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Kharabe GP, Barik S, Veeranmaril SK, Nair A, Illathvalappil R, Yoyakki A, Joshi K, Vinod CP, Kurungot S. Aluminium, Nitrogen-Dual-Doped Reduced Graphene Oxide Co-Existing with Cobalt-Encapsulated Graphitic Carbon Nanotube as an Activity Modulated Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Electrochemistry Applications. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024:e2400012. [PMID: 38651508 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202400012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2024] [Revised: 04/05/2024] [Indexed: 04/25/2024]
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There is a rising need to create high-performing, affordable electrocatalysts in the new field of oxygen electrochemistry. Here, a cost-effective, activity-modulated electrocatalyst with the capacity to trigger both the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in an alkaline environment is presented. The catalyst (Al, Co/N-rGCNT) is made up of aluminium, nitrogen-dual-doped reduced graphene oxide sheets co-existing with cobalt-encapsulated carbon nanotube units. Based on X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy (XAS) studies, it is established that the superior reaction kinetics in Al, Co/N-rGCNT over their bulk counterparts can be attributed to their electronic regulation. The Al, Co/N-rGCNT performs as a versatile bifunctional electrocatalyst for zinc-air battery (ZAB), delivering an open circuit potential ≈1.35 V and peak power density of 106.3 mW cm-2, which are comparable to the system based on Pt/C. The Al, Co/N-rGCNT-based system showed a specific capacity of 737 mAh gZn -1 compared to 696 mAh gZn -1 delivered by the system based on Pt/C. The DFT calculations indicate that the adsorption of Co in the presence of Al doping in NGr improves the electronic properties favoring ORR. Thus, the Al, Co/N-rGCNT-based rechargeable ZAB (RZAB) emerges as a highly viable and affordable option for the development of RZAB for practical applications.
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- Geeta Pandurang Kharabe
- Physical & Materials Chemistry Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, Maharashtra, 411008, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India
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- Physical & Materials Chemistry Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, Maharashtra, 411008, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India
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- Physical Sciences and Engineering Division (PSE), KAUST Catalysis Centre (KCC), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, 23955, Saudi Arabia
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- Physical & Materials Chemistry Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, Maharashtra, 411008, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India
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- Physical & Materials Chemistry Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, Maharashtra, 411008, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India
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- Physical & Materials Chemistry Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, Maharashtra, 411008, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India
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- Physical & Materials Chemistry Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, Maharashtra, 411008, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India
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- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India
- Catalysis and Inorganic Chemistry Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, Maharashtra, 411008, India
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- Physical & Materials Chemistry Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, Maharashtra, 411008, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India
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Li H, Wang W, Xue S, He J, Liu C, Gao G, Di S, Wang S, Wang J, Yu Z, Li L. Superstructure-Assisted Single-Atom Catalysis on Tungsten Carbides for Bifunctional Oxygen Reactions. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:9124-9133. [PMID: 38515273 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c14354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/23/2024]
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Single-atom catalysis (SAC) attracts wide interest for zinc-air batteries that require high-performance bifunctional electrocatalysts for oxygen reactions. However, catalyst design is still highly challenging because of the insufficient driving force for promoting multiple-electron transfer kinetics. Herein, we report a superstructure-assisted SAC on tungsten carbides for oxygen evolution and reduction reactions. In addition to the usual single atomic sites, strikingly, we reveal the presence of highly ordered Co superstructures in the interfacial region with tungsten carbides that induce internal strain and promote bifunctional catalysis. Theoretical calculations show that the combined effects from superstructures and single atoms strongly reduce the adsorption energy of intermediates and overpotential of both oxygen reactions. The catalyst therefore presented impressive bifunctional activity with an ultralow potential gap of 0.623 V and delivered a high power density of 188.5 mW cm-2 for assembled zinc-air batteries. This work opens up new opportunities for atomic catalysis.
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- Hongguan Li
- School of Metallurgy, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, Liaoning, People's Republic of China
- State Key Laboratory of Rolling and Automation, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, Liaoning, People's Republic of China
- Foshan Graduate School of Innovation, Northeastern University, Foshan 528311, Guangdong, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, Liaoning, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, Fujian, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, Liaoning, People's Republic of China
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- School of Metallurgy, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, Liaoning, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, Liaoning, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, Liaoning, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, Liaoning, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Metastable Materials Science and Technology, Key Laboratory of Heavy Metal Deep-Remediation in Water and Resource Reuse, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao 066004, Hebei, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, Fujian, People's Republic of China
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- School of Metallurgy, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, Liaoning, People's Republic of China
- State Key Laboratory of Rolling and Automation, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, Liaoning, People's Republic of China
- Foshan Graduate School of Innovation, Northeastern University, Foshan 528311, Guangdong, People's Republic of China
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Dong LY, Wang JS, Li TY, Wu T, Hu X, Wu YT, Zhu MY, Hao GP, Lu AH. Boundary-Rich Carbon-Based Electrocatalysts with Manganese(II)-Coordinated Active Environment for Selective Synthesis of Hydrogen Peroxide. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202317660. [PMID: 38298160 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202317660] [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: 11/20/2023] [Revised: 01/17/2024] [Accepted: 01/30/2024] [Indexed: 02/02/2024]
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Coordinated manganese (Mn) electrocatalysts owing to their electronic structure flexibility, non-toxic and earth abundant features are promising for electrocatalytic reactions. However, achieving selective hydrogen peroxide (H2 O2 ) production through two electron oxygen reduction (2e-ORR) is a challenge on Mn-centered catalysts. Targeting this goal, we report on the creation of a secondary Mn(II)-coordinated active environment with reactant enrichment effect on boundary-rich porous carbon-based electrocatalysts, which facilitates the selective and rapid synthesis of H2 O2 through 2e-ORR. The catalysts exhibit nearly 100 % Faradaic efficiency and H2 O2 productivity up to 15.1 mol gcat -1 h-1 at 0.1 V versus reversible hydrogen electrode, representing the record high activity for Mn-based electrocatalyst in H2 O2 electrosynthesis. Mechanistic studies reveal that the epoxide and hydroxyl groups surrounding Mn(II) centers improve spin state by modifying electronic properties and charge transfer, thus tailoring the adsorption strength of *OOH intermediate. Multiscale simulations reveal that the high-curvature boundaries facilitate oxygen (O2 ) adsorption and result in local O2 enrichment due to the enhanced interaction between carbon surface and O2 . These merits together ensure the efficient formation of H2 O2 with high local concentration, which can directly boost the tandem reaction of hydrolysis of benzonitrile to benzamide with nearly 100 % conversion rate and exclusive benzamide selectivity.
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- Ling-Yu Dong
- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Frontier Science Center for Smart Materials, Liaoning Key Laboratory for Catalytic Conversion of Carbon Resources, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, Liaoning, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Frontier Science Center for Smart Materials, Liaoning Key Laboratory for Catalytic Conversion of Carbon Resources, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, Liaoning, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Frontier Science Center for Smart Materials, Liaoning Key Laboratory for Catalytic Conversion of Carbon Resources, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, Liaoning, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Frontier Science Center for Smart Materials, Liaoning Key Laboratory for Catalytic Conversion of Carbon Resources, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, Liaoning, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Frontier Science Center for Smart Materials, Liaoning Key Laboratory for Catalytic Conversion of Carbon Resources, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, Liaoning, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Frontier Science Center for Smart Materials, Liaoning Key Laboratory for Catalytic Conversion of Carbon Resources, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, Liaoning, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Frontier Science Center for Smart Materials, Liaoning Key Laboratory for Catalytic Conversion of Carbon Resources, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, Liaoning, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Frontier Science Center for Smart Materials, Liaoning Key Laboratory for Catalytic Conversion of Carbon Resources, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, Liaoning, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Frontier Science Center for Smart Materials, Liaoning Key Laboratory for Catalytic Conversion of Carbon Resources, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, Liaoning, P. R. China
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Tian H, Chen C, Yu Z, Luo W, Yu X, Chang Z, Li S, Cui X, Shi J. Controlled Construction of Core-Shell Structured Prussian Blue Analogues towards Enhanced Oxygen Reduction. CHEMSUSCHEM 2024; 17:e202301265. [PMID: 37799013 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202301265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2023] [Revised: 09/29/2023] [Accepted: 10/05/2023] [Indexed: 10/07/2023]
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Metal-organic frameworks-based electrocatalysts have been developed as highly desirable and promising candidates for catalyzing oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), which, however, usually need to be prepared at elevated temperatures and may suffer from the framework collapse in water environments, largely preventing its industrial application. Herein, this work demonstrates a facile low-temperature ion exchange method to synthesize Mn and Fe co-loaded Prussian blue analogues possessing core-shell structured frameworks and favorable water-tolerance. Among the catalysts prepared, the optimal HMPB-2.6Mn shows a high ORR electrocatalytic performance featuring a half-wave potential of 0.86 V and zinc-air battery power density of 119 mW cm-2 , as well as negligible degradation up to 60 h, which are comparable to commercial Pt/C. Such an excellent electrocatalytic performance is attributed to the special core-shell-like structure with Mn concentrated in outer shell, and the synergetic interactions between Mn and Fe, endowing HMPB-Mn with outstanding ORR activity and good stability.
