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Tiwari JN, Kumar K, Safarkhani M, Umer M, Vilian ATE, Beloqui A, Bhaskaran G, Huh YS, Han YK. Materials Containing Single-, Di-, Tri-, and Multi-Metal Atoms Bonded to C, N, S, P, B, and O Species as Advanced Catalysts for Energy, Sensor, and Biomedical Applications. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2024:e2403197. [PMID: 38946671 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202403197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2024] [Revised: 06/08/2024] [Indexed: 07/02/2024]
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Modifying the coordination or local environments of single-, di-, tri-, and multi-metal atom (SMA/DMA/TMA/MMA)-based materials is one of the best strategies for increasing the catalytic activities, selectivity, and long-term durability of these materials. Advanced sheet materials supported by metal atom-based materials have become a critical topic in the fields of renewable energy conversion systems, storage devices, sensors, and biomedicine owing to the maximum atom utilization efficiency, precisely located metal centers, specific electron configurations, unique reactivity, and precise chemical tunability. Several sheet materials offer excellent support for metal atom-based materials and are attractive for applications in energy, sensors, and medical research, such as in oxygen reduction, oxygen production, hydrogen generation, fuel production, selective chemical detection, and enzymatic reactions. The strong metal-metal and metal-carbon with metal-heteroatom (i.e., N, S, P, B, and O) bonds stabilize and optimize the electronic structures of the metal atoms due to strong interfacial interactions, yielding excellent catalytic activities. These materials provide excellent models for understanding the fundamental problems with multistep chemical reactions. This review summarizes the substrate structure-activity relationship of metal atom-based materials with different active sites based on experimental and theoretical data. Additionally, the new synthesis procedures, physicochemical characterizations, and energy and biomedical applications are discussed. Finally, the remaining challenges in developing efficient SMA/DMA/TMA/MMA-based materials are presented.
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- Jitendra N Tiwari
- Department of Energy and Materials Engineering, Dongguk University-Seoul, Seoul, 100715, Republic of Korea
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- POLYMAT, Applied Chemistry Department, Faculty of Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal 3, Danostia-San Sebastian, 20018, Spain
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, Nano Bio High-Tech Materials Research Center, Inha University, Incheon, 22212, Republic of Korea
- School of Chemistry, Damghan University, Damghan, 36716-45667, Iran
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- Bernal Institute, Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Limerick, Limerick, V94 T9PX, Republic of Ireland
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- Department of Energy and Materials Engineering, Dongguk University-Seoul, Seoul, 100715, Republic of Korea
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- POLYMAT, Applied Chemistry Department, Faculty of Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal 3, Danostia-San Sebastian, 20018, Spain
- IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Plaza Euskadi 5, Bilbao, 48009, Spain
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, Nano Bio High-Tech Materials Research Center, Inha University, Incheon, 22212, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, Nano Bio High-Tech Materials Research Center, Inha University, Incheon, 22212, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Energy and Materials Engineering, Dongguk University-Seoul, Seoul, 100715, Republic of Korea
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Wang K, Liu L, Liu D, Wei Y, Liu Y, Wang X, Vasenko AS, Li M, Ding S, Xiao C, Pan H. MOF-Derived CoSe 2 Nanoparticles/Carbonized Melamine Foam as Catalytic Cathode Enabling Flexible Li-CO 2 Batteries with High Energy Efficiency and Stable Cycling. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024; 20:e2310530. [PMID: 38317526 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202310530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2023] [Revised: 01/05/2024] [Indexed: 02/07/2024]
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Rechargeable aprotic Li-CO2 batteries have aroused worldwide interest owing to their environmentally friendly CO2 fixation ability and ultra-high specific energy density. However, its practical applications are impeded by the sluggish reaction kinetics and discharge product accumulation during cycling. Herein, a flexible composite electrode comprising CoSe2 nanoparticles embedded in 3D carbonized melamine foam (CoSe2/CMF) for Li-CO2 batteries is reported. The abundant CoSe2 clusters can not only facilitate CO2 reduction/evolution kinetics but also serve as Li2CO3 nucleation sites for homogeneous discharge product growth. The CoSe2/CMF-based Li-CO2 battery exhibits a large initial discharge capacity as high as 5.62 mAh cm-2 at 0.05 mA cm-2, a remarkably small voltage gap of 0.72 V, and an ultrahigh energy efficiency of 85.9% at 0.01 mA cm-2, surpassing most of the noble metal-based catalysts. Meanwhile, the battery demonstrates excellent cycling stability of 1620 h (162 cycles) at 0.02 mA cm-2 with an average overpotential of 0.98 V and energy efficiency of 85.4%. Theoretical investigations suggest that this outstanding performance is attributed to the suitable CO2/Li adsorption and low Li2CO3 decomposition energy. Moreover, flexible Li-CO2 pouch cell with CoSe2/CMF cathode displays stable power output under different bending deformations, showing promising potential in wearable electronic devices.
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- Ke Wang
- Institute of Science and Technology for New Energy, Xi'an Technological University, 2 Xuefuzhonglu Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710021, China
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- Xi'an Key Laboratory of Sustainable Energy Materials Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Xi'an Jiaotong University, 28 Xianning West Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710049, China
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- HSE University, 20 Myasnitskaya Street, Moscow, 101000, Russia
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- Xi'an Key Laboratory of Sustainable Energy Materials Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Xi'an Jiaotong University, 28 Xianning West Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710049, China
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- Institute of Science and Technology for New Energy, Xi'an Technological University, 2 Xuefuzhonglu Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710021, China
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- Institute of Science and Technology for New Energy, Xi'an Technological University, 2 Xuefuzhonglu Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710021, China
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- International Research Center for Renewable Energy (IRCRE), State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering (MFPE), Xi'an Jiaotong University, 28 Xianning West Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710049, China
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- Xi'an Key Laboratory of Sustainable Energy Materials Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Xi'an Jiaotong University, 28 Xianning West Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710049, China
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- Xi'an Key Laboratory of Sustainable Energy Materials Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Xi'an Jiaotong University, 28 Xianning West Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710049, China
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- Institute of Science and Technology for New Energy, Xi'an Technological University, 2 Xuefuzhonglu Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710021, China
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Deng Q, Yin K, Yang Y, Liu H, Yang C, Zhang Y. Creating CoRu Dual Active Sites Codecorated Stable Porous Ceria Support for Enhanced Li-CO 2 Batteries Cathodes. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024:e2402447. [PMID: 38940363 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202402447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2024] [Revised: 06/22/2024] [Indexed: 06/29/2024]
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Lithium-carbon dioxide (Li-CO2) battery represents a high-energy density energy storage with excellent real-time CO2 enrichment and conversion, but its practical utilization is hampered by the development of an excellent catalytic cathode. Here, the synergistic catalytic strategy of designing CoRu bimetallic active sites achieves the electrocatalytic conversion of CO2 and the efficient decomposition of the discharge products, which in turn realizes the smooth operation of the Li-CO2 battery. Moreover, obtained support based on metal-organic frameworks precursors facilitates the convenient diffusion and adsorption of CO2, resulting in higher reaction concentration and lower mass transfer resistance. Meanwhile, the optimization of the interfacial electronic structure and the effective transfer of electrons are achieved by virtue of the strong interaction of CoRu at the support interface. As a result, the Li-CO2 cell assembled based on bimetallic CoRu active sites achieved a discharge capacity of 19,111 mA h g-1 and a steady-state discharge voltage of 2.58 V as well as a cycle life of >175 cycles at a rate of 100 mA g-1. Further experiments combined with density-functional theory calculations achieve a deeply view of the connection between cathode and electrochemical performance and pave a way for the subsequent development of advanced Li-CO2 catalytic cathodes.
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- Qinghua Deng
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 211189, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 211189, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210094, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 211189, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 211189, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 211189, China
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Hao Q, Zhen C, Tang Q, Wang J, Ma P, Wu J, Wang T, Liu D, Xie L, Liu X, Gu MD, Hoffmann MR, Yu G, Liu K, Lu J. Universal Formation of Single Atoms from Molten Salt for Facilitating Selective CO 2 Reduction. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024:e2406380. [PMID: 38857899 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202406380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2024] [Revised: 06/07/2024] [Indexed: 06/12/2024]
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Clarifying the formation mechanism of single-atom sites guides the design of emerging single-atom catalysts (SACs) and facilitates the identification of the active sites at atomic scale. Herein, a molten-salt atomization strategy is developed for synthesizing zinc (Zn) SACs with temperature universality from 400 to 1000/1100 °C and an evolved coordination from Zn-N2Cl2 to Zn-N4. The electrochemical tests and in situ attenuated total reflectance-surface-enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy confirm that the Zn-N4 atomic sites are active for electrochemical carbon dioxide (CO2) conversion to carbon monoxide (CO). In a strongly acidic medium (0.2 m K2SO4, pH = 1), the Zn SAC formed at 1000 °C (Zn1NC) containing Zn-N4 sites enables highly selective CO2 electroreduction to CO, with nearly 100% selectivity toward CO product in a wide current density range of 100-600 mA cm-2. During a 50 h continuous electrolysis at the industrial current density of 200 mA cm-2, Zn1NC achieves Faradaic efficiencies greater than 95% for CO product. The work presents a temperature-universal formation of single-atom sites, which provides a novel platform for unraveling the active sites in Zn SACs for CO2 electroreduction and extends the synthesis of SACs with controllable coordination sites.
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- Qi Hao
- School of Materials Science & Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310027, China
- School of Engineering, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310030, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, China
- Eastern Institute for Advanced Study, Eastern Institute of Technology, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315200, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, Jilin, 130022, China
- School of Applied Chemistry and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, China
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- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, China
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- Key Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry, National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, China
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310027, China
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- School of Engineering, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310030, China
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- Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials Ministry of Education and College of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, 130022, China
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- School of Engineering, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310030, China
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- School of Engineering, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310030, China
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- Eastern Institute for Advanced Study, Eastern Institute of Technology, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315200, China
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- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E California Blvd, Pasadena, CA, 91125, USA
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- Merging Contaminants Research Center, Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai, Guangdong, 519087, China
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- School of Engineering, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310030, China
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310027, China
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Wang J, Feng N, Zhang S, Lin Y, Zhang Y, Du J, Tian S, Zhao Q, Yang G. Improving the Rechargeable Li-CO 2 Battery Performances by Tailoring Oxygen Defects on Li-Ni-Co-Mn Multi-Metal Oxide Catalysts Recycled from Spent Ternary Lithium-Ion Batteries. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2024:e2402892. [PMID: 38757555 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202402892] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2024] [Revised: 05/02/2024] [Indexed: 05/18/2024]
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Rechargeable Li-CO2 batteries are considered as a promising carbon-neutral energy storage technology owing to their ultra-high energy density and efficient CO2 capture capability. However, the sluggish CO2 reduction/evolution kinetics impedes their practical application, which leads to huge overpotentials and poor cyclability. Multi-element transit metal oxides (TMOs) are demonstrated as effective cathodic catalysts for Li-CO2 batteries. But there are no reports on the integration of defect engineering on multi-element TMOs. Herein, the oxygen vacancy-bearing Li-Ni-Co-Mn multi-oxide (Re-NCM-H3) catalyst with the α-NaFeO2-type structure is first fabricated by annealing the NiCoMn precursor that derived from spent ternary LiNi0.8Co0.1Mn0.1O2 cathode, in H2 at 300 °C. As demonstrated by experimental results and theory calculations, the introduction of moderate oxygen vacancy has optimized electronic state near the Fermi level (Ef), eventually improving CO2 adsorption and charge transfer. Therefore, the Li-CO2 batteries with Re-NCM-H3 catalyst deliver a high capacity (11808.9 mAh g-1), a lower overpotential (1.54 V), as well as excellent stability over 216 cycles at 100 mA g-1 and 165 cycles at 400 mA g-1. This study not only opens up a sustainable application of spent ternary cathode, but also validates the potential of multi-element TMO catalysts with oxygen defects for high-efficiency Li-CO2 batteries.
