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Zhang L, Wang Q, Si R, Song Z, Lin X, Banis MN, Adair K, Li J, Doyle-Davis K, Li R, Liu LM, Gu M, Sun X. New Insight of Pyrrole-Like Nitrogen for Boosting Hydrogen Evolution Activity and Stability of Pt Single Atoms. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2021; 17:e2004453. [PMID: 33538108 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202004453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2020] [Revised: 10/02/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Single atomic Pt catalysts exhibit particularly high hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) activity compared to conventional nanomaterial-based catalysts. However, the enhanced mechanisms between Pt and their coordination environment are not understood in detail. Hence, a systematic study examining the different types of N in the support is essential to clearly demonstrate the relationship between Pt single atoms and N-doped support. Herein, three types of carbon nanotubes with varying types of N (pyridine-like N, pyrrole-like N, and quaternary N) are used as carbon support for Pt single atom atomic layer deposition. The detailed coordination environment of the Pt single atom catalyst is carefully studied by electron microscope and X-ray absorption spectra (XAS). Interestingly, with the increase of pyrrole-like N in the CNT support, the HER activity of the Pt catalyst also improves. First principle calculations results indicate that the interaction between the dyz and s orbitals of H and sp3 hybrid orbital of N should be the origin of the superior HER performance of these Pt single atom catalysts (SACs).
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- Lei Zhang
- Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, N6A 5B9, Canada
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, P. R. China
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- Beijing Computational Science Research Center, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, N6A 5B9, Canada
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- Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, N6A 5B9, Canada
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- Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, N6A 5B9, Canada
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- Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, N6A 5B9, Canada
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- Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, N6A 5B9, Canada
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- Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, N6A 5B9, Canada
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- Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, N6A 5B9, Canada
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- School of Physics, Beihang University, Beijing, 100083, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, P. R. China
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- Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, N6A 5B9, Canada
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Revealing the importance of kinetics in N-coordinated dual-metal sites catalyzed oxygen reduction reaction. J Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2021.02.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Sun T, Zang W, Yan H, Li J, Zhang Z, Bu Y, Chen W, Wang J, Lu J, Su C. Engineering the Coordination Environment of Single Cobalt Atoms for Efficient Oxygen Reduction and Hydrogen Evolution Reactions. ACS Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c05577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Tao Sun
- SZU-NUS Collaborative Innovation Center for Optoelectronic Science & Technology, International Collaborative Laboratory of 2D Materials for Optoelectronics Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Microscale Optoelectronics, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, People’s Republic of China
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, 117543 Singapore
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore, 117574, Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, 117543 Singapore
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China
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- Institute for Energy Research, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, 117543 Singapore
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore, 117574, Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, 117543 Singapore
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- SZU-NUS Collaborative Innovation Center for Optoelectronic Science & Technology, International Collaborative Laboratory of 2D Materials for Optoelectronics Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Microscale Optoelectronics, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, People’s Republic of China
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The discussion concerning cooperativity in supported single-atom (SA) catalysis is often limited to the metal-support interaction, which is certainly important, but which is not the only lever for modifying the catalytic performance. Indeed, if the interaction between the SA and the support, which can be seen as a solid ligand presenting its own specificities that fix the first coordination sphere of the metal, plays a central role as in homogeneous catalysis, other factors can strongly contribute to modification of the activity, selectivity and stability of SAs. Therefore, in this mini-review, we briefly summarize the importance of the support (oxide, carbon or a second metal) in SA photo- electro- and thermal-catalysis (support-assisted operation), and concentrate on other types of cooperativities that in some cases enable previously impossible reaction pathways on supported metal SAs. This includes topics that are not specific to SA catalysis, such as metal-ligand or heterobimetallic cooperativity, and cooperativity which is SA-specific such as nanoparticle-SA or mixed-valence SA cooperativity.
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- Philippe Serp
- LCC, CNRS-UPR 8241, ENSIACET, Université de Toulouse, 31030 Toulouse, France.
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Regulating Fe-spin state by atomically dispersed Mn-N in Fe-N-C catalysts with high oxygen reduction activity. Nat Commun 2021; 12:1734. [PMID: 33741940 PMCID: PMC7979714 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-21919-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 232] [Impact Index Per Article: 77.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2020] [Accepted: 02/05/2021] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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As low-cost electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction applied to fuel cells and metal-air batteries, atomic-dispersed transition metal-nitrogen-carbon materials are emerging, but the genuine mechanism thereof is still arguable. Herein, by rational design and synthesis of dual-metal atomically dispersed Fe,Mn/N-C catalyst as model object, we unravel that the O2 reduction preferentially takes place on FeIII in the FeN4 /C system with intermediate spin state which possesses one eg electron (t2g4eg1) readily penetrating the antibonding π-orbital of oxygen. Both magnetic measurements and theoretical calculation reveal that the adjacent atomically dispersed Mn-N moieties can effectively activate the FeIII sites by both spin-state transition and electronic modulation, rendering the excellent ORR performances of Fe,Mn/N-C in both alkaline and acidic media (halfwave positionals are 0.928 V in 0.1 M KOH, and 0.804 V in 0.1 M HClO4), and good durability, which outperforms and has almost the same activity of commercial Pt/C, respectively. In addition, it presents a superior power density of 160.8 mW cm−2 and long-term durability in reversible zinc–air batteries. The work brings new insight into the oxygen reduction reaction process on the metal-nitrogen-carbon active sites, undoubtedly leading the exploration towards high effective low-cost non-precious catalysts. The working mechanism of several low-cost electrocatalyst materials is still arguable. Here the authors show a model Fe,Mn/N-C catalyst where the oxygen reduction preferentially takes place on Fe(III) sites with the intermediate spin state (t2g4 eg1) caused by the adjacent Mn-N moieties.
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Huang X, Shen T, Sun S, Hou Y. Synergistic Modulation of Carbon-Based, Precious-Metal-Free Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2021; 13:6989-7003. [PMID: 33529010 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c19922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Developing alternatives to noble-metal-based catalysts toward the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) process plays a key role in the application of low-temperature fuel cells. Carbon-based, precious-metal-free electrocatalysts are of great interest due to their low cost, abundant sources, active catalytic performance, and long-term stability. They are also supposed to feature intrinsically high activity and highly dense catalytic sites along with their sufficient exposure, high conductivity, and high chemical stability, as well as effective mass transfer pathways. In this Review, we focus on carbon-based, precious-metal-free nanocatalysts with synergistic modulation of active-site species and their exposure, mass transfer, and charge transport during the electrochemical process. With this knowledge, perspectives on synergistic modulation strategies are proposed to push forward the development of Pt-free ORR catalysts and the wide application of fuel cells.
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- Xiaoxiao Huang
- Beijing Key Laboratory for Magnetoelectric Materials and Devices (BKL-MMD), Beijing Innovation Center for Engineering Science and Advanced Technology (BIC-ESAT), Department of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Magnetoelectric Materials and Devices (BKL-MMD), Beijing Innovation Center for Engineering Science and Advanced Technology (BIC-ESAT), Department of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Magnetoelectric Materials and Devices (BKL-MMD), Beijing Innovation Center for Engineering Science and Advanced Technology (BIC-ESAT), Department of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Magnetoelectric Materials and Devices (BKL-MMD), Beijing Innovation Center for Engineering Science and Advanced Technology (BIC-ESAT), Department of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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Xiong Y, Wang S, Chen W, Zhang J, Li Q, Hu HS, Zheng L, Yan W, Gu L, Wang D, Li Y. Construction of Dual-Active-Site Copper Catalyst Containing both CuN 3 and CuN 4 Sites. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2021; 17:e2006834. [PMID: 33522142 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202006834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2020] [Revised: 12/31/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Clear recognition and rational construction of suitable active center for specific reaction is always of great significance in designing highly efficient catalysts. Herein, a dual-active-site copper catalyst (DAS-Cu) containing both CuN3 and CuN4 sites is reported. Such catalysts show extremely high catalytic performance (yield: up to 97%) toward oxyphosphorylation of alkenes, while catalysts with single active site (CuN3 or CuN4 ) are chemically inert in this reaction. Combined with theoretical and experimental results, the different roles of two different Cu active sites in this reaction are further identified. CuN3 site captures the oxygen and trigger further oxidizing process, while CuN4 site provides moderate adsorption sites for the protection of phosphonyl radicals. This work deeply discloses the significant cooperated role with two single-atomic sites in one catalytic active center and brings up a valuable clue for the rational design of better-performing heterogeneous catalyst.
