Microenvironment engineering of single/dual‐atom catalysts for electrocatalytic application

Y Gao, B Liu, D Wang - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Single/dual‐metal atoms supported on carbon matrix can be modulated by coordination
structure and neighboring active sites. Precisely designing the geometric and electronic …

Atomic distance engineering in metal catalysts to regulate catalytic performance

R Li, J Zhao, B Liu, D Wang - Advanced Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
It is very important to understand the structure–performance relationship of metal catalysts
by adjusting the microstructure of catalysts at the atomic scale. The atomic distance has an …

Boosting oxygen electrocatalytic activity of Fe–N–C catalysts by phosphorus incorporation

Y Zhou, R Lu, X Tao, Z Qiu, G Chen… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Nitrogen-doped graphitic carbon materials hosting single-atom iron (Fe–N–C) are major non-
precious metal catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). The nitrogen-coordinated …

Ru–Co pair sites catalyst boosts the energetics for the oxygen evolution reaction

X Zheng, J Yang, Z Xu, Q Wang, J Wu… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Manipulating the coordination environment of the active center via anion modulation to
reveal tailored activity and selectivity has been widely achieved, especially for carbon …

Neodymium‐evoked valence electronic modulation to balance reversible oxygen electrocatalysis

C Fan, X Wang, X Wu, Y Chen, Z Wang… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Suffering from the competition adsorption between oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and
oxygen evolution reaction (OER), the development of high‐efficiency oxygen …

Engineering 3d–2p–4f gradient orbital coupling to enhance electrocatalytic oxygen reduction

X Wang, J Wang, P Wang, L Li, X Zhang… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The development of highly efficient and economical materials for the oxygen reduction
reaction (ORR) plays a key role in practical energy conversion technologies. However, the …

Asymmetric CoN3P1 Trifunctional Catalyst with Tailored Electronic Structures Enabling Boosted Activities and Corrosion Resistance in an Uninterrupted Seawater …

X Wang, X Zhou, C Li, H Yao, C Zhang… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Employing seawater splitting systems to generate hydrogen can be economically
advantageous but still remains challenging, particularly for designing efficient and high Cl …

Proximity electronic effect of Ni/Co diatomic sites for synergistic promotion of electrocatalytic oxygen reduction and hydrogen evolution

M Li, H Zhu, Q Yuan, T Li, M Wang… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The modulation effect manifests an encouraging potential to enhance the performance of
single‐atom catalysts; however, the in‐depth study about this effect for the isolated diatomic …

Atomically precise electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction

L Yan, P Li, Q Zhu, A Kumar, K Sun, S Tian, X Sun - Chem, 2023 - cell.com
Challenges in developing fuel cells provide strong stimulation to develop efficient
electrocatalysts for the sluggish cathodic oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). Among various …

Regulating the N coordination environment of Co single-atom nanozymes for highly efficient oxidase mimics

Z Li, F Liu, C Chen, Y Jiang, P Ni, N Song, Y Hu… - Nano Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
Single-atom catalysts with well-defined atomic structures and precisely regulated
coordination environments have been recognized as potential substitutes for natural …