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- Han Tian
- Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Institute of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, P. R. China
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- Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Institute of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, P. R. China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Institute of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, P. R. China
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- Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Institute of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, P. R. China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Institute of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, P. R. China
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- Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Institute of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, P. R. China
- School of Physical Science and Technology, Shanghai Tech University, Shanghai, 201210, P. R. China
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- Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, 310024, P. R. China
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- Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Institute of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, P. R. China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
- Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, 310024, P. R. China
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- Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Institute of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, P. R. China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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Li Q, Li Q, Wang Z, Zheng X, Cai S, Wu J. Recent Advances in Hierarchical Porous Engineering of MOFs and Their Derived Materials for Catalytic and Battery: Methods and Application. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024; 20:e2303473. [PMID: 37840383 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202303473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2023] [Revised: 08/05/2023] [Indexed: 10/17/2023]
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Hierarchical porous materials have attracted the attention of researchers due to their enormous specific surface area, maximized active site utilization efficiency, and unique structure and properties. In this context, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) offer a unique mix of properties that make them particularly appealing as tunable porous substrates containing highly active sites. This review focuses on recent advances in the types and synthetic strategies of hierarchical porous MOFs and their derived materials. Furthermore, it highlights the relationship between the mass diffusion and transport of hierarchical porous structures and the pore size with examples and simulations, while identifying their potential and limitations. On this basis, how the synthesis conditions affect the structure and electrochemical properties of MOFs based hierarchical porous materials with different structures is discussed, highlighting the prospects and challenges for the synthetization, as well as further scientific research and practical applications. Finally, some insights into current research and future design ideas for advanced MOFs based hierarchical porous materials are presented.
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- Qian Li
- Synergetic Innovation Center for Quantum Effects and Application, Key Laboratory of Low-dimensional Quantum Structures and Quantum Control of Ministry of Education, College of Physics and Information Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410081, China
- School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, Beijing, 100190, China
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- School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- School of Material Science and Engineering, Henan University of Technology, Zhengzhou, 450001, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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Huang S, Tranca D, Rodríguez-Hernández F, Zhang J, Lu C, Zhu J, Liang HW, Zhuang X. Well-defined N 3 C 1 -anchored Single-Metal-Sites for Oxygen Reduction Reaction. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202314833. [PMID: 37994382 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202314833] [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: 10/03/2023] [Revised: 11/11/2023] [Accepted: 11/22/2023] [Indexed: 11/24/2023]
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N-, C-, O-, S-coordinated single-metal-sites (SMSs) have garnered significant attention due to the potential for significantly enhanced catalytic capabilities resulting from charge redistribution. However, significant challenges persist in the precise design of well-defined such SMSs, and the fundamental comprehension has long been impeded in case-by-case reports using carbon materials as investigation targets. In this work, the well-defined molecular catalysts with N3 C1 -anchored SMSs, i.e., N-confused metalloporphyrins (NCPor-Ms), are calculated for their catalytic oxygen reduction activity. Then, NCPor-Ms with corresponding N4 -anchored SMSs (metalloporphyrins, Por-Ms), are synthesized for catalytic activity evaluation. Among all, NCPor-Co reaches the top in established volcano plots. NCPor-Co also shows the highest half-wave potential of 0.83 V vs. RHE, which is much better than that of Por-Co (0.77 V vs. RHE). Electron-rich, low band gap and regulated d-band center contribute to the high activity of NCPor-Co. This study delves into the examination of well-defined asymmetric SMS molecular catalysts, encompassing both theoretical and experimental facets. It serves as a pioneering step towards enhancing the fundamental comprehension and facilitating the development of high-performance asymmetric SMS catalysts.
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- Senhe Huang
- The Soft2D Lab, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Thermal Ageing, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- The Soft2D Lab, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Thermal Ageing, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- The Soft2D Lab, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Thermal Ageing, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Zhangjiang Laboratory, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 239, Zhangheng Road, Shanghai, 201204, China
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- The Soft2D Lab, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Thermal Ageing, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
- College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, Henan, China
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- The Soft2D Lab, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Thermal Ageing, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Jinzhai Road 96, Hefei, 230026, China
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- The Soft2D Lab, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Thermal Ageing, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
- Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, Zhang Jiang Institute for Advanced Study, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 201203, China
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Zhang P, Liu Y, Liu S, Zhou L, Wu X, Han G, Liu T, Sun K, Li B, Jiang J. Precise Design and Modification Engineering of Single-Atom Catalytic Materials for Oxygen Reduction. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024; 20:e2305782. [PMID: 37718497 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202305782] [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: 08/17/2023] [Indexed: 09/19/2023]
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Due to their unique electronic and structural properties, single-atom catalytic materials (SACMs) hold great promise for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). Coordinating environmental and engineering strategies is the key to improving the ORR performance of SACMs. This review summarizes the latest research progress and breakthroughs of SACMs in the field of ORR catalysis. First, the research progress on the catalytic mechanism of SACMs acting on ORR is reviewed, including the latest research results on the origin of SACMs activity and the analysis of pre-adsorption mechanism. The study of the pre-adsorption mechanism is an important breakthrough direction to explore the origin of the high activity of SACMs and the practical and theoretical understanding of the catalytic process. Precise coordination environment modification, including in-plane, axial, and adjacent site modifications, can enhance the intrinsic catalytic activity of SACMs and promote the ORR process. Additionally, several engineering strategies are discussed, including multiple SACMs, high loading, and atomic site confinement. Multiple SACMs synergistically enhance catalytic activity and selectivity, while high loading can provide more active sites for catalytic reactions. Overall, this review provides important insights into the design of advanced catalysts for ORR.
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- Pengxiang Zhang
- College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, 100 Science Road, Zhengzhou, 450001, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, 100 Science Road, Zhengzhou, 450001, P. R. China
- Institute of Chemical Industry of Forest Products, CAF, National Engineering Lab. for Biomass Chemical Utilization, Nanjing, 210042, P. R. China
- College of Science, Henan Agricultural University, 63 Agriculture Road, Zhengzhou, 450002, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, 100 Science Road, Zhengzhou, 450001, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, 100 Science Road, Zhengzhou, 450001, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, 100 Science Road, Zhengzhou, 450001, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, 100 Science Road, Zhengzhou, 450001, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
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- Institute of Chemical Industry of Forest Products, CAF, National Engineering Lab. for Biomass Chemical Utilization, Nanjing, 210042, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, 100 Science Road, Zhengzhou, 450001, P. R. China
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- Institute of Chemical Industry of Forest Products, CAF, National Engineering Lab. for Biomass Chemical Utilization, Nanjing, 210042, P. R. China
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Li R, Zhao J, Liu B, Wang D. Atomic Distance Engineering in Metal Catalysts to Regulate Catalytic Performance. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024; 36:e2308653. [PMID: 37779465 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202308653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2023] [Revised: 09/21/2023] [Indexed: 10/03/2023]
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It is very important to understand the structure-performance relationship of metal catalysts by adjusting the microstructure of catalysts at the atomic scale. The atomic distance has an essential influence on the composition of the environment of active metal atom, which is a key factor for the design of targeted catalysts with desired function. In this review, we discuss and summarize strategies for changing the atomic distance from three aspects and relate their effects on the reactivity of catalysts. First, the effects of regulating bond length between metal and coordination atom at one single-atom site on the catalytic performance are introduced. The bond lengths are affected by the strain effect of the support and high-shell doping and can evolve during the reaction. Next, the influence of the distance between single-atom sites on the catalytic performance is discussed. Due to the space matching of adsorption and electron transport, the catalytic performance can be adjusted with the shortening of site distance. In addition, the effect of the arrangement spacing of the surface metal active atoms on the catalytic performance of metal nanocatalysts is studied. Finally, a comprehensive summary and outlook of the relationship between atomic distance and catalytic performance is given.
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- Runze Li
- Engineering Research Center of Advanced Rare Earth Materials, Department of Chemistry Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Henan Polytechnic University, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, 2001 Century Ave, Jiaozuo, Henan, 454000, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Advanced Rare Earth Materials, Department of Chemistry Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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Liu J, Zhang M, Li SD, Mu Y. Bifunctional diatomic site catalysts supported by β 12-borophene for efficient oxygen evolution and reduction reactions. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023; 26:594-601. [PMID: 38086640 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp04543a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2023]
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Efficient bifunctional catalysts for oxygen evolution and reduction reactions (OERs/ORRs) are of great importance for sustainable and renewable clean energy, especially for metal-air batteries. Herein, we investigated β12-borophene with double-hole sites capped with 3d transition metal atoms to explore its catalyst performance for hydrogen evolution reactions (HERs), OERs and ORRs. It was found that the borophene is a good platform for diatomic site catalysts (DASCs) due to their advantage of stability over the corresponding single-atom catalysts (SACs) or clusters. The HER performance of DASCs on β12-BM was further improved compared to the SAC case. Furthermore, the supported FeNi DASC exhibited good catalytic performance for both OERs and ORRs, the overpotentials for which were 0.43 and 0.55 V, respectively, better than those of the corresponding supported Ni or Fe SAC due to synergistic effects. We herein propose a novel descriptor involving the Bader charges of coordinated atoms explicitly, behaving much better than the d-band center and integrated crystal orbital Hamilton population (-ICOHP) for DASCs. The synergistic effect of Fe-Ni pairs balanced the too strong binding of OH and further activated OH to achieve better catalytic performance. The results of this study can provide theoretical guidance for the design of efficient bifunctional electrocatalysts.
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- Jia Liu
- Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage of Shanxi Province, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Molecular Engineering of the Education Ministry, Institute of Molecular Science, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, 030006, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage of Shanxi Province, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Molecular Engineering of the Education Ministry, Institute of Molecular Science, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, 030006, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage of Shanxi Province, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Molecular Engineering of the Education Ministry, Institute of Molecular Science, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, 030006, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage of Shanxi Province, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Molecular Engineering of the Education Ministry, Institute of Molecular Science, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, 030006, China.