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- Juan Wang
- Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650093, P. R. China
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- Suzhou Key Laboratory of Functional Ceramic Materials Department, Changshu Institute of Technology, Suzhou, 215500, P. R. China
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- Suzhou Key Laboratory of Functional Ceramic Materials Department, Changshu Institute of Technology, Suzhou, 215500, P. R. China
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- Suzhou Key Laboratory of Functional Ceramic Materials Department, Changshu Institute of Technology, Suzhou, 215500, P. R. China
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- Suzhou Key Laboratory of Functional Ceramic Materials Department, Changshu Institute of Technology, Suzhou, 215500, P. R. China
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- Suzhou Key Laboratory of Functional Ceramic Materials Department, Changshu Institute of Technology, Suzhou, 215500, P. R. China
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- Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650093, P. R. China
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- Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650093, P. R. China
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- Suzhou Key Laboratory of Functional Ceramic Materials Department, Changshu Institute of Technology, Suzhou, 215500, P. R. China
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Li Y, Li Z, Shi K, Luo L, Jiang H, He Y, Zhao Y, He J, Lin L, Sun Z, Sun G. Single-Atom Mn Catalysts via Integration with Mn Sub Nano-Clusters Synergistically Enhance Oxygen Reduction Reaction. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024; 20:e2309727. [PMID: 38112245 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202309727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2023] [Revised: 12/05/2023] [Indexed: 12/21/2023]
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Integrating single atoms and clusters into one system represents a novel strategy for achieving the desired catalytic performance. In comparison to single-atom catalysts, catalysts combining single atoms and clusters harness the advantages of both, thus displaying greater potential. Nevertheless, constructing single-atom-cluster systems remains challenging, and the fundamental mechanism for enhancing catalytic activity remains elusive. In this study, a directly confined preparation of a 3D hollow sea urchin-like carbon structure (MnSA/MnAC-SSCNR) is developed. Mn single atoms synergistically interact with Mn clusters, optimizing and reducing energy barriers in the reaction pathway, thus enhancing reaction kinetics. Consequently, in contrast to Mn single-atom catalysts (MnSA-SSCNR), MnSA/MnAC-SSCNR exhibits significantly improved oxygen reduction activity, with a half-wave potential (E1/2) of 0.90 V in 0.1 m KOH, surpassing that of MnSA-SSCNR and Pt/C. This work demonstrates a strategy of remote synergy between heterogeneous single atoms and clusters, which not only contributes to electrocatalytic reactions but also holds potential for reactions involving more complex products.
