui Province, Anhui University, Hefei 230601 China
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- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800 China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anhui University, Hefei 230601 China; Centre for Atomic Engineering of Advanced Materials, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry of Anhui Province, Anhui University, Hefei 230601 China
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Wang L, Mao Z, Mao X, Sun H, Guo P, Huang R, Han C, Hu X, Du A, Wang X. Engineering Interfacial Pt─O─Ti Site at Atomic Step Defect for Efficient Hydrogen Evolution Catalysis. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024; 20:e2309791. [PMID: 38095488 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202309791] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2023] [Revised: 11/30/2023] [Indexed: 05/25/2024]
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The hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) activity of defect-stabilized low-Pt-loading catalysts is closely related with defect type in support materials, while the knowledge about the effect of higher-dimensional defects on the property and activity of trapped Pt atomic species is scarce. Herein, small size (5-10 nm) TiO2 nanoparticles with abundant surface step defects (one kind of line defect) are used to direct the uniform anchoring of Pt atomic clusters (Pt-ACs) via Pt─O─Ti linkage. The as-made low-Pt catalysts (Pt-ACs/S-TiO2-NP) exhibit exceptional HER intrinsic activity due to the unique step-site Pi-O-Ti species, in which the mass activity and turnover frequency are as high as 21.46 A mg Pt -1 and 21.69 s-1 at the overpotential of 50 mV, both far beyond those of benchmark Pt/C catalysts and other Pt-ACs/TiO2 samples with less step sites. Spectroscopic measurements and theoretical calculations reveal that the step-defect-located Pt─O─Ti sites can simultaneously induce the charge transfer from TiO2 substrate to the trapped Pt-ACs and the downshift of d-band center, which helps the proton reduction to H* intermediates and the following hydrogen desorption process, thus improving the HER. The work provides a deep insight on the interactions between high-dimensional defect and well-dispersed atomic metal motifs for superior HER catalysis.
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- Lei Wang
- College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310032, P. R. China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310032, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry, Physics and Mechanical Engineering, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, 4000, Australia
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310032, P. R. China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310032, P. R. China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310032, P. R. China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310032, P. R. China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310032, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry, Physics and Mechanical Engineering, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, 4000, Australia
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310032, P. R. China
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Ren Y, Wang J, Zhang M, Wang Y, Cao Y, Kim DH, Liu Y, Lin Z. Strategies Toward High Selectivity, Activity, and Stability of Single-Atom Catalysts. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024; 20:e2308213. [PMID: 38183335 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202308213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2023] [Revised: 11/07/2023] [Indexed: 01/08/2024]
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Single-atom catalysts (SACs) hold immense promise in facilitating the rational use of metal resources and achieving atomic economy due to their exceptional atom-utilization efficiency and distinct characteristics. Despite the growing interest in SACs, only limited reviews have holistically summarized their advancements centering on performance metrics. In this review, first, a thorough overview on the research progress in SACs is presented from a performance perspective and the strategies, advancements, and intriguing approaches employed to enhance the critical attributes in SACs are discussed. Subsequently, a comprehensive summary and critical analysis of the electrochemical applications of SACs are provided, with a particular focus on their efficacy in the oxygen reduction reaction , oxygen evolution reaction, hydrogen evolution reaction , CO2 reduction reaction, and N2 reduction reaction . Finally, the outline future research directions on SACs by concentrating on performance-driven investigation, where potential areas for improvement are identified and promising avenues for further study are highlighted, addressing challenges to unlock the full potential of SACs as high-performance catalysts.
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- Yujing Ren
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117585, Singapore
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117576, Singapore
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117585, Singapore
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117585, Singapore
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117585, Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry and NanoScience, Ewha Womans University, 52 Ewhayeodae-gil, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 03760, Republic of Korea
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- Institute of Sustainability for Chemicals, Energy and Environment (ISCE2), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), 1 Pesek Road, Jurong Island, 627833, Singapore
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117585, Singapore
- Department of Chemistry and NanoScience, Ewha Womans University, 52 Ewhayeodae-gil, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 03760, Republic of Korea
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Yuan GQ, Wei X, Su YC, Zhou TY, Hu JL, An Y, Zhou SL, Zhao WQ, Xia J, Liu YY. Enhancing Zn 2+ Storage Performance by Constructing the Interfaces Between VO 2 and Co-N-C Layers. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024; 20:e2308851. [PMID: 38112252 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202308851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2023] [Revised: 11/27/2023] [Indexed: 12/21/2023]
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Vanadium oxides have aroused attention as cathode materials in aqueous zinc-ion batteries (AZIBs) due to their low cost and high safety. However, low ion diffusion and vanadium dissolution often lead to capacity decay and deteriorating stability during cycling. Herein, vanadium dioxides (VO2) nanobelts are coated with a single-atom cobalt dispersed N-doped carbon (Co-N-C) layer via a facile calcination strategy to form Co-N-C layer coated VO2 nanobelts (VO2@Co-N-C NBs) for cathodes in AZIBs. Various in-/ex situ characterizations demonstrate the interfaces between VO2 layers and Co-N-C layers can protect the VO2 NBs from collapsing, increase ion diffusion, and enhance the Zn2+ storage performance. Additional density functional theory (DFT) simulations demonstrate that Co─O─V bonds between VO2 and Co-N-C layers can enhance interfacial Zn2+ storage. Moreover, the VO2@Co-N-C NBs provided an ultrahigh capacity (418.7 mAh g-1 at 1 A g-1), outstanding long-term stability (over 8000 cycles at 20 A g-1), and superior rate performance.
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- Guo-Qiang Yuan
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, 225009, P. R. China
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- School of Electrical Engineering, Engineering Technology Research Center of Optoelectronic Technology Appliance, Tongling University, Tongling, Anhui, 244061, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, 225009, P. R. China
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- School of Electrical Engineering, Engineering Technology Research Center of Optoelectronic Technology Appliance, Tongling University, Tongling, Anhui, 244061, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, 225009, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, 225009, P. R. China
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- School of Electrical Engineering, Engineering Technology Research Center of Optoelectronic Technology Appliance, Tongling University, Tongling, Anhui, 244061, P. R. China
- Institute of Energy, Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center (Anhui Energy Laboratory), Hefei, Anhui, 230051, P. R. China
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- School of Electrical Engineering, Engineering Technology Research Center of Optoelectronic Technology Appliance, Tongling University, Tongling, Anhui, 244061, P. R. China
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- Faculty of Civil Engineering and Mechanics, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, 212013, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, 225009, P. R. China
- School of Electrical Engineering, Engineering Technology Research Center of Optoelectronic Technology Appliance, Tongling University, Tongling, Anhui, 244061, P. R. China
- Institute of Energy, Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center (Anhui Energy Laboratory), Hefei, Anhui, 230051, P. R. China
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Liu Y, Wu Z, Bai S, Shen T, Li Q, Liu G, Sun X, Hu Y, Song Z, Chu J, Song YF. Revealing the synergistic effect of Ni single atoms and adjacent 3d metal doped Ni nanoparticles in electrocatalytic CO 2 reduction. NANOSCALE ADVANCES 2024; 6:2363-2370. [PMID: 38694473 PMCID: PMC11059498 DOI: 10.1039/d4na00167b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2024] [Accepted: 03/15/2024] [Indexed: 05/04/2024]
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Herein, we report the successful fabrication of a series of transition metal doped Ni nanoparticles (NPs) coordinated with Ni single atoms in nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes (denoted as Ni1+NPsM-NCNTs, M = Mn, Fe, Co, Cu and Zn; Ni1 = Ni single atom). X-ray absorption fine structure reveals the coexistence of Ni single atoms with Ni-N4 coordination and NiM NPs. When applied for electrocatalytic CO2RR, the Ni1+NPsM-NCNT compounds show the Faradaic efficiency of CO (FECO) with a volcano-like tendency of Mn < Fe ≈ Co < Zn < Cu, in which the Ni1+NPsCu-NCNT exhibits the highest FECO of 96.92%, a current density of 171.25 mA cm-2 and a sustainable stability over 24 hours at a current density of 100 mA cm-2, outperforming most reported examples in the literature. Detailed experiments and theoretical calculations reveal that for Ni1+NPsCu-NCNTs, the electron transfer from NiCu NPs to Ni single atoms strengthens the adsorption of *COOH intermediates. Moreover, the d-band center of Ni-N in Ni1+NPsCu-NCNT is upshifted, providing stronger binding with the reaction intermediates of *COOH, whereas the NiCu NPs increase the Gibbs free energy change of the Volmer step, suppressing the competitive HER.
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- Yingjie Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing 100029 P. R. China +86 10 64431832 +86 10 64431832
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing 100029 P. R. China +86 10 64431832 +86 10 64431832
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing 100029 P. R. China +86 10 64431832 +86 10 64431832
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing 100029 P. R. China +86 10 64431832 +86 10 64431832
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing 100029 P. R. China +86 10 64431832 +86 10 64431832
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing 100029 P. R. China +86 10 64431832 +86 10 64431832
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing 100029 P. R. China +86 10 64431832 +86 10 64431832
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing 100029 P. R. China +86 10 64431832 +86 10 64431832
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing 100029 P. R. China +86 10 64431832 +86 10 64431832
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing 100029 P. R. China +86 10 64431832 +86 10 64431832
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing 100029 P. R. China +86 10 64431832 +86 10 64431832
- Quzhou Institute for Innovation in Resource Chemical Engineering Quzhou 324000 Zhejiang Province P. R. China
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Guo J, Gao B, Li Q, Wang S, Shang Y, Duan X, Xu X. Size-Dependent Catalysis in Fenton-like Chemistry: From Nanoparticles to Single Atoms. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024:e2403965. [PMID: 38655917 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202403965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2024] [Revised: 04/20/2024] [Indexed: 04/26/2024]
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State-of-the-art Fenton-like reactions are crucial in advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) for water purification. This review explores the latest advancements in heterogeneous metal-based catalysts within AOPs, covering nanoparticles (NPs), single-atom catalysts (SACs), and ultra-small atom clusters. A distinct connection between the physical properties of these catalysts, such as size, degree of unsaturation, electronic structure, and oxidation state, and their impacts on catalytic behavior and efficacy in Fenton-like reactions. In-depth comparative analysis of metal NPs and SACs is conducted focusing on how particle size variations and metal-support interactions affect oxidation species and pathways. The review highlights the cutting-edge characterization techniques and theoretical calculations, indispensable for deciphering the complex electronic and structural characteristics of active sites in downsized metal particles. Additionally, the review underscores innovative strategies for immobilizing these catalysts onto membrane surfaces, offering a solution to the inherent challenges of powdered catalysts. Recent advances in pilot-scale or engineering applications of Fenton-like-based devices are also summarized for the first time. The paper concludes by charting new research directions, emphasizing advanced catalyst design, precise identification of reactive oxygen species, and in-depth mechanistic studies. These efforts aim to enhance the application potential of nanotechnology-based AOPs in real-world wastewater treatment.
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- Jirui Guo
- Shandong Key Laboratory of Water Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, P. R. China
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- Shandong Key Laboratory of Water Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, P. R. China
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- Shandong Key Laboratory of Water Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, P. R. China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia
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- College of Safety and Environmental Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266590, P. R. China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia
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- Shandong Key Laboratory of Water Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, P. R. China
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Gao Q, Han X, Liu Y, Zhu H. Electrifying Energy and Chemical Transformations with Single-Atom Alloy Nanoparticle Catalysts. ACS Catal 2024; 14:6045-6061. [PMID: 38660612 PMCID: PMC11036398 DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.4c00365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2024] [Revised: 03/26/2024] [Accepted: 03/29/2024] [Indexed: 04/26/2024]
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Single-atom alloys (SAAs) have attracted considerable attention as promising electrocatalysts in reactions central to energy conversion and chemical transformation. In contrast to monometallic nanocrystals and metal alloys, SAAs possess unique and intriguing physicochemical properties, positioning them as ideal model systems for studying structure-property relationships. However, the field is still in its early stages. In this Perspective, we first review and summarize rational synthesis methods and advanced characterization techniques for SAA nanoparticle catalysts. We then emphasize the extensive applications of SAAs in a range of electrocatalytic reactions, including fuel cell reactions, water splitting, and carbon dioxide and nitrate reductions. Finally, we provide insights into existing challenges and prospects associated with the controlled synthesis, characterization, and design of SAA catalysts.
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- Qiang Gao
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, United States
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic
Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, United States
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, United States
- Department
of Chemical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, United States
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Guo L, Zhou J, Liu F, Meng X, Ma Y, Hao F, Xiong Y, Fan Z. Electronic Structure Design of Transition Metal-Based Catalysts for Electrochemical Carbon Dioxide Reduction. ACS NANO 2024; 18:9823-9851. [PMID: 38546130 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.4c01456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/10/2024]
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With the increasingly serious greenhouse effect, the electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction reaction (CO2RR) has garnered widespread attention as it is capable of leveraging renewable energy to convert CO2 into value-added chemicals and fuels. However, the performance of CO2RR can hardly meet expectations because of the diverse intermediates and complicated reaction processes, necessitating the exploitation of highly efficient catalysts. In recent years, with advanced characterization technologies and theoretical simulations, the exploration of catalytic mechanisms has gradually deepened into the electronic structure of catalysts and their interactions with intermediates, which serve as a bridge to facilitate the deeper comprehension of structure-performance relationships. Transition metal-based catalysts (TMCs), extensively applied in electrochemical CO2RR, demonstrate substantial potential for further electronic structure modulation, given their abundance of d electrons. Herein, we discuss the representative feasible strategies to modulate the electronic structure of catalysts, including doping, vacancy, alloying, heterostructure, strain, and phase engineering. These approaches profoundly alter the inherent properties of TMCs and their interaction with intermediates, thereby greatly affecting the reaction rate and pathway of CO2RR. It is believed that the rational electronic structure design and modulation can fundamentally provide viable directions and strategies for the development of advanced catalysts toward efficient electrochemical conversion of CO2 and many other small molecules.
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- Liang Guo
- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China
- Hong Kong Branch of National Precious Metals Material Engineering Research Center (NPMM), City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China
- Hong Kong Branch of National Precious Metals Material Engineering Research Center (NPMM), City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China
- Hong Kong Branch of National Precious Metals Material Engineering Research Center (NPMM), City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China
- Hong Kong Branch of National Precious Metals Material Engineering Research Center (NPMM), City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China
- Hong Kong Branch of National Precious Metals Material Engineering Research Center (NPMM), City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China
- City University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen 518057, China
- Hong Kong Institute for Clean Energy (HKICE), City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, China
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Chen M, Yang Y, Chen Q, Tang L, Liu J, Sun Y, Liu Q, Zhang Y, Zhang GJ, Chen S. Pt,P-codoped carbon nitride nanoenzymes for fluorescence and colorimetric dual-mode detection of cholesterol. Anal Chim Acta 2024; 1297:342351. [PMID: 38438235 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2024.342351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2023] [Revised: 01/29/2024] [Accepted: 02/04/2024] [Indexed: 03/06/2024]
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Cholesterol is an important lipid compound found in a variety of foods, and its level in human blood is closely related to human health. Therefore, development of rapid and accurate POCT (point-of-care testing) methods for cholesterol detection is crucial for assessing food quality and early diagnosis of diseases, in particular, in a resource-limited environment. In this study, a smartphone-assisted colorimetric biosensor is constructed based on platinum,phosphorus-codoped carbon nitride (PtCNP2) for the rapid detection of cholesterol. Phosphorus-doped carbon nitride is prepared by thermal annealing of urea and NH4PF6, into which platinum is atomically dispersed by thermal refluxing. The obtained PtCNP2 exhibits an excellent peroxidase-like activity under physiological pH, whereby colorless o-phenylenediamine (OPD) is oxidized to colored 2,3-diaminophenazine (DAP) in the presence of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), which can be produced during the oxidation of cholesterol by cholesterol oxidase. A smartphone-assisted visual sensing system is then constructed based on the color recognition software, and rapid on-site detection of cholesterol is achieved by reading the RGB values. Meanwhile, the generated DAP shows an apparent fluorescence signal and can realize highly sensitive detection of cholesterol by the change of the fluorescence signal intensity. Such a cholesterol sensor exhibits a wide linear detection range of 0.5-600 μg mL-1 and a low detection limit of 59 ng mL-1. The practicality of the sensor is successfully demonstrated in the rapid detection of cholesterol in serum and food.
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- Meiling Chen
- School of Laboratory Medicine, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan 430065, China
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- Shenzhen Baoan Authentic TCM Therapy Hospital, Shenzhen, 518101, China
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- Shenzhen Baoan Authentic TCM Therapy Hospital, Shenzhen, 518101, China
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- School of Laboratory Medicine, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan 430065, China
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- School of Laboratory Medicine, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan 430065, China
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- School of Laboratory Medicine, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan 430065, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA
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- School of Laboratory Medicine, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan 430065, China; Hubei Shizhen Laboratory, Wuhan, Hubei 430065, China.
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- School of Laboratory Medicine, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan 430065, China; Hubei Shizhen Laboratory, Wuhan, Hubei 430065, China.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA.
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Wang H, Deng X, Bari A, Gu M, Lin M, Gao A, Huang X, Zhang X. The electronic structure of the active center of Co 3Se 4 electrocatalyst was adjusted by Te doping for efficient oxygen evolution. J Colloid Interface Sci 2024; 659:767-775. [PMID: 38211493 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2024.01.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2023] [Revised: 12/28/2023] [Accepted: 01/04/2024] [Indexed: 01/13/2024]
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In order to enhance the energy efficiency of water electrolysis, it is imperative to devise electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reaction that are both non-precious metal-based and highly efficient. Efficient catalyst design is generally based on electronic structural engineering. Considering the electronegativity disparity between selenium (Se) and tellurium (Te), the tunable bandgaps, and the conductive metallic nature of Te. We designed a material wherein Te atoms are uniformly doped onto the surface of Cobalt tetra selenide (Co3Se4) nanorods, leading to the synthesis of a defect-rich material. Experimental results demonstrate that Te doping in Co3Se4 increases active sites and optimizes the electronic structure of Co cations, enhancing the design of multi-defect structures. This promotes the generation of the Co(oxy) hydroxide (CoOOH) active phase, enhancing catalytic activity by maximizing the binding strength between Co sites and oxygenated intermediates. Te-Co3Se4 nanorods exhibit good catalytic activity for oxygen evolution reactions, with an overpotential of 269 mV at a driving current density of 50 mA cm-2 and excellent stability in alkaline media (over 100 h). This discovery indicates the feasibility of strategically combining various imperfect structures, thereby unlocking the latent potential of diverse catalysts in electrocatalytic reactions.
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- Hao Wang
- Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Key Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials, Anhui Provincial Engineering Laboratory of New-Energy Vehicle Battery Energy-Storage Materials, Anhui Engineering Research Center of Carbon Neutrality, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241002, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Key Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials, Anhui Provincial Engineering Laboratory of New-Energy Vehicle Battery Energy-Storage Materials, Anhui Engineering Research Center of Carbon Neutrality, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241002, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Key Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials, Anhui Provincial Engineering Laboratory of New-Energy Vehicle Battery Energy-Storage Materials, Anhui Engineering Research Center of Carbon Neutrality, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241002, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Key Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials, Anhui Provincial Engineering Laboratory of New-Energy Vehicle Battery Energy-Storage Materials, Anhui Engineering Research Center of Carbon Neutrality, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241002, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Key Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials, Anhui Provincial Engineering Laboratory of New-Energy Vehicle Battery Energy-Storage Materials, Anhui Engineering Research Center of Carbon Neutrality, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241002, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Key Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials, Anhui Provincial Engineering Laboratory of New-Energy Vehicle Battery Energy-Storage Materials, Anhui Engineering Research Center of Carbon Neutrality, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241002, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Key Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials, Anhui Provincial Engineering Laboratory of New-Energy Vehicle Battery Energy-Storage Materials, Anhui Engineering Research Center of Carbon Neutrality, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241002, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Key Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials, Anhui Provincial Engineering Laboratory of New-Energy Vehicle Battery Energy-Storage Materials, Anhui Engineering Research Center of Carbon Neutrality, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241002, PR China.
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Yu Y, Wei X, Chen W, Qian G, Chen C, Wang S, Min D. Design of Single-Atom Catalysts for E lectrocatalytic Nitrogen Fixation. CHEMSUSCHEM 2024; 17:e202301105. [PMID: 37985420 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202301105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2023] [Revised: 11/18/2023] [Accepted: 11/20/2023] [Indexed: 11/22/2023]
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The Electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction (ENRR) can be used to solve environmental problems as well as energy shortage. However, ENRR still faces the problems of low NH3 yield and low selectivity. The NH3 yield and selectivity in ENRR are affected by multiple factors such as electrolytic cells, electrolytes, and catalysts, etc. Among these catalysts are at the core of ENRR research. Single-atom catalysts (SACs) with intrinsic activity have become an emerging technology for numerous energy regeneration, including ENRR. In particular, regulating the microenvironment of SACs (hydrogen evolution reaction inhibition, carrier engineering, metal-carrier interaction, etc.) can break through the limitation of intrinsic activity of SACs. Therefore, this Review first introduces the basic principles of NRR and outlines the key factors affecting ENRR. Then a comprehensive summary is given of the progress of SACs (precious metals, non-precious metals, non-metallic) and diatomic catalysts (DACs) in ENRR. The impact of SACs microenvironmental regulation on ENRR is highlighted. Finally, further research directions for SACs in ENRR are discussed.
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- Yuanyuan Yu
- College of Light Industry and Food Engineering, Guangxsi University, Nanning, 530004, P. R. China
- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Clean Pulp & Papermaking and Pollution Control, Nanning, 530004, P. R. China
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- College of Light Industry and Food Engineering, Guangxsi University, Nanning, 530004, P. R. China
- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Clean Pulp & Papermaking and Pollution Control, Nanning, 530004, P. R. China
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- College of Light Industry and Food Engineering, Guangxsi University, Nanning, 530004, P. R. China
- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Clean Pulp & Papermaking and Pollution Control, Nanning, 530004, P. R. China
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- College of Light Industry and Food Engineering, Guangxsi University, Nanning, 530004, P. R. China
- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Clean Pulp & Papermaking and Pollution Control, Nanning, 530004, P. R. China
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- College of Light Industry and Food Engineering, Guangxsi University, Nanning, 530004, P. R. China
- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Clean Pulp & Papermaking and Pollution Control, Nanning, 530004, P. R. China
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- College of Light Industry and Food Engineering, Guangxsi University, Nanning, 530004, P. R. China
- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Clean Pulp & Papermaking and Pollution Control, Nanning, 530004, P. R. China
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- College of Light Industry and Food Engineering, Guangxsi University, Nanning, 530004, P. R. China
- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Clean Pulp & Papermaking and Pollution Control, Nanning, 530004, P. R. China
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Song M, Wu Y, Zhao Z, Zheng M, Wang C, Lu J. Corrosion Engineering of Part-Per-Million Single Atom Pt 1/Ni(OH) 2 Electrocatalyst for PET Upcycling at Ampere-Level Current Density. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024:e2403234. [PMID: 38504525 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202403234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2024] [Indexed: 03/21/2024]
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The plastic waste issue has posed a series of formidable challenges for the ecological environment and human health. While conventional recycling strategies often lead to plastic down-cycling, the electrochemical strategy of recovering valuable monomers enables an ideal, circular plastic economy. Here a corrosion synthesized single atom Pt1/Ni(OH)2 electrocatalyst with part-per-million noble Pt loading for highly efficient and selective upcycling of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) into valuable chemicals (potassium diformate and terephthalic acid) and green hydrogen is reported. Electro-oxidation of PET hydrolysate, ethylene glycol (EG), to formate is processed with high Faraday efficiency (FE) and selectivity (>90%) at the current density close to 1000 mA cm-2 (1.444 V vs RHE). The in situ spectroscopy and density functional theory calculations provide insights into the mechanism and the understanding of the high efficiency. Remarkably, the electro-oxidation of EG at the ampere-level current density is also successfully illustrated by using a membrane-electrode assembly with high FEs to formate integrated with hydrogen production for 500 h of continuous operation. This process allows valuable chemical production at high space-time yield and is highly profitable (588-700 $ ton-1 PET), showing an industrial perspective on single-atom catalysis of electrochemical plastic upcycling.
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- Minwei Song
- Institute of Circular Economy, Faculty of Materials and Manufacturing, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, 100124, P. R. China
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- Institute of Circular Economy, Faculty of Materials and Manufacturing, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, 100124, P. R. China
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- Institute of Circular Economy, Faculty of Materials and Manufacturing, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, 100124, P. R. China
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Institute of Circular Economy, Faculty of Materials and Manufacturing, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, 100124, P. R. China
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, 60439, USA
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Hua W, Liu T, Zheng Z, Yuan H, Xiao L, Feng K, Hui J, Deng Z, Ma M, Cheng J, Song D, Lyu F, Zhong J, Peng Y. Pulse Electrolysis Turns on CO 2 Methanation through N-Confused Cupric Porphyrin. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202315922. [PMID: 38287420 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202315922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2023] [Revised: 01/17/2024] [Accepted: 01/29/2024] [Indexed: 01/31/2024]
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Breaking the D4h symmetry in the square-planar M-N4 configuration of macrocycle molecular catalysts has witnessed enhanced electrocatalytic activity, but at the expense of electrochemical stability. Herein, we hypothesize that the lability of the active Cu-N3 motifs in the N-confused copper (II) tetraphenylporphyrin (CuNCP) could be overcome by applying pulsed potential electrolysis (PPE) during electrocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction. We find that applying PPE can indeed enhance the CH4 selectivity on CuNCP by 3 folds to reach the partial current density of 170 mA cm-2 at >60 % Faradaic efficiency (FE) in flow cell. However, combined ex situ X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscope (TEM), and in situ X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS), infrared (IR), Raman, scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM) characterizations reveal that, in a prolonged time scale, the decomplexation of CuNCP is unavoidable, and the promoted water dissociation under high anodic bias with lowered pH and enriched protons facilitates successive hydrogenation of *CO on the irreversibly reduced Cu nanoparticles, leading to the improved CH4 selectivity. As a key note, this study signifies the adaption of electrolytic protocol to the catalyst structure for tailoring local chemical environment towards efficient CO2 reduction.
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- Wei Hua
- Soochow Institute for Energy and Materials Innovations, Key Laboratory of Advanced Carbon Materials and Wearable Energy Technologies of Jiangsu Province, College of Energy, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, P. R. China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Negative Carbon Technologies, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, P. R. China
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- Soochow Institute for Energy and Materials Innovations, Key Laboratory of Advanced Carbon Materials and Wearable Energy Technologies of Jiangsu Province, College of Energy, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, P. R. China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Negative Carbon Technologies, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, P. R. China
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- Soochow Institute for Energy and Materials Innovations, Key Laboratory of Advanced Carbon Materials and Wearable Energy Technologies of Jiangsu Province, College of Energy, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, P. R. China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Negative Carbon Technologies, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, P. R. China
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- Soochow Institute for Energy and Materials Innovations, Key Laboratory of Advanced Carbon Materials and Wearable Energy Technologies of Jiangsu Province, College of Energy, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, P. R. China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Negative Carbon Technologies, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, P. R. China
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- Soochow Institute for Energy and Materials Innovations, Key Laboratory of Advanced Carbon Materials and Wearable Energy Technologies of Jiangsu Province, College of Energy, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, P. R. China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Negative Carbon Technologies, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, P. R. China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, P. R. China
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- Soochow Institute for Energy and Materials Innovations, Key Laboratory of Advanced Carbon Materials and Wearable Energy Technologies of Jiangsu Province, College of Energy, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, P. R. China
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- Soochow Institute for Energy and Materials Innovations, Key Laboratory of Advanced Carbon Materials and Wearable Energy Technologies of Jiangsu Province, College of Energy, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, P. R. China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Negative Carbon Technologies, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, P. R. China
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- Soochow Institute for Energy and Materials Innovations, Key Laboratory of Advanced Carbon Materials and Wearable Energy Technologies of Jiangsu Province, College of Energy, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, P. R. China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Negative Carbon Technologies, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, P. R. China
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- Soochow Institute for Energy and Materials Innovations, Key Laboratory of Advanced Carbon Materials and Wearable Energy Technologies of Jiangsu Province, College of Energy, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, P. R. China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Negative Carbon Technologies, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, P. R. China
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- Soochow Institute for Energy and Materials Innovations, Key Laboratory of Advanced Carbon Materials and Wearable Energy Technologies of Jiangsu Province, College of Energy, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, P. R. China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Negative Carbon Technologies, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, P. R. China
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- Soochow Institute for Energy and Materials Innovations, Key Laboratory of Advanced Carbon Materials and Wearable Energy Technologies of Jiangsu Province, College of Energy, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, P. R. China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Negative Carbon Technologies, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, P. R. China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, P. R. China
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- Soochow Institute for Energy and Materials Innovations, Key Laboratory of Advanced Carbon Materials and Wearable Energy Technologies of Jiangsu Province, College of Energy, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, P. R. China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Negative Carbon Technologies, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, P. R. China
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Wang H, Wang F, Zhang S, Shen J, Zhu X, Cui Y, Li P, Lin C, Li X, Xiao Q, Luo W. Ice-Templated Synthesis of Atomic Cluster Cocatalyst with Regulable Coordination Number for Enhanced Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024:e2400764. [PMID: 38415407 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202400764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2024] [Revised: 02/23/2024] [Indexed: 02/29/2024]
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Supported metal catalysts have been exploited in various applications. Among them, cocatalyst supported on photocatalyst is essential for activation of photocatalysis. However, cocatalyst decoration in a controllable fashion to promote intrinsic activity remains challenging. Herein, a versatile method is developed for cocatalyst synthesis using an ice-templating (ICT) strategy, resulting in size control from single-atom (SA), and atomic clusters (AC) to nanoparticles (NP). Importantly, the coordination numbers (CN) of decorated AC cocatalysts are highly controllable, and this ICT method applies to various metals and photocatalytic substrates. Taking narrow-band gap Ga-doped La5 Ti2 Cu0.9 Ag0.1 O7 S5 (LTCA) photocatalyst as an example, supported Ru AC/LTCA catalysts with regulable Ru CNs have been prepared, delivering significantly enhanced activities compared to Ru SA and Ru NPs supported on LTCA. Specifically, Ru(CN = 3.4) AC/LTCA with an average CN of Ru─Ru bond measured to be ≈3.4 exhibits excellent photocatalytic H2 evolution rate (578 µmol h-1 ) under visible light irradiation. Density functional theory calculation reveals that the modeled Ru(CN = 3) atomic cluster cocatalyst possesses favorable electronic properties and available active sites for the H2 evolution reaction.
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- Haifeng Wang
- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai, 201620, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai, 201620, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710119, P. R. China
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- Shimadzu (China) Co., Ltd., Shanghai, 200233, P. R. China
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- School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
- National Energy R&D Center for Coal to Liquid Fuels, Synfuels China Technology Co., Ltd, Beijing, 101407, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai, 201620, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai, 201620, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai, 201620, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai, 201620, P. R. China
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Yin J, Shi Y, Zhang D, Liu P, Zhang Y, Xu W, Li G, Zhan T, Lai J, Wang L. Monometallic Ultrasmall Nanocatalysts via Different Valence Atomic Interfaces Boost Hydrogen Evolution Catalysis. Inorg Chem 2024; 63:3137-3144. [PMID: 38277129 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c04240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2024]
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Synergistic monometallic nanocatalysts have attracted much attention due to their high intrinsic activity properties. However, current synergistic monometallic nanocatalysts tend to suffer from long reaction paths due to restricted nanoscale interfaces. In this paper, we synthesized the interstitial compound N-Pt/CNT with monometallic atomic interfaces. The catalysts are enriched with atomic interfaces between higher valence Ptδ+ and Pt0, allowing the reaction to proceed synergistically within the same component with an ideal reaction pathway. Through ratio optimization, N2.42-Pt/CNT with a suitable ratio of Ptδ+ and Pt0 is synthesized. And the calculated turnover frequency of N2.42-Pt/CNT is about 37.4 s-1 (-0.1 V vs reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE)), six times higher than that of the commercial Pt/C (6.58 s-1), which is the most intrinsically active of the Pt-based catalysts. Moreover, prepared N2.42-Pt/CNT exhibits excellent stability during the chronoamperometry tests of 200 h. With insights from comprehensive experiments and theoretical calculations, Pt with different valence states in monometallic atomic interfaces synergistically accelerates the H2O dissociation step and optimizes the Gibbs free energy of H* adsorption. And the existence of desirable hydrogen transfer paths substantially facilitates hydrogen evolution reaction kinetics.
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- Jiao Yin
- State Key Laboratory Base of Eco-Chemical Engineering, Ministry of Education, International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Eco-Chemical Engineering and Green Manufacturing, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory Base of Eco-Chemical Engineering, Ministry of Education, International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Eco-Chemical Engineering and Green Manufacturing, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Catalytic Conversion and Clean Energy in Universities of Shandong Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qufu Normal University, Qufu 273165, Shandong, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory Base of Eco-Chemical Engineering, Ministry of Education, International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Eco-Chemical Engineering and Green Manufacturing, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory Base of Eco-Chemical Engineering, Ministry of Education, International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Eco-Chemical Engineering and Green Manufacturing, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, P. R. China
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- Shandong Engineering Research Center for Marine Environment Corrosion and Safety Protection, College of Environment and Safety Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory Base of Eco-Chemical Engineering, Ministry of Education, International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Eco-Chemical Engineering and Green Manufacturing, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory Base of Eco-Chemical Engineering, Ministry of Education, International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Eco-Chemical Engineering and Green Manufacturing, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory Base of Eco-Chemical Engineering, Ministry of Education, International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Eco-Chemical Engineering and Green Manufacturing, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory Base of Eco-Chemical Engineering, Ministry of Education, International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Eco-Chemical Engineering and Green Manufacturing, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, P. R. China
- Shandong Engineering Research Center for Marine Environment Corrosion and Safety Protection, College of Environment and Safety Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, P. R. China
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Li D, Zhang A, Feng Z, Wang W. Theoretical Insights on the Charge State and Bifunctional OER/ORR Electrocatalyst Activity in 4d-Transition-Metal-Doped g-C 3N 4 Monolayers. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2024; 16:5779-5791. [PMID: 38270099 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c14995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2024]
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Exploring efficient and stable electrocatalysts for the bifunctional oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is vital to developing renewable energy technologies. However, due to the substantial and intricate design space associated with these bifunctional OER/ORR electrocatalysts, their development presents a formidable challenge, resulting in their cost-prohibitive nature in both experimental and computational studies. Herein, using the defect physics method, we systematically investigate the formation energies and bifunctional overpotential (ηBi) of 4d-transition-metal (4d-TM, 4d-TM = Zr, Nb, Mo, Ru, Rh, Pd, and Ag)-doped monolayer supercell g-C3N4 (4d-TM@C54N72) based on the density functional theory (DFT) calculations. Under N-rich and C-rich conditions, we find that the formation energies of RhN@C54N71 (Rh occupation N) and PdN@C54N71 (Pd occupation N) are smaller than that of other 4d-TMN@C54N71 (4d-TM occupation N site); for the 4d-TMint@C54N72 (4d-TM interstitial site occupation), the lowest-formation energy defects are Pdint@C54N72. These results indicate that they have better stabilities. Interestingly, for these formation energy lower systems, Pd0int@C54N72 (ηBi = 1.00 V) and Rh1+N@C54N71 (ηBi = 0.73 V) have ultralow overpotential and can be great candidates for bifunctional OER/ORR electrocatalysts. We find the reason is that adjusting the charge states of 4d-TM@C54N72 can tune the interaction strength between the oxygenated intermediates and the 4d-TM@C54N72, which plays a crucial role in the activity of reactions. Additionally, the data obtained through machine learning (ML) application suggest that the electronegativity (Nm) and bond length of 4d-TM and coordination atoms (dTM-OOH) are primary descriptors characterizing the OER and ORR activities, respectively. The charged defect tuning of the bifunctional OER/ORR activity for 4d-TM@C54N72 would enable electrocatalytic performance optimization and the development of potential electrocatalysts for renewable energy applications.
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- Dongying Li
- Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory of Computational Nano-Material Science, Guizhou Education University, Guiyang 550018, China
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- Institute for Computational Materials Science, School of Physics and Electronics, International Joint Research Laboratory of New Energy Materials and Devices of Henan Province, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China
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- Institute for Computational Materials Science, School of Physics and Electronics, International Joint Research Laboratory of New Energy Materials and Devices of Henan Province, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China
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- Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory of Computational Nano-Material Science, Guizhou Education University, Guiyang 550018, China
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Rossi K, Ruiz-Ferrando A, Akl DF, Abalos VG, Heras-Domingo J, Graux R, Hai X, Lu J, Garcia-Gasulla D, López N, Pérez-Ramírez J, Mitchell S. Quantitative Description of Metal Center Organization and Interactions in Single-Atom Catalysts. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024; 36:e2307991. [PMID: 37757786 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202307991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2023] [Revised: 09/22/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023]
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Ultra-high-density single-atom catalysts (UHD-SACs) present unique opportunities for harnessing cooperative effects between neighboring metal centers. However, the lack of tools to establish correlations between the density, types, and arrangements of isolated metal atoms and the support surface properties hinders efforts to engineer advanced material architectures. Here, this work precisely describes the metal center organization in various mono- and multimetallic UHD-SACs based on nitrogen-doped carbon (NC) supports by coupling transmission electron microscopy with tailored machine-learning methods (released as a user-friendly web app) and density functional theory simulations. This approach quantifies the non-negligible presence of multimers with increasing atom density, characterizes the size and shape of these low-nuclearity clusters, and identifies surface atom density criteria to ensure isolation. Further, it provides previously inaccessible experimental insights into coordination site arrangements in the NC host, uncovering a repulsive interaction that influences the disordered distribution of metal centers in UHD-SACs. This observation holds in multimetallic systems, where chemically-specific analysis quantifies the degree of intermixing. These fundamental insights into the materials chemistry of single-atom catalysts are crucial for designing catalytic systems with superior reactivity.
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- Kevin Rossi
- Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1, Zurich, 8093, Switzerland
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- Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia, Avenida Països Catalans 16, Tarragona, 43007, Spain
- Departament de Química Física i Inorgànica, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Carrer de Marcellí Domingo 1, Tarragona, 43007, Spain
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- Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1, Zurich, 8093, Switzerland
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- Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia, Avenida Països Catalans 16, Tarragona, 43007, Spain
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- Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Route Cantonale, Lausanne, 1015, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, Science Drive 3, Singapore, 117543, Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, Science Drive 3, Singapore, 117543, Singapore
- Centre for Advanced 2D Materials and Graphene Research Centre, National University of Singapore, Science Drive 2, Singapore, 117546, Singapore
- Institute for Functional Intelligent Materials, National University of Singapore, Science Drive 2, Singapore, 117544, Singapore
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- Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Plaça d'Eusebi Güell 1-3, Barcelona, 08034, Spain
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- Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia, Avenida Països Catalans 16, Tarragona, 43007, Spain
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- Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1, Zurich, 8093, Switzerland
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- Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1, Zurich, 8093, Switzerland
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Wang B, Fu Y, Xu F, Lai C, Zhang M, Li L, Liu S, Yan H, Zhou X, Huo X, Ma D, Wang N, Hu X, Fan X, Sun H. Copper Single-Atom Catalysts-A Rising Star for Energy Conversion and Environmental Purification: Synthesis, Modification, and Advanced Applications. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024; 20:e2306621. [PMID: 37814375 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202306621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2023] [Revised: 09/13/2023] [Indexed: 10/11/2023]
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Future renewable energy supply and green, sustainable environmental development rely on various types of catalytic reactions. Copper single-atom catalysts (Cu SACs) are attractive due to their distinctive electronic structure (3d orbitals are not filled with valence electrons), high atomic utilization, and excellent catalytic performance and selectivity. Despite numerous optimization studies are conducted on Cu SACs in terms of energy conversion and environmental purification, the coupling among Cu atoms-support interactions, active sites, and catalytic performance remains unclear, and a systematic review of Cu SACs is lacking. To this end, this work summarizes the recent advances of Cu SACs. The synthesis strategies of Cu SACs, metal-support interactions between Cu single atoms and different supports, modification methods including modification for carriers, coordination environment regulating, site distance effect utilizing, and dual metal active center catalysts constructing, as well as their applications in energy conversion and environmental purification are emphatically introduced. Finally, the opportunities and challenges for the future Cu SACs development are discussed. This review aims to provide insight into Cu SACs and a reference for their optimal design and wide application.
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- Biting Wang
- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, P. R. China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, P. R. China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, P. R. China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, P. R. China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, P. R. China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, P. R. China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, P. R. China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, P. R. China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, P. R. China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, P. R. China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, P. R. China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, P. R. China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, P. R. China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, P. R. China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, P. R. China
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Fan HS, Liang X, Ma FX, Zhang G, Liu ZQ, Zhen L, Zeng XC, Xu CY. Low-Potential Iodide Oxidation Enables Dual-Atom CoFe─N─C Catalysts for Ultra-Stable and High-Energy-Efficiency Zn-Air Batteries. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024; 20:e2307863. [PMID: 37822157 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202307863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2023] [Revised: 09/30/2023] [Indexed: 10/13/2023]
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The low energy efficiency and limited cycling life of rechargeable Zn-air batteries (ZABs) arising from the sluggish oxygen reduction/evolution reactions (ORR/OERs) severely hinder their commercial deployment. Herein, a zeolitic imidazolate framework (ZIF)-derived strategy associated with subsequent thermal fixing treatment is proposed to fabricate dual-atom CoFe─N─C nanorods (Co1 Fe1 ─N─C NRs) containing atomically dispersed bimetallic Co/Fe sites, which can promote the energy efficiency and cyclability of ZABs simultaneously by introducing the low-potential oxidation redox reactions. Compared to the mono-metallic nanorods, Co1 Fe1 ─N─C NRs exhibit remarkable ORR performance including a positive half-wave potential of 0.933 V versus reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE) in alkaline electrolyte. Surprisingly, after introducing the potassium iodide (KI) additive, the oxidation overpotential of Co1 Fe1 ─N─C NRs to reach 10 mA cm-2 can be significantly reduced by 395 mV compared to the conventional destructive OER. Theoretical calculations show that the markedly decreased overpotential of iodide oxidation can be ascribed to the synergistic effects of neighboring Co─Fe diatomic sites as the unique adsorption sites. Overall, aqueous ZABs assembled with Co1 Fe1 ─N─C NRs and KI as the air-cathode catalyst and electrolyte additive, respectively, can deliver a low charging voltage of 1.76 V and ultralong cycling stability of over 230 h with a high energy efficiency of ≈68%.
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- Hong-Shuang Fan
- Sauvage Laboratory for Smart Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077, China
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- Sauvage Laboratory for Smart Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Sauvage Laboratory for Smart Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Sauvage Laboratory for Smart Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen, 518055, China
- MOE Key Laboratory of Micro-Systems and Micro-Structures Manufacturing, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150080, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077, China
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- Sauvage Laboratory for Smart Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen, 518055, China
- MOE Key Laboratory of Micro-Systems and Micro-Structures Manufacturing, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150080, China
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Du S, Yang P, Li M, Tao L, Wang S, Liu ZQ. Catalysts and electrolyzers for the electrochemical CO 2 reduction reaction: from laboratory to industrial applications. Chem Commun (Camb) 2024; 60:1207-1221. [PMID: 38186078 DOI: 10.1039/d3cc05453e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2024]
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To cope with the urgent environmental pressure and tight energy demand, using electrocatalytic methods to drive the reduction of carbon dioxide molecules and produce a variety of fuels and chemicals, is one of the effective pathways to achieve carbon neutrality. In recent years, many significant advances in the study of the electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction reaction (CO2RR) have been made, but most of the works exhibit low current density, small electrode area and poor long-term stability, which are not suitable for large-scale industrial applications. Herein, combining the research achievements obtained in laboratories and the practical demand of industrial production, we summarize recent frontier progress in the field of the electrochemical CO2RR, including the fundamentals of catalytic reactions, catalyst design and preparation, and the construction of electrolyzers. In addition, we discuss the bottleneck problem of industrial CO2 electrolysis, and further present the prospect of the essential issues to be solved by the available technology for industrial electrolysis. This review can provide some basic understanding and knowledge accumulation for the development and practical application of electrochemical CO2RR technology.
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- Shiqian Du
- Guangzhou Key Laboratory for Clean Energy and Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangzhou University, China.
- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, China.
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- Guangzhou Key Laboratory for Clean Energy and Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangzhou University, China.
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Hua Y, Zhu C, Zhang L, Dong F. Designing Surface and Interface Structures of Copper-Based Catalysts for Enhanced Electrochemical Reduction of CO 2 to Alcohols. MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2024; 17:600. [PMID: 38592003 PMCID: PMC10856707 DOI: 10.3390/ma17030600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2023] [Revised: 01/17/2024] [Accepted: 01/23/2024] [Indexed: 04/10/2024]
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Electrochemical CO2 reduction (ECR) has emerged as a promising solution to address both the greenhouse effect caused by CO2 emissions and the energy shortage resulting from the depletion of nonrenewable fossil fuels. The production of multicarbon (C2+) products via ECR, especially high-energy-density alcohols, is highly desirable for industrial applications. Copper (Cu) is the only metal that produces alcohols with appreciable efficiency and kinetic viability in aqueous solutions. However, poor product selectivity is the main technical problem for applying the ECR technology in alcohol production. Extensive research has resulted in the rational design of electrocatalyst architectures using various strategies. This design significantly affects the adsorption energetics of intermediates and the reaction pathways for alcohol production. In this review, we focus on the design of effective catalysts for ECR to alcohols, discussing fundamental principles, innovative strategies, and mechanism understanding. Furthermore, the challenges and prospects in utilizing Cu-based materials for alcohol production via ECR are discussed.
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- Yanbo Hua
- Yangtze Delta Region Institute (Huzhou), University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Huzhou 313001, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Department of Chemistry, iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), Fudan University Shanghai, Shanghai 200438, China
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- Yangtze Delta Region Institute (Huzhou), University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Huzhou 313001, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Department of Chemistry, iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), Fudan University Shanghai, Shanghai 200438, China
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- Yangtze Delta Region Institute (Huzhou), University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Huzhou 313001, China
- Research Center for Environmental and Energy Catalysis, Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China
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Zhu Q, Gu Y, Wang X, Gu Y, Ma J. The Synergistic Effect between Metal and Sulfur Vacancy to Boost CO 2 Reduction Efficiency: A Study on Descriptor Transferability and Activity Prediction. JACS AU 2024; 4:125-138. [PMID: 38274268 PMCID: PMC10806787 DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.3c00558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2023] [Revised: 12/15/2023] [Accepted: 12/18/2023] [Indexed: 01/27/2024]
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Both metal center active sites and vacancies can influence the catalytic activity of a catalyst. A quantitative model to describe the synergistic effect between the metal centers and vacancies is highly desired. Herein, we proposed a machine learning model to evaluate the synergistic index, PSyn, which is learned from the possible pathways for CH4 production from CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) on 26 metal-anchored MoS2 with and without sulfur vacancy. The data set consists of 1556 intermediate structures on metal-anchored MoS2, which are used for training. The 2028 structures from the literature, comprising both single active site and dual active sites, are used for external test. The XGBoost model with 3 features, including electronegativity, d-shell valence electrons of metal, and the distance between metal and vacancy, exhibited satisfactory prediction accuracy on limiting potential. Fe@Sv-MoS2 and Os@MoS2 are predicted to be promising CO2RR catalysts with high stability, low limiting potential, and high selectivity against hydrogen evolution reactions (HER). Based on some easily accessible descriptors, transferability can be achieved for both porous materials and 2D materials in predicting the energy change in the CO2RR and nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR). Such a predictive model can also be applied to predict the synergistic effect of the CO2RR in other oxygen and tungsten vacancy systems.