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- Yu Xiong
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, China
- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
- Institute of Industrial Catalysis, State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green-Chemical Synthesis Technology, College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310032, 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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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230029, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, 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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Sun T, Mitchell S, Li J, Lyu P, Wu X, Pérez-Ramírez J, Lu J. Design of Local Atomic Environments in Single-Atom Electrocatalysts for Renewable Energy Conversions. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2021; 33:e2003075. [PMID: 33283369 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202003075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2020] [Revised: 08/06/2020] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Single-atom electrocatalysts (SAECs) have recently attracted tremendous research interest due to their often remarkable catalytic responses, unmatched by conventional catalysts. The electrocatalytic performance of SAECs is closely related to the specific metal species and their local atomic environments, including their coordination number, the determined structure of the coordination sites, and the chemical identity of nearest and second nearest neighboring atoms. The wide range of distinct chemical bonding configurations of a single-metal atom with its surrounding host atoms creates virtually limitless opportunities for the rational design and synthesis of SAECs with tunable local atomic environment for high-performance electrocatalysis. In this review, the authors first identify fundamental hurdles in electrochemical conversions and highlight the relevance of SAECs. They then critically examine the role of the local atomic structures, encompassing the first and second coordination spheres of the isolated metal atoms, on the design of high-performance SAECs. The relevance of single-atom dopants for host activation is also discussed. Insights into the correlation between local structures of SAECs and their catalytic response are analyzed and discussed. Finally, the authors summarize major challenges to be addressed in the field of SAECs and provide some perspectives in the rational construction of superior SAECs for a wide range of electrochemical conversions.
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- Tao Sun
- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore, 117543, Singapore
- Centre for Advanced 2D Materials and Graphene Research Centre, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117546, Singapore
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- Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1, Zürich, 8093, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore, 117543, Singapore
- Centre for Advanced 2D Materials and Graphene Research Centre, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117546, Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore, 117543, Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore, 117543, Singapore
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- Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1, Zürich, 8093, Switzerland
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Science Drive 4, Singapore, 117585, Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore, 117543, Singapore
- Centre for Advanced 2D Materials and Graphene Research Centre, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117546, Singapore
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Fu J, Dong J, Si R, Sun K, Zhang J, Li M, Yu N, Zhang B, Humphrey MG, Fu Q, Huang J. Synergistic Effects for Enhanced Catalysis in a Dual Single-Atom Catalyst. ACS Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c05599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Junhong Fu
- Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, iChEM, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
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- Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201204, China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Chemistry, College of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Yanshan University, 438 Hebei Avenue, Qinhuangdao 066004, China
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- Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, iChEM, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
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- Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
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- Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
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- Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, iChEM, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
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- Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
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Chen S, Cui M, Yin Z, Xiong J, Mi L, Li Y. Single-Atom and Dual-Atom Electrocatalysts Derived from Metal Organic Frameworks: Current Progress and Perspectives. CHEMSUSCHEM 2021; 14:73-93. [PMID: 33089643 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202002098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2020] [Revised: 10/20/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Single-atom catalysts (SACs) have attracted increasing research interests owing to their unique electronic structures, quantum size effects and maximum utilization rate of atoms. Metal organic frameworks (MOFs) are good candidates to prepare SACs owing to the atomically dispersed metal nodes in MOFs and abundant N and C species to stabilize the single atoms. In addition, the distance of adjacent metal atoms can be turned by adjusting the size of ligands and adding volatile metal centers to promote the formation of isolated metal atoms. Moreover, the diverse metal centers in MOFs can promote the preparation of dual-atom catalysts (DACs) to improve the metal loading and optimize the electronic structures of the catalysts. The applications of MOFs derived SACs and DACs for electrocatalysis, including oxygen reduction reaction, oxygen evolution reaction, hydrogen evolution reaction, carbon dioxide reduction reaction and nitrogen reduction reaction are systematically summarized in this Review. The corresponding synthesis strategies, atomic structures and electrocatalytic performances of the catalysts are discussed to provide a deep understanding of MOFs-based atomic electrocatalysts. The catalytic mechanisms of the catalysts are presented, and the crucial challenges and perspectives are proposed to promote further design and applications of atomic electrocatalysts.
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- Siru Chen
- Henan Key Laboratory of Functional Salt Materials, Center for Advanced Materials Research, Zhongyuan University of Technology, Zhengzhou, 450007, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, School of Petroleum and Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Panjin Campus, Panjin, 124221, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, School of Petroleum and Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Panjin Campus, Panjin, 124221, P. R. China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Functional Salt Materials, Center for Advanced Materials Research, Zhongyuan University of Technology, Zhengzhou, 450007, P. R. China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Functional Salt Materials, Center for Advanced Materials Research, Zhongyuan University of Technology, Zhengzhou, 450007, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, School of Petroleum and Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Panjin Campus, Panjin, 124221, P. R. China
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Wang D, Pan X, Yang P, Li R, Xu H, Li Y, Meng F, Zhang J, An M. Transition Metal and Nitrogen Co-Doped Carbon-based Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction: From Active Site Insights to the Rational Design of Precursors and Structures. CHEMSUSCHEM 2021; 14:33-55. [PMID: 33078564 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202002137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2020] [Revised: 10/13/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Considering the urgent requirement for clean and sustainable energy, fuel cells and metal-air batteries have emerged as promising energy storage and conversion devices to alleviate the worldwide energy challenges. The key step in accelerating the sluggish oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) kinetics at the cathode is to develop cost-effective and high-efficiency non-precious metal catalysts, which can be used to replace expensive Pt-based catalysts. Recently, the transition metal and nitrogen co-doped carbon (M-Nx /C) materials with tailored morphology, tunable composition, and confined structure show great potential in both acidic and alkaline media. Herein, the mechanism of ORR is provided, followed by recent efforts to clarify the actual structures of active sites. Furthermore, the progress of optimizing the catalytic performance of M-Nx /C catalysts by modulating nitrogen-rich precursors and porous structure engineering is highlighted. The remaining challenges and development prospects of M-Nx /C catalysts are also outlined and evaluated.
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- Dan Wang
- MIIT Key Laboratory of Critical Materials Technology for New Energy Conversion and Storage, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150001, P. R. China
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- MIIT Key Laboratory of Critical Materials Technology for New Energy Conversion and Storage, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150001, P. R. China
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- MIIT Key Laboratory of Critical Materials Technology for New Energy Conversion and Storage, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150001, P. R. China
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- MIIT Key Laboratory of Critical Materials Technology for New Energy Conversion and Storage, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150001, P. R. China
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- MIIT Key Laboratory of Critical Materials Technology for New Energy Conversion and Storage, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150001, P. R. China
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- MIIT Key Laboratory of Critical Materials Technology for New Energy Conversion and Storage, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150001, P. R. China
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- MIIT Key Laboratory of Critical Materials Technology for New Energy Conversion and Storage, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150001, P. R. China
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- MIIT Key Laboratory of Critical Materials Technology for New Energy Conversion and Storage, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150001, P. R. China
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- MIIT Key Laboratory of Critical Materials Technology for New Energy Conversion and Storage, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150001, P. R. China
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Gao C, Rao D, Yang H, Yang S, Ye J, Yang S, Zhang C, Zhou X, Jing T, Yan X. Dual transition-metal atoms doping: an effective route to promote the ORR and OER activity on MoTe 2. NEW J CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d0nj05606e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Compared to traditional single-atom doping method, the OER/ORR electrocatalytic activity of inert 2H-MoTe2 can be efficiently triggered by properly dual TM atoms doping.
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Liu J, Zhang H, Meng J, Han C, Liu F, Liu X, Wu P, Liu Z, Wang X, Mai L. A "MOFs plus ZIFs" Strategy toward Ultrafine Co Nanodots Confined into Superficial N-Doped Carbon Nanowires for Efficient Oxygen Reduction. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2020; 12:54545-54552. [PMID: 33232113 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c14112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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N-doped carbon-confined transition metal nanocatalysts display efficient oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) performance comparable to commercial Pt/C electrocatalysts because of their efficient charge transfer from metal atoms to active N sites. However, the sheathed active sites inside the electrocatalysts and relatively large-size confined metal particles greatly restrict their activity improvement. Here, we develop a facile and efficient "MOFs plus ZIFs" synthesis strategy to successfully construct ultrafine sub-5 nm Co nanodots confined into superficial N-doped carbon nanowires (Co@C@NC) via a well-designed synthesis process. The unique synthesis mechanism is based on low-pressure vapor superassembly of thin zeolitic imidazolate framework (ZIF) coatings on metal-organic framework substrates. During the successive pyrolysis, the preferential formation of the robust N-doped carbon shell from the ZIF-67 shell keeps the core morphology without shrinkage and limits the growth of Co nanodots. Benefiting from this architecture with accessible and rich active N sites on the surface, stable carbon confined architecture, and large surface area, the Co@C@NC exhibits excellent ORR performance, catching up to commercial Pt/C. Density functional theory demonstrates that the confined Co nanodots efficiently enhance the charge density of superficial active N sites by interfacial charge transfer, thus accelerating the ORR process.
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- Jinshuai Liu
- 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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- 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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- 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 Physical Science & Technology, School of Science, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, P. R. China
- Foshan Xianhu Laboratory of the Advanced Energy Science and Technology Guangdong Laboratory, Xianhu Hydrogen Valley, Foshan 528200, 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
- Foshan Xianhu Laboratory of the Advanced Energy Science and Technology Guangdong Laboratory, Xianhu Hydrogen Valley, Foshan 528200, China
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Liu J, Cao D, Xu H, Cheng D. From double‐atom catalysts to single‐cluster catalysts: A new frontier in heterogeneous catalysis. NANO SELECT 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/nano.202000155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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- Jin Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Organic‐Inorganic Composites Beijing Key Laboratory of Energy Environmental Catalysis Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing 100029 People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic‐Inorganic Composites Beijing Key Laboratory of Energy Environmental Catalysis Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing 100029 People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic‐Inorganic Composites Beijing Key Laboratory of Energy Environmental Catalysis Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing 100029 People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic‐Inorganic Composites Beijing Key Laboratory of Energy Environmental Catalysis Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing 100029 People's Republic of China
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Qi D, Liu Y, Hu M, Peng X, Qiu Y, Zhang S, Liu W, Li H, Hu G, Zhuo L, Qin Y, He J, Qi G, Sun J, Luo J, Liu X. Engineering Atomic Sites via Adjacent Dual-Metal Sub-Nanoclusters for Efficient Oxygen Reduction Reaction and Zn-Air Battery. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2020; 16:e2004855. [PMID: 33169523 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202004855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2020] [Revised: 09/28/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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N-coordinated transition-metal materials are crucial alternatives to design cost-effective, efficient, and highly durable catalysts for electrocatalytic oxygen reduction reaction. Herein, the synthesis of uniformly distributed Cu-Zn clusters on porous N-doped carbon, which are accompanied by Cu/Zn-Nx single sites, is demonstrated. X-ray absorption fine structure tests reveal the co-existence of M-N (M = Cu or Zn) and M-M bonds in the catalyst. The catalyst shows excellent oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) performance in an alkaline medium with a positive half-wave potential of 0.884 V, a superior kinetic current density of 36.42 mA cm-2 at 0.85 V, and a Tafel slope of 45 mV dec-1 , all of which are among the best-reported results. Furthermore, when employed as an air cathode in Zn-Air battery, it reveals a high open-cycle potential of 1.444 V and a peak power density of 164.3 mW cm-2 . Comprehensive experiments and theoretical calculations approved that the high activity of the catalyst can be attributed to the collaboration of the Cu/Zn-N4 sites with CuZn moieties on N-doped carbons.
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- Defeng Qi
- Institute for New Energy Materials and Low-Carbon Technologies and Tianjin Key Lab of Photoelectric Materials & Devices, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin, 300384, China
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- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China
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- Institute for New Energy Materials and Low-Carbon Technologies and Tianjin Key Lab of Photoelectric Materials & 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 and Tianjin Key Lab of Photoelectric Materials & 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 and Tianjin Key Lab of Photoelectric Materials & 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 and Tianjin Key Lab of Photoelectric Materials & Devices, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin, 300384, China
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- Qualification of Products Supervision and Inspection Institute of Technology, Xinjiang Uygurs Autonomous Region, Urumqi, 830011, China
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- Institute for Ecological Research and Pollution Control of Plateau Lakes, School of Ecology and Environmental Science, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650504, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an, 710048, China
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- Institute for New Energy Materials and Low-Carbon Technologies and Tianjin Key Lab of Photoelectric Materials & 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 and Tianjin Key Lab of Photoelectric Materials & Devices, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin, 300384, China
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- 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, Shanxi, 030001, China
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- Institute for New Energy Materials and Low-Carbon Technologies and Tianjin Key Lab of Photoelectric Materials & 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 and Tianjin Key Lab of Photoelectric Materials & Devices, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin, 300384, China
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Lassalle S, Jabbour R, Del Rosal I, Maron L, Fonda E, Veyre L, Gajan D, Lesage A, Thieuleux C, Camp C. Stepwise construction of silica-supported tantalum/iridium heteropolymetallic catalysts using surface organometallic chemistry. J Catal 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2020.10.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Jeong H, Shin S, Lee H. Heterogeneous Atomic Catalysts Overcoming the Limitations of Single-Atom Catalysts. ACS NANO 2020; 14:14355-14374. [PMID: 33140947 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c06610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Recent advances in heterogeneous single-atom catalysts (SACs), which have isolated metal atoms dispersed on a support, have enabled a more precise control of their surface metal atomic structure. SACs could reduce the amount of metals used for the surface reaction and have often shown distinct selectivity, which the corresponding nanoparticles would not have. However, SACs typically have the limitations of low-metal content, poor stability, oxidic electronic states, and an absence of ensemble sites. In this review, various efforts to overcome these limitations have been discussed: The metal content in the SACs could increase up to over 10 wt %; highly durable SACs could be prepared by anchoring the metal atoms strongly on the defective support; metallic SACs are reported; and the ensemble catalysts, in which all the metal atoms are exposed at the surface like the SACs but the surface metal atoms are located nearby, are also reported. Metal atomic multimers with distinct catalytic properties have been also reported. Surface metal single-atoms could be decorated with organic ligands with interesting catalytic behavior. Heterogeneous atomic catalysts, whose structure is elaborately controlled and the surface reaction is better understood, can be a paradigm with higher catalytic activity, selectivity, and durability and used in industrial applications.
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- Hojin Jeong
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon 34141, South Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon 34141, South Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon 34141, South Korea
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Wang Y, Su H, He Y, Li L, Zhu S, Shen H, Xie P, Fu X, Zhou G, Feng C, Zhao D, Xiao F, Zhu X, Zeng Y, Shao M, Chen S, Wu G, Zeng J, Wang C. Advanced Electrocatalysts with Single-Metal-Atom Active Sites. Chem Rev 2020; 120:12217-12314. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c00594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 292] [Impact Index Per Article: 73.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Yuxuan Wang
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States
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- Hefei National Laboratory 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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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260, United States
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- New Energy Research Institute, School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou 510007, China
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong P. R. China
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States
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- Hefei National Laboratory 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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- New Energy Research Institute, School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou 510007, China
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong P. R. China
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- New Energy Research Institute, School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou 510007, China
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Energy Institute, Hong Kong Branch of the Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory, and Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Control & Treatment of Heavy Metal Pollution, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Kowloon, Hong Kong P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, California 95064, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260, United States
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- Hefei National Laboratory 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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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States
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Zheng G, Li L, Hao S, Zhang X, Tian Z, Chen L. Double Atom Catalysts: Heteronuclear Transition Metal Dimer Anchored on Nitrogen‐Doped Graphene as Superior Electrocatalyst for Nitrogen Reduction Reaction. ADVANCED THEORY AND SIMULATIONS 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/adts.202000190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Guokui Zheng
- Key Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education College of Chemical and Biological Engineering Zhejiang University Zheda Road 38 Hangzhou 310027 China
- Institute of Zhejiang University‐Quzhou Quzhou 324000 China
- Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering Chinese Academy of Sciences Ningbo 315201 China
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- Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering Chinese Academy of Sciences Ningbo 315201 China
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- Key Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education College of Chemical and Biological Engineering Zhejiang University Zheda Road 38 Hangzhou 310027 China
- Institute of Zhejiang University‐Quzhou Quzhou 324000 China
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- Key Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education College of Chemical and Biological Engineering Zhejiang University Zheda Road 38 Hangzhou 310027 China
- Institute of Zhejiang University‐Quzhou Quzhou 324000 China
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- Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering Chinese Academy of Sciences Ningbo 315201 China
- Department of Materials Science and Opto‐Electronic Technology University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering Chinese Academy of Sciences Ningbo 315201 China
- Department of Materials Science and Opto‐Electronic Technology University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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Ma DD, Zhu QL. MOF-based atomically dispersed metal catalysts: Recent progress towards novel atomic configurations and electrocatalytic applications. Coord Chem Rev 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2020.213483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Wang J, Li H, Liu S, Hu Y, Zhang J, Xia M, Hou Y, Tse J, Zhang J, Zhao Y. Turning on Zn 4s Electrons in a N
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Configuration to Stimulate Remarkable ORR Performance. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202009991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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- Jing Wang
- Key Laboratory of Applied Chemistry in Hebei Province Yanshan University Qinhuangdao 066004 China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Chemistry in Hebei Province Yanshan University Qinhuangdao 066004 China
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- Institute of High Energy Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences 19B Yuquan Road, Shijingshan District Beijing P. R. China
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- Canadian Light Source 44 Innovation Boulevard Saskatoon SK S7N 2V3 Canada
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- Institute of Sustainable Energy Shanghai University Shanghai 200444 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Chemistry in Hebei Province Yanshan University Qinhuangdao 066004 China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering College of Engineering Peking University Beijing 100871 China
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- Department of Physics and Engineering Physics University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon SK S7N 5B2 Canada
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- Institute of Sustainable Energy Shanghai University Shanghai 200444 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Chemistry in Hebei Province Yanshan University Qinhuangdao 066004 China
- Institute of Sustainable Energy Shanghai University Shanghai 200444 P. R. China
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Wang J, Li H, Liu S, Hu Y, Zhang J, Xia M, Hou Y, Tse J, Zhang J, Zhao Y. Turning on Zn 4s Electrons in a N
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Configuration to Stimulate Remarkable ORR Performance. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 60:181-185. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202009991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2020] [Revised: 08/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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- Jing Wang
- Key Laboratory of Applied Chemistry in Hebei Province Yanshan University Qinhuangdao 066004 China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Chemistry in Hebei Province Yanshan University Qinhuangdao 066004 China
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- Institute of High Energy Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences 19B Yuquan Road, Shijingshan District Beijing P. R. China
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- Canadian Light Source 44 Innovation Boulevard Saskatoon SK S7N 2V3 Canada
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- Institute of Sustainable Energy Shanghai University Shanghai 200444 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Chemistry in Hebei Province Yanshan University Qinhuangdao 066004 China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering College of Engineering Peking University Beijing 100871 China
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- Department of Physics and Engineering Physics University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon SK S7N 5B2 Canada
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- Institute of Sustainable Energy Shanghai University Shanghai 200444 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Chemistry in Hebei Province Yanshan University Qinhuangdao 066004 China
- Institute of Sustainable Energy Shanghai University Shanghai 200444 P. R. China
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Gao J, Zhang F, Gan W, Gui Y, Qiu H, Li H, Yuan Q. MOF-Derived 2D/3D Hierarchical N-Doped Graphene as Support for Advanced Pt Utilization in Ethanol Fuel Cell. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2020; 12:47667-47676. [PMID: 33030892 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c15493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Development of bifunctional catalysts with low platinum (Pt) content for the ethanol oxidation reaction (EOR) and the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is highly desirable, yet challenging. Herein, we present structural engineering of a series of two-dimensional/three-dimensional (2D/3D) hierarchical N-doped graphene-supported nanosized Pt3Co alloys and Co clusters (PtCo@N-GNSs) via a hydrolysis-pyrolysis route. For the ORR, the optimal PtCo@N-GNS exhibits a high mass activity of 3.01 A mgPt-1, which is comparable to the best Pt-based catalyst obtained through sophisticated synthesis. It also possesses excellent stability with minor decay after 50 000 cyclic voltammograms (CV) cycles in acidic medium. For the EOR, PtCo@N-GNS achieves the highest mass-specific and area-specific activities of 1.96 A mgPt-1 and 5.75 mA cm-2, respectively, among all of the reported EOR catalysts to date. The unique 2D/3D hierarchy, high Pt utilization, and valid encapsulation of nanosized Pt3Co/Co synergistically contribute to the robust ORR and EOR activities of the present PtCo@N-GNS. A direct ethanol fuel cell based on PtCo@N-GNS delivers a high open-circuit potential of 0.9 V, a stable power density of 10.5 mW cm-2, and an excellent rate performance, implying the feasibility of the bifunctional PtCo@N-GNS. This work offers a new strategy for designing an ultralow Pt loading yet highly active and durable catalyst for ethanol fuel cell application.
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- Jiaojiao Gao
- Flexible Printed Electronics Technology Center and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Flexible Printed Electronics Technology Center and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Flexible Printed Electronics Technology Center and State Key Laboratory of Advanced Welding and Joining, and School of Sciences, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Flexible Printed Electronics Technology Center and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Flexible Printed Electronics Technology Center and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Department of Precision Instrument, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Flexible Printed Electronics Technology Center and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen 518055, China
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Hu R, Li Y, Wang F, Shang J. Rational prediction of multifunctional bilayer single atom catalysts for the hydrogen evolution, oxygen evolution and oxygen reduction reactions. NANOSCALE 2020; 12:20413-20424. [PMID: 33026034 DOI: 10.1039/d0nr05202g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Bimetallic atom catalysts (BACs), which can exhibit remarkable catalytic performance compared with single atom catalysts (SACs) due to their higher metal loading and the synergy between two metal atoms, have attracted great attention in research. Herein, by means of density functional theory calculations, novel BACs with a bilayer structure composed of monolayers FeN4 (Fe and nitrogen co-doped graphene) and MN4 (Fe/M, M represents transition metal atoms) as electrocatalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) are investigated. Among these bilayer SACs, a series of highly efficient monofunctional, bifunctional, and even trifunctional electrocatalysts have been screened. For example, the overpotentials for the HER, ORR, and OER can reach -0.02 (Fe/Cu), 0.31 (Fe/Hg), and 0.27 V (Fe/Hf), respectively; Fe/Hf and Ir/Fe can serve as promising bifunctional catalysts for the ORR/OER and HER/OER, respectively and Fe/Rh is considered as an excellent trifunctional catalyst for the HER, OER, and ORR. This work not only provides a new idea for understanding and optimizing the active sites of BACs, but also proposes a new strategy for designing high-performance multifunctional electrocatalysts for fuel cells and metal-air batteries.
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- Riming Hu
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China.
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- Center for Condensed Matter Physics, Department of Physics, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China.
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Li Y, Cui M, Yin Z, Chen S, Ma T. Metal-organic framework based bifunctional oxygen electrocatalysts for rechargeable zinc-air batteries: current progress and prospects. Chem Sci 2020; 11:11646-11671. [PMID: 34094409 PMCID: PMC8163256 DOI: 10.1039/d0sc04684a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2020] [Accepted: 10/05/2020] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Zinc-air batteries (ZABs) are regarded as ideal candidates for next-generation energy storage equipment due to their high energy density, non-toxicity, high safety, and environmental friendliness. However, the slow oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) kinetics on the air cathode limit their efficiency and the development of highly efficient, low cost and stable bifunctional electrocatalysts is still challenging. Metal-Organic Framework (MOF) based bifunctional oxygen electrocatalysts have been demonstrated as promising alternative catalysts due to the regular structure, tunable chemistry, high specific surface area, and simple and easy preparation of MOFs, and great progress has been made in this area. Herein, we summarize the latest research progress of MOF-based bifunctional oxygen electrocatalysts for ZABs, including pristine MOFs, derivatives of MOFs and MOF composites. The effects of the catalysts' composites, morphologies, specific surface areas and active sites on catalytic performances are specifically addressed to reveal the underlying mechanisms for different catalytic activity of MOF based catalysts. Finally, the main challenges and prospects for developing advanced MOF-based bifunctional electrocatalysts are proposed.
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- Yanqiang Li
- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, School of Petroleum and Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Panjin Campus Panjin 124221 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, School of Petroleum and Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Panjin Campus Panjin 124221 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, School of Petroleum and Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Panjin Campus Panjin 124221 China
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- Center for Advanced Materials Research, Zhongyuan University of Technology Zhengzhou 450007 China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, China Jiliang University Hangzhou 310018 China
- Graduate School of Life Science and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology Kitakyushu Fukuoka 808-0196 Japan
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High-power lithium-selenium batteries enabled by atomic cobalt electrocatalyst in hollow carbon cathode. Nat Commun 2020; 11:5025. [PMID: 33024100 PMCID: PMC7538427 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-18820-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2020] [Accepted: 09/14/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Selenium cathodes have attracted considerable attention due to high electronic conductivity and volumetric capacity comparable to sulphur cathodes. However, practical development of lithium-selenium batteries has been hindered by the low selenium reaction activity with lithium, high volume changes and rapid capacity fading caused by the shuttle effect of polyselenides. Recently, single atom catalysts have attracted extensive interests in electrochemical energy conversion and storage because of unique electronic and structural properties, maximum atom-utilization efficiency, and outstanding catalytic performances. In this work, we developed a facile route to synthesize cobalt single atoms/nitrogen-doped hollow porous carbon (CoSA-HC). The cobalt single atoms can activate selenium reactivity and immobilize selenium and polyselenides. The as-prepared selenium-carbon (Se@CoSA-HC) cathodes deliver a high discharge capacity, a superior rate capability, and excellent cycling stability with a Coulombic efficiency of ~100%. This work could open an avenue for achieving long cycle life and high-power lithium-selenium batteries. Lithium selenium batteries are attractive energy storage systems, but they are hindered by low selenium reaction activity and rapid capacity fading. Herein, the authors report a selenium host with atomic cobalt electrocatalyst which exhibits superior performances in lithium-selenium batteries.
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Gong L, Zhang D, Shen Y, Wang X, Zhang J, Han X, Zhang L, Xia Z. Enhancing both selectivity and activity of CO2 conversion by breaking scaling relations with bimetallic active sites anchored in covalent organic frameworks. J Catal 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2020.07.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Yuan S, Cui LL, Dou Z, Ge X, He X, Zhang W, Asefa T. Nonprecious Bimetallic Sites Coordinated on N-Doped Carbons with Efficient and Durable Catalytic Activity for Oxygen Reduction. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2020; 16:e2000742. [PMID: 32893431 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202000742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2020] [Revised: 06/28/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Developing efficient, inexpensive, and durable electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is important for the large-scale commercialization of fuel cells and metal-air batteries. Herein, a hierarchically porous bimetallic Fe/Co single-atom-coordinated N-doped carbon (Fe/Co-Nx -C) electrocatalyst for ORR is synthesized from Fe/Co-coordinated polyporphyrin using silica template-assisted and silica-protection synthetic strategies. In the synthesis, first silica nanoparticles-embedded, silica-protected Fe/Co-polyporphyrin is prepared. It is then pyrolyzed and treated with acidic solution. The resulting Fe/Co-Nx -C material has a large specific surface area, large electrochemically active surface area, good conductivity, and catalytically active Fe/Co-Nx sites. The material exhibits a very good electrocatalytic activity for the ORR in alkaline media, with a half-wave potential of 0.86 V versus reversible hydrogen electrode, which is better than that of Pt/C (20 wt%). Furthermore, it shows an outstanding operational stability and durability during the reaction. A zinc-air battery (ZAB) assembled using Fe/Co-Nx -C as an air-cathode electrocatalyst gives a high peak power density (152.0 mW cm-2 ) and shows a good recovery property. Furthermore, the performance of the battery is better than a corresponding ZAB containing Pt/C as an electrocatalyst. The work also demonstrates a synthetic route to a highly active, stable, and scalable single-atom electrocatalyst for ORR in ZABs.
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- Shan Yuan
- School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Changchun University of Science and Technology, 7089 Weixing Road, Changchun, 130022, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Changchun University of Science and Technology, 7089 Weixing Road, Changchun, 130022, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Changchun University of Science and Technology, 7089 Weixing Road, Changchun, 130022, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering and Electron Microscopy Center, Jilin University, 2699 Qianjin Street, Changchun, 130012, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Changchun University of Science and Technology, 7089 Weixing Road, Changchun, 130022, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering and Electron Microscopy Center, Jilin University, 2699 Qianjin Street, Changchun, 130012, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology & Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ, 08854, USA
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Wang X, Qiu S, Feng J, Tong Y, Zhou F, Li Q, Song L, Chen S, Wu KH, Su P, Ye S, Hou F, Dou SX, Liu HK, Max Lu GQ, Sun C, Liu J, Liang J. Confined Fe-Cu Clusters as Sub-Nanometer Reactors for Efficiently Regulating the Electrochemical Nitrogen Reduction Reaction. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2020; 32:e2004382. [PMID: 32876982 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202004382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2020] [Revised: 08/01/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) over nonprecious-metal and single-atom catalysts has received increasing attention as a sustainable strategy to synthesize ammonia. However, the atomic-scale regulation of such active sites for NRR catalysis remains challenging because of the large distance between them, which significantly weakens their cooperation. Herein, the utilization of regular surface cavities with unique microenvironment on graphitic carbon nitride as "subnano reactors" to precisely confine multiple Fe and Cu atoms for NRR electrocatalysis is reported. The synergy of Fe and Cu atoms in such confined subnano space provides significantly enhanced NRR performance, with nearly doubles ammonia yield and 54%-increased Faradic efficiency up to 34%, comparing with the single-metal counterparts. First principle simulation reveals this synergistic effect originates from the unique Fe-Cu coordination, which effectively modifies the N2 absorption, improves electron transfer, and offers extra redox couples for NRR. This work thus provides new strategies of manipulating catalysts active centers at the sub-nanometer scale.
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- Xiaowei Wang
- Key Laboratory for Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300350, China
- Applied Physics Department, College of Physics and Materials Science, Tianjin Normal University, No. 393 Binshui West Road, Xiqing District, Tianjin, 300387, China
- Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia
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- Science & Technology Innovation Institute, Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan, 523000, China
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- Applied Physics Department, College of Physics and Materials Science, Tianjin Normal University, No. 393 Binshui West Road, Xiqing District, Tianjin, 300387, China
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- Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia
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- Science & Technology Innovation Institute, Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan, 523000, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, and Centre for Translational Atomaterials, FSET, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Victoria, 3122, Australia
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230029, China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230029, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Kensington, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian, 116023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian, 116023, China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300350, China
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- Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia
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- Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia
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- DICP-Surrey Joint Centre for Future Materials, Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, and Advanced Technology Institute, University of Surrey, Guilford, Surrey, GU2 7XH, UK
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, and Centre for Translational Atomaterials, FSET, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Victoria, 3122, Australia
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian, 116023, China
- DICP-Surrey Joint Centre for Future Materials, Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, and Advanced Technology Institute, University of Surrey, Guilford, Surrey, GU2 7XH, UK
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300350, China
- Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia
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Zhu Z, Yin H, Wang Y, Chuang CH, Xing L, Dong M, Lu YR, Casillas-Garcia G, Zheng Y, Chen S, Dou Y, Liu P, Cheng Q, Zhao H. Coexisting Single-Atomic Fe and Ni Sites on Hierarchically Ordered Porous Carbon as a Highly Efficient ORR Electrocatalyst. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2020; 32:e2004670. [PMID: 32939887 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202004670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 172] [Impact Index Per Article: 43.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2020] [Revised: 08/21/2020] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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The development of oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) electrocatalysts based on earth-abundant nonprecious materials is critically important for sustainable large-scale applications of fuel cells and metal-air batteries. Herein, a hetero-single-atom (h-SA) ORR electrocatalyst is presented, which has atomically dispersed Fe and Ni coanchored to a microsized nitrogen-doped graphitic carbon support with unique trimodal-porous structure configured by highly ordered macropores interconnected through mesopores. Extended X-ray absorption fine structure spectra confirm that Fe- and Ni-SAs are affixed to the carbon support via FeN4 and NiN4 coordination bonds. The resultant Fe/Ni h-SA electrocatalyst exhibits an outstanding ORR activity, outperforming SA electrocatalysts with only Fe- or Ni-SAs, and the benchmark Pt/C. The obtained experimental results indicate that the achieved outstanding ORR performance results from the synergetic enhancement induced by the coexisting FeN4 and NiN4 sites, and the superior mass-transfer capability promoted by the trimodal-porous-structured carbon support.
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- Zhengju Zhu
- Centre for Clean Environment and Energy, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, 4222, Australia
- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science & Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Centre for Clean Environment and Energy, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, 4222, Australia
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- Centre for Clean Environment and Energy, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, 4222, Australia
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- Department of Physics, Tamkang University, Tamsui 251, New Taipei City, 251301, Taiwan
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- Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3PJ, UK
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- Centre for Clean Environment and Energy, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, 4222, Australia
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu, 300, Taiwan
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- Institute of Advanced Synthesis, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials, Nanjing Tech University, 30 Puzhu South Road, Nanjing, 211816, China
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- Centre for Clean Environment and Energy, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, 4222, Australia
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- Centre for Clean Environment and Energy, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, 4222, Australia
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- Centre for Clean Environment and Energy, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, 4222, Australia
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- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science & Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Centre for Clean Environment and Energy, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, 4222, Australia
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Yang X, Cheng J, Fang B, Xuan X, Liu N, Yang X, Zhou J. Single Ni atoms with higher positive charges induced by hydroxyls for electrocatalytic CO 2 reduction. NANOSCALE 2020; 12:18437-18445. [PMID: 32941583 DOI: 10.1039/d0nr04391e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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To promote the faradaic efficiency of the electrocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) with low-cost catalysts, single Ni atoms with higher positive charges induced by hydroxyls were proposed to form an atomically dispersed Ni-N4 structure in a cheap honeycomb-like carbon matrix for electrocatalytic CO2 reduction. Extended X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy, aberration-corrected High-angle annular dark-field scanning transmission electron microscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy measurements confirmed that the active-center structure consists of single Ni atoms and the adjacent hydroxyl via hydrothermal treatment (H-Ni/NC). Density functional theory calculations indicated that the isolated Ni atoms with higher positive charges induced by the hydroxyl decreased the free energy of the rate-limiting step to 1.05 eV for the CO2RR. The faradaic efficiency (FE) of CO2 reduction into CO was ≥88.0% over the H-Ni/NC catalyst in the potential range of -0.5 to -0.9 V (vs. RHE). The peak CO FE reached 97% at -0.7 V due to the synergistic effect between the unsaturated Ni-N4 active sites and the hydroxyl species.
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- Xiao Yang
- State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China.
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- Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China.
