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 …

Emerging low-nuclearity supported metal catalysts with atomic level precision for efficient heterogeneous catalysis

X Zheng, B Li, Q Wang, D Wang, Y Li - Nano research, 2022 - Springer
Supported atomically dispersed metal catalysts (ADMCs) have received enormous attention
due to their high atom utilization efficiency, mass activity and excellent selectivity. Single …

Synergistic Fe− Se atom pairs as bifunctional oxygen electrocatalysts boost low‐temperature rechargeable Zn‐air battery

Y Wang, J Wu, S Tang, J Yang, C Ye… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Herein, we successfully construct bifunctional electrocatalysts by synthesizing atomically
dispersed Fe− Se atom pairs supported on N‐doped carbon (Fe− Se/NC). The obtained Fe …

[HTML][HTML] Insights into the activity of single-atom Fe-NC catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction

K Liu, J Fu, Y Lin, T Luo, G Ni, H Li, Z Lin… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Single-atom Fe-NC catalysts has attracted widespread attentions in the oxygen reduction
reaction (ORR). However, the origin of ORR activity on Fe-NC catalysts is still unclear, which …

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 …

A forward vision for chemodynamic therapy: issues and opportunities

P Zhao, H Li, W Bu - Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Since the insight to fuse Fenton chemistry and nanomedicine into cancer therapy, great
signs of progress have been made in the field of chemodynamic therapy (CDT). However …

What is the Real Origin of the Activity of Fe–N–C Electrocatalysts in the O2 Reduction Reaction? Critical Roles of Coordinating Pyrrolic N and Axially Adsorbing …

X Hu, S Chen, L Chen, Y Tian, S Yao, Z Lu… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Fe–N–C electrocatalysts have emerged as promising substitutes for Pt-based catalysts for
the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). However, their real catalytic active site is still under …

Breaking local charge symmetry of iron single atoms for efficient electrocatalytic nitrate reduction to ammonia

J Xu, S Zhang, H Liu, S Liu, Y Yuan… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The electrochemical conversion of nitrate pollutants into value‐added ammonia is a feasible
way to achieve artificial nitrogen cycle. However, the development of electrocatalytic nitrate …

Physicochemical confinement effect enables high-performing zinc–iodine batteries

M Liu, Q Chen, X Cao, D Tan, J Ma… - Journal of the American …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Zinc–iodine batteries are promising energy storage devices with the unique features of
aqueous electrolytes and safer zinc. However, their performances are still limited by the …

Tailoring the d‐orbital splitting manner of single atomic sites for enhanced oxygen reduction

Y Dai, B Liu, Z Zhang, P Guo, C Liu, Y Zhang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Regulating the electronic states of single atomic sites around the Fermi level remains a
major concern for boosting the electrocatalytic oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). Herein, a …