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- Yayin Li
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Materials Institution, College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Materials Institution, College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Materials Institution, College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Materials Institution, College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- Center for Advanced Materials Research & College of Arts and Sciences Experiment and Practice Innovation Education Center, Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai, 519087, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Materials Institution, College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Materials Institution, College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- Center for Advanced Materials Research & College of Arts and Sciences Experiment and Practice Innovation Education Center, Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai, 519087, China
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- Center for Advanced Materials Research & College of Arts and Sciences Experiment and Practice Innovation Education Center, Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai, 519087, China
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- Center for Advanced Materials Research & College of Arts and Sciences Experiment and Practice Innovation Education Center, Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai, 519087, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Materials Institution, College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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Tan X, Zhu H, He C, Zhuang Z, Sun K, Zhang C, Chen C. Customizing catalyst surface/interface structures for electrochemical CO 2 reduction. Chem Sci 2024; 15:4292-4312. [PMID: 38516078 PMCID: PMC10952066 DOI: 10.1039/d3sc06990g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2023] [Accepted: 02/26/2024] [Indexed: 03/23/2024] Open
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Electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) provides a promising route to converting CO2 into value-added chemicals and to neutralizing the greenhouse gas emission. For the industrial application of CO2RR, high-performance electrocatalysts featuring high activities and selectivities are essential. It has been demonstrated that customizing the catalyst surface/interface structures allows for high-precision control over the microenvironment for catalysis as well as the adsorption/desorption behaviors of key reaction intermediates in CO2RR, thereby elevating the activity, selectivity and stability of the electrocatalysts. In this paper, we review the progress in customizing the surface/interface structures for CO2RR electrocatalysts (including atomic-site catalysts, metal catalysts, and metal/oxide catalysts). From the perspectives of coordination engineering, atomic interface design, surface modification, and hetero-interface construction, we delineate the resulting specific alterations in surface/interface structures, and their effect on the CO2RR process. At the end of this review, we present a brief discussion and outlook on the current challenges and future directions for achieving high-efficiency CO2RR via surface/interface engineering.
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- Xin Tan
- Engineering Research Center of Advanced Rare Earth Materials, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 China
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- Engineering Research Center of Advanced Rare Earth Materials, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 China
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- Engineering Research Center of Advanced Rare Earth Materials, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Fuzhou University Fuzhou 350108 China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Fuzhou University Fuzhou 350108 China
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- MOE International Joint Laboratory of Materials Microstructure, Institute for New Energy Materials and Low-Carbon Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology Tianjin 300384 China
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- Engineering Research Center of Advanced Rare Earth Materials, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 China
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Xiao Y, Hu S, Miao Y, Gong F, Chen J, Wu M, Liu W, Chen S. Recent Progress in Hot Spot Regulated Strategies for Catalysts Applied in Li-CO 2 Batteries. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024; 20:e2305009. [PMID: 37641184 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202305009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2023] [Revised: 07/23/2023] [Indexed: 08/31/2023]
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As a high energy density power system, lithium-carbon dioxide (Li-CO2 ) batteries play an important role in addressing the fossil fuel crisis issues and alleviating the greenhouse effect. However, the sluggish transformation kinetic of CO2 and the difficult decomposition of discharge products impede the achievement of large capacity, small overpotential, and long life span of the batteries, which require exploring efficient catalysts to resolve these problems. In this review, the main focus is on the hot spot regulation strategies of the catalysts, which include the modulation of the active sites, the designing of microstructure, and the construction of composition. The recent progress of promising catalysis with hot spot regulated strategies is systematically addressed. Critical challenges are also presented and perspectives to provide useful guidance for the rational design of highly efficient catalysts for practical advanced Li-CO2 batteries are proposed.
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- Ying Xiao
- State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites, Beijing Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Process and Technology for Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites, Beijing Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Process and Technology for Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites, Beijing Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Process and Technology for Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites, Beijing Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Process and Technology for Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites, Beijing Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Process and Technology for Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites, Beijing Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Process and Technology for Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites, Beijing Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Process and Technology for Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites, Beijing Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Process and Technology for Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, P. R. China
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Yi SY, Choi E, Jang HY, Lee S, Park J, Choi D, Jang Y, Kang H, Back S, Jang S, Lee J. Insight into Defect Engineering of Atomically Dispersed Iron Electrocatalysts for High-Performance Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2023; 35:e2302666. [PMID: 37548180 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202302666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2023] [Revised: 07/11/2023] [Indexed: 08/08/2023]
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Atomically dispersed and nitrogen coordinated iron catalysts (Fe-NCs) demonstrate potential as alternatives to platinum-group metal (PGM) catalysts in oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). However, in the context of practical proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) applications, the membrane electrode assembly (MEA) performances of Fe-NCs remain unsatisfactory. Herein, improved MEA performance is achieved by tuning the local environment of the Fe-NC catalysts through defect engineering. Zeolitic imidazolate framework (ZIF)-derived nitrogen-doped carbon with additional CO2 activation is employed to construct atomically dispersed iron sites with a controlled defect number. The Fe-NC species with the optimal number of defect sites exhibit excellent ORR performance with a high half-wave potential of 0.83 V in 0.5 M H2 SO4 . Variation in the number of defects allows for fine-tuning of the reaction intermediate binding energies by changing the contribution of the Fe d-orbitals, thereby optimizing the ORR activity. The MEA based on a defect-engineered Fe-NC catalyst is found to exhibit a remarkable peak power density of 1.1 W cm-2 in an H2 /O2 fuel cell, and 0.67 W cm-2 in an H2 /air fuel cell, rendering it one of the most active atomically dispersed catalyst materials at the MEA level.