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Tong M, Sun F, Xing G, Tian C, Wang L, Fu H. Potential Dominates Structural Recombination of Single Atom Mn Sites for Promoting Oxygen Reduction Reaction. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202314933. [PMID: 37955333 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202314933] [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: 10/05/2023] [Revised: 11/11/2023] [Accepted: 11/13/2023] [Indexed: 11/14/2023]
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Single atom sites (SAS) often undergo structural recombination in oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), while the effect of valence state and reconstruction on active centers needs to be investigated thoroughly. Herein, the Mn-SAS catalyst with uniform and precise Mn-N4 configuration is rationally designed. We utilize operando synchrotron radiation to track the dynamic evolution of active centers during ORR. Under the applied potential, the structural evolution of Mn-N4 into Mn-N3 C and further into Mn-N2 C2 configurations is clarified. Simultaneously, the valence states of Mn are increased from +3.0 to +3.8 and then decreased to +3.2. When the potential is removed, the catalyst returned to its initial Mn+3.0 -N4 configuration. Such successive evolutions optimize the electronic and geometric structures of active centers as evidenced by theory calculations. The evolved Mn+3.8 -N3 C and Mn+3.2 -N2 C2 configurations respectively adjust the O2 adsorption and reduce the energy barrier of rate-determining step. Thus, it can achieve an onset potential of 0.99 V, superior stability over 10,000 cycles, and a high turnover frequency of 1.59 s-1 at 0.85 VRHE. Our present work provides new insights into the construction of well-defined SAS catalysts by regulating the valence states and configurations of active centers.
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- Miaomiao Tong
- Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Materials Chemistry, Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, Heilongjiang University, Harbin, 150080, China
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- Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201204, China
- Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201204, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Materials Chemistry, Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, Heilongjiang University, Harbin, 150080, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Materials Chemistry, Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, Heilongjiang University, Harbin, 150080, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Materials Chemistry, Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, Heilongjiang University, Harbin, 150080, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Materials Chemistry, Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, Heilongjiang University, Harbin, 150080, China
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Xie X, Zhai Z, Peng L, Zhang J, Shang L, Zhang T. Recent advances in bifunctional dual-sites single-atom catalysts for oxygen electrocatalysis toward rechargeable zinc-air batteries. Sci Bull (Beijing) 2023; 68:2862-2875. [PMID: 37884426 DOI: 10.1016/j.scib.2023.10.013] [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: 09/02/2023] [Revised: 09/27/2023] [Accepted: 10/08/2023] [Indexed: 10/28/2023]
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Rechargeable zinc-air batteries (ZABs) with high energy density and low pollutant emissions are regarded as the promising energy storage and conversion devices. However, the sluggish kinetics and complex four-electron processes of oxygen reduction reaction and oxygen evolution reaction occurring at air electrodes in rechargeable ZABs pose significant challenges for their large-scale application. Carbon-supported single-atom catalysts (SACs) exhibit great potential in oxygen electrocatalysis, but needs to further improve their bifunctional electrocatalytic performance, which is highly related to the coordination environment of the active sites. As an extension of SACs, dual-sites SACs with wide combination of two active sites provide limitless opportunities to tailor coordination environment at the atomic level and improve catalytic performance. The review systematically summarizes recent achievements in the fabrication of dual-site SACs as bifunctional oxygen electrocatalysts, starting by illustrating the design fundament of the electrocatalysts according to their catalytic mechanisms. Subsequently, metal-nonmetal-atom synergies and dual-metal-atom synergies to synthesize dual-sites SACs toward enhancing rechargeable ZABs performance are overviewed. Finally, the perspectives and challenges for the development of dual-sites SACs are proposed, shedding light on the rational design of efficient bifunctional oxygen electrocatalysts for practical rechargeable ZABs.
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- Xiaoying Xie
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Structure and Performance for Functional Molecules, College of Chemistry, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Structure and Performance for Functional Molecules, College of Chemistry, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387, China
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- Key Laboratory of Rare Earths, Ganjiang Innovation Academy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ganzhou 341000, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Structure and Performance for Functional Molecules, College of Chemistry, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387, China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China; Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
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Yan X, Liu D, Guo P, He Y, Wang X, Li Z, Pan H, Sun D, Fang F, Wu R. Atomically Dispersed Co 2 MnN 8 Triatomic Sites Anchored in N-Doped Carbon Enabling Efficient Oxygen Reduction Reaction. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2023; 35:e2210975. [PMID: 37200014 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202210975] [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: 11/24/2022] [Revised: 05/16/2023] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Atomically dispersed transition metal-nitrogen/carbon (M-N/C) catalysts have emerged as the most promising substitutes to the precious platinum counterparts toward the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). However, the reported M-N/C catalysts are usually in the form of common M-N4 moieties with only a single metal active site, and they suffer from insufficient activity. Herein, an unusual trinuclear active structure is elaborately developed with a nitrogen-coordinated single Mn atom adjacent to two Co atoms (Co2 MnN8 ) anchored in N-doped carbon as a highly efficient ORR catalyst via adsorption-pyrolysis of a bimetallic zeolitic imidazolate framework precursor. Atomic structural investigations and density functional theory (DFT) calculations reveal that Co2 MnN8 would experience a spontaneous OH binding to form Co2 MnN8 -2OH as the real active site, leading to a single electron-filled state in thed z 2 ${\mathrm{d}}_{{z}^{2}}$ orbital and an optimized binding energy of intermediates. Accordingly, the as-developed Co2 MnN8 /C exhibits an unprecedented ORR activity with a high half-wave potential of 0.912 V and outstanding stability, not only surpassing the Pt/C catalyst but also representing a new record for the Co-based catalyst.
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- Xiaoxiao Yan
- Department of Materials Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, P. R. China
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- Department of Materials Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, P. R. China
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- Department of Materials Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, P. R. China
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- Department of Materials Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, P. R. China
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- Institute of Science and Technology for New Energy, Xi'an Technological University, Xi'an, 710021, P. R. China
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- Institute of Science and Technology for New Energy, Xi'an Technological University, Xi'an, 710021, P. R. China
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- Institute of Science and Technology for New Energy, Xi'an Technological University, Xi'an, 710021, P. R. China
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- Department of Materials Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, P. R. China
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- Department of Materials Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, P. R. China
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- Department of Materials Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, P. R. China
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Ji S, Li Y, Zhang Y, Lin W. Computational screening of high activity and selectivity of CO 2 reduction via transition metal single-atom catalysts on triazine-based graphite carbon nitride. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023; 25:24022-24030. [PMID: 37650553 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp03051b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
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Single-atom catalysts (SACs) are emerging as promising catalysts in the field of the electrocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR). Herein, a series of 3d to 5d transition metal atoms supported on triazine-based graphite carbon nitride (TM@TGCN) as a CO2 reduction catalyst are studied via density functional theory computations. Eventually, four TM@TGCN catalysts (TM = Ni, Rh, Os, and Ir) are selected using a five-step screening method, in which Rh@TGCN and Ni@TGCN show a low limiting potential of -0.48 and -0.58 V, respectively, for reducing CO2 to CH4. The activity mechanism shows that the catalysts with a negative d-band center and optimal positive charge can improve the CO2RR performance. Our study provides theoretical guidance for the rational design of highly active and selective catalysts.
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- Shuang Ji
- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, P. R. China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, P. R. China.
- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, P. R. China.
- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, P. R. China.
- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361005, China
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Zhang P, Chen K, Li J, Wang M, Li M, Liu Y, Pan Y. Bifunctional Single Atom Catalysts for Rechargeable Zinc-Air Batteries: From Dynamic Mechanism to Rational Design. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2023; 35:e2303243. [PMID: 37283478 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202303243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2023] [Revised: 05/21/2023] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Ever-growing demands for rechargeable zinc-air batteries (ZABs) call for efficient bifunctional electrocatalysts. Among various electrocatalysts, single atom catalysts (SACs) have received increasing attention due to the merits of high atom utilization, structural tunability, and remarkable activity. Rational design of bifunctional SACs relies heavily on an in-depth understanding of reaction mechanisms, especially dynamic evolution under electrochemical conditions. This requires a systematic study in dynamic mechanisms to replace current trial and error modes. Herein, fundamental understanding of dynamic oxygen reduction reaction and oxygen evolution reaction mechanisms for SACs is first presented combining in situ and/or operando characterizations and theoretical calculations. By highlighting structure-performance relationships, rational regulation strategies are particularly proposed to facilitate the design of efficient bifunctional SACs. Furthermore, future perspectives and challenges are discussed. This review provides a thorough understanding of dynamic mechanisms and regulation strategies for bifunctional SACs, which are expected to pave the avenue for exploring optimum single atom bifunctional oxygen catalysts and effective ZABs.
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- Peng Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, 266580, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, 266580, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, 266580, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, 266580, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, 266580, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, 266580, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, 266580, China
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Zhang T, Luo D, Xiao H, Liang X, Zhang F, Zhuang H, Li M, Zheng L, Gao Q. A Transmetalation Synthetic Strategy to Engineer Atomically Dispersed MnN 2 O 2 Electrocatalytic Centers Driving High-Performance LiS Battery. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023; 19:e2302249. [PMID: 37226368 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202302249] [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: 03/16/2023] [Revised: 05/05/2023] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Sluggish sulfur redox reaction (SROR) kinetics accompanying lithium polysulfides (LiPSs) shuttle effect becomes a stumbling block for commercial application of LiS battery. High-efficient single atom catalysts (SACs) are desired to improve the SROR conversion capability; however, the sparse active sites as well as partial sites encapsulated in bulk-phase are fatal to the catalytic performance. Herein, high loading (5.02 wt.%) atomically dispersed manganese sites (MnSA) on hollow nitrogen-doped carbonaceous support (HNC) are realized for the MnSA@HNC SAC by a facile transmetalation synthetic strategy. The thin-walled hollow structure (≈12 nm) anchoring the unique trans-MnN2 O2 sites of MnSA@HNC provides a shuttle buffer zone and catalytic conversion site for LiPSs. Both electrochemical measurement and theoretical calculation indicate that the MnSA@HNC with abundant trans-MnN2 O2 sites have extremely high bidirectional SROR catalytic activity. The assembled LiS battery based on the MnSA@HNC modified separator can deliver a large specific capacity of 1422 mAh g-1 at 0.1 C and stable cycling over 1400 cycles with an ultralow decay rate of 0.033% per cycle at 1 C. More impressively, a flexible pouch cell on account of the MnSA@HNC modified separator may release a high initial specific capacity of 1192 mAh g-1 at 0.1 C and uninterruptedly work after the bending-unbending processes.
