Modulating Oxygen Reduction Behaviors on Nickel Single-Atom Catalysts to Probe the Electrochemiluminescence Mechanism at the Atomic Level

Author(s):  
Wenling Gu ◽  
Xiaosi Wang ◽  
Jing Wen ◽  
Shiyu Cao ◽  
Lei Jiao ◽  
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Nanoscale ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (39) ◽  
pp. 20413-20424
Author(s):  
Riming Hu ◽  
Yongcheng Li ◽  
Fuhe Wang ◽  
Jiaxiang Shang

Bilayer single atom catalysts can serve as promising multifunctional electrocatalysts for the HER, ORR, and OER.


Carbon Energy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lei Yan ◽  
Liyan Xie ◽  
Xi‐Lin Wu ◽  
Mengying Qian ◽  
Jianrong Chen ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 42 (5) ◽  
pp. 753-761
Author(s):  
Jun-Sheng Jiang ◽  
He-Lei Wei ◽  
Ai-Dong Tan ◽  
Rui Si ◽  
Wei-De Zhang ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi Shi ◽  
Zhi-Rui Ma ◽  
Yi-Ying Xiao ◽  
Yun-Chao Yin ◽  
Wen-Mao Huang ◽  
...  

AbstractTuning metal–support interaction has been considered as an effective approach to modulate the electronic structure and catalytic activity of supported metal catalysts. At the atomic level, the understanding of the structure–activity relationship still remains obscure in heterogeneous catalysis, such as the conversion of water (alkaline) or hydronium ions (acid) to hydrogen (hydrogen evolution reaction, HER). Here, we reveal that the fine control over the oxidation states of single-atom Pt catalysts through electronic metal–support interaction significantly modulates the catalytic activities in either acidic or alkaline HER. Combined with detailed spectroscopic and electrochemical characterizations, the structure–activity relationship is established by correlating the acidic/alkaline HER activity with the average oxidation state of single-atom Pt and the Pt–H/Pt–OH interaction. This study sheds light on the atomic-level mechanistic understanding of acidic and alkaline HER, and further provides guidelines for the rational design of high-performance single-atom catalysts.


2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaowen Chen ◽  
Mi Peng ◽  
Xiangbin Cai ◽  
Yunlei Chen ◽  
Zhimin Jia ◽  
...  

AbstractMetal nanoparticle (NP), cluster and isolated metal atom (or single atom, SA) exhibit different catalytic performance in heterogeneous catalysis originating from their distinct nanostructures. To maximize atom efficiency and boost activity for catalysis, the construction of structure–performance relationship provides an effective way at the atomic level. Here, we successfully fabricate fully exposed Pt3 clusters on the defective nanodiamond@graphene (ND@G) by the assistance of atomically dispersed Sn promoters, and correlated the n-butane direct dehydrogenation (DDH) activity with the average coordination number (CN) of Pt-Pt bond in Pt NP, Pt3 cluster and Pt SA for fundamentally understanding structure (especially the sub-nano structure) effects on n-butane DDH reaction at the atomