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Chen S, Zhang Z, Jiang W, Zhang S, Zhu J, Wang L, Ou H, Zaman S, Tan L, Zhu P, Zhang E, Jiang P, Su Y, Wang D, Li Y. Engineering Water Molecules Activation Center on Multisite Electrocatalysts for Enhanced CO 2 Methanation. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:12807-12815. [PMID: 35786905 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c03875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The renewable energy-powered electrolytic reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) to methane (CH4) using water as a reaction medium is one of the most promising paths to store intermittent renewable energy and address global energy and sustainability problems. However, the role of water in the electrolyte is often overlooked. In particular, the slow water dissociation kinetics limits the proton-feeding rate, which severely damages the selectivity and activity of the methanation process involving multiple electrons and protons transfer. Here, we present a novel tandem catalyst comprising Ir single-atom (Ir1)-doped hybrid Cu3N/Cu2O multisite that operates efficiently in converting CO2 to CH4. Experimental and theoretical calculation results reveal that the Ir1 facilitates water dissociation into proton and feeds to the hybrid Cu3N/Cu2O sites for the *CO protonation pathway toward *CHO. The catalyst displays a high Faradaic efficiency of 75% for CH4 with a current density of 320 mA cm-2 in the flow cell. This work provides a promising strategy for the rational design of high-efficiency multisite catalytic systems.
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- Shenghua Chen
- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P. R. China
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- Qian Xuesen Laboratory of Space Technology, China Academy of Space Technology, Beijing 100094, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry, Xi'an Key Laboratory of Sustainable Energy Materials Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, International School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, P. R China
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- Henan Province Industrial Technology Research Institute of Resources and Materials, School of Material Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Technologies, Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Technologies, Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry, Xi'an Key Laboratory of Sustainable Energy Materials Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P. R. China
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An Q, Jiang J, Cheng W, Su H, Jiang Y, Liu Q. Recent Advances in Dual-Atom Site Catalysts for Efficient Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide Electrocatalysis. SMALL METHODS 2022; 6:e2200408. [PMID: 35607754 DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202200408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2022] [Revised: 05/04/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Atomically dispersed metal catalysts have been widely used in electrocatalysis because of their outstanding catalytic activity and high atomic utilization efficiency. As an extension of single-atom catalysts (SACs), dual-atom catalysts (DACs) provide new insights for the development of atomic-scale catalysts. Higher metal loading and more flexible active sites endow DACs with improved catalytic performance as well as optimized reaction mechanism model. In this review, DACs are firstly classified according to their configurations and metal sites. Subsequently, the synthetic strategies and characterization techniques of DACs are introduced. Furthermore, the applications of DACs are exemplified in various electrocatalytic reactions, including oxygen reduction reaction, oxygen evolution reaction and carbon dioxide reduction reaction. Finally, the prospects to be expected and challenges to be faced with are discussed.
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- Qizheng An
- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230029, P. R. China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230029, P. R. China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230029, P. R. China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230029, P. R. China
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- Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Zhangjiang National Lab, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201204, China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230029, P. R. China
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Tan Z, Haneda M, Kitagawa H, Huang B. Slow Synthesis Methodology-Directed Immiscible Octahedral Pd x Rh 1-x Dual-Atom-Site Catalysts for Superior Three-Way Catalytic Activities over Rh. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202202588. [PMID: 35302275 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202202588] [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: 02/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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This study provided an effective strategy to construct dual-atom sites by solid-solution alloying. A slow synthesis methodology was established for the solid-solution preparations as dual-atom-site catalysts. The atomic-level homogeneous Pdx Rh1-x dual-atom-site catalysts were successfully synthesized over the whole composition range, as evidenced by X-ray powder diffraction and scanning transmission electron microscope energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy mapping measurements. The challenging morphology formation in the immiscible alloys was achieved by an energy-controlling process as the octahedral Rh-rich alloys. The Pd0.3 Rh0.7 dual-atom-site catalyst had unique surface states to activate the key reactants of CO and NO in the complex three-way catalytic reactions, and it performed significantly better than pure Rh.
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- Zhe Tan
- Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Innovation Harbour, Xi-xian New District, Xi'an, 712-000, China
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- Advanced Ceramics Research Centre, Nagoya Institute of Technology, 10-6-29 Asahigaoka, Tajimi, Gifu, 507-0071, Japan.,Frontier Research Institute for Materials Science, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, 465-8555, Japan
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- Division of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa-Oiwakecho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan
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- Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Innovation Harbour, Xi-xian New District, Xi'an, 712-000, China.,State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350-002, China
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Ling C, Liu X, Li H, Wang X, Gu H, Wei K, Li M, Shi Y, Ben H, Zhan G, Liang C, Shen W, Li Y, Zhao J, Zhang L. Atomic-Layered Cu 5 Nanoclusters on FeS 2 with Dual Catalytic Sites for Efficient and Selective H 2 O 2 Activation. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202200670. [PMID: 35238130 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202200670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Regulating the distribution of reactive oxygen species generated from H2 O2 activation is the prerequisite to ensuring the efficient and safe use of H2 O2 in the chemistry and life science fields. Herein, we demonstrate that constructing a dual Cu-Fe site through the self-assembly of single-atomic-layered Cu5 nanoclusters onto a FeS2 surface achieves selective H2 O2 activation with high efficiency. Unlike its unitary Cu or Fe counterpart, the dual Cu-Fe sites residing at the perimeter zone of the Cu5 /FeS2 interface facilitate H2 O2 adsorption and barrierless decomposition into ⋅OH via forming a bridging Cu-O-O-Fe complex. The robust in situ formation of ⋅OH governed by this atomic-layered catalyst enables the effective oxidation of several refractory toxic pollutants across a broad pH range, including alachlor, sulfadimidine, p-nitrobenzoic acid, p-chlorophenol, p-chloronitrobenzene. This work highlights the concept of building a dual catalytic site in manipulating selective H2 O2 activation on the surface molecular level towards efficient environmental control and beyond.
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- Cancan Ling
- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Applied & Environmental Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Applied & Environmental Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, P. R. China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Applied & Environmental Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Applied & Environmental Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Applied & Environmental Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Applied & Environmental Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Applied & Environmental Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, P. R. China.,School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Applied & Environmental Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Applied & Environmental Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Applied & Environmental Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Applied & Environmental Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Applied & Environmental Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Applied & Environmental Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Applied & Environmental Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, P. R. China.,School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, P. R. China
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Bagchi D, Sarkar S, Singh AK, Vinod CP, Peter SC. Potential- and Time-Dependent Dynamic Nature of an Oxide-Derived PdIn Nanocatalyst during Electrochemical CO 2 Reduction. ACS NANO 2022; 16:6185-6196. [PMID: 35377140 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c11664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Electrochemical reduction of CO2 into valuable fuels and chemicals is a promising route of replacing fossil fuels by reducing CO2 emissions and minimizing its adverse effects on the climate. Tremendous efforts have been carried out for designing efficient catalyst materials to selectively produce the desired product in high yield from CO2 by the electrochemical process. In this work, a strategy is reported to enhance the electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (ECO2RR) by constructing an interface between a metal-based alloy (PdIn) nanoparticle and an oxide (In2O3), which was synthesized by a facile solution method. The oxide-derived PdIn surface has shown excellent eCO2RR activity and enhanced CO selectivity with a Faradaic efficiency (FE) of 92.13% at -0.9 V (vs RHE). On the other hand, surface PdO formation due to charge transfer on the bare PdIn alloy reduces the CO2RR activity. With the support of in situ (EXAFS and IR) and ex situ (XPS, Raman) spectroscopic techniques, the optimum presence of the Pd-In-O interface has been identified as a crucial parameter for enhancing eCO2RR toward CO in a reducing atmosphere. The influence of eCO2RR duration is reported to affect the overall performance by switching the product selectivity from H2 (from water reduction) to CO (from eCO2RR) on the oxide-derived alloy surface. This work also succeeded in the multifold enhancement of the current density by employing the gas diffusion electrode (GDE) and optimizing its process parameters in a flow cell configuration.
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- Debabrata Bagchi
- New Chemistry Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Jakkur, Bangalore-560064, India
- School of Advanced Materials, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Jakkur, Bangalore-560064, India
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- New Chemistry Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Jakkur, Bangalore-560064, India
- School of Advanced Materials, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Jakkur, Bangalore-560064, India
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- School of Advanced Materials, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Jakkur, Bangalore-560064, India
- Chemistry and Physics of Materials Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Jakkur, Bangalore-560064, India
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- Catalysis and Inorganic Chemistry Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pune-411008, India
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- New Chemistry Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Jakkur, Bangalore-560064, India
- School of Advanced Materials, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Jakkur, Bangalore-560064, India
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Liang X, Ji S, Chen Y, Wang D. Synthetic strategies for MOF-based single-atom catalysts for photo- and electro-catalytic CO 2 reduction. iScience 2022; 25:104177. [PMID: 35434562 PMCID: PMC9010762 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.104177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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The excessive CO2 emission has resulted in climate changes, which has threatened human existence. Photocatalytic and electrocatalytic CO2 reduction, driven by wind electricity and solar energy, are feasible ways of tackling carbon dioxide emission, as both energies are clean and renewable. Single-atom catalyst (SAC) is a candidate owing to excellent electrocatalytic and photocatalytic performance. Methods for preparing an SAC by using metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) as support or precursors are summarized. Also, applications in energy conversion are exhibited. However, the real challenge is to improve the selectivity of catalytic reactions to yield higher value products, which is to be discussed.
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- Xiao Liang
- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S3H6, Canada
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S3G4, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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Chang B, Zhang L, Wu S, Sun Z, Cheng Z. Engineering single-atom catalysts toward biomedical applications. Chem Soc Rev 2022; 51:3688-3734. [PMID: 35420077 DOI: 10.1039/d1cs00421b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Due to inherent structural defects, common nanocatalysts always display limited catalytic activity and selectivity, making it practically difficult for them to replace natural enzymes in a broad scope of biologically important applications. By decreasing the size of the nanocatalysts, their catalytic activity and selectivity will be substantially improved. Guided by this concept, the advances of nanocatalysts now enter an era of atomic-level precise control. Single-atom catalysts (denoted as SACs), characterized by atomically dispersed active sites, strikingly show utmost atomic utilization, precisely located metal centers, unique metal-support interactions and identical coordination environments. Such advantages of SACs drastically boost the specific activity per metal atom, and thus provide great potential for achieving superior catalytic activity and selectivity to functionally mimic or even outperform natural enzymes of interest. Although the size of the catalysts does matter, it is not clear whether the guideline of "the smaller, the better" is still correct for developing catalysts at the single-atom scale. Thus, it is clearly a new, urgent issue to address before further extending SACs into biomedical applications, representing an important branch of nanomedicine. This review begins by providing an overview of recent advances of synthesis strategies of SACs, which serve as a basis for the discussion of emerging achievements in improving the enzyme-like catalytic properties at an atomic level. Then, we carefully compare the structures and functions of catalysts at various scales from nanoparticles, nanoclusters, and few-atom clusters to single atoms. Contrary to conventional wisdom, SACs are not the most catalytically active catalysts in specific reactions, especially those requiring multi-site auxiliary activities. After that, we highlight the unique roles of SACs toward biomedical applications. To appreciate these advances, the challenges and prospects in rapidly growing studies of SACs-related catalytic nanomedicine are also discussed in this review.
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- Baisong Chang
- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, P. R. China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, P. R. China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, P. R. China.