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- Tengfei Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Bio-inspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Biomedical Engineering, School of Chemistry, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry and Key Laboratory for Preparation and Application of Ordered Structural Materials of Guangdong Province, Shantou University, Shantou, 515063, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-inspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Biomedical Engineering, School of Chemistry, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-inspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Biomedical Engineering, School of Chemistry, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-inspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Biomedical Engineering, School of Chemistry, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-inspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Biomedical Engineering, School of Chemistry, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry and Key Laboratory for Preparation and Application of Ordered Structural Materials of Guangdong Province, Shantou University, Shantou, 515063, P. R. China
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- Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-inspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Biomedical Engineering, School of Chemistry, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, P. R. China
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Wang Q, Kaushik S, Xiao X, Xu Q. Sustainable zinc-air battery chemistry: advances, challenges and prospects. Chem Soc Rev 2023; 52:6139-6190. [PMID: 37565571 DOI: 10.1039/d2cs00684g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/12/2023]
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Sustainable zinc-air batteries (ZABs) are considered promising energy storage devices owing to their inherent safety, high energy density, wide operating temperature window, environmental friendliness, etc., showing great prospect for future large-scale applications. Thus, tremendous efforts have been devoted to addressing the critical challenges associated with sustainable ZABs, aiming to significantly improve their energy efficiency and prolong their operation lifespan. The growing interest in sustainable ZABs requires in-depth research on oxygen electrocatalysts, electrolytes, and Zn anodes, which have not been systematically reviewed to date. In this review, the fundamentals of ZABs, oxygen electrocatalysts for air cathodes, physicochemical properties of ZAB electrolytes, and issues and strategies for the stabilization of Zn anodes are systematically summarized from the perspective of fundamental characteristics and design principles. Meanwhile, significant advances in the in situ/operando characterization of ZABs are highlighted to provide insights into the reaction mechanism and dynamic evolution of the electrolyte|electrode interface. Finally, several critical thoughts and perspectives are provided regarding the challenges and opportunities for sustainable ZABs. Therefore, this review provides a thorough understanding of the advanced sustainable ZAB chemistry, hoping that this timely and comprehensive review can shed light on the upcoming research horizons of this prosperous area.
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- Qichen Wang
- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Micro/Nano-Porous Functional Materials (SKLPM), SUSTech-Kyoto University Advanced Energy Materials Joint Innovation Laboratory (SKAEM-JIL), Key University Laboratory of Highly Efficient Utilization of Solar Energy and Sustainable Development of Guangdong, Department of Chemistry and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen 518055, China.
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Micro/Nano-Porous Functional Materials (SKLPM), SUSTech-Kyoto University Advanced Energy Materials Joint Innovation Laboratory (SKAEM-JIL), Key University Laboratory of Highly Efficient Utilization of Solar Energy and Sustainable Development of Guangdong, Department of Chemistry and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen 518055, China.
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Micro/Nano-Porous Functional Materials (SKLPM), SUSTech-Kyoto University Advanced Energy Materials Joint Innovation Laboratory (SKAEM-JIL), Key University Laboratory of Highly Efficient Utilization of Solar Energy and Sustainable Development of Guangdong, Department of Chemistry and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen 518055, China.
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Micro/Nano-Porous Functional Materials (SKLPM), SUSTech-Kyoto University Advanced Energy Materials Joint Innovation Laboratory (SKAEM-JIL), Key University Laboratory of Highly Efficient Utilization of Solar Energy and Sustainable Development of Guangdong, Department of Chemistry and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen 518055, China.
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Wang Z, Jin X, Xu R, Yang Z, Ma S, Yan T, Zhu C, Fang J, Liu Y, Hwang SJ, Pan Z, Fan HJ. Cooperation between Dual Metal Atoms and Nanoclusters Enhances Activity and Stability for Oxygen Reduction and Evolution. ACS NANO 2023; 17:8622-8633. [PMID: 37129379 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c01287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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We have achieved the synthesis of dual-metal single atoms and atomic clusters that co-anchor on a highly graphitic carbon support. The catalyst comprises Ni4 (and Fe4) nanoclusters located adjacent to the corresponding NiN4 (and FeN4) single-atom sites, which is verified by systematic X-ray absorption characterization and density functional theory calculations. A distinct cooperation between Fe4 (Ni4) nanoclusters and the corresponding FeN4 (NiN4) atomic sites optimizes the adsorption energy of reaction intermediates and reduces the energy barrier of the potential-determining steps. This catalyst exhibits enhanced oxygen reduction and evolution activity and long-cycle stability compared to counterparts without nanoclusters and commercial Pt/C. The fabricated Zn-air batteries deliver a high power density and long-term cyclability, demonstrating their prospects in energy storage device applications.
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- Zhe Wang
- National Engineering Laboratory for Modern Silk, College of Textile and Clothing Engineering, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Modern Silk, College of Textile and Clothing Engineering, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Modern Silk, College of Textile and Clothing Engineering, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Modern Silk, College of Textile and Clothing Engineering, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Modern Silk, College of Textile and Clothing Engineering, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- SEU-FEI Nano-Pico Center, Key Laboratory of MEMS of Ministry of Education, Collaborative Innovation Center for Micro/Nano Fabrication, Device and System, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Modern Silk, College of Textile and Clothing Engineering, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Modern Silk, College of Textile and Clothing Engineering, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, 637371, Singapore
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Ding X, Jia C, Ma P, Chen H, Xue J, Wang D, Wang R, Cao H, Zuo M, Zhou S, Zhang Z, Zeng J, Bao J. Remote Synergy between Heterogeneous Single Atoms and Clusters for Enhanced Oxygen Evolution. NANO LETTERS 2023; 23:3309-3316. [PMID: 36946560 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c00228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Integrating single atoms and clusters into one system is a novel strategy to achieve desired catalytic performances. Compared with homogeneous single-atom cluster catalysts, heterogeneous ones combine the merits of different species and therefore show greater potential. However, it is still challenging to construct single-atom cluster systems of heterogeneous species, and the underlying mechanism for activity improvement remains unclear. In this work, we developed a heterogeneous single-atom cluster catalyst (ConIr1/N-C) for efficient oxygen evolution. The Ir single atoms worked in synergy with the Co clusters at a distance of about 8 Å, which optimized the configuration of the key intermediates. Consequently, the oxygen evolution activity was significantly improved on ConIr1/N-C relative to the Co cluster catalyst (Con/N-C), exhibiting an overpotential lower by 107 mV than that of Con/N-C at 10 mA cm-2 and a turnover frequency 50.9 times as much as that of Con/N-C at an overpotential of 300 mV.
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- Xilan Ding
- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry, iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P.R. China
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- Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory of Computational Nano-Material Science, Institute of Applied Physics, Guizhou Education University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550018, P.R. China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry, iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P.R. China
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- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Key Laboratory of Strongly-Coupled Quantum Matter Physics of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P.R. China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry, iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P.R. China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry, iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P.R. China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry, iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P.R. China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry, iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P.R. China
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- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Key Laboratory of Strongly-Coupled Quantum Matter Physics of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P.R. China
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- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Key Laboratory of Strongly-Coupled Quantum Matter Physics of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P.R. China
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- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Key Laboratory of Strongly-Coupled Quantum Matter Physics of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P.R. China
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- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Key Laboratory of Strongly-Coupled Quantum Matter Physics of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P.R. China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry, iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P.R. China
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Chen Z, Peng X, Chen Z, Li T, Zou R, Shi G, Huang Y, Cui P, Yu J, Chen Y, Chi X, Loh KP, Liu Z, Li X, Zhong L, Lu J. Mass Production of Sulfur-Tuned Single-Atom Catalysts for Zn-Air Batteries. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2023; 35:e2209948. [PMID: 36652951 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202209948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2022] [Revised: 12/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Single-atom catalysts (SACs) show great potential for rechargeable Zn-air batteries (ZABs); however, scalable production of SACs from sustainable resources is difficult owing to poor control of the local coordination environment. Herein, lignosulfonate, a by-product of the papermaking industry, is utilized as a multifunctional bioligand for the mass production of SACs with highly active MN4 S sites (M represents Fe, Cu, and Co) via strong metalnitrogen/sulfur coordination. This effectively adjusts the charge distribution and promotes the catalytic performance, leading to highly durable and excellent performance in oxygen reduction and evolution reactions for ZABs. This study paves the way for the industrial production of cost-effective SACs in a sustainable manner.
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- Zehong Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510641, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510641, China
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- School of Science and Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518172, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510641, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510641, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510641, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510641, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510641, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510641, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510641, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Advanced 2D Materials (CA2DM), National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore, 117543, Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Advanced 2D Materials (CA2DM), National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore, 117543, Singapore
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering/Guangzhou Key Laboratory for Clean Energy and Materials/Key Laboratory for Water Quality and Conservation of the Pearl River Delta, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou University, No. 230 Wai Huan Xi Road, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510641, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510641, China
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310027, China
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Zhao Y, Adiyeri Saseendran DP, Huang C, Triana CA, Marks WR, Chen H, Zhao H, Patzke GR. Oxygen Evolution/Reduction Reaction Catalysts: From In Situ Monitoring and Reaction Mechanisms to Rational Design. Chem Rev 2023; 123:6257-6358. [PMID: 36944098 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.2c00515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 35.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/23/2023]
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The oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) are core steps of various energy conversion and storage systems. However, their sluggish reaction kinetics, i.e., the demanding multielectron transfer processes, still render OER/ORR catalysts less efficient for practical applications. Moreover, the complexity of the catalyst-electrolyte interface makes a comprehensive understanding of the intrinsic OER/ORR mechanisms challenging. Fortunately, recent advances of in situ/operando characterization techniques have facilitated the kinetic monitoring of catalysts under reaction conditions. Here we provide selected highlights of recent in situ/operando mechanistic studies of OER/ORR catalysts with the main emphasis placed on heterogeneous systems (primarily discussing first-row transition metals which operate under basic conditions), followed by a brief outlook on molecular catalysts. Key sections in this review are focused on determination of the true active species, identification of the active sites, and monitoring of the reactive intermediates. For in-depth insights into the above factors, a short overview of the metrics for accurate characterizations of OER/ORR catalysts is provided. A combination of the obtained time-resolved reaction information and reliable activity data will then guide the rational design of new catalysts. Strategies such as optimizing the restructuring process as well as overcoming the adsorption-energy scaling relations will be discussed. Finally, pending current challenges and prospects toward the understanding and development of efficient heterogeneous catalysts and selected homogeneous catalysts are presented.
