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Ma H, Wang Z, Du Y, Zhang W, Yang HY, Chen S. Unlocking a Fast Track for Magnesium Migration in Cu 1.8S 1-xSe x via Anion-Tuning Chemistry. NANO LETTERS 2024; 24:10458-10466. [PMID: 39146031 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c01651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/17/2024]
Abstract
Rechargeable magnesium batteries (rMBs) are promising candidates for next-generation batteries in which sulfides are widely used as cathode materials. The slow kinetics, low redox reversibility, and poor magnesium storage stability induced by the large Coulombic resistance and ionic polarization of Mg2+ ions have obstructed the development of high-performance rMBs. Herein, a Cu1.8S1-xSex cathode material with a two-dimensional sheet structure has been prepared by an anion-tuning strategy, achieving improved magnesium storage capacity and cycling stability. Element-specific synchrotron radiation analysis is evidence that selenium incorporation has indeed changed the chemical state of Cu species. Density functional theory calculations combined with kinetics analysis reveal that the anionic substitution endows the Cu1.8S1-xSex electrode with favorable charge-transfer kinetics and low ion diffusion barrier. The principal magnesium storage mechanisms and structural evolution process have been revealed in details based on a series of ex situ investigations. Our findings provide an effective heteroatom-tuning tactic of optimizing electrode structure toward advanced energy storage devices.
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- Heping Ma
- Hebei Key Laboratory of Optic-Electronic Information and Materials, National & Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of New Energy Photoelectric Devices, College of Physics Science and Technology, Hebei University, Baoding, 071002, China
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- Henan Engineering Research Center of Design and Recycle for Advanced Electrochemical Energy Storage Material, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Optic-Electronic Information and Materials, National & Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of New Energy Photoelectric Devices, College of Physics Science and Technology, Hebei University, Baoding, 071002, China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Optic-Electronic Information and Materials, National & Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of New Energy Photoelectric Devices, College of Physics Science and Technology, Hebei University, Baoding, 071002, China
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- Pillar of Engineering Product Development, Singapore University of Technology and Design, 8 Somapah Road, 487372, Singapore
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Optic-Electronic Information and Materials, National & Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of New Energy Photoelectric Devices, College of Physics Science and Technology, Hebei University, Baoding, 071002, China
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Li W, Wu W, Yu L, Sun J, Xu L, Wang Y, Lu Q. Acid Etching Strategy: Optimizing Bifunctional Activities of Metal/Nitrogen-doped Carbon Catalysts for Efficient Rechargeable Zn-Air Batteries. Chem Asian J 2023; 18:e202300547. [PMID: 37544904 DOI: 10.1002/asia.202300547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2023] [Revised: 07/28/2023] [Accepted: 08/02/2023] [Indexed: 08/08/2023]
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Transition metal-embedded heteroatom carbon composites are regarded as an important branch of bifunctional catalysts for rechargeable Zn-air batteries. The inevitable transition metal particles on the carbon skeleton may affect the availability of the metal-heteroatom-carbon catalytic site. Herein, we propose an acid treatment strategy to remove the bare transition metal particles, thus regulating the electrochemical surface area. The OER activities are highly related to the electrochemical surface area for the catalysts with different acid treatment times. In addition, there exists an optimal acid treatment time to achieve the highest ORR and OER activities with the ΔE value of 0.75 V. Given the superior bifunctional activities after acid treatment, we further assemble the rechargeable Zn-air batteries with the optimal catalyst, which achieves a peak power density of 364 mW cm-2 and long cycling life of 500 h at 10 mA cm-2 . This work affords an efficient strategy to enhance the ORR/OER activities and may guide the design of transition metal/heteroatom carbon composites.
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- Wangzu Li
- Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, S. A. R, 999077, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, S. A. R, 999077, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, S. A. R, 999077, P. R. China
- Laboratory of Solar Fuel, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, S. A. R, 999077, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, S. A. R, 999077, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, S. A. R, 999077, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, S. A. R, 999077, P. R. China
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Atmospheric Environment and Equipment Technology, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment Monitoring and Pollution Control, UNIST-NUIST Environment and Energy Jointed Lab, School of Environmental Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210044, P. R. China
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Tian Y, Li M, Wu Z, Sun Q, Yuan D, Johannessen B, Xu L, Wang Y, Dou Y, Zhao H, Zhang S. Edge-hosted Atomic Co-N 4 Sites on Hierarchical Porous Carbon for Highly Selective Two-electron Oxygen Reduction Reaction. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202213296. [PMID: 36280592 PMCID: PMC10098864 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202213296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Not only high efficiency but also high selectivity of the electrocatalysts is crucial for high-performance, low-cost, and sustainable energy storage applications. Herein, we systematically investigate the edge effect of carbon-supported single-atom catalysts (SACs) on oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) pathways (two-electron (2 e- ) or four-electron (4 e- )) and conclude that the 2 e- -ORR proceeding over the edge-hosted atomic Co-N4 sites is more favorable than the basal-plane-hosted ones. As such, we have successfully synthesized and tuned Co-SACs with different edge-to-bulk ratios. The as-prepared edge-rich Co-N/HPC catalyst exhibits excellent 2 e- -ORR performance with a remarkable selectivity of ≈95 % in a wide potential range. Furthermore, we also find that oxygen functional groups could saturate the graphitic carbon edges under the ORR operation and further promote electrocatalytic performance. These findings on the structure-property relationship in SACs offer a promising direction for large-scale and low-cost electrochemical H2 O2 production via the 2 e- -ORR.