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- Department of Radiology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, P. R. China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Molecular Imaging Center, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, P. R. China. .,Bohai rim Advanced Research Institute for Drug Discovery, Yantai, 264000, China.,Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford (MIPS), Department of Radiology and Bio-X Program, Stanford University, California 94305, USA
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Tan Z, Haneda M, Kitagawa H, HUANG B. Slow Synthesis Methodology‐Directed Immiscible Octahedral PdxRh1‐x Dual‐Atom‐Site Catalysts for Superior Three‐Way Catalytic Activities over Rh. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202202588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Zhe Tan
- Xi'an Jiaotong University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology CHINA
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- Nagoya Institute of Technology: Nagoya Kogyo Daigaku Advanced Ceramics research Center JAPAN
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- Kyoto University: Kyoto Daigaku Division of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science JAPAN
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- Xi'an Jiaotong University Department of Chemical Engineering Department of Chemical EngineeringSchool of Chemical Engineering and TechnologyXi’an Jiaotong UniversityBeilin ward 710049 Xi’an CHINA
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Ling C, Liu X, Li H, Wang X, Gu H, Wei K, Li M, Shi Y, Ben H, Zhan G, Liang C, Shen W, Li Y, Zhao J, Zhang L. Atomic‐Layered Cu5 Nanoclusters on FeS2 with Dual Catalytic Sites for Efficient and Selective H2O2 Activation. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202200670] [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]
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- Cancan Ling
- Huazhong Normal University: Central China Normal University chemistry CHINA
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- Huazhong Normal University: Central China Normal University chemistry CHINA
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- Shanghai Jiaotong University: Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Environmental Science and Engineering CHINA
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- Huazhong Normal University: Central China Normal University chemistry CHINA
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- Huazhong Normal University: Central China Normal University chemistry CHINA
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- Huazhong Normal University: Central China Normal University chemistry CHINA
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- Huazhong Normal University: Central China Normal University chemistry CHINA
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- Shanghai Jiaotong University: Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Environmental Science and Engineering CHINA
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- Huazhong Normal University: Central China Normal University chemistry CHINA
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- Huazhong Normal University: Central China Normal University chemistry CHINA
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- Huazhong Normal University: Central China Normal University chemistry CHINA
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- Huazhong Normal University: Central China Normal University chemistry CHINA
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- Huazhong Normal University: Central China Normal University chemistry CHINA
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- Huazhong Normal University: Central China Normal University chemistry CHINA
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- Central China Normal University Chemistry Luoyu Road 152 430079 Wuhan CHINA
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Hao J, Zhuang Z, Hao J, Cao K, Hu Y, Wu W, Lu S, Wang C, Zhang N, Wang D, Du M, Zhu H. Strain Relaxation in Metal Alloy Catalysts Steers the Product Selectivity of Electrocatalytic CO 2 Reduction. ACS NANO 2022; 16:3251-3263. [PMID: 35089016 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c11145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Strain engineering in bimetallic alloy structures is of great interest in electrochemical CO2 reduction reactions (CO2RR), in which it simultaneously improves electrocatalytic activity and product selectivity by optimizing the binding properties of intermediates. However, a reliable synthetic strategy and systematic understanding of the strain effects in the CO2RR are still lacking. Herein, we report a strain relaxation strategy used to determine lattice strains in bimetal MNi alloys (M = Pd, Ag, and Au) and realize an outstanding CO2-to-CO Faradaic efficiency of 96.6% and show the outstanding activity and durability toward a Zn-CO2 battery. Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations predict that the relaxation of strained PdNi alloys (s-PdNi) is correlated with increases in synthesis temperature, and the high temperature activation energy drives complete atomic mixing of multiple metal atoms to allow for regulation of lattice strains. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations reveal that strain relaxation effectively improves CO2RR activity and selectivity by optimizing the formation energies of *COOH and *CO intermediates on s-PdNi alloy surfaces, as also verified by in situ spectroscopic investigations. This approach provides a promising approach for catalyst design, enabling independent optimization of formation energies of reaction intermediates to improve catalytic activity and selectivity simultaneously.