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- Yonggui Zhao
- Department of Chemistry, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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Zhang R, Liu Z, Zheng S, Wang L, Zhang L, Qiao ZA. Pyridinic Nitrogen Sites Dominated Coordinative Engineering of Subnanometric Pd Clusters for Efficient Alkynes' Semihydrogenation. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2023; 35:e2209635. [PMID: 36596977 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202209635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2022] [Revised: 12/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Supported metal catalysts have played an important role in optimizing selective semihydrogenation of alkynes for fine chemicals. There into, nitrogen-doped carbons, as a type of promising support materials, have attracted extensive attentions. However, due to the general phenomenon of random doping for nitrogen species in the support, it is still atremendous challenge to finely identify which nitrogen configuration dominates the catalytic property of alkynes' semihydrogenation. Herein, it is reported that uniform mesoporous N-doped carbon spheres derived from mesoporous polypyrrole spheres are used as supports to immobilized subnanometric Pd clusters, which provide a particular platform to research the influence of nitrogen configurations on the alkynes' semihydrogenation. Comprehensive experimental results and density functional theory calculation indicate that pyridinic nitrogen configuration dominates the catalytic behavior of Pd clusters. The high contents of pyridinic nitrogen sites offer abundant coordination sites, which greatly reduces the energy barrier of the rate-determining reaction step and makes Pd clusters own high catalytic activity. The electron effect between pyridinic nitrogen sites and Pd clusters makes the reaction highly selective. Additionally, the good mesostructures also promote the fast transport of substrate. Based on the above, catalyst Pd@PPy-600 exhibits high catalytic activity (99%) and selectivity (96%) for phenylacetylene (C8 H6 ) semihydrogenation.
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- Rui Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, 130012, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, 130012, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, 130012, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, 130012, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, 130012, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, 130012, P. R. China
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Wang M, Yao Y, Tian Y, Yuan Y, Wang L, Yang F, Ren J, Hu X, Wu F, Zhang S, Wu J, Lu J. Atomically Dispersed Manganese on Carbon Substrate for Aqueous and Aprotic CO 2 Electrochemical Reduction. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2023; 35:e2210658. [PMID: 36641734 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202210658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2022] [Revised: 12/27/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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CO2 utilization and conversion are of great importance in alleviating the rising CO2 concentration in the atmosphere. Here, a single-atom catalyst (SAC) is reported for electrochemical CO2 utilization in both aqueous and aprotic electrolytes. Specifically, atomically dispersed Mn-N4 sites are embedded in bowl-like mesoporous carbon particles with the functionalization of epoxy groups in the second coordination spheres. Theoretical calculations suggest that the epoxy groups near the Mn-N4 site adjust the electronic structure of the catalyst with reduced reaction energy barriers for the electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 to CO. The resultant Mn-single-atom carbon with N and O doped catalyst (MCs-(N,O)) exhibits extraordinary electrocatalytic performance with a high CO faradaic efficiency of 94.5%, a high CO current density of 13.7 mA cm-2 , and a low overpotential of 0.44 V in the aqueous environment. Meanwhile, as a cathode catalyst for aprotic Li-CO2 batteries, the MCs-(N,O) with well-regulated active sites and unique mesoporous bowl-like morphology optimizes the nucleation behavior of discharge products. MCs-(N,O)-based batteries deliver a low overpotential and excellent cyclic stability of 1000 h. The findings in this work provide a new avenue to design and fabricate SACs for various electrochemical CO2 utilization systems.
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- Meiling Wang
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Materials Science & Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Materials Science & Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
- Beijing Institute of Technology Chongqing Innovation Center, Chongqing, 401120, China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, 325035, China
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- Centre for Clean Environment and Energy, School of Environment and Science, Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus, Gold Coast, QLD, 4222, Australia
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Materials Science & Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Materials Science & Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Materials Science & Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Materials Science & Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
- Beijing Institute of Technology Chongqing Innovation Center, Chongqing, 401120, China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, 325035, China
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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Metal–Organic Framework-Derived Mn/Ni Dual-Metal Single-Atom Catalyst for Efficient Oxygen Reduction Reaction. INORGANICS 2023. [DOI: 10.3390/inorganics11030101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/05/2023] Open
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Non-precious-metal-based oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) catalysts hold great prospects for rechargeable metal–air batteries and reversible electrolyzer/fuel cell systems. Among the various earth-abundant and noble-metal-free catalysts, Mn- and Ni-based single-atom catalysts (SACs) are attracting attention for ORRs. Herein, we designed a facile and efficient strategy to obtain Mn/Ni dual-metal single-atom catalysts, in which atomic Mn and Ni sites were dispersed on nitrogen-doped porous carbon. The optimized Mn/Ni catalysts showed excellent ORR electrocatalytic performance with a half-wave potential of 0.803 V, comparable to that of commercial Pt/C catalysts. Meanwhile, the electron transfer number was determined to be 3.9, indicating a good four-electron reaction process. The excellent electrocatalytic performance was attributed to the N-doped porous carbon structure with a large specific surface area, which afforded abundant active sites to anchor the single Mn and Ni atoms.
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Ren S, Cao X, Jiang Z, Yu Z, Zhang T, Wei S, Fan Q, Yang J, Mao J, Wang D. Single-atom catalysts for electrochemical applications. Chem Commun (Camb) 2023; 59:2560-2570. [PMID: 36748903 DOI: 10.1039/d3cc00005b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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The field of small molecule electro-activated conversion is becoming a new star in modern catalytic research toward the carbon-neutral future. The advent of single-atom catalysts (SACs) is expected to greatly accelerate the kinetics of electrocatalytic reactions such as the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), oxygen evolution reaction (OER), oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), hydrogen oxidation reaction (HOR), etc., owing to their maximum atomic efficiency, unique quantized energy level structure and strong interaction between well-defined active sites and supports. In this feature article, our group's proposed synthesis methodology applied in electrocatalysis is mainly summarized. Furthermore, we elaborate on how to achieve the stabilization of single metal atoms against migration and agglomeration during the preparation of SACs. Moreover, the electrochemical applications of SACs with a focus on the above heterogeneous reactions are presented. Finally, the prospects for the development and deficiencies of these SACs for electrocatalytic reactions are discussed.
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- Shan Ren
- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241002, China.
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241002, China.
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241002, China.
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241002, China.
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241002, China.
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241002, China.
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- School of Physics, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241002, China.
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241002, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
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Yang H, Cheng W, Lu X, Chen Z, Liu C, Tian L, Li Z. Coupling Transition Metal Compound with Single-Atom Site for Water Splitting Electrocatalysis. CHEM REC 2023; 23:e202200237. [PMID: 36538728 DOI: 10.1002/tcr.202200237] [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: 10/13/2022] [Revised: 11/18/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Single-atom site catalysts (SACs) provide an ideal platform to identify the active centers, explore the catalytic mechanism, and establish the structure-property relationships, and thus have attracted increasing interests for electrocatalytic energy conversion. Substantial endeavors have been devoted to the construction of carbon-supported SACs, and their progress have been comprehensively reviewed. Compared with carbon-supported SACs, transition metal compounds (TMCs)-supported SACs are still in their infancy in the field of electrocatalysis. However, they have also aroused ever-increasing attention for driving electrocatalytic water splitting, and emerged as an indispensable class of SACs in recent years, predominately owing to their inherently structural features, such as rich anchoring sites, surface defects, and lattice vacancy. Herein, in this review, we have systematically summarized the recent advances of a variety of TMC supported SACs toward electrocatalytic water splitting. The advanced characterization techniques and theoretical analyses for identifying and monitoring the atomic structure of SACs are firstly manifested. Subsequently, the anchoring and stabilization mechanisms for TMC supported SACs are also highlighted. Thereafter, the advances of TMC supported SACs for driving water electrolysis are systematically unraveled.
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- Huimin Yang
- University and College Key Lab of Natural Product Chemistry and Application in Xinjiang, School of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Yili Normal University, Yili, 835000, China.,School of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Xuzhou University of Technology, Xuzhou, 221018, PR China
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- University and College Key Lab of Natural Product Chemistry and Application in Xinjiang, School of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Yili Normal University, Yili, 835000, China.,School of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Xuzhou University of Technology, Xuzhou, 221018, PR China
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- School of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Xuzhou University of Technology, Xuzhou, 221018, PR China
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- School of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Xuzhou University of Technology, Xuzhou, 221018, PR China
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- School of Environmental Engineering, Xuzhou University of Technology, Xuzhou, 221018, PR China
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- University and College Key Lab of Natural Product Chemistry and Application in Xinjiang, School of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Yili Normal University, Yili, 835000, China.,School of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Xuzhou University of Technology, Xuzhou, 221018, PR China
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- School of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Xuzhou University of Technology, Xuzhou, 221018, PR China
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An Q, Bo S, Jiang J, Gong C, Su H, Cheng W, Liu Q. Atomic-Level Interface Engineering for Boosting Oxygen Electrocatalysis Performance of Single-Atom Catalysts: From Metal Active Center to the First Coordination Sphere. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2023; 10:e2205031. [PMID: 36417569 PMCID: PMC9896066 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202205031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2022] [Revised: 10/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) are the core reactions of a series of advanced modern energy and conversion technologies, such as fuel cells and metal-air cells. Among all kinds of oxygen electrocatalysts that have been reported, single-atom catalysts (SACs) offer great development potential because of their nearly 100% atomic utilization, unsaturated coordination environment, and tunable electronic structure. In recent years, numerous SACs with enriched active centers and asymmetric coordination have been successfully constructed by regulating their coordination environment and electronic structure, which has brought the development of atomic catalysts to a new level. This paper reviews the improvement of SACs brought by atom-level interface engineering. It starts with the introduction of advanced techniques for the characterizations of SACs. Subsequently, different design strategies that are applied to adjust the metal active center and first coordination sphere of SACs and then enhance their oxygen electrocatalysis performance are systematically illustrated. Finally, the future development of SACs toward ORR and OER is discussed and prospected.