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- Yuhui Tian
- Centre for Catalysis and Clean Energy, School of Environment and Science, Gold Coast Campus, Griffith University, Queensland, 4222, Australia
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- Centre for Catalysis and Clean Energy, School of Environment and Science, Gold Coast Campus, Griffith University, Queensland, 4222, Australia
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- Centre for Catalysis and Clean Energy, School of Environment and Science, Gold Coast Campus, Griffith University, Queensland, 4222, Australia
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- Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, 4072, Australia
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- Centre for Catalysis and Clean Energy, School of Environment and Science, Gold Coast Campus, Griffith University, Queensland, 4222, Australia.,Institute of Energy Materials Science, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, China
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- Australia Synchrotron, Australia's Nuclear Science and Technology Organization, Victoria, 3168, Australia
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- Institute for Energy Research, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Zhenjiang, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, China
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- Centre for Catalysis and Clean Energy, School of Environment and Science, Gold Coast Campus, Griffith University, Queensland, 4222, Australia
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- Institute of Energy Materials Science, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, China.,Shandong Institute of Advanced Technology, Jinan, 250103, China
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- Centre for Catalysis and Clean Energy, School of Environment and Science, Gold Coast Campus, Griffith University, Queensland, 4222, Australia
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- Centre for Catalysis and Clean Energy, School of Environment and Science, Gold Coast Campus, Griffith University, Queensland, 4222, Australia
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Zhao L, Yang P, Shi S, Zhu G, Feng X, Zheng W, Vlachos DG, Xu J. Activation of Molecular Oxygen for Alcohol Oxidation over Vanadium Carbon Catalysts Synthesized via the Heterogeneous Ligand Strategy. ACS Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c04601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Li Zhao
- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, P. R. China
- Institute of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Catalysis Center for Energy Innovation, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, P. R. China
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Catalysis Center for Energy Innovation, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Catalysis Center for Energy Innovation, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Catalysis Center for Energy Innovation, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, P. R. China
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Li Y, Wang N, Lei H, Li X, Zheng H, Wang H, Zhang W, Cao R. Bioinspired N4-metallomacrocycles for electrocatalytic oxygen reduction reaction. Coord Chem Rev 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2021.213996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Liu G, Wang K, Wang L, Wang B, Lin Z, Chen X, Hua Y, Zhu W, Li H, Xia J. A Janus cobalt nanoparticles and molybdenum carbide decorated N-doped carbon for high-performance overall water splitting. J Colloid Interface Sci 2021; 583:614-625. [PMID: 33039860 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2020.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2020] [Revised: 09/01/2020] [Accepted: 09/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
Abstract
The fabrication of high-performance and stable electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is of importance for sustainable water-splitting technologies. Herein, the cobalt (Co) nanoparticles and molybdenum carbide (Mo2C) heterostructures anchored N-doped carbon (Co/Mo2C@NC-800) was designed as bifunctional electrocatalyst for overall water splitting via a simple pyrolysis approach for metal organic frameworks (MOFs) precursor. This composite shows a remarkable performance for HER and OER with a small overpotential of 121 mV and 311 mV at 10 mA cm-2, respectively. When the optimized electrocatalyst was employed as both anode and cathode for overall water splitting in a two-electrode system, the electrolyzer achieves a low cell voltage of 1.67 V at 10 mA cm-2 in 1 M KOH, as well as a superior and stable long-time operation of 30 h. The promising hybrid material demonstrates excellent electrocatalysis performance due to effective combination of the best of both worlds: Mo2C with remarkable HER performance and Co nanoparticles with excellent OER activity. The Mo2C possesses strong hydrogen binding energy and Co exhibits prominent electrical conductivity, thus the construction of heterostructures achieves more active sites with different functions and significantly boosts HER and OER process. The novel and effective synthesis strategy provides new insights into the design of outstanding non-noble metal bifunctional electrocatalysts for overall water splitting.
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- Gaopeng Liu
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Institute for Energy Research, Jiangsu University, 301 Xuefu Road, Zhenjiang 212013, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Chemistry-Synthesis Technology, College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Institute for Energy Research, Jiangsu University, 301 Xuefu Road, Zhenjiang 212013, PR China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Institute for Energy Research, Jiangsu University, 301 Xuefu Road, Zhenjiang 212013, PR China
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- Testing Center, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou City, Jiangsu 225009, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Institute for Energy Research, Jiangsu University, 301 Xuefu Road, Zhenjiang 212013, PR China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, The Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Storage and Energy Conversion of Hainan Province, Hainan Normal University, Haikou, Hainan 571158, PR China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Institute for Energy Research, Jiangsu University, 301 Xuefu Road, Zhenjiang 212013, PR China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Institute for Energy Research, Jiangsu University, 301 Xuefu Road, Zhenjiang 212013, PR China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Institute for Energy Research, Jiangsu University, 301 Xuefu Road, Zhenjiang 212013, PR China.
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Understanding the Catalytic Sites of Metal–Nitrogen–Carbon Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysts. Chemistry 2020; 27:145-157. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.202002427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2020] [Revised: 07/09/2020] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Kaiser SK, Chen Z, Faust Akl D, Mitchell S, Pérez-Ramírez J. Single-Atom Catalysts across the Periodic Table. Chem Rev 2020; 120:11703-11809. [PMID: 33085890 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c00576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 347] [Impact Index Per Article: 86.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Isolated atoms featuring unique reactivity are at the heart of enzymatic and homogeneous catalysts. In contrast, although the concept has long existed, single-atom heterogeneous catalysts (SACs) have only recently gained prominence. Host materials have similar functions to ligands in homogeneous catalysts, determining the stability, local environment, and electronic properties of isolated atoms and thus providing a platform for tailoring heterogeneous catalysts for targeted applications. Within just a decade, we have witnessed many examples of SACs both disrupting diverse fields of heterogeneous catalysis with their distinctive reactivity and substantially enriching our understanding of molecular processes on surfaces. To date, the term SAC mostly refers to late transition metal-based systems, but numerous examples exist in which isolated atoms of other elements play key catalytic roles. This review provides a compositional encyclopedia of SACs, celebrating the 10th anniversary of the introduction of this term. By defining single-atom catalysis in the broadest sense, we explore the full elemental diversity, joining different areas across the whole periodic table, and discussing historical milestones and recent developments. In particular, we examine the coordination structures and associated properties accessed through distinct single-atom-host combinations and relate them to their main applications in thermo-, electro-, and photocatalysis, revealing trends in element-specific evolution, host design, and uses. Finally, we highlight frontiers in the field, including multimetallic SACs, atom proximity control, and possible applications for multistep and cascade reactions, identifying challenges, and propose directions for future development in this flourishing field.
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- Selina K Kaiser
- Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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Lu C, Fang R, Chen X. Single-Atom Catalytic Materials for Advanced Battery Systems. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2020; 32:e1906548. [PMID: 32162742 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201906548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2019] [Revised: 12/16/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Advanced battery systems with high energy density have attracted enormous research enthusiasm with potential for portable electronics, electrical vehicles, and grid-scale systems. To enhance the performance of conversion-type batteries, various catalytic materials are developed, including metals and transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs). Metals are highly conductive with catalytic effects, but bulk structures with low surface area result in low atom utilization, and high chemical reactivity induces unfavorable dendrite effects. TMDs present chemical adsorption with active species and catalytic activity promotes conversion processes, suppressing shuttle effect and improving energy density. But they suffer from inferior conductivity compared with metal, and limited sites mainly concentrate on edges and defects. Single-atom materials with atomic sizes, good conductivity, and individual sites are promising candidates for advanced batteries because of a large atom utilization, unsaturated coordination, and unique electronic structure. Single-atom sites with high activity chemically trap intermediates to suppress shuttle effects and facilitate electron transfer and redox reactions for achieving high capacity, rate capability, and conversion efficiency. Herein, single-atom catalytic electrodes design for advanced battery systems is addressed. Major challenges and promising strategies concerning electrochemical reactions, theoretical model, and in situ characterization are discussed to shed light on future research of single-atom material-based energy systems.
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- Chao Lu
- Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10027, USA
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- Department of Modern Mechanics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, P. R. China
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10027, USA
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