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- Jican Hao
- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, P. R. China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, Shanghai Tech University, Shanghai 201210, P. R. China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, Shanghai Tech University, Shanghai 201210, P. R. China
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- Institute of Molecular Aggregation Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, P. R. China
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Wang J, Kim E, Kumar DP, Rangappa AP, Kim Y, Zhang Y, Kim TK. Highly Durable and Fully Dispersed Cobalt Diatomic Site Catalysts for CO
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4. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202113044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Jinming Wang
- Department of Chemistry Yonsei University Seoul 03722 Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry Yonsei University Seoul 03722 Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry Yonsei University Seoul 03722 Republic of Korea
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Hubei University Wuhan 430072 China
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- Department of Chemistry Yonsei University Seoul 03722 Republic of Korea
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Liu M, Li N, Cao S, Wang X, Lu X, Kong L, Xu Y, Bu XH. A "Pre-Constrained Metal Twins" Strategy to Prepare Efficient Dual-Metal-Atom Catalysts for Cooperative Oxygen Electrocatalysis. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2022; 34:e2107421. [PMID: 34862677 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202107421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 33.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2021] [Revised: 11/15/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Dual-metal-atom-center catalysts (DACs) are a novel frontier in oxygen electrocatalysis, boasting functional and electronic synergies between contiguous metal centers and higher catalytic activities than single-atom-center catalysts. However, the definition and catalytic mechanism of DACs configurations remain unclear. Here, a "pre-constrained metal twins" strategy is proposed to prepare contiguous FeN4 and CoN4 DACs with homogeneous conformations embedded in a N-doped graphitic carbon (FeCo-DACs/NC). A programmable phthalocyanines dimer is used as a structural moiety to anchor the bimetallic sites (containing Co and Fe) in a metal-organic framework (MOF) to achieve delocalized dispersion before pyrolysis. The resultant FeCo-DACs/NC exhibits excellent electrochemical performance in oxygen electrocatalysis and rechargeable Zn-air batteries. Theoretical calculations demonstrate that the synergetic interaction of adjacent metals optimizes the d-band center position of metal centers and balances the free energy of the *O intermediate, thereby improving the oxygen electrocatalytic activity. This work opens up an avenue for the rational design of DACs with tailored electronic structures and uniform geometric configurations.
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- Ming Liu
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Metal and Molecule Based Material Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Metal and Molecule Based Material Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao, 266580, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Metal and Molecule Based Material Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao, 266580, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Metal and Molecule Based Material Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, China
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry (Ministry of Education), Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology (Ministry of Education), and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Composite and Functional Materials, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Metal and Molecule Based Material Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, China
- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China
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Lu Q, Chen C, Di Q, Liu W, Sun X, Tuo Y, Zhou Y, Pan Y, Feng X, Li L, Chen D, Zhang J. Dual Role of Pyridinic-N Doping in Carbon-Coated Ni Nanoparticles for Highly Efficient Electrochemical CO2 Reduction to CO over a Wide Potential Range. ACS Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c04825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Qing Lu
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, PR China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, PR China
- East China Design Branch, China Petroleum Engineering & Construction Corporation, Qingdao 266071, PR China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, PR China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, PR China
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, PR China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, PR China
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- Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Shanghai 201204, PR China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim N-7491, Norway
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, PR China
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Sun L, Reddu V, Wang X. Multi-atom cluster catalysts for efficient electrocatalysis. Chem Soc Rev 2022; 51:8923-8956. [DOI: 10.1039/d2cs00233g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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This review presents recent developments in the synthesis, modulation and characterization of multi-atom cluster catalysts for electrochemical energy applications.