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- Seung Yeop Yi
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Kookmin National University, Seoul, 02707, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Institute of Emergent Materials, Sogang University, Seoul, 04107, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Kumoh National Institute of Technology (KIT), 61 Daehak-ro, Gumi, 39177, Republic of Korea
- Department of Energy Engineering Convergence, Kumoh National Institute of Technology (KIT), 61 Daehak-ro, Gumi, Gyeongbuk, 39177, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Kookmin National University, Seoul, 02707, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Institute of Emergent Materials, Sogang University, Seoul, 04107, Republic of Korea
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Kookmin National University, Seoul, 02707, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea
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Zong L, Fan K, Cui L, Lu F, Liu P, Li B, Feng S, Wang L. Constructing Fe-N 4 Sites through Anion Exchange-mediated Transformation of Fe Coordination Environments in Hierarchical Carbon Support for Efficient Oxygen Reduction. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202309784. [PMID: 37539978 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202309784] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2023] [Revised: 08/02/2023] [Accepted: 08/03/2023] [Indexed: 08/05/2023]
Abstract
Metal single atoms (SAs) anchored in carbon support via coordinating with N atoms are efficient active sites to oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). However, rational design of single atom catalysts with highly exposed active sites is challenging and urgently desirable. Herein, an anion exchange strategy is presented to fabricate Fe-N4 moieties anchored in hierarchical carbon nanoplates composed of hollow carbon spheres (Fe-SA/N-HCS). With the coordinating O atoms are substituted by N atoms, Fe SAs with Fe-O4 configuration are transformed into the ones with Fe-N4 configuration during the thermal activation process. Insights into the evolution of central atoms demonstrate that the SAs with specific coordination environment can be obtained by modulating in situ anion exchange process. The strategy produces a large quantity of electrochemical accessible site and high utilization rate of Fe-N4 . Fe-SA/N-HCS shows excellent ORR electrocatalytic performance with half-wave potential of 0.91 V (vs. RHE) in 0.1 M KOH, and outstanding performance when used in rechargeable aqueous and flexible Zn-air batteries. The evolution pathway for SAs demonstrated in this work offers a novel strategy to design SACs with various coordination environment and enhanced electrocatalytic activity.
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- Lingbo Zong
- International Cooperation United Laboratory of Eco-chemical Engineering and Green Manufacturing, Technology Innovation Center of Battery Safety and Energy Storage Technology, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, China
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- International Cooperation United Laboratory of Eco-chemical Engineering and Green Manufacturing, Technology Innovation Center of Battery Safety and Energy Storage Technology, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, China
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- International Cooperation United Laboratory of Eco-chemical Engineering and Green Manufacturing, Technology Innovation Center of Battery Safety and Energy Storage Technology, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, China
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- Centre for Catalysis and Clean Energy, Gold Coast Campus, Griffith University, Queensland, 4222, Australia
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Chang-chun, 130012, China
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- International Cooperation United Laboratory of Eco-chemical Engineering and Green Manufacturing, Technology Innovation Center of Battery Safety and Energy Storage Technology, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, China
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