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- Qin Zhu
- Key
Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of Ministry of Education, School
of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing
University, Nanjing 210023, P. R. China
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Key Laboratory of Organic Electronics and Information Displays (SKLOEID),
Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing
University of Posts & Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, P. R. China
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Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of Ministry of Education, School
of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing
University, Nanjing 210023, P. R. China
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Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of Ministry of Education, School
of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing
University, Nanjing 210023, P. R. China
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- Key
Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of Ministry of Education, School
of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing
University, Nanjing 210023, P. R. China
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- Key
Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of Ministry of Education, School
of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing
University, Nanjing 210023, P. R. China
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Ahmed M, Wang C, Zhao Y, Sathish CI, Lei Z, Qiao L, Sun C, Wang S, Kennedy JV, Vinu A, Yi J. Bridging Together Theoretical and Experimental Perspectives in Single-Atom Alloys for Electrochemical Ammonia Production. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024:e2308084. [PMID: 38243883 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202308084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2023] [Revised: 10/26/2023] [Indexed: 01/22/2024]
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Ammonia is an essential commodity in the food and chemical industry. Despite the energy-intensive nature, the Haber-Bosch process is the only player in ammonia production at large scales. Developing other strategies is highly desirable, as sustainable and decentralized ammonia production is crucial. Electrochemical ammonia production by directly reducing nitrogen and nitrogen-based moieties powered by renewable energy sources holds great potential. However, low ammonia production and selectivity rates hamper its utilization as a large-scale ammonia production process. Creating effective and selective catalysts for the electrochemical generation of ammonia is critical for long-term nitrogen fixation. Single-atom alloys (SAAs) have become a new class of materials with distinctive features that may be able to solve some of the problems with conventional heterogeneous catalysts. The design and optimization of SAAs for electrochemical ammonia generation have recently been significantly advanced. This comprehensive review discusses these advancements from theoretical and experimental research perspectives, offering a fundamental understanding of the development of SAAs for ammonia production.
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- MuhammadIbrar Ahmed
- Global Innovative Center of Advanced Nanomaterials, School of Engineering, College of Engineering, Science, and Environment, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, 2308, Australia
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- CSIRO Energy Centre, 10 Murray Dwyer Circuit, Mayfield West, NSW, 2304, Australia
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- CSIRO Energy Centre, 10 Murray Dwyer Circuit, Mayfield West, NSW, 2304, Australia
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- Global Innovative Center of Advanced Nanomaterials, School of Engineering, College of Engineering, Science, and Environment, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, 2308, Australia
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- Global Innovative Center of Advanced Nanomaterials, School of Engineering, College of Engineering, Science, and Environment, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, 2308, Australia
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- University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, China
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- Centre for Translational Atomaterials, Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Victoria, 3122, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia
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- National Isotope Centre, GNS Science, P.O. Box 31312, Lower Hutt, 5010, New Zealand
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- Global Innovative Center of Advanced Nanomaterials, School of Engineering, College of Engineering, Science, and Environment, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, 2308, Australia
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- Global Innovative Center of Advanced Nanomaterials, School of Engineering, College of Engineering, Science, and Environment, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, 2308, Australia
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Pei J, Yang L, Lin J, Zhang Z, Sun Z, Wang D, Chen W. Integrating Host Design and Tailored Electronic Effects of Yolk-Shell Zn-Mn Diatomic Sites for Efficient CO 2 Electroreduction. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202316123. [PMID: 37997525 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202316123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2023] [Revised: 11/14/2023] [Accepted: 11/22/2023] [Indexed: 11/25/2023]
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Modulating the surface and spatial structure of the host is associated with the reactivity of the active site, and also enhances the mass transfer effect of the CO2 electroreduction process (CO2 RR). Herein, we describe the development of two-step ligand etch-pyrolysis to access an asymmetric dual-atomic-site catalyst (DASC) composed of a yolk-shell carbon framework (Zn1 Mn1 -SNC) derived from S,N-coordinated Zn-Mn dimers anchored on a metal-organic framework (MOF). In Zn1 Mn1 -SNC, the electronic effects of the S/N-Zn-Mn-S/N configuration are tailored by strong interactions between Zn-Mn dual sites and co-coordination with S/N atoms, rendering structural stability and atomic distribution. In an H-cell, the Zn1 Mn1 -SNC DASC shows a low onset overpotential of 50 mV and high CO Faraday efficiency of 97 % with a low applied overpotential of 343 mV, thus outperforming counterparts, and in a flow cell, it also reaches a high current density of 500 mA cm-2 at -0.85 V, benefitting from the high structure accessibility and active dual sites. DFT simulations showed that the S,N-coordinated Zn-Mn diatomic site with optimal adsorption strength of COOH* lowers the reaction energy barrier, thus boosting the intrinsic CO2 RR activity on DASC. The structure-property correlation found in this study suggests new ideas for the development of highly accessible atomic catalysts.
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- Jiajing Pei
- Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui University, Anhui, 230601, China
- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Bautzner Landstrasse 400, 01328, Dresden, Germany
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- Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Science, 1219 Zhongguan West Road, Ningbo, 315201, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Energy & Catalysis Center, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Energy & Catalysis Center, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
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Song W, Xiao C, Ding J, Huang Z, Yang X, Zhang T, Mitlin D, Hu W. Review of Carbon Support Coordination Environments for Single Metal Atom Electrocatalysts (SACS). ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024; 36:e2301477. [PMID: 37078970 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202301477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2023] [Revised: 04/08/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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This topical review focuses on the distinct role of carbon support coordination environment of single-atom catalysts (SACs) for electrocatalysis. The article begins with an overview of atomic coordination configurations in SACs, including a discussion of the advanced characterization techniques and simulation used for understanding the active sites. A summary of key electrocatalysis applications is then provided. These processes are oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), oxygen evolution reaction (OER), hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR), and carbon dioxide reduction reaction (CO2 RR). The review then shifts to modulation of the metal atom-carbon coordination environments, focusing on nitrogen and other non-metal coordination through modulation at the first coordination shell and modulation in the second and higher coordination shells. Representative case studies are provided, starting with the classic four-nitrogen-coordinated single metal atom (MN4 ) based SACs. Bimetallic coordination models including homo-paired and hetero-paired active sites are also discussed, being categorized as emerging approaches. The theme of the discussions is the correlation between synthesis methods for selective doping, the carbon structure-electron configuration changes associated with the doping, the analytical techniques used to ascertain these changes, and the resultant electrocatalysis performance. Critical unanswered questions as well as promising underexplored research directions are identified.
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- Wanqing Song
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology (Ministry of Education), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology (Ministry of Education), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology (Ministry of Education), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology (Ministry of Education), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology (Ministry of Education), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology (Ministry of Education), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- Materials Science Program and Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 78712-1591, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology (Ministry of Education), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
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Li H, Zhao H, Yan G, Huang G, Ge C, Forsyth M, Howlett PC, Wang X, Fang J. Ternary Heteroatomic Doping Induced Microenvironment Engineering of Low Fe-N4-Loaded Carbon Nanofibers for Bifunctional Oxygen Electrocatalysis. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024; 20:e2304844. [PMID: 37653594 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202304844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2023] [Revised: 08/07/2023] [Indexed: 09/02/2023]
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Fabricating highly efficient and long-life redox bifunctional electrocatalysts is vital for oxygen-related renewable energy devices. To boost the bifunctional catalytic activity of Fe-N-C single-atom catalysts, it is imperative to fine-tune the coordination microenvironment of the Fe sites to optimize the adsorption/desorption energies of intermediates during oxygen reduction/evolution reactions (ORR/OER) and simultaneously avoid the aggregation of atomically dispersed metal sites. Herein, a strategy is developed for fabricating a free-standing electrocatalyst with atomically dispersed Fe sites (≈0.89 wt.%) supported on N, F, and S ternary-doped hollow carbon nanofibers (FeN4 -NFS-CNF). Both experimental and theoretical findings suggest that the incorporation of ternary heteroatoms modifies the charge distribution of Fe active centers and enhances defect density, thereby optimizing the bifunctional catalytic activities. The efficient regulation isolated Fe centers come from the dual confinement of zeolitic imidazole framework-8 (ZIF-8) and polymerized ionic liquid (PIL), while the precise formation of distinct hierarchical three-dimensional porous structure maximizes the exposure of low-doping Fe active sites and enriched heteroatoms. FeN4 -NFS-CNF achieves remarkable electrocatalytic activity with a high ORR half-wave potential (0.90 V) and a low OER overpotential (270 mV) in alkaline electrolyte, revealing the benefit of optimizing the microenvironment of low-doping iron single atoms in directing bifunctional catalytic activity.
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- Han Li
- JC STEM lab of Sustainable Fibers and Textiles, School of Fashion and Textiles, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077, China
- College of Textile and Clothing Engineering, Soochow University, Suzhou, JiangSu, 215123, China
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- College of Textile and Clothing Engineering, Soochow University, Suzhou, JiangSu, 215123, China
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- School of New Energy and Materials, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu, 610500, China
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- JC STEM lab of Sustainable Fibers and Textiles, School of Fashion and Textiles, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077, China
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- JC STEM lab of Sustainable Fibers and Textiles, School of Fashion and Textiles, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077, China
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- JC STEM lab of Sustainable Fibers and Textiles, School of Fashion and Textiles, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077, China
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science (ACES), Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC 3200, Australia
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- JC STEM lab of Sustainable Fibers and Textiles, School of Fashion and Textiles, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077, China
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- College of Textile and Clothing Engineering, Soochow University, Suzhou, JiangSu, 215123, China
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Yoo S, Yoo S, Deng G, Sun F, Lee K, Jang H, Lee CW, Liu X, Jang J, Tang Q, Hwang YJ, Hyeon T, Bootharaju MS. Nanocluster Surface Microenvironment Modulates Electrocatalytic CO 2 Reduction. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2023:e2313032. [PMID: 38113897 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202313032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2023] [Indexed: 12/21/2023]
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The catalytic activity and product selectivity of the electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (eCO2 RR) depend strongly on the local microenvironment of mass diffusion at the nanostructured catalyst and electrolyte interface. Achieving a molecular-level understanding of the electrocatalytic reaction requires the development of tunable metal-ligand interfacial structures with atomic precision, which is highly challenging. Here, the synthesis and molecular structure of a 25-atom silver nanocluster interfaced with an organic shell comprising 18 thiolate ligands are presented. The locally induced hydrophobicity by bulky alkyl functionality near the surface of the Ag25 cluster dramatically enhances the eCO2 RR activity (CO Faradaic efficiency, FECO : 90.3%) with higher CO partial current density (jCO ) in an H-cell compared to Ag25 cluster (FECO : 66.6%) with confined hydrophilicity, which modulates surface interactions with water and CO2 . Remarkably, the hydrophobic Ag25 cluster exhibits jCO as high as -240 mA cm-2 with FECO >90% at -3.4 V cell potential in a gas-fed membrane electrode assembly device. Furthermore, this cluster demonstrates stable eCO2 RR over 120 h. Operando surface-enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy and theoretical simulations reveal how the ligands alter the neighboring water structure and *CO intermediates, impacting the intrinsic eCO2 RR activity, which provides atomistic mechanistic insights into the crucial role of confined hydrophobicity.
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- Seungwoo Yoo
- Center for Nanoparticle Research, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
- School of Chemical and Biological Engineering Institute of Chemical Processes, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Nanoparticle Research, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
- Department of Chemistry College of Natural Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Nanoparticle Research, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
- School of Chemical and Biological Engineering Institute of Chemical Processes, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Chongqing Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 401331, China
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- Center for Nanoparticle Research, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
- School of Chemical and Biological Engineering Institute of Chemical Processes, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Nanoparticle Research, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
- Department of Chemistry College of Natural Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Nanoparticle Research, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
- School of Chemical and Biological Engineering Institute of Chemical Processes, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Nanoparticle Research, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
- School of Chemical and Biological Engineering Institute of Chemical Processes, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Nanoparticle Research, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
- School of Chemical and Biological Engineering Institute of Chemical Processes, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Chongqing Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 401331, China
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- Center for Nanoparticle Research, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
- Department of Chemistry College of Natural Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Nanoparticle Research, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
- School of Chemical and Biological Engineering Institute of Chemical Processes, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Nanoparticle Research, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
- School of Chemical and Biological Engineering Institute of Chemical Processes, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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Zhang L, Yang X, Yuan Q, Wei Z, Ding J, Chu T, Rong C, Zhang Q, Ye Z, Xuan FZ, Zhai Y, Zhang B, Yang X. Elucidating the structure-stability relationship of Cu single-atom catalysts using operando surface-enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy. Nat Commun 2023; 14:8311. [PMID: 38097617 PMCID: PMC10721631 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-44078-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2023] [Accepted: 11/29/2023] [Indexed: 12/17/2023] Open
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Understanding the structure-stability relationship of catalysts is imperative for the development of high-performance electrocatalytic devices. Herein, we utilize operando attenuated total reflectance surface-enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy (ATR-SEIRAS) to quantitatively monitor the evolution of Cu single-atom catalysts (SACs) during the electrochemical reduction of CO2 (CO2RR). Cu SACs are converted into 2-nm Cu nanoparticles through a reconstruction process during CO2RR. The evolution rate of Cu SACs is highly dependent on the substrates of the catalysts due to the coordination difference. Density functional theory calculations demonstrate that the stability of Cu SACs is highly dependent on their formation energy, which can be manipulated by controlling the affinity between Cu sites and substrates. This work highlights the use of operando ATR-SEIRAS to achieve mechanistic understanding of structure-stability relationship for long-term applications.
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- Li Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic Chemistry and Materia Medica, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic Chemistry and Materia Medica, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic Chemistry and Materia Medica, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- The Institute for Advanced Studies, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China
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- The Institute for Advanced Studies, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Intelligent Sensing and Detection Technology, Key Laboratory of Pressure Systems and Safety of Ministry of Education, School of Mechanical and Power Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Intelligent Sensing and Detection Technology, Key Laboratory of Pressure Systems and Safety of Ministry of Education, School of Mechanical and Power Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- The Institute for Advanced Studies, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China
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- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic Chemistry and Materia Medica, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Intelligent Sensing and Detection Technology, Key Laboratory of Pressure Systems and Safety of Ministry of Education, School of Mechanical and Power Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- The Institute for Advanced Studies, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Intelligent Sensing and Detection Technology, Key Laboratory of Pressure Systems and Safety of Ministry of Education, School of Mechanical and Power Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China.
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic Chemistry and Materia Medica, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China.
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Sumbowo JF, Ihsan FA, Fathurrahman F, Amalia N, Akbar FT, Yudistira HT, Mobarak NN, Dipojono HK, Wella SA, Saputro AG. Graphene-edge-supported iron dual-atom for oxygen reduction electrocatalysts. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023; 25:32637-32647. [PMID: 38009535 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp03642a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2023]
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Pyrolyzed Fe-N-C-based catalysts, particularly FeN4, are reported to show enhanced catalytic activity for some chemical reactions, particularly for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). Here, we present a computational study to investigate another pyrolyzed Fe-N-C-based catalyst, i.e. Fe2N6, adsorbed on graphene with special emphasis on the edges of graphene nanoribbons (both zig-zag and armchair configurations) as a candidate for Fe dual-atom catalysts (Fe-DACs). Utilizing density functional theory calculations along with microkinetic simulations, we investigate the influence of graphitic edges on the stability and ORR activity of Fe-DAC active sites. Our findings indicate that the presence of graphitic edges, particularly the zig-zag configuration, significantly lowers the formation energy of Fe-DAC active sites, making them more likely to form at the edges. Furthermore, several Fe-DAC active sites at graphitic edges exhibit exceptional ORR performance, surpassing the commonly employed FeN4 active site in SAC systems and even exceeding the benchmark Pt(111) surface. Notably, the (Fe2N6)o@z1 active site demonstrates outstanding performance in both associative and dissociative mechanisms. These results highlight the role of graphitic nanopores in enhancing the catalytic behavior of Fe-DAC active sites, providing valuable insights for designing efficient non-precious metal catalysts for ORR applications.
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- Joel F Sumbowo
- Research Center for Quantum Physics, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), South Tangerang 15314, Indonesia.
- Advanced Functional Materials Research Group, Faculty of Industrial Technology, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Bandung 40132, Indonesia.
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- Research Center for Quantum Physics, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), South Tangerang 15314, Indonesia.
- Advanced Functional Materials Research Group, Faculty of Industrial Technology, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Bandung 40132, Indonesia.
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- Advanced Functional Materials Research Group, Faculty of Industrial Technology, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Bandung 40132, Indonesia.
- Research Center for Nanosciences and Nanotechnology, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Bandung 40132, Indonesia
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- Research Center for Quantum Physics, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), South Tangerang 15314, Indonesia.
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- Theoretical High Energy Physics Research Division, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Bandung 40132, Indonesia
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- Mechanical Engineering Study Program, Institut Teknologi Sumatera (ITERA), South Lampung 35365, Indonesia
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi 43600, Malaysia
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- Advanced Functional Materials Research Group, Faculty of Industrial Technology, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Bandung 40132, Indonesia.
- Research Center for Nanosciences and Nanotechnology, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Bandung 40132, Indonesia
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- Research Center for Quantum Physics, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), South Tangerang 15314, Indonesia.
- Collaboration Research Center for Advanced Energy Materials, Bandung 40132, Indonesia
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- Advanced Functional Materials Research Group, Faculty of Industrial Technology, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Bandung 40132, Indonesia.
- Research Center for Nanosciences and Nanotechnology, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Bandung 40132, Indonesia
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Yang C, Gao Y, Ma T, Bai M, He C, Ren X, Luo X, Wu C, Li S, Cheng C. Metal Alloys-Structured Electrocatalysts: Metal-Metal Interactions, Coordination Microenvironments, and Structural Property-Reactivity Relationships. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2023; 35:e2301836. [PMID: 37089082 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202301836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2023] [Revised: 04/06/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Metal alloys-structured electrocatalysts (MAECs) have made essential contributions to accelerating the practical applications of electrocatalytic devices in renewable energy systems. However, due to the complex atomic structures, varied electronic states, and abundant supports, precisely decoding the metal-metal interactions and structure-activity relationships of MAECs still confronts great challenges, which is critical to direct the future engineering and optimization of MAECs. Here, this timely review comprehensively summarizes the latest advances in creating the MAECs, including the metal-metal interactions, coordination microenvironments, and structure-activity relationships. First, the fundamental classification, design, characterization, and structural reconstruction of MAECs are outlined. Then, the electrocatalytic merits and modulation strategies of recent breakthroughs for noble and non-noble metal-structured MAECs are thoroughly discussed, such as solid solution alloys, intermetallic alloys, and single-atom alloys. Particularly, unique insights into the bond interactions, theoretical understanding, and operando techniques for mechanism disclosure are given. Thereafter, the current states of diverse MAECs with a unique focus on structural property-reactivity relationships, reaction pathways, and performance comparisons are discussed. Finally, the future challenges and perspectives for MAECs are systematically discussed. It is believed that this comprehensive review can offer a substantial impact on stimulating the widespread utilization of metal alloys-structured materials in electrocatalysis.
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- Chengdong Yang
- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China
- Department of Physics, Chemistry, and Pharmacy, Danish Institute for Advanced Study (DIAS), University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, Odense, 5230, Denmark
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China
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- Department of Physics, Chemistry, and Pharmacy, Danish Institute for Advanced Study (DIAS), University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, Odense, 5230, Denmark
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China
- Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Berlin, Hardenbergstraße 40, 10623, Berlin, Germany
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China
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Song J, Lei X, Mu J, Li J, Song X, Yan L, Ding Y. Chlorine-Coordinated Unsaturated Ni-N 2 Sites for Efficient Electrochemical Carbon Dioxide Reduction. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023; 19:e2304423. [PMID: 37649188 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202304423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2023] [Revised: 07/23/2023] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
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Heteroatom-doping is an effective method for modifying the geometric symmetry of metal-nitrogen-carbon (M-N-C) single-atom catalysts and thereby tuning the electronic structure. Up to now, most of the current reports have concentrated on introducing heteroatoms into the highly symmetrical M-N4 structure. The coordination-unsaturated M-N2 structure is more sterically favorable for the insertion of alien atoms to optimize the electronic structure. Herein, a Ni-N2 catalyst with out-of-plane coordinated chlorine (Cl) atoms (Ni-N2 Cl/C) is successfully constructed on chlorine-functionalized carbon supports (C-Cl) for an efficient carbon dioxide reduction reaction (CO2 RR). Density functional theory calculations demonstrate that the prepared Ni-N2 Cl/C catalyst exhibits a higher capability in balancing COOH* formation and CO* desorption. In addition, in situ Raman spectra confirm that the lower CO binding energy on the Ni-N2 Cl/C facilitates CO escape, leading to excellent CO2 RR performance. A high CO Faradaic efficiency (FECO ) of more than 80% is achieved from -0.6 to -1.2 V versus reversible hydrogen electrode on the Ni-N2 Cl/C and it exhibits negligible FECO and current declination over a 40-h stability test. Furthermore, a high turnover frequency (TOF) value of 15 808 h-1 is obtained, which is more than ten times that of Ni-N2 /C (1476 h-1 ) without coordinated Cl atoms.
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- Jian Song
- Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian, 116023, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian, 116023, China
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- Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian, 116023, China
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- Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian, 116023, China
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- Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian, 116023, China
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- Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian, 116023, China
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- Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian, 116023, China
- The State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian, 116023, China
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Lv YK, Wang K, Sun WY, Peng P, Zang SQ. A Universal Electrochemical Synthetic Strategy for the Direct Assembly of Single-Atom Catalysts. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2023; 10:e2304656. [PMID: 37828584 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202304656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2023] [Revised: 08/29/2023] [Indexed: 10/14/2023]
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Single-atom catalysts (SACs) have been one of the frontiers in the field of catalysis in recent years owing to their high atomic utilization and unique electronic structure. To facilitate the practical application of single-atom, it is vital to develop a sustainable, facile single-atom preparation method with mass production potential. Herein, a universal one-step electrochemical synthesis strategy is proposed, and various metal-organic framework-supported SACs (including Pt, Au, Ir, Pd, Ru, Mo, Rh, and W) are straightforwardly obtained by simply replacing the guest metal precursors. As a proof-of-concept, the electrosynthetic Pt-based catalysts exhibit outstanding activity and stability in the electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). This study not only enriches the single-atom synthesis methodology, but also extends the scenario of electrochemical synthesis, opening up new avenues for the design of advanced electro-synthesized catalysts.
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- Ya-Kun Lv
- Henan Key Laboratory of Crystalline Molecular Functional Materials, Henan International Joint Laboratory of Tumor Theranostical Cluster Materials, Green Catalysis Center, and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Crystalline Molecular Functional Materials, Henan International Joint Laboratory of Tumor Theranostical Cluster Materials, Green Catalysis Center, and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Crystalline Molecular Functional Materials, Henan International Joint Laboratory of Tumor Theranostical Cluster Materials, Green Catalysis Center, and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Crystalline Molecular Functional Materials, Henan International Joint Laboratory of Tumor Theranostical Cluster Materials, Green Catalysis Center, and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Crystalline Molecular Functional Materials, Henan International Joint Laboratory of Tumor Theranostical Cluster Materials, Green Catalysis Center, and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China
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Xue X, Xue N, Ouyang D, Yang L, Wang Y, Zhu H, Aihemaiti A, Yin J. Biochar-Based Single-Atom Catalyst with Fe-N 3O-C Configuration for Efficient Degradation of Organic Dyes by Peroxymonosulfate Activation. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2023. [PMID: 38035388 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c12518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2023]
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Iron single-atom catalysts (Fe SACs) hold great promise for peroxymonosulfate (PMS) activation and degradation of organic pollutants in wastewater. However, insights into crucial catalytic sites and activation mechanisms of biochar-based Fe SACs for PMS remain a challenge. Herein, cotton stalk-derived biochar-based Fe SACs (Fe SACs-BC) with an asymmetric Fe-N/O-C configuration were prepared, and their PMS activation and acid orange 7 (AO7) degradation mechanisms were investigated. The results showed that the removal efficiency of the Fe SACs-BC catalyst with Fe-N3O-C configuration for AO7 and other five investigated organic dyes reached 95-99% within 15 min. The EPR spectrums, quenching experiments, electrochemical analysis, masking experiments, XPS, and theoretical calculations indicated that degradations of organic dyes were dominated by singlet oxygen, which was generated by direct PMS conversion at the electron-deficient carbon and iron sites in the Fe-N3O-C configuration. The Fe SACs-BC/PMS exhibited high removal efficiency and strong tolerance in different water matrices with a wide pH range, various coexisting anions and interfering substances, showing great potential and applicability for efficient treatment of actual textile wastewaters.