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- Libo Sun
- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 62 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 637459, Singapore
- Cambridge Centre for Advanced Research and Education in Singapore Ltd (Cambridge CARES), CREATE Tower, Singapore 138602, Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 62 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 637459, Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 62 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 637459, Singapore
- Cambridge Centre for Advanced Research and Education in Singapore Ltd (Cambridge CARES), CREATE Tower, Singapore 138602, Singapore
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Zheng Z, He F, Xue Y, Li Y. Loading Nickel Atoms on GDY for Efficient CO2 Fixation and Conversion. Chem Res Chin Univ 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s40242-021-1387-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Xu Q, Zhang J, Wang D, Li Y. Single-atom site catalysts supported on two-dimensional materials for energy applications. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2021.05.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Liang Z, Song L, Sun M, Huang B, Du Y. Tunable CO/H 2 ratios of electrochemical reduction of CO 2 through the Zn-Ln dual atomic catalysts. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2021; 7:eabl4915. [PMID: 34797721 PMCID: PMC8604407 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abl4915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2021] [Accepted: 10/01/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Electrochemical reduction of CO2 (CO2RR) to value-added liquid fuels is a highly appealing solution for carbon-neutral recycling, especially to syngas (CO/H2). Current strategies suffer from poor faradaic efficiency (FE), selectivity, and controllability to the ratio of products. In this work, we have synthesized a series of single and dual atomic catalysts on the carbon nitride nanosheets. Adjusting the ratio of La and Zn atomic sites produces syngas with a wide range of CO/H2 ratios. Moreover, the ZnLa-1/CN electrocatalyst generates the syngas with a ratio of CO/H2 = 0.5 at a wide potential range, and the total FE of CO2RR reaches 80% with good stability. Density functional theory calculations have confirmed that the Zn and La affect electronic structures and determine the formation of CO and H2, respectively. This work indicates a promising strategy in the development of atomic catalysts for more controllable CO2RR.
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- Zhong Liang
- Tianjin Key Lab for Rare Earth Materials and Applications, Center for Rare Earth and Inorganic Functional Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, National Institute for Advanced Materials, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China
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- Tianjin Key Lab for Rare Earth Materials and Applications, Center for Rare Earth and Inorganic Functional Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, National Institute for Advanced Materials, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China
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- Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Tianjin Key Lab for Rare Earth Materials and Applications, Center for Rare Earth and Inorganic Functional Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, National Institute for Advanced Materials, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China
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Wang J, Kim E, Kumar DP, Rangappa AP, Kim Y, Zhang Y, Kim TK. Highly Durable and Fully Dispersed Cobalt Diatomic Site Catalysts for CO 2 Photoreduction to CH 4. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 61:e202113044. [PMID: 34750936 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202113044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Dual-atom-site catalysts (DACs) have emerged as a new frontier in heterogeneous catalysis because the synergistic effect between adjacent metal atoms can promote their catalytic activity while maintaining the advantages of single-atom-site catalysts, such as almost 100 % atomic efficiency and excellent hydrocarbon selectivity. In this study, cobalt-based atom site catalysts with a Co2 -N coordination structure were synthesized and used for photodriven CO2 reduction. The resulting CoDAC containing 3.5 % Co atoms demonstrated a superior atom ratio for CO2 reduction catalytic performance, with 65.0 % CH4 selectivity, which far exceeds that of cobalt-based single-atom-site catalysts (CoSACs). The intrinsic reason for the superior activity of CoDACs is the excellent adsorption strength of CO2 and CO* intermediates at dimeric Co active sites.
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- Jinming Wang
- Department of Chemistry, Yonsei University, Seoul, 03722, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Yonsei University, Seoul, 03722, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Yonsei University, Seoul, 03722, Republic of Korea
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hubei University, Wuhan, 430072, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Yonsei University, Seoul, 03722, Republic of Korea
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Liang Y, Zhao J, Zhang H, Zhang A, Wang S, Li J, Shakouri M, Xiao Q, Hu Y, Liu Z, Geng Z, Li F, Zeng J. Bias-Adaptable CO 2-to-CO Conversion via Tuning the Binding of Competing Intermediates. NANO LETTERS 2021; 21:8924-8932. [PMID: 34410722 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c02719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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CO2 electroreduction powered by renewable electricity represents a promising method to enclose anthropogenic carbon cycle. Current catalysts display high selectivity toward the desired product only over a narrow potential window due primarily to unoptimized intermediate binding. Here, we report a functional ligand modification strategy in which palladium nanoparticles are encapsulated inside metal-organic frameworks with 2,2'-bipyridine organic linkers to tune intermediate binding and thus to sustain a highly selective CO2-to-CO conversion over widened potential window. The catalyst exhibits CO faradaic efficiency in excess of 80% over a potential window from -0.3 to -1.2 V and reaches the maxima of 98.2% at -0.8 V. Mechanistic studies show that the 2,2'-bipyridine on Pd surface reduces the binding strength of both *H and *CO, a too strong binding of which leads to competing formate production and CO poison, respectively, and thus enhances the selectivity and stability of CO product.