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Han J, Bian J, Sun C. Recent Advances in Single-Atom Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction. RESEARCH 2020; 2020:9512763. [PMID: 32864623 PMCID: PMC7443255 DOI: 10.34133/2020/9512763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2020] [Accepted: 07/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) plays significant roles in electrochemical energy storage and conversion systems as well as clean synthesis of fine chemicals. However, the ORR process shows sluggish kinetics and requires platinum-group noble metal catalysts to accelerate the reaction. The high cost, rare reservation, and unsatisfied durability significantly impede large-scale commercialization of platinum-based catalysts. Single-atom electrocatalysts (SAECs) featuring with well-defined structure, high intrinsic activity, and maximum atom efficiency have emerged as a novel field in electrocatalytic science since it is promising to substitute expensive platinum-group noble metal catalysts. However, finely fabricating SAECs with uniform and highly dense active sites, fully maximizing the utilization efficiency of active sites, and maintaining the atomically isolated sites as single-atom centers under harsh electrocatalytic conditions remain urgent challenges. In this review, we summarized recent advances of SAECs in synthesis, characterization, oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) performance, and applications in ORR-related H2O2 production, metal-air batteries, and low-temperature fuel cells. Relevant progress on tailoring the coordination structure of isolated metal centers by doping other metals or ligands, enriching the concentration of single-atom sites by increasing metal loadings, and engineering the porosity and electronic structure of the support by optimizing the mass and electron transport are also reviewed. Moreover, general strategies to synthesize SAECs with high metal loadings on practical scale are highlighted, the deep learning algorithm for rational design of SAECs is introduced, and theoretical understanding of active-site structures of SAECs is discussed as well. Perspectives on future directions and remaining challenges of SAECs are presented.
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- Junxing Han
- CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China.,School of Nanoscience and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China.,School of Nanoscience and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China.,School of Nanoscience and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Qin R, Liu K, Wu Q, Zheng N. Surface Coordination Chemistry of Atomically Dispersed Metal Catalysts. Chem Rev 2020; 120:11810-11899. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c00094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 171] [Impact Index Per Article: 42.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Ruixuan Qin
- State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, and National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Preparation Technology of Nanomaterials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, and National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Preparation Technology of Nanomaterials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, and National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Preparation Technology of Nanomaterials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, and National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Preparation Technology of Nanomaterials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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Wen G, Ren B, Park MG, Yang J, Dou H, Zhang Z, Deng YP, Bai Z, Yang L, Gostick J, Botton GA, Hu Y, Chen Z. Ternary Sn-Ti-O Electrocatalyst Boosts the Stability and Energy Efficiency of CO 2 Reduction. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:12860-12867. [PMID: 32379944 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202004149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2020] [Revised: 04/29/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Simultaneously improving energy efficiency (EE) and material stability in electrochemical CO2 conversion remains an unsolved challenge. Among a series of ternary Sn-Ti-O electrocatalysts, 3D ordered mesoporous (3DOM) Sn0.3 Ti0.7 O2 achieves a trade-off between active-site exposure and structural stability, demonstrating up to 71.5 % half-cell EE over 200 hours, and a 94.5 % Faradaic efficiency for CO at an overpotential as low as 430 mV. DFT and X-ray absorption fine structure analyses reveal an electron density reconfiguration in the Sn-Ti-O system. A downshift of the orbital band center of Sn and a charge depletion of Ti collectively facilitate the dissociative adsorption of the desired intermediate COOH* for CO formation. It is also beneficial in maintaining a local alkaline environment to suppress H2 and formate formation, and in stabilizing oxygen atoms to prolong durability. These findings provide a new strategy in materials design for efficient CO2 conversion and beyond.
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- Guobin Wen
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Media and Reactions, Ministry of Education, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, 453007, China.,Department of Chemical Engineering, Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Canadian Centre for Electron Microscopy, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4M1, Canada
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1, Canada
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Media and Reactions, Ministry of Education, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, 453007, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Media and Reactions, Ministry of Education, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, 453007, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Canadian Centre for Electron Microscopy, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4M1, Canada.,Canadian Light Source, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, S7N 0X4, Canada
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- Canadian Light Source, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, S7N 0X4, Canada
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1, Canada
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Begum H, Ahmed MS, Kim YB. Nitrogen-rich graphitic-carbon@graphene as a metal-free electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction reaction. Sci Rep 2020; 10:12431. [PMID: 32709940 PMCID: PMC7381605 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-68260-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2019] [Accepted: 04/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The metal-free nitrogen-doped graphitic-carbon@graphene (Ng-C@G) is prepared from a composite of polyaniline and graphene by a facile polymerization following by pyrolysis for electrochemical oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). Pyrolysis creates a sponge-like with ant-cave-architecture in the polyaniline derived nitrogenous graphitic-carbon on graphene. The nitrogenous carbon is highly graphitized and most of the nitrogen atoms are in graphitic and pyridinic forms with less oxygenated is found when pyrolyzed at 800 °C. The electrocatalytic activity of Ng-C@G-800 is even better than the benchmarked Pt/C catalyst resulting in the higher half-wave potential (8 mV) and limiting current density (0.74 mA cm-2) for ORR in alkaline medium. Higher catalytic performance is originated from the special porous structure at microscale level and the abundant graphitic- and pyridinic-N active sites at the nanoscale level on carbon-graphene matrix which are beneficial to the high O2-mass transportation to those accessible sites. Also, it possesses a higher cycle stability resulting in the negligible potential shift and slight oxidation of pyridinic-N with better tolerance to the methanol.
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- Halima Begum
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea.
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Zhu W, Pei Y, Liu Y, Zhang J, Qin Y, Yin Y, Guiver MD. Mass Transfer in a Co/N/C Catalyst Layer for the Anion Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2020; 12:32842-32850. [PMID: 32589022 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c08829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Developing highly efficient non-noble metal catalysts for the cathode of fuel cells is an urgent requirement for reducing the cost. Although the intrinsic activity of non-noble metal materials has been greatly improved, the fuel cell performance is also determined by the mass transfer within the catalyst layer (CL), particularly at high current density. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) combined with rotating disk electrode (RDE) analysis is a powerful tool to quantitatively analyze the influence of the structural properties on CL performance. Here, Co/N/C CLs with gradient pore structures are constructed based on the controllable synthesis of zeolitic imidazolate framework (ZIF)-derived catalyst. The influences of the carbon support, active site, and catalyst loading are comprehensively studied by EIS in different regions (kinetic and mixed-diffusion). The results indicate that a high micro-/mesopore ratio is beneficial to increasing the density of active sites while reducing the mass-transfer efficiency. Inversely, abundant mesopores promote mass transfer, but they result in low active site density. By carefully adjusting the pore structure and chemical composition of the ZIF-derived catalyst, the Co/N/C CL shows a low mass-transfer resistance (95.5 Ω at 0.75 V vs RHE). This work demonstrates the importance of mass transfer within the fuel cell CL, beyond seeking only high activity.