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- Qizheng An
- National Synchrotron Radiation LaboratoryUniversity of Science and Technology of ChinaHefeiAnhui230029P. R. China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation LaboratoryUniversity of Science and Technology of ChinaHefeiAnhui230029P. R. China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation LaboratoryUniversity of Science and Technology of ChinaHefeiAnhui230029P. R. China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation LaboratoryUniversity of Science and Technology of ChinaHefeiAnhui230029P. R. China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation LaboratoryUniversity of Science and Technology of ChinaHefeiAnhui230029P. R. China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation LaboratoryUniversity of Science and Technology of ChinaHefeiAnhui230029P. R. China
- Institute for CatalysisHokkaido UniversitySapporo001‐0021Japan
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- National Synchrotron Radiation LaboratoryUniversity of Science and Technology of ChinaHefeiAnhui230029P. R. China
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Zhang S, Hou JA, Hu J, Zhang CY. In situ Self-Catalyzed Growth of Manganese-Embedded 3D Flakes-Coated Carbon Rod as an Efficient Oxygen-Reduction Reaction Catalyst of Zinc-Air Batteries. Chemistry 2023; 29:e202202989. [PMID: 36322047 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202202989] [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: 09/24/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The in situ self-catalyzed growth of manganese-embedded 3D flakes-coated carbon rods (GFC) as an efficient oxygen-reduction reaction (ORR) catalyst of Zinc-air batteries is described for the first time. By optimizing the amount of Mn in the precursor, a series of 3D graphene-like flakes-coated carbon rods were synthesized. GFC with a doping amount of Mn of 10 % (GFC-10) exhibits excellent ORR performance with an onset potential of 0.94 V (vs. reversible hydrogen electrode). The Zinc-air battery is constructed with GFC-10 as the cathode catalyst, and it exhibits a peak power density of 128.9 mW cm-2 and a cycling stability of 75 h at a current density of 10 mA cm-2 , which are superior to the commercial 20 wt% Pt/C-based Zinc-air battery. Interestingly, the introduction of Mn facilitates the self-catalyzed growth of carbon rods, and the change of Mn amount can effectively regulate the morphology of materials. The improved ORR performance of the catalyst is ascribed to the synergistic effect of unique hierarchical porous structure, high-charge transport capacity, abundant carbon defects/edges and Mn-Nx sites. This research provides a new avenue to fabricating highly active Mn-based electrocatalysts for renewable energy systems.
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- Shuangshuang Zhang
- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250014, P.R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250014, P.R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 211189, P.R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250014, P.R. China
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Yan M, Wei Z, Gong Z, Johannessen B, Ye G, He G, Liu J, Zhao S, Cui C, Fei H. Sb 2S 3-templated synthesis of sulfur-doped Sb-N-C with hierarchical architecture and high metal loading for H 2O 2 electrosynthesis. Nat Commun 2023; 14:368. [PMID: 36690634 PMCID: PMC9871021 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-36078-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2022] [Accepted: 01/12/2023] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Selective two-electron (2e-) oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) offers great opportunities for hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) electrosynthesis and its widespread employment depends on identifying cost-effective catalysts with high activity and selectivity. Main-group metal and nitrogen coordinated carbons (M-N-Cs) are promising but remain largely underexplored due to the low metal-atom density and the lack of understanding in the structure-property correlation. Here, we report using a nanoarchitectured Sb2S3 template to synthesize high-density (10.32 wt%) antimony (Sb) single atoms on nitrogen- and sulfur-codoped carbon nanofibers (Sb-NSCF), which exhibits both high selectivity (97.2%) and mass activity (114.9 A g-1 at 0.65 V) toward the 2e- ORR in alkaline electrolyte. Further, when evaluated with a practical flow cell, Sb-NSCF shows a high production rate of 7.46 mol gcatalyst-1 h-1 with negligible loss in activity and selectivity in a 75-h continuous electrolysis. Density functional theory calculations demonstrate that the coordination configuration and the S dopants synergistically contribute to the enhanced 2e- ORR activity and selectivity of the Sb-N4 moieties.
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- Minmin Yan
- State Key Laboratory for Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Petrochemical Resource Processing and Process Intensification Technology and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Petrochemical Resource Processing and Process Intensification Technology and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China.
- Advanced Catalytic Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China.
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Yan L, Li P, Zhu Q, Kumar A, Sun K, Tian S, Sun X. Atomically precise electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction. Chem 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2023.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Wang S, Huang B, Dai Y, Wei W. Tuning the Coordination Microenvironment of Central Fe Active Site to Boost Water Electrolysis and Oxygen Reduction Activity. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023; 19:e2205111. [PMID: 36399639 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202205111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2022] [Revised: 10/23/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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In heterogeneous catalysis, single-atom catalysts are the frontier and important prototypes for many reactions, and revealing the intrinsic structure-activity relationship is presently a critical task, but remains challenging. In this work, water electrolysis and oxygen reduction performances of FeXYi N3 -i (X, Y = B, C, O, P and S; i = 0, 1) moiety in Fe-porphyrin are studied by the first-principles calculations, aiming at unraveling how and why tuning the coordination microenvironment of the active metal atom can improve the activity. It can be concluded that breaking the coordination shell symmetry breaks the well-accepted standard scaling relationship, adjusts *O adsorption behavior and thus optimizes the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) activity, for example, to an extremely low overpotential of 0.17 V. In combination with the Fe atom spin configuration and ligand field theory, the dramatically improved OER activity can be well explained. In the present work, the significance of the coordination microenvironment of central metal atom in studies of electrocatalysis is highlighted.
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- Shuhua Wang
- School of Physics, State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, P. R. China
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- School of Physics, State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, P. R. China
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- School of Physics, State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, P. R. China
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- School of Physics, State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, P. R. China
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Yusibova G, Assafrei JM, Ping K, Aruväli J, Paiste P, Käärik M, Leis J, Piirsoo HM, Tamm A, Kikas A, Kisand V, Starkov P, Kongi N. Bimetallic Metal-Organic-Framework-Derived Porous Cobalt Manganese Oxide Bifunctional Oxygen Electrocatalyst. J Electroanal Chem (Lausanne) 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2023.117161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Deng D, Wu S, Li H, Li H, Xu L. P-Orbital Bismuth Single-Atom Catalyst for Highly Effective Oxygen Electroreduction in Quasi-Solid Zinc-Air Batteries. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023; 19:e2205469. [PMID: 36398600 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202205469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2022] [Revised: 10/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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P-block metals have gradually been utilized to synthesize non-noble-metal catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) due to the easily tunable localized p-orbitals and resulted versatile electronic structures. The high-density single-atom bismuth sites (Bi-NC) anchored onto nitrogen-doped three-dimensional porous carbon are proved to possess significant electrocatalytic ORR performance. Theoretical calculations unveil positively charged bismuth centers prominently improved the adsorption capacity of N-doped carbon to O2 . The p orbitals of Bi sites within Bi-NC easily generate hybrid states with p orbitals of O2 , thus promoting charge transfer and ultimately reducing the energy barrier of ORR. Benefiting from p-orbital electrons regulation of bismuth atoms, Bi-NC exhibit ORR half-wave potential of 0.86 V (vs RHE). Additionally, both liquid and quasi-solid zinc-air batteries with Bi-NC as air-cathodes achieve higher power density and specific capacity than 20 wt% Pt/C, and comparable stability and round-trip efficiency with 20 wt% Pt/C. The discovery sheds light on the theoretical and practical guidance for p-block metallic single-atom catalysts.