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- Yongxiang Liang
- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, CAS Key Laboratory of Strongly-Coupled Quantum Matter Physics, 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 Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, CAS Key Laboratory of Strongly-Coupled Quantum Matter Physics, 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 Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, CAS Key Laboratory of Strongly-Coupled Quantum Matter Physics, 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 Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, CAS Key Laboratory of Strongly-Coupled Quantum Matter Physics, 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 Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, CAS Key Laboratory of Strongly-Coupled Quantum Matter Physics, 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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- Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne 1015, Switzerland
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- Canadian Light Source, Inc. (CLSI), Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 2 V3, Canada
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- Canadian Light Source, Inc. (CLSI), Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 2 V3, Canada
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- Canadian Light Source, Inc. (CLSI), Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 2 V3, Canada
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, CAS Key Laboratory of Strongly-Coupled Quantum Matter Physics, 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 Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, CAS Key Laboratory of Strongly-Coupled Quantum Matter Physics, 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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- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and The University of Sydney Nano Institute, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, CAS Key Laboratory of Strongly-Coupled Quantum Matter Physics, 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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Kim J, Choi S, Cho J, Kim SY, Jang HW. Toward Multicomponent Single-Atom Catalysis for Efficient Electrochemical Energy Conversion. ACS MATERIALS AU 2021; 2:1-20. [PMID: 36855696 PMCID: PMC9888646 DOI: 10.1021/acsmaterialsau.1c00041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Single-atom catalysts (SACs) have recently emerged as the ultimate solution for overcoming the limitations of traditional catalysts by bridging the gap between homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts. Atomically dispersed identical active sites enable a maximal atom utilization efficiency, high activity, and selectivity toward the wide range of electrochemical reactions, superior structural robustness, and stability over nanoparticles due to strong atomic covalent bonding with supports. Mononuclear active sites of SACs can be further adjusted by engineering with multicomponent elements, such as introducing dual-metal active sites or additional neighbor atoms, and SACs can be regarded as multicomponent SACs if the surroundings of the active sites or the active sites themselves consist of multiple atomic elements. Multicomponent engineering offers an increased combinational diversity in SACs and unprecedented routes to exceed the theoretical catalytic performance limitations imposed by single-component scaling relationships for adsorption and transition state energies of reactions. The precisely designed structures of multicomponent SACs are expected to be responsible for the synergistic optimization of the overall electrocatalytic performance by beneficially modulating the electronic structure, the nature of orbital filling, the binding energy of reaction intermediates, the reaction pathways, and the local structural transformations. This Review demonstrates these synergistic effects of multicomponent SACs by highlighting representative breakthroughs on electrochemical conversion reactions, which might mitigate the global energy crisis of high dependency on fossil fuels. General synthesis methods and characterization techniques for SACs are also introduced. Then, the perspective on challenges and future directions in the research of SACs is briefly summarized. We believe that careful tailoring of multicomponent active sites is one of the most promising approaches to unleash the full potential of SACs and reach the superior catalytic activity, selectivity, and stability at the same time, which makes SACs promising candidates for electrocatalysts in various energy conversion reactions.