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- Weikang Zhu
- State Key Laboratory of Engines, School of Mechanical Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Engines, School of Mechanical Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Engines, School of Mechanical Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Engines, School of Mechanical Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Engines, School of Mechanical Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Engines, School of Mechanical Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Engines, School of Mechanical Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, People's Republic of China
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Wei X, Zheng D, Zhao M, Chen H, Fan X, Gao B, Gu L, Guo Y, Qin J, Wei J, Zhao Y, Zhang G. Cross‐Linked Polyphosphazene Hollow Nanosphere‐Derived N/P‐Doped Porous Carbon with Single Nonprecious Metal Atoms for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202006175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Xuan Wei
- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Science and Technology School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Northwestern Polytechnical University Xi'an Shaanxi 710072 P. R. China
- Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences Nanyang Technological University 21 Nanyang Link 637371 Singapore Singapore
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- Analytical & Testing Center of Northwestern Polytechnical University Xi'an Shaanxi 710072 P. R. China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Science and Technology School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Northwestern Polytechnical University Xi'an Shaanxi 710072 P. R. China
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- Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences Nanyang Technological University 21 Nanyang Link 637371 Singapore Singapore
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Science and Technology School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Northwestern Polytechnical University Xi'an Shaanxi 710072 P. R. China
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- Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences Nanyang Technological University 21 Nanyang Link 637371 Singapore Singapore
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- Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences Nanyang Technological University 21 Nanyang Link 637371 Singapore Singapore
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- Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences Nanyang Technological University 21 Nanyang Link 637371 Singapore Singapore
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Science and Technology School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Northwestern Polytechnical University Xi'an Shaanxi 710072 P. R. China
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- The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education School of Life Science and Technology Xi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an, Shaanxi 710049 P. R. China
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- Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences Nanyang Technological University 21 Nanyang Link 637371 Singapore Singapore
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Science and Technology School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Northwestern Polytechnical University Xi'an Shaanxi 710072 P. R. China
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Wei X, Zheng D, Zhao M, Chen H, Fan X, Gao B, Gu L, Guo Y, Qin J, Wei J, Zhao Y, Zhang G. Cross‐Linked Polyphosphazene Hollow Nanosphere‐Derived N/P‐Doped Porous Carbon with Single Nonprecious Metal Atoms for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:14639-14646. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202006175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2020] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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- Xuan Wei
- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Science and Technology School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Northwestern Polytechnical University Xi'an Shaanxi 710072 P. R. China
- Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences Nanyang Technological University 21 Nanyang Link 637371 Singapore Singapore
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- Analytical & Testing Center of Northwestern Polytechnical University Xi'an Shaanxi 710072 P. R. China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Science and Technology School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Northwestern Polytechnical University Xi'an Shaanxi 710072 P. R. China
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- Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences Nanyang Technological University 21 Nanyang Link 637371 Singapore Singapore
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Science and Technology School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Northwestern Polytechnical University Xi'an Shaanxi 710072 P. R. China
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- Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences Nanyang Technological University 21 Nanyang Link 637371 Singapore Singapore
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- Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences Nanyang Technological University 21 Nanyang Link 637371 Singapore Singapore
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- Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences Nanyang Technological University 21 Nanyang Link 637371 Singapore Singapore
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Science and Technology School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Northwestern Polytechnical University Xi'an Shaanxi 710072 P. R. China
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- The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education School of Life Science and Technology Xi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an, Shaanxi 710049 P. R. China
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- Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences Nanyang Technological University 21 Nanyang Link 637371 Singapore Singapore
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Science and Technology School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Northwestern Polytechnical University Xi'an Shaanxi 710072 P. R. China
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Han L, Song S, Liu M, Yao S, Liang Z, Cheng H, Ren Z, Liu W, Lin R, Qi G, Liu X, Wu Q, Luo J, Xin HL. Stable and Efficient Single-Atom Zn Catalyst for CO2 Reduction to CH4. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:12563-12567. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b12111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 218] [Impact Index Per Article: 54.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Lili Han
- Center for Electron Microscopy and Tianjin Key Lab of Advanced Functional Porous Materials, Institute for New Energy Materials & Low-Carbon Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, China
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, United States
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- Center for Electron Microscopy and Tianjin Key Lab of Advanced Functional Porous Materials, Institute for New Energy Materials & Low-Carbon Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, China
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- Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, United States
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- Chemistry Division, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, United States
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- Chemistry Division, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, United States
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, United States
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- Center for Electron Microscopy and Tianjin Key Lab of Advanced Functional Porous Materials, Institute for New Energy Materials & Low-Carbon Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, China
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- Center for Electron Microscopy and Tianjin Key Lab of Advanced Functional Porous Materials, Institute for New Energy Materials & Low-Carbon Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, China
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- Chemistry Division, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, United States
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, China
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- Center for Electron Microscopy and Tianjin Key Lab of Advanced Functional Porous Materials, Institute for New Energy Materials & Low-Carbon Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, China
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- Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, United States
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- Center for Electron Microscopy and Tianjin Key Lab of Advanced Functional Porous Materials, Institute for New Energy Materials & Low-Carbon Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, China
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, United States
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- Bingzhang Lu
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, California 95064, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, California 95064, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, California 95064, United States
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Wen G, Ren B, Park MG, Yang J, Dou H, Zhang Z, Deng Y, Bai Z, Yang L, Gostick J, Botton GA, Hu Y, Chen Z. Ternary Sn‐Ti‐O Electrocatalyst Boosts the Stability and Energy Efficiency of CO
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Reduction. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202004149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Guobin Wen
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Media and Reactions Ministry of Education Henan Normal University Xinxiang 453007 China
- Department of Chemical Engineering Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy University of Waterloo Waterloo Ontario N2L 3G1 Canada
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- Department of Chemical Engineering Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy University of Waterloo Waterloo Ontario N2L 3G1 Canada
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- Department of Chemical Engineering Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy University of Waterloo Waterloo Ontario N2L 3G1 Canada
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Canadian Centre for Electron Microscopy McMaster University 1280 Main Street West Hamilton Ontario L8S 4M1 Canada
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- Department of Chemical Engineering Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy University of Waterloo Waterloo Ontario N2L 3G1 Canada
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- Department of Chemical Engineering Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy University of Waterloo Waterloo Ontario N2L 3G1 Canada
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- Department of Chemical Engineering Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy University of Waterloo Waterloo Ontario N2L 3G1 Canada
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Media and Reactions Ministry of Education Henan Normal University Xinxiang 453007 China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Media and Reactions Ministry of Education Henan Normal University Xinxiang 453007 China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy University of Waterloo Waterloo Ontario N2L 3G1 Canada
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Canadian Centre for Electron Microscopy McMaster University 1280 Main Street West Hamilton Ontario L8S 4M1 Canada
- Canadian Light Source University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon Saskatchewan S7N 0X4 Canada
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- Canadian Light Source University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon Saskatchewan S7N 0X4 Canada
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- Department of Chemical Engineering Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy University of Waterloo Waterloo Ontario N2L 3G1 Canada
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Fan M, Cui J, Wu J, Vajtai R, Sun D, Ajayan PM. Improving the Catalytic Activity of Carbon-Supported Single Atom Catalysts by Polynary Metal or Heteroatom Doping. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2020; 16:e1906782. [PMID: 32363806 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201906782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2019] [Revised: 02/14/2020] [Accepted: 03/03/2020] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Single atom catalysts (SACs) are widely researched in various chemical transformations due to the high atomic utilization and catalytic activity. Carbon-supported SACs are the largest class because of the many excellent properties of carbon derivatives. The single metal atoms are usually immobilized by doped N atoms and in some cases by C geometrical defects on carbon materials. To explore the catalytic mechanisms and improve the catalytic performance, many efforts have been devoted to modulating the electronic structure of metal single atomic sites. Doping with polynary metals and heteroatoms has been recently proposed to be a simple and effective strategy, derived from the modulating mechanisms of metal alloy structure for metal catalysts and from the donating/withdrawing heteroatom doping for carbon supports, respectively. Polynary metals SACs involve two types of metal with atomical dispersion. The bimetal atom pairs act as dual catalytic sites leading to higher catalytic activity and selectivity. Polynary heteroatoms generally have two types of heteroatoms in which N always couples with another heteroatom, including B, S, P, etc. In this Review, the recent progress of polynary metals and heteroatoms SACs is summarized. Finally, the barriers to tune the activity/selectivity of SACs are discussed and further perspectives presented.
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- Mengmeng Fan
- College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, 159 Longpan Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210037, China
- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, 230009, China
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- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 45221, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
- Interdisciplinary Excellence Centre, Department of Applied and Environmental Chemistry, University of Szeged, Rerrich Béla tér 1., Szeged, H-6720, Hungary
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- Chemicobiology and Functional Materials Institute, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210094, China
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- Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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AbstractElectrocatalysis offers an alternative solution for the energy crisis because it lowers the activation energy of reaction to produce economic fuels more accessible. Non-noble electrocatalysts have shown their capabilities to practical catalytic applications as compared to noble ones, whose scarcity and high price limit the development. However, the puzzling catalytic processes in non-noble electrocatalysts hinder their advancement. In-situ techniques allow us to unveil the mystery of electrocatalysis and boost the catalytic performances. Recently, various in-situ X-ray techniques have been rapidly developed, so that the whole picture of electrocatalysis becomes clear and explicit. In this review, the in-situ X-ray techniques exploring the structural evolution and chemical-state variation during electrocatalysis are summarized for mainly oxygen evolution reaction (OER), hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), and carbon dioxide reduction reaction (CO2RR). These approaches include X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy (XAS), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS). The information seized from these in-situ X-ray techniques can effectively decipher the electrocatalysis and thus provide promising strategies for advancing the electrocatalysts. It is expected that this review could be conducive to understanding these in-situ X-ray approaches and, accordingly, the catalytic mechanism to better the electrocatalysis.