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- Xueyan Xue
- Laboratory of Environmental Sciences and Technology, Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics & Chemistry, and Key Laboratory of Functional Materials and Devices for Special Environments, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Laboratory of Environmental Sciences and Technology, Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics & Chemistry, and Key Laboratory of Functional Materials and Devices for Special Environments, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Laboratory of Environmental Sciences and Technology, Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics & Chemistry, and Key Laboratory of Functional Materials and Devices for Special Environments, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China
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- Laboratory of Environmental Sciences and Technology, Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics & Chemistry, and Key Laboratory of Functional Materials and Devices for Special Environments, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Laboratory of Environmental Sciences and Technology, Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics & Chemistry, and Key Laboratory of Functional Materials and Devices for Special Environments, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Laboratory of Environmental Sciences and Technology, Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics & Chemistry, and Key Laboratory of Functional Materials and Devices for Special Environments, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China
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- Laboratory of Environmental Sciences and Technology, Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics & Chemistry, and Key Laboratory of Functional Materials and Devices for Special Environments, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China
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- Laboratory of Environmental Sciences and Technology, Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics & Chemistry, and Key Laboratory of Functional Materials and Devices for Special Environments, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China
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Wang Y, Wang Y, Lee LYS, Wong KY. An emerging direction for nanozyme design: from single-atom to dual-atomic-site catalysts. NANOSCALE 2023; 15:18173-18183. [PMID: 37921779 DOI: 10.1039/d3nr04853e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2023]
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Nanozymes, a new class of functional nanomaterials with enzyme-like characteristics, have recently made great achievements and have become potential substitutes for natural enzymes. In particular, single-atomic nanozymes (Sazymes) have received intense research focus on account of their versatile enzyme-like performances and well-defined spatial configurations of single-atomic sites. More recently, dual-atomic-site catalysts (DACs) containing two neighboring single-atomic sites have been explored as next-generation nanozymes, thanks to the flexibility in tuning active sites by various combinations of two single-atomic sites. This minireview outlines the research progress of DACs in their synthetic approaches and the latest characterization techniques highlighting a series of representative examples of DAC-based nanozymes. In the final remarks, we provide current challenges and perspectives for developing DAC-based nanozymes as a guide for researchers who would be interested in this exciting field.
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- Ying Wang
- Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology and the State Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China.
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- Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology and the State Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China.
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- Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology and the State Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China.
- Research Institute for Smart Energy, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology and the State Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China.
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Yu X, Shi W, Wei J, Liu T, Li Y, He M, Wei Z, Ping D, Sun P, Zheng JY, Li S. Green fabrication of ultrafine N-Mo xC/CoP hybrids for boosting electrocatalytic water reduction. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2023; 35:065704. [PMID: 37991485 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/ad0985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2023] [Accepted: 11/03/2023] [Indexed: 11/23/2023]
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Developing non-noble-metal electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reactions with high activity and stability is the key issue in green hydrogen generation based on electrolytic water splitting. It has been recognized that the stacking of large CoP particles limits the intrinsic activity of as-synthesized CoP catalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction. In the present study, N-MoxC/CoP-0.5 with excellent electrocatalytic activity for hydrogen evolution reaction was prepared using N-MoxC as decoration. A reasonable overpotential of 106 mV (at 10 mA cm-2) and a Tafel slope of 59 mV dec-1in 1.0 M KOH solution was achieved with N-MoxC/CoP-0.5 electrocatalyst, which exhibits superior activity even after working for 37 h. Uniformly distributed ultrafine nanoclusters of the N-MoxC/CoP-0.5 hybrids could provide sufficient interfaces for enhanced charge transfer. The effective capacity of the hydrogen evolution reaction could be preserved in the complex, and the enlarged electrocatalytic surface area could be expected to offer more active sites for the reaction.
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- Xiaomei Yu
- School of Chemical Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, People's Republic of China
- Engineering Research Center of Advanced Functional Material Manufacturing of Ministry of Education, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, People's Republic of China
- Engineering Research Center of Advanced Functional Material Manufacturing of Ministry of Education, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, People's Republic of China
- Engineering Research Center of Advanced Functional Material Manufacturing of Ministry of Education, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, People's Republic of China
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Wu Z, Feng L, Luo J, Zhao Y, Yu X, Li Y, Wang W, Sui Z, Tian X, Chen Q. Metalation of functionalized benzoquinoline-linked COFs for electrocatalytic oxygen reduction and lithium-sulfur batteries. J Colloid Interface Sci 2023; 650:1466-1475. [PMID: 37481784 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.07.096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2023] [Revised: 07/10/2023] [Accepted: 07/15/2023] [Indexed: 07/25/2023]
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It is worthwhile to explore and develop multifunctional composites with unique advantages for energy conversion and utilization. Post-synthetic modification (PSM) strategies can endow novel properties to already excellent covalent organic frameworks (COFs). In this study, we prepared a range of COF-based composites via a multi-step PSM strategy. COF-Ph-OH was acquired by demethylation between anhydrous BBr3 and - OMe, and then, M@COF-Ph-OH was further obtained by forming the N - M - O structure. COF-Ph-OH exhibited a 2e--dominated oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) pathway with high H2O2 selectivity, while M@COF-Ph-OH exhibited a 4e--dominated ORR pathway with low H2O2 selectivity, which was due to the introduction of a metal salt with a d electron structure that facilitated the acquisition of electrons and changed the adsorption energy of the reaction intermediate (*OOH). It was proven that the d electron structure was effective at regulating the reaction pathway of the electrocatalytic ORR. Moreover, Co@COF-Ph-OH showed better 4e- ORR properties than Fe@COF-Ph-OH and Ni@COF-Ph-OH. In addition, compared with the other sulfur-impregnated COF-based composites examined in this study, S-Co@COF-Ph-OH had a larger initial capacity, a weaker impedance, and a stronger cycling durability in Li-S batteries, which was attributed to the unique porous structure ensuring high sulfur utilization, the loaded cobalt accelerating LiPS electrostatic adsorption and promoting LiPS catalytic conversion, and the benzoquinoline ring structure being ultra-stable. This work offers not only a rational and feasible strategy for the synthesis of multifunctional COF-based composites, but also promotes their application in electrochemistry.
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- Zhuangzhuang Wu
- State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, Hainan Provincial Key Lab of Fine Chemistry, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, PR China
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- School of Bioengineering, Zhuhai Campus of Zunyi Medical University, Zhuhai 519041, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, Hainan Provincial Key Lab of Fine Chemistry, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, Hainan Provincial Key Lab of Fine Chemistry, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, Hainan Provincial Key Lab of Fine Chemistry, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, PR China
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- School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Yantai University, Yantai 264005, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, Hainan Provincial Key Lab of Fine Chemistry, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, PR China
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- School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Yantai University, Yantai 264005, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, Hainan Provincial Key Lab of Fine Chemistry, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, Hainan Provincial Key Lab of Fine Chemistry, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, PR China.
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Hu X, Su NQ. Targeted Spin-State Regulation to Boost Oxygen Reduction Reaction. J Phys Chem Lett 2023; 14:9872-9882. [PMID: 37902469 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c02412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2023]
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Catalytic reactions are known to be significantly affected by spin states and their variations during reaction processes, yet the mechanisms behind them remain not fully understood, thus preventing the rational optimization of catalysis. Here, we explore the relationship between the spin states of active sites and their catalytic performance, taking the oxygen reduction reaction as an example. We demonstrate that the catalytic performance is spin-state-dependent and can be improved by adjusting spin states during the catalytic process. To this end, we further investigate the possibility of altering the spin states of transition metals through the application of external fields, such as adsorbed species. By studying the influence of the strength of adsorbed ligands on spin states and its impact on catalytic performance, our results show that optimal catalytic performance is achieved when the strength of the external field is neither too strong nor too weak, forming a volcano-like relationship between the catalytic performance and the external field strength. Our findings can have far-reaching implications for the rational design of high-performance catalysis.
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- Xiuli Hu
- Department of Chemistry, Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Chemical Power Sources, Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry (Ministry of Education), Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Chemical Power Sources, Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry (Ministry of Education), Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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Smiljanić M, Srejić I, Georgijević JP, Maksić A, Bele M, Hodnik N. Recent progress in the development of advanced support materials for electrocatalysis. Front Chem 2023; 11:1304063. [PMID: 38025069 PMCID: PMC10665529 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2023.1304063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2023] [Accepted: 10/27/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023] Open
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Electrocatalytic materials are pivotal for clean chemical production and energy conversion in devices like electrolyzers and fuel cells. These materials usually consist of metallic nanoparticles which serve as active reaction sites, and support materials which provide high surface area, conductivity and stability. When designing novel electrocatalytic composites, the focus is often on the metallic sites, however, the significance of the support should not be overlooked. Carbon materials, valued for their conductivity and large surface area, are commonly used as support in benchmark electrocatalysts. However, using alternative support materials instead of carbon can be beneficial in certain cases. In this minireview, we summarize recent advancements and key directions in developing novel supports for electrocatalysis, encompassing both carbon and non-carbon materials.
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- M. Smiljanić
- Department of Materials Chemistry, National Institute of Chemistry, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Atomic Physics, Institute for Nuclear Sciences Vinča, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Atomic Physics, Institute for Nuclear Sciences Vinča, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Atomic Physics, Institute for Nuclear Sciences Vinča, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Materials Chemistry, National Institute of Chemistry, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Materials Chemistry, National Institute of Chemistry, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Peng M, Jiang J, Chen S, Li K, Lin Y. Cu single-atom catalyst-based flexible hydrogen peroxide electrochemical sensor with oxygen resistance for monitoring ROS bursts. Analyst 2023; 148:5667-5672. [PMID: 37812430 DOI: 10.1039/d3an01464a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/10/2023]
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The study of cellular responses linked to oxidative stress mechanisms is crucial in comprehending diverse physiological and pathological life processes, including mitochondrial dysfunction. Nonetheless, despite the interference of O2, the monitoring of ROS released from cells poses a challenging task. In this study, carbon-based copper single-atom catalysts (Cu SACs) were synthesized that exhibits excellent electrocatalytic performance for H2O2 reduction with an initial potential at 0.23 V and effectively avoids interference from O2. Based on this catalyst, a flexible and stretchable oxygen-tolerant sensor was constructed and applied to monitor the calcium ion-induced ROS burst in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) in a simulated physiological condition. This study effectively eradicates interference that may arise from the reduction of O2 and presents a dependable platform for real-time in situ monitoring of physiologically active molecules by utilizing H2O2 detection.
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- Meihong Peng
- Department of Chemistry, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China.
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Zhang C, Cui Y, Jiang C, Li Y, Meng Z, Wang C, Du Z, Yu S, Tian H, Zheng W. Unveiling Interfacial Effects for Efficient and Stable Hydrogen Evolution Reaction on Ruthenium Nanoparticles-Embedded Pentlandite Composites. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023; 19:e2301721. [PMID: 37386796 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202301721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2023] [Revised: 06/21/2023] [Indexed: 07/01/2023]
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Heterogenous catalysis is important for future clean and sustainable energy systems. However, an urgent need to promote the development of efficient and stable hydrogen evolution catalysts still exists. In this study, ruthenium nanoparticles (Ru NPs) are in situ grown on Fe5 Ni4 S8 support (Ru/FNS) by replacement growth strategy. An efficient Ru/FNS electrocatalyst with enhanced interfacial effect is then developed and successfully applied for pH-universal hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). The Fe vacancies formed by FNS during the electrochemical process are found to be conducive to the introduction and firm anchoring of Ru atoms. Compared to Pt atoms, Ru atoms get easily aggregated and then grow rapidly to form NPs. This induces more bonding between Ru NPs and FNS, preventing the fall-off of Ru NPs and maintaining the structural stability of FNS. Moreover, the interaction between FNS and Ru NPs can adjust the d-band center of Ru NPs, as well as balance the hydrolytic dissociation energy and hydrogen binding energy. Consequently, the as-prepared Ru/FNS electrocatalyst exhibits excellent HER activity and improved cycle stability under pH-universal conditions. The developed pentlandite-based electrocatalysts with low cost, high activity, and good stability are promising candidates for future applications in water electrolysis.
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- Chenxu Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials of MOE, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, China
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- Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials of MOE, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, China
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- Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials of MOE, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, China
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- Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials of MOE, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, China
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- Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials of MOE, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, China
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- Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials of MOE, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, China
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- Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials of MOE, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, China
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- Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials of MOE, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, China
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- Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials of MOE, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, China
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- Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials of MOE, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, China
- Jilin Provincial International Cooperation Key Laboratory of High-Efficiency Clean Energy Materials, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, China
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Cheng L, Tang Y, Ostrikov KK, Xiang Q. Single-Atom Heterogeneous Catalysts: Human- and AI-Driven Platform for Augmented Designs, Analytics and Reality-Enabled Manufacturing. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023:e202313599. [PMID: 37891153 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202313599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2023] [Revised: 10/27/2023] [Accepted: 10/27/2023] [Indexed: 10/29/2023]
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Heterogeneous catalysts with targeted functionality can be designed with atomic precision, but it is challenging to retain the structure and performance upon the scaled-up manufacturing. Particularly challenging is to ensure the "atomic economy", where every catalytic site is most gainfully utilized. Given the emerging synergistic integration of human- and artificial intelligence (AI)-driven augmented designs (AD), augmented analytics (AA), and augmented reality manufacturing (AM) platforms, this minireview focuses on single-atom heterogeneous catalysts (SAHCs) and examines the current status, challenges, and future perspectives of translating atomic-level structural precision and data-driven discovery to next-generation industrial manufacturing. We critically examine the atomistic insights into structure-driven SAHCs functionality and discuss the opportunities and challenges on the way towards the synergistic human-AI collaborative data-driven platform capable of monitoring, analyzing, manufacturing, and retaining the atomic-scale structure and functions. Enhanced by the atomic-level AD, AA, and AM, evolving from the current high-throughput capabilities and digital materials manufacturing acceleration, this synergistic human-AI platform is promising to enable atom-efficient and atomically precise heterogeneous catalyst production.
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- Lei Cheng
- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Power Batteries, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Power Batteries, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Physics and Centre for Materials Science, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, Queensland, 4000, Australia
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- School of Electronic Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611731, P. R. China
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Niu X, Wu L, Wu F, Guan J, Wang H. Electron coupling effect-triggered monatomic copper laccase-mimicking nanozyme for the degradation and detection of guaiacol produced by Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris. Biosens Bioelectron 2023; 238:115606. [PMID: 37595476 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2023.115606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2023] [Revised: 08/07/2023] [Accepted: 08/14/2023] [Indexed: 08/20/2023]
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The generation of guaiacol by Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris (A. acidoterrestris) in fruit juices negatively affects public health and causes severe environmental pollution. Therefore, the sensitive detection and efficient degradation of guaiacol in real samples are crucial. Here, we develop an electrochemical sensor utilizing a copper single-atom nanozyme (CuN4-G) to detect and degrade guaiacol at the picomolar level. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations verify that the bonding electron coupling effect in the CuN4-G facilitates rapid electron transfer, enhances electrical conductivity, and provides abundant active sites, thereby leading to exceptional catalytic performance. Moreover, CuN4-G demonstrates a Km value similar to that of natural laccase but a higher Vmax, highlighting its potential as a highly efficient biocatalyst. The CuN4-G-based electrochemical sensor achieves a detection from 5 to 50,000 pM for guaiacol, with a 1.2 pM (S/N = 3) detection limit. Additionally, CuN4-G-modified electrodes display high selectivity and excellent stability. CuN4-G nanozyme can keep its activity in conditions of pH (3-9), temperature (30-90 °C), ionic strength (0-400 mM), and organic solvent (0-50% (v/v)), overcoming the deficiencies of natural enzymes. Furthermore, our electrochemical sensor can not only accurately detect guaiacol, but also degrade it in actual fruit juice samples infected by A. acidoterrestris, demonstrating its potential applications in food and environmental monitoring.
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- Xiaodi Niu
- College of Food Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, 130062, PR China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, 130062, PR China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, 130062, PR China
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, 2519 Jiefang Road, Changchun, 130021, PR China.
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, 130062, PR China.
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Xiao W, Li Y, Elgendy A, Duran EC, Buckingham MA, Spencer BF, Han B, Alam F, Zhong X, Cartmell SH, Cernik RJ, Eggeman AS, Dryfe RAW, Lewis DJ. Synthesis of High Entropy and Entropy-Stabilized Metal Sulfides and Their Evaluation as Hydrogen Evolution Electrocatalysts. CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS : A PUBLICATION OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 2023; 35:7904-7914. [PMID: 37840778 PMCID: PMC10568966 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c00363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2023] [Revised: 08/29/2023] [Indexed: 10/17/2023]
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High entropy metal chalcogenides are materials containing five or more elements within a disordered sublattice. These materials exploit a high configurational entropy to stabilize their crystal structure and have recently become an area of significant interest for renewable energy applications such as electrocatalysis and thermoelectrics. Herein, we report the synthesis of bulk particulate HE zinc sulfide analogues containing four, five, and seven metals. This was achieved using a molecular precursor cocktail approach with both transition and main group metal dithiocarbamate complexes which are decomposed simultaneously in a rapid (1 h) and low-temperature (500 °C) thermolysis reaction to yield high entropy and entropy-stabilized metal sulfides. The resulting materials were characterized by powder XRD, SEM, and TEM, alongside EDX spectroscopy at both the micro- and nano-scales. The entropy-stabilized (CuAgZnCoMnInGa)S material was demonstrated to be an excellent electrocatalyst for the hydrogen evolution reaction when combined with conducting carbon black, achieving a low onset overpotential of (∼80 mV) and η10 of (∼255 mV).
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- Weichen Xiao
- Department
of Materials, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K.
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- Department
of Materials, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K.
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- Department
of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K.
- Egyptian
Petroleum Research Institute, 11727 Cairo, Egypt
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- Department
of Materials, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K.
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- Department
of Materials, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K.
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- Department
of Materials, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K.
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- Department
of Materials, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K.
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- Department
of Materials, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K.
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- Department
of Materials, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K.
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- Department
of Materials, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K.
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- Department
of Materials, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K.
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- Department
of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K.
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- Department
of Materials, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K.
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Dey G, Jana R, Saifi S, Kumar R, Bhattacharyya D, Datta A, Sinha ASK, Aijaz A. Dual Single-Atomic Co-Mn Sites in Metal-Organic-Framework-Derived N-Doped Nanoporous Carbon for Electrochemical Oxygen Reduction. ACS NANO 2023; 17:19155-19167. [PMID: 37774140 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c05379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/01/2023]
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Synthesizing dual single-atom catalysts (DSACs) with atomically isolated metal pairs is a challenging task but can be an effective way to enhance the performance for electrochemical oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). Herein, well-defined DSACs of Co-Mn, stabilized in N-doped porous carbon polyhedra (named CoMn/NC), are synthesized using high-temperature pyrolysis of a Co/Mn-doped zeolitic imidazolate framework. The atomically isolated Co-Mn site in CoMn/NC is recognized by combining microscopic as well as spectroscopic techniques. CoMn/NC exhibited excellent ORR activities in alkaline (E1/2 = 0.89 V) as well as in acidic (E1/2 = 0.82 V) electrolytes with long-term durability and enhanced methanol tolerance. Density functional theory (DFT) suggests that the Co-Mn site is efficiently activating the O-O bond via bridging adsorption, decisive for the 4e- oxygen reduction process. Though the Co-Mn sites favor O2 activation via the dissociative ORR mechanism, stronger adsorption of the intermediates in the dissociative path degrades the overall ORR activity. Our DFT studies conclude that the ORR on an Co-Mn site mainly occurs via bridging side-on O2 adsorption following thermodynamically and kinetically favorable associative mechanistic pathways with a lower overpotential and activation barrier. CoMn/NC performed excellently as a cathode in a proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell and rechargeable Zn-air battery with high peak power densities of 970 and 176 mW cm-2, respectively. This work provides the guidelines for the rational design and synthesis of nonprecious DSACs for enhancing the ORR activity as well as the robustness of DSACs and suggests a design of multifunctional robust electrocatalysts for energy storage and conversion devices.
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- Gargi Dey
- Department of Sciences & Humanities, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology (RGIPT) - Jais, Amethi, Uttar Pradesh 229304, India
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- School of Chemical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS), Kolkata 700032, India
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- Department of Sciences & Humanities, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology (RGIPT) - Jais, Amethi, Uttar Pradesh 229304, India
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- Atomic & Molecular Physics Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai 400094, India
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- Atomic & Molecular Physics Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai 400094, India
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- School of Chemical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS), Kolkata 700032, India
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- Department of Chemical & Biochemical Engineering, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology (RGIPT) - Jais, Amethi, Uttar Pradesh 229304, India
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- Department of Sciences & Humanities, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology (RGIPT) - Jais, Amethi, Uttar Pradesh 229304, India
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Zhang S, Yue P, Zhou Y, Li J, Zhu X, Fu Q, Liao Q. Ni Single Atoms Embedded in Graphene Nanoribbon Sieves for High-Performance CO 2 Reduction to CO. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023; 19:e2303016. [PMID: 37376828 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202303016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2023] [Revised: 06/08/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2023]
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Ni single-atom catalysts (SACs) are appealing for electrochemical reduction CO2 reduction (CO2 RR). However, regulating the balance between the activity and conductivity remains a challenge to Ni SACs due to the limitation of substrates structure. Herein, the intrinsic performance enhancement of Ni SACs anchored on quasi-one-dimensional graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) synthesized is demonstrated by longitudinal unzipping carbon nanotubes (CNTs). The abundant functional groups on GNRs can absorb Ni atoms to form rich Ni-N4 -C sites during the anchoring process, providing a high intrinsic activity. In addition, the GNRs, which maintain a quasi-one-dimensional structure and possess a high conductivity, interconnect with each other and form a conductive porous framework. The catalyst yields a 44 mA cm-2 CO partial current density and 96% faradaic efficiency of CO (FECO ) at -1.1 V vs RHE in an H-cell. By adopting a membrane electrode assembly (MEA) flow cell, a 95% FECO and 2.4 V cell voltage are achieved at 200 mA cm-2 current density. This work provides a rational way to synthesize Ni SACs with a high Ni atom loading, porous morphology, and high conductivity with potential industrial applications.
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- Shilei Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Low-grade Energy Utilization Technologies and Systems, Chongqing University, Ministry of Education, Chongqing, 400044, China
- Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, China
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- Key Laboratory of Low-grade Energy Utilization Technologies and Systems, Chongqing University, Ministry of Education, Chongqing, 400044, China
- Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, China
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- Key Laboratory of Low-grade Energy Utilization Technologies and Systems, Chongqing University, Ministry of Education, Chongqing, 400044, China
- Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, China
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- Key Laboratory of Low-grade Energy Utilization Technologies and Systems, Chongqing University, Ministry of Education, Chongqing, 400044, China
- Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, China
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- Key Laboratory of Low-grade Energy Utilization Technologies and Systems, Chongqing University, Ministry of Education, Chongqing, 400044, China
- Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, China
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- Key Laboratory of Low-grade Energy Utilization Technologies and Systems, Chongqing University, Ministry of Education, Chongqing, 400044, China
- Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, China
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- Key Laboratory of Low-grade Energy Utilization Technologies and Systems, Chongqing University, Ministry of Education, Chongqing, 400044, China
- Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, China
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