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- Jaehyun Kim
- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, Research Institute of Advanced
Materials, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, Research Institute of Advanced
Materials, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea
University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea
University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea,
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- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, Research Institute of Advanced
Materials, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea,Advanced
Institute of Convergence Technology, Seoul
National University, Suwon 16229, Republic of Korea,
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Xie Z, Qiu Y, Gao S, Sun J, Cao H, Zhang S, Luo J, Liu X. Surface Oxidized Ag Nanofilms Towards Highly Effective CO
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Reduction. ChemElectroChem 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/celc.202100921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Zhongyuan Xie
- Institute for New Energy Materials and Low-Carbon Technologies Tianjin Key Lab of Photoelectric Materials and Devices School of Materials Science and Engineering Tianjin University of Technology Tianjin 300384 China
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- Institute for New Energy Materials and Low-Carbon Technologies Tianjin Key Lab of Photoelectric Materials and Devices School of Materials Science and Engineering Tianjin University of Technology Tianjin 300384 China
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- Institute for New Energy Materials and Low-Carbon Technologies Tianjin Key Lab of Photoelectric Materials and Devices School of Materials Science and Engineering Tianjin University of Technology Tianjin 300384 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coal Conversion Institute of Coal Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Taiyuan 030001 Shanxi China
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- Key Laboratory of Display Materials and Photoelectric Devices (Ministry of Education) Tianjin Key Laboratory for Photoelectric Materials and Devices School of Materials Science and Engineering Tianjin University of Technology Tianjin 300384 China
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- College of Chemistry Zhengzhou University Zhengzhou 450000 China
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- Institute for New Energy Materials and Low-Carbon Technologies Tianjin Key Lab of Photoelectric Materials and Devices School of Materials Science and Engineering Tianjin University of Technology Tianjin 300384 China
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- Institute for New Energy Materials and Low-Carbon Technologies Tianjin Key Lab of Photoelectric Materials and Devices School of Materials Science and Engineering Tianjin University of Technology Tianjin 300384 China
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Zhang S, Wu Y, Zhang YX, Niu Z. Dual-atom catalysts: controllable synthesis and electrocatalytic applications. Sci China Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s11426-021-1106-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Ding T, Liu X, Tao Z, Liu T, Chen T, Zhang W, Shen X, Liu D, Wang S, Pang B, Wu D, Cao L, Wang L, Liu T, Li Y, Sheng H, Zhu M, Yao T. Atomically Precise Dinuclear Site Active toward Electrocatalytic CO 2 Reduction. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:11317-11324. [PMID: 34293258 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c05754] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The development of atomically precise dinuclear heterogeneous catalysts is promising to achieve efficient catalytic performance and is also helpful to the atomic-level understanding on the synergy mechanism under reaction conditions. Here, we report a Ni2(dppm)2Cl3 dinuclear-cluster-derived strategy to a uniform atomically precise Ni2 site, consisting of two Ni1-N4 moieties shared with two nitrogen atoms, anchored on a N-doped carbon. By using operando synchrotron X-ray absorption spectroscopy, we identify the dynamically catalytic dinuclear Ni2 structure under electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction, revealing an oxygen-bridge adsorption on the Ni2-N6 site to form an O-Ni2-N6 structure with enhanced Ni-Ni interaction. Theoretical simulations demonstrate that the key O-Ni2-N6 structure can significantly lower the energy barrier for CO2 activation. As a result, the dinuclear Ni2 catalyst exhibits >94% Faradaic efficiency for efficient carbon monoxide production. This work provides bottom-up target synthesis approaches and evidences the identity of dinuclear sites active toward catalytic reactions.
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- Tao Ding
- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230029, PR China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230029, PR China
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Atomic Engineering of Advanced Materials, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Chemistry for Inorganic/Organic Hybrid Functionalized Materials, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, China.,Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials (Anhui University), Ministry of Education, Hefei 230601, China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Power Batteries, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230029, PR China.,School of National Defense Science and Technology, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang 621010, PR China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230029, PR China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230029, PR China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230029, PR China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230029, PR China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230029, PR China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230029, PR China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230029, PR China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230029, PR China.,School of National Defense Science and Technology, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang 621010, PR China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230029, PR China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Power Batteries, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Atomic Engineering of Advanced Materials, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Chemistry for Inorganic/Organic Hybrid Functionalized Materials, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, China.,Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials (Anhui University), Ministry of Education, Hefei 230601, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Atomic Engineering of Advanced Materials, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Chemistry for Inorganic/Organic Hybrid Functionalized Materials, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, China.,Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials (Anhui University), Ministry of Education, Hefei 230601, China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230029, PR China
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