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Xiang Z, Li L, Wang Y, Song Y. Recent Advances in Noble‐Metal‐Free Catalysts for Electrocatalytic Synthesis of Ammonia under Ambient Conditions. Chem Asian J 2020; 15:1791-1807. [DOI: 10.1002/asia.202000310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2020] [Revised: 04/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- Zhongyuan Xiang
- Key Laboratory of Green Printing Chinese Academy of Sciences 100190 Beijing China
- Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Chinese Academy of Sciences 100190 Beijing China
- Beijing Engineering Research Center of Nanomaterials for Green Printing Technology 100190 Beijing China
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS) 100190 Beijing China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences 100049 Beijing China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Printing Chinese Academy of Sciences 100190 Beijing China
- Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Chinese Academy of Sciences 100190 Beijing China
- Beijing Engineering Research Center of Nanomaterials for Green Printing Technology 100190 Beijing China
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS) 100190 Beijing China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Printing Chinese Academy of Sciences 100190 Beijing China
- Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Chinese Academy of Sciences 100190 Beijing China
- Beijing Engineering Research Center of Nanomaterials for Green Printing Technology 100190 Beijing China
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS) 100190 Beijing China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Printing Chinese Academy of Sciences 100190 Beijing China
- Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Chinese Academy of Sciences 100190 Beijing China
- Beijing Engineering Research Center of Nanomaterials for Green Printing Technology 100190 Beijing China
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS) 100190 Beijing China
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Supported dual-atom catalysts: Preparation, characterization, and potential applications. CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/s1872-2067(20)63536-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Liu K, Zhao X, Ren G, Yang T, Ren Y, Lee AF, Su Y, Pan X, Zhang J, Chen Z, Yang J, Liu X, Zhou T, Xi W, Luo J, Zeng C, Matsumoto H, Liu W, Jiang Q, Wilson K, Wang A, Qiao B, Li W, Zhang T. Strong metal-support interaction promoted scalable production of thermally stable single-atom catalysts. Nat Commun 2020; 11:1263. [PMID: 32152283 PMCID: PMC7062790 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-14984-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2019] [Accepted: 02/10/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Single-atom catalysts (SACs) have demonstrated superior catalytic performance in numerous heterogeneous reactions. However, producing thermally stable SACs, especially in a simple and scalable way, remains a formidable challenge. Here, we report the synthesis of Ru SACs from commercial RuO2 powders by physical mixing of sub-micron RuO2 aggregates with a MgAl1.2Fe0.8O4 spinel. Atomically dispersed Ru is confirmed by aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy and X-ray absorption spectroscopy. Detailed studies reveal that the dispersion process does not arise from a gas atom trapping mechanism, but rather from anti-Ostwald ripening promoted by a strong covalent metal-support interaction. This synthetic strategy is simple and amenable to the large-scale manufacture of thermally stable SACs for industrial applications.
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- Kaipeng Liu
- CAS Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Applied Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 116023, Dalian, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049, Beijing, China
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- School of Science, MOE Key Laboratory for Non-Equilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter, Xi'an Jiaotong University, 710049, Xi'an, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Applied Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 116023, Dalian, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049, Beijing, China
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- School of Science, MOE Key Laboratory for Non-Equilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter, Xi'an Jiaotong University, 710049, Xi'an, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Applied Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 116023, Dalian, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049, Beijing, China
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- Applied Chemistry & Environmental Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Applied Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 116023, Dalian, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Applied Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 116023, Dalian, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Applied Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 116023, Dalian, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Applied Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 116023, Dalian, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Applied Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 116023, Dalian, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049, Beijing, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Applied Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 116023, Dalian, China
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- Center for Electron Microscopy and Tianjin Key Lab of Advanced Functional Porous Materials, Institute for New Energy Materials and Low-Carbon Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, 300384, Tianjin, China
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- Center for Electron Microscopy and Tianjin Key Lab of Advanced Functional Porous Materials, Institute for New Energy Materials and Low-Carbon Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, 300384, Tianjin, China
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- Center for Electron Microscopy and Tianjin Key Lab of Advanced Functional Porous Materials, Institute for New Energy Materials and Low-Carbon Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, 300384, Tianjin, China
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- Hitachi High-Technologies (Shanghai) Co., Ltd, 201203, Shanghai, China
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- Hitachi High-Technologies (Shanghai) Co., Ltd, 201203, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 116023, Dalian, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 116023, Dalian, China
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- Applied Chemistry & Environmental Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Applied Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 116023, Dalian, China
- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 116023, Dalian, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Applied Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 116023, Dalian, China.
- Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, 116023, Dalian, China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Applied Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 116023, Dalian, China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Applied Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 116023, Dalian, China.
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049, Beijing, China.
- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 116023, Dalian, China.
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Qian M, Xu M, Zhou S, Tian J, Taylor Isimjan T, Shi Z, Yang X. Template synthesis of two-dimensional ternary nickel-cobalt-nitrogen co-doped porous carbon film: Promoting the conductivity and more active sites for oxygen reduction. J Colloid Interface Sci 2020; 564:276-285. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2019.12.089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2019] [Revised: 12/17/2019] [Accepted: 12/20/2019] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Zhou Y, Yang W, Utetiwabo W, Lian YM, Yin X, Zhou L, Yu P, Chen R, Sun S. Revealing of Active Sites and Catalytic Mechanism in N-Coordinated Fe, Ni Dual-Doped Carbon with Superior Acidic Oxygen Reduction than Single-Atom Catalyst. J Phys Chem Lett 2020; 11:1404-1410. [PMID: 32004006 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b03771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Herein, we synthesized a Fe, Ni dual-metal embedded in porous nitrogen-doped carbon material to endow higher turnover frequency (TOF), lower H2O2 yield, and thus superior durability than for the single-atom catalyst for oxygen reduction in acid media. Quantitative X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) fitting and density functional theory (DFT) calculation were implemented to explore the active sites in the catalysts. The results suggest FeNi-N6 with type I (each metal atom coordinated with four nitrogen atoms) instead of type II configuration (each metal atom coordinated with three nitrogen atoms) dominates the catalytic activity of the noble-metal free catalyst (NMFC). Further, theoretical calculation reveals that the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) activity trend of different moieties was FeNi-N6 (type I) > FeNi-N6 (type II) > Fe-N4 > Fe2-N6. Our research represents an important step for developing dual-metal doping NMFC for proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) by revealing its new structural configuration and correlation with catalytic activity.
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- Yaodan Zhou
- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science of Ministry of Education Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Beijing Institute of Technology , Beijing 100081 , P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science of Ministry of Education Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Beijing Institute of Technology , Beijing 100081 , P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science of Ministry of Education Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Beijing Institute of Technology , Beijing 100081 , P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science of Ministry of Education Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Beijing Institute of Technology , Beijing 100081 , P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science of Ministry of Education Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Beijing Institute of Technology , Beijing 100081 , P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science of Ministry of Education Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Beijing Institute of Technology , Beijing 100081 , P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science of Ministry of Education Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Beijing Institute of Technology , Beijing 100081 , P. R. China
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- School of Material Science and Engineering , Beijing Institute of Technology , Beijing 100081 , P. R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Green Catalysis and Separation, College of Environmental and Energy Engineering , Beijing University of Technology , Beijing 100124 , P. R. China
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Guo X, Gu J, Lin S, Zhang S, Chen Z, Huang S. Tackling the Activity and Selectivity Challenges of Electrocatalysts toward the Nitrogen Reduction Reaction via Atomically Dispersed Biatom Catalysts. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:5709-5721. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b13349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 351] [Impact Index Per Article: 87.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Xiangyu Guo
- State Key Laboratory of Organic−Inorganic Composites, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00931, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00931, United States
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- MIIT Key Laboratory of Advanced Display Materials and Devices, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Institute of Optoelectronics & Nanomaterials, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00931, United States
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic−Inorganic Composites, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
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Yuan K, Lützenkirchen-Hecht D, Li L, Shuai L, Li Y, Cao R, Qiu M, Zhuang X, Leung MKH, Chen Y, Scherf U. Boosting Oxygen Reduction of Single Iron Active Sites via Geometric and Electronic Engineering: Nitrogen and Phosphorus Dual Coordination. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:2404-2412. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b11852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 381] [Impact Index Per Article: 95.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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- Kai Yuan
- College of Chemistry/Institute of Polymers and Energy Chemistry, Nanchang University, 999 Xuefu Avenue, Nanchang 330031, China
- Macromolecular Chemistry Group (buwmakro) and Institute for Polymer Technology, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Gauss-Strasse 20, D-42119 Wuppertal, Germany
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- Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences-Physics Department and Institute for Polymer Technology, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Gauss-Strasse 20, D-42119 Wuppertal, Germany
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- College of Chemistry/Institute of Polymers and Energy Chemistry, Nanchang University, 999 Xuefu Avenue, Nanchang 330031, China
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- Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, College of Physical Science and Technology, Central China Normal University, 430079 Wuhan, China
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- College of Chemistry/Institute of Polymers and Energy Chemistry, Nanchang University, 999 Xuefu Avenue, Nanchang 330031, China
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- Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL), SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States
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- Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, College of Physical Science and Technology, Central China Normal University, 430079 Wuhan, China
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- Meso-Entropy Matter Lab, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Thermal Ageing, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Dongchuan Road 800, 200240 Shanghai, China
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- Institution Ability R&D Energy Research Centre, School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- College of Chemistry/Institute of Polymers and Energy Chemistry, Nanchang University, 999 Xuefu Avenue, Nanchang 330031, China
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- Macromolecular Chemistry Group (buwmakro) and Institute for Polymer Technology, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Gauss-Strasse 20, D-42119 Wuppertal, Germany
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