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- Daijie Deng
- Institute for Energy Research, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu Province and Education Ministry Co-Sponsored Synergistic Innovation Center of Modern Agricultural Equipment, Key Laboratory for Theory and Technology of Intelligent Agricultural Machinery and Equipment, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, P. R. China
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- Institute for Energy Research, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu Province and Education Ministry Co-Sponsored Synergistic Innovation Center of Modern Agricultural Equipment, Key Laboratory for Theory and Technology of Intelligent Agricultural Machinery and Equipment, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, P. R. China
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- Institute for Energy Research, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu Province and Education Ministry Co-Sponsored Synergistic Innovation Center of Modern Agricultural Equipment, Key Laboratory for Theory and Technology of Intelligent Agricultural Machinery and Equipment, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, P. R. China
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- Institute for Energy Research, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu Province and Education Ministry Co-Sponsored Synergistic Innovation Center of Modern Agricultural Equipment, Key Laboratory for Theory and Technology of Intelligent Agricultural Machinery and Equipment, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, P. R. China
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- Institute for Energy Research, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu Province and Education Ministry Co-Sponsored Synergistic Innovation Center of Modern Agricultural Equipment, Key Laboratory for Theory and Technology of Intelligent Agricultural Machinery and Equipment, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, P. R. China
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Hou X, Hu X. Self-Assembled Nanoscale Manganese Oxides Enhance Carbon Capture by Diatoms. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2022; 56:17215-17226. [PMID: 36375171 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.2c04500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Continuous CO2 emissions from human activities increase atmospheric CO2 concentrations and affect global climate change. The carbon storage capacity of the ocean is 20-fold higher than that of the land, and diatoms contribute to approximately 40% of carbon capture in the ocean. Manganese (Mn) is a major driver of marine phytoplankton growth and the marine carbon pump. Here, we discovered self-assembled manganese oxides (MnOx) for CO2 fixation in a diatom-based biohybrid system. MnOx shared key features (e.g., di-μ-oxo-bridged Mn-Mn) with the Mn4CaO5 cluster of the biological catalyst in photosystem II and promoted photosynthesis and carbon capture by diatoms/MnOx. The CO2 capture capacity of diatoms/MnOx was 1.5-fold higher than that of diatoms alone. Diatoms/MnOx easily allocated carbon into proteins and lipids instead of carbohydrates. Metabolomics showed that the contents of several metabolites (e.g., lysine and inositol) were positively associated with increased CO2 capture. Diatoms/MnOx upregulated six genes encoding photosynthesis core proteins and a key rate-limiting enzyme (Rubisco, ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase-oxygenase) in the Calvin-Benson-Bassham carbon assimilation cycle, revealing the link between MnOx and photosynthesis. These findings provide a route for offsetting anthropogenic CO2 emissions and inspiration for self-assembled biohybrid systems for carbon capture by marine phytoplankton.
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- Xuan Hou
- Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria (Ministry of Education)/Tianjin Key Laboratory of Environmental Remediation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin300350, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria (Ministry of Education)/Tianjin Key Laboratory of Environmental Remediation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin300350, China
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Tang H, Gu H, Li Z, Chai J, Qin F, Lu C, Yu J, Zhai H, Zhang L, Li X, Chen W. Engineering the Coordination Interface of Isolated Co Atomic Sites Anchored on N-Doped Carbon for Effective Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2022; 14:46401-46409. [PMID: 36183270 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c09107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The regulation of the coordination environment of the central metal atom is considered as an alternative way to enhance the performance of single-atom catalysts (SACs). Herein, we design an electrocatalyst with active sites of isolated Co atoms coordinated with four sulfur atoms supported on N-doped carbon frameworks (Co1-S4/NC), confirmed by high-angle annular dark-field scanning transmission electron microscope (HADDF-STEM) and synchrotron-radiation-based X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) spectroscopy. The Co1-S4/NC possesses higher hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) catalytic activity than other Co species and exceptional stability, which exhibits a small Tafel slope of 60 mV dec-1 and a low overpotential of 114 mV at 10 mA cm-2 during the HER in 0.5 M H2SO4 solution. Furthermore, through in situ X-ray absorption spectrum tests and density functional theory (DFT) calculations, we reveal the catalytic mechanism of Co1-S4 moieties and find that the increasing number of sulfur atoms in the Co coordination environment leads to a substantial reduction of the theoretical HER overpotential. This work may point a new direction for the synthesis, performance regulation, and practical application of single-metal-atom catalysts.
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- Hao Tang
- Energy & Catalysis Center, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing100081, China
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- Energy & Catalysis Center, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing100081, China
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- School of Vehicle and Mobility, Tsinghua University, Beijing100084, China
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- School of Vehicle and Mobility, Tsinghua University, Beijing100084, China
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- Energy & Catalysis Center, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing100081, China
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- Energy & Catalysis Center, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing100081, China
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- Energy & Catalysis Center, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing100081, China
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- Energy & Catalysis Center, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing100081, China
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- School of Vehicle and Mobility, Tsinghua University, Beijing100084, China
- Center for Combustion Energy, Tsinghua University, Beijing100084, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing100081, China
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- Energy & Catalysis Center, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing100081, China
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Wang L, Liu H, Zhuang J, Wang D. Small‐Scale Big Science: From Nano‐ to Atomically Dispersed Catalytic Materials. SMALL SCIENCE 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/smsc.202200036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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- Ligang Wang
- Department of Chemistry Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 China
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- Department of Chemistry Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 China
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- Department of Chemistry Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 China
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- Department of Chemistry Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 China
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Du M, Geng P, Pei C, Jiang X, Shan Y, Hu W, Ni L, Pang H. High‐Entropy Prussian Blue Analogues and Their Oxide Family as Sulfur Hosts for Lithium‐Sulfur Batteries. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202209350. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202209350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Meng Du
- 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 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 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 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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Efficient electrochemical water oxidation mediated by different substituted manganese-salophen complexes. J Electroanal Chem (Lausanne) 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2022.116733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Deng Y, Pang J, Ge W, Zhang M, Zhang W, Zhang W, Xiang M, Zhou Q, Bai J. Constructing atomically-dispersed Mn on ZIF-derived nitrogen-doped carbon for boosting oxygen reduction. Front Chem 2022; 10:969905. [PMID: 36092675 PMCID: PMC9454009 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2022.969905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2022] [Accepted: 07/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Exploring durable and highly-active non-noble-metal nanomaterials to supersede Pt-based nanomaterials is an effective way, which can reduce the cost and boost the catalytic efficiency of oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). Herein, we constructed atomically-dispersed Mn atoms on the ZIF-derived nitrogen-doped carbon frameworks (Mn-Nx/NC) by stepwise pyrolysis. The Mn-Nx/NC relative to pure nitrogen-doped carbon (NC) exhibited superior electrocatalytic activity with a higher half-wave potential (E1/2 = 0.88 V) and a modest Tafel slope (90 mV dec−1) toward ORR. The enhanced ORR performance of Mn-Nx/NC may be attributed to the existence of Mn-Nx active sites, which can more easily adsorb intermediates, promoting the efficiency of ORR. This work provides a facile route to synthesize single-atom catalysts for ORR.
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Du M, Geng P, Pei C, Jiang X, Shan Y, Hu W, Ni L, Pang H. High‐Entropy Prussian Blue Analogues and Their Oxide Family as Sulfur Hosts for Lithium‐Sulfur Batteries. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202209350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Meng Du
- Yangzhou University College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering CHINA
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- Yangzhou University College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering CHINA
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- Yangzhou University College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering CHINA
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- Yangzhou University College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering CHINA
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- Yangzhou University College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering CHINA
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- Yangzhou University College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering CHINA
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- Yangzhou University College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering CHINA
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- Yangzhou University College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Siwangting road, NO.180 225002 Yangzhou CHINA
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Zheng X, Yang J, Xu Z, Wang Q, Wu J, Zhang E, Dou S, Sun W, Wang D, Li Y. Ru-Co Pair Sites Catalyst Boosts the Energetics for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202205946. [PMID: 35638304 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202205946] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2022] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Manipulating the coordination environment of the active center via anion modulation to reveal tailored activity and selectivity has been widely achieved, especially for carbon-based single-atom site catalysts (SACs). However, tuning ligand fields of the active center by single-site metal cation regulation and identifying the effects on the resulting electronic configuration is seldom explored. Herein, we propose a single-site Ru cation coordination strategy to engineer the electronic properties by constructing a Ru/LiCoO2 SAC with atomically dispersed Ru-Co pair sites. Benefitting from the strong electronic coupling between Ru and Co sites, the catalyst possesses an enhanced electrical conductivity and achieves near-optimal oxygen adsorption energies. Therefore, the optimized catalyst delivers superior oxygen evolution reaction (OER) activity with low overpotential, the high mass activity of 1000 A goxide -1 at a small overpotential of 335 mV, and excellent long-term stability. It also exhibits rapid kinetics with superior rate capability and outstanding durability in a zinc-air battery.
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- Xiaobo Zheng
- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, 102206, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials, Australia Institute for Innovation Material, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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Zhang M, Li H, Chen J, Ma FX, Zhen L, Wen Z, Xu CY. Transition Metal (Co, Ni, Fe, Cu) Single-Atom Catalysts Anchored on 3D Nitrogen-Doped Porous Carbon Nanosheets as Efficient Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysts for Zn-Air Battery. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2022; 18:e2202476. [PMID: 35905493 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202202476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2022] [Revised: 06/30/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Exploring highly active and cost-efficient single-atom catalysts (SACs) for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is critical for the large-scale application of Zn-air battery. Herein, density functional theory (DFT) calculations predict that the intrinsic ORR activity of the active metal of SACs follows the trend of Co > Fe > Ni ≈ Cu, in which Co SACs possess the best ORR activity due to its optimized spin density. Guided by DFT calculations, four kinds of transition metal single atoms embedded in 3D porous nitrogen-doped carbon nanosheets (MSAs@PNCN, M = Co, Ni, Fe, Cu) are synthesized via a facile NaCl-template assisted strategy. The resulting MSAs@PNCN displays ORR activity trend in lines with the theoretical predictions, and the Co SAs@PNCN exhibits the best ORR activity (E1/2 = 0.851 V), being comparable to that of Pt/C under alkaline conditions. X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) spectra verify the atomically dispersed Co-N4 sites are the catalytically active sites. The highly active CoN4 sites and the unique 3D porous structure contribute to the outstanding ORR performance of Co SAs@PNCN. Furthermore, the Co SAs@PNCN catalyst is employed as cathode in Zn-air battery, which can deliver a large power density of 220 mW cm-2 and maintain robust cycling stability over 530 cycles.
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- Mengtian Zhang
- Sauvage Laboratory for Smart Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen, 518055, P. R. China
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- Sauvage Laboratory for Smart Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen, 518055, P. R. China
- CAS Key Laboratory of Design and Assembly of Functional Nanostructures, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, 350002, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Design and Assembly of Functional Nanostructures, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, 350002, P. R. China
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- Sauvage Laboratory for Smart Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen, 518055, P. R. China
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- Sauvage Laboratory for Smart Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen, 518055, P. R. China
- MOE Key Laboratory of Micro-Systems and Micro-Structures Manufacturing, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150080, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Design and Assembly of Functional Nanostructures, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, 350002, P. R. China
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- Sauvage Laboratory for Smart Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen, 518055, P. R. China
- MOE Key Laboratory of Micro-Systems and Micro-Structures Manufacturing, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150080, P. R. China
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Zheng W, Zhu R, Wu H, Ma T, Zhou H, Zhou M, He C, Liu X, Li S, Cheng C. Tailoring Bond Microenvironments and Reaction Pathways of Single‐Atom Catalysts for Efficient Water Electrolysis. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202208667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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- Weiqiong Zheng
- Sichuan University - Wangjiang Campus: Sichuan University College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering No.24 South Section 1, Yihuan Road 610065 Chengdu CHINA
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- Sichuan University - Wangjiang Campus: Sichuan University College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering No.24 South Section 1, Yihuan Road 610065 Chengdu CHINA
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- Sichuan University - Wangjiang Campus: Sichuan University College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering No.24 South Section 1, Yihuan Road 610065 Chengdu CHINA
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- Sichuan University West China Hospital Department of Ultrasound CHINA
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- Sichuan University West China Hospital Department of Nephrology CHINA
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- Sichuan University - Wangjiang Campus: Sichuan University College of Biomass Science and Engineering CHINA
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- Sichuan University - Wangjiang Campus: Sichuan University College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering No.24 South Section 1, Yihuan Road 610065 Chengdu CHINA
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- Sichuan University - Wangjiang Campus: Sichuan University College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering No.24 South Section 1, Yihuan Road 610065 Chengdu CHINA
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- Sichuan University - Wangjiang Campus: Sichuan University College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering No.24 South Section 1, Yihuan Road 610065 Chengdu CHINA
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- Sichuan University Department of polymer science No. 24, Yihuan Road 610065 Chengdu CHINA
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Zheng W, Zhu R, Wu H, Ma T, Zhou H, Zhou M, He C, Liu X, Li S, Cheng C. Tailoring Bond Microenvironments and Reaction Pathways of Single-Atom Catalysts for Efficient Water Electrolysis. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202208667. [PMID: 35876718 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202208667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Single-Atom Sites (SASs) are commonly stabilized and influenced by neighboring atoms in the host; disclosing the structure-reactivity relationships of SASs in water electrolysis are the grand challenges originating from the enormous support materials with complex structures. Through a multidisciplinary view of the design principles, synthesis strategies, characterization techniques, and theoretical analysis of structure-performance correlations, this timely review is dedicated to summarizing the most recent progress in tailoring bond microenvironments on different supports and discussing the reaction pathways and performance advantages of different SAS structures for water electrolysis . The essences and mechanisms of how SAS structures influence their electrocatalysis and the critical needs for their future developments are discussed. Finally, the challenges and perspectives are also provided to stimulate their practically widespread utilization in water-splitting electrolyzers.
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- Weiqiong Zheng
- Sichuan University - Wangjiang Campus: Sichuan University, College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, No.24 South Section 1, Yihuan Road, 610065, Chengdu, CHINA
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- Sichuan University - Wangjiang Campus: Sichuan University, College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, No.24 South Section 1, Yihuan Road, 610065, Chengdu, CHINA
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- Sichuan University - Wangjiang Campus: Sichuan University, College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, No.24 South Section 1, Yihuan Road, 610065, Chengdu, CHINA
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- Sichuan University West China Hospital, Department of Ultrasound, CHINA
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- Sichuan University West China Hospital, Department of Nephrology, CHINA
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- Sichuan University - Wangjiang Campus: Sichuan University, College of Biomass Science and Engineering, CHINA
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- Sichuan University - Wangjiang Campus: Sichuan University, College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, No.24 South Section 1, Yihuan Road, 610065, Chengdu, CHINA
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- Sichuan University - Wangjiang Campus: Sichuan University, College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, No.24 South Section 1, Yihuan Road, 610065, Chengdu, CHINA
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- Sichuan University - Wangjiang Campus: Sichuan University, College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, No.24 South Section 1, Yihuan Road, 610065, Chengdu, CHINA
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- Sichuan University, Department of polymer science, No. 24, Yihuan Road, 610065, Chengdu, CHINA
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Barman J, Deka N, Maji PK, Dutta GK. Nitrogen and Sulfur Enriched Porous Carbon Materials with Trace Fe Derived from Hyper‐crosslinked Polymer as an Efficient Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalyst. ChemElectroChem 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/celc.202200677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- National Institute of Technology Meghalaya Chemistry INDIA
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- Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee Polymer and Process Engineering INDIA
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- National Institute of Technology Meghalaya Chemistry Bijni Complex 793003 Shillong INDIA
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Liu T, Chen Y, Hao Y, Wu J, Wang R, Gu L, Yang X, Yang Q, Lian C, Liu H, Gong M. Hierarchical anions at the electrode-electrolyte interface for synergized neutral water oxidation. Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2022.06.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Zheng X, Yang J, Xu Z, Wang Q, Wu J, Zhang E, Dou S, Sun W, Wang D, Li Y. Ru–Co Pair Sites Catalyst Boosts the Energetics for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202205946] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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- Xiaobo Zheng
- Department of Chemistry Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 China
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- Department of Chemistry Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering North China Electric Power University Beijing 102206 China
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- Department of Chemistry Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 China
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- Department of Chemistry Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 China
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- Department of Chemistry Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 China
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- Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials Australia Institute for Innovation Material University of Wollongong Wollongong NSW 2522 Australia
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310027 China
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- Department of Chemistry Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 China
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- Department of Chemistry Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 China
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Shi J, Wei Y, Zhou D, Zhang L, Yang X, Miao Z, Qi H, Zhang S, Li A, Liu X, Yan W, Jiang Z, Wang A, Zhang T. Introducing Co–O Moiety to Co–N–C Single-Atom Catalyst for Ethylbenzene Dehydrogenation. ACS Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c01873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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- Jiajia Shi
- CAS Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Applied Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201204, China
- Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201204, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Applied Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Applied Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Applied Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Applied Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Applied Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Applied Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Applied Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Applied Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201204, China
- Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201204, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Applied Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Applied Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
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Zhou X, Gao J, Hu Y, Jin Z, Hu K, Reddy KM, Yuan Q, Lin X, Qiu HJ. Theoretically Revealed and Experimentally Demonstrated Synergistic Electronic Interaction of CoFe Dual-Metal Sites on N-doped Carbon for Boosting Both Oxygen Reduction and Evolution Reactions. NANO LETTERS 2022; 22:3392-3399. [PMID: 35435695 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c00658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
Abstract
Heteronuclear double-atom catalysts, unlike single atom catalysts, may change the charge density of active metal sites by introducing another metal single atom, thereby modifying the adsorption energies of reaction intermediates and increasing the catalytic activities. First, density functional theory calculations are used to figure out the best combination by modeling two transition-metal atoms from Fe, Co, and Ni onto N-doped graphene. Generally, Fe and Co sites are highly active for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and the oxygen evolution reaction (OER), respectively. The combination of Co and Fe to form CoFe-N-C not only further improves the Fe's ORR and Co's OER activities but also greatly enhances the Co site's ORR and Fe site's OER activities. Then, we synthesize the CoFe-N-C by a two-step pyrolysis process and find that the CoFe-N-C exhibits exceptional ORR and OER electrocatalytic activities in alkaline media, significantly superior to Fe-N-C and Co-N-C and even commercial catalysts.
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- Xuyan Zhou
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
- Blockchain Development and Research Institute, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, P.R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Frontier Research Center for Materials Structure, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
- Blockchain Development and Research Institute, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, P.R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
- Blockchain Development and Research Institute, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, P.R. China
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- Frontier Research Center for Materials Structure, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
- Blockchain Development and Research Institute, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, P.R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Welding and Joining, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, P.R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
- Blockchain Development and Research Institute, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, P.R. China
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Jiang X, Wang Y, Jia B, Qu X, Qin M. Prediction of Oxygen Evolution Activity for NiCoFe Oxide Catalysts via Machine Learning. ACS OMEGA 2022; 7:14160-14164. [PMID: 35559173 PMCID: PMC9089339 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c00776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2022] [Accepted: 03/29/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
Transition metal (such as Fe, Co, and Ni) oxides are excellent systems in the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) for the development of non-noble-metal-based catalysts. However, direct experimental evidence and the physical mechanism of a quantitative relationship between physical factors and oxygen evolution activity are still lacking, which makes it difficult to theoretically and accurately predict the oxygen evolution activity. In this work, a data-driven method for the prediction of overpotential (OP) for (Ni-Fe-Co)O x catalysts is proposed via machine learning. The physical features that are more related to the OP for the OER have been constructed and analyzed. The random forest regression model works exceedingly well on OP prediction with a mean relative error of 1.20%. The features based on first ionization energies (FIEs) and outermost d-orbital electron numbers (DEs) are the principal factors and their variances (δFIE and δDE) exhibit a linearly decreasing correlation with OP, which gives direct guidance for an OP-oriented component design. This method provides novel and promising insights for the prediction of oxygen evolution activity and physical factor analysis in (Ni-Fe-Co)O x catalysts.
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- Xue Jiang
- Beijing
Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, Collaborative
Innovation Center of Steel Technology, University
of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, People’s Republic of China
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- Institute
for Advanced Materials and Technology, University
of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, People’s Republic of China
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- Institute
for Advanced Materials and Technology, University
of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, People’s Republic of China
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- Institute
for Advanced Materials and Technology, University
of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, People’s Republic of China
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- Institute
for Advanced Materials and Technology, University
of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, People’s Republic of China
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Deng X, Jiang Z, Chen Y, Dang D, Liu Q, Wang X, Yang X. Renewable wood-derived hierarchical porous, N-doped carbon sheet as a robust self-supporting cathodic electrode for zinc-air batteries. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2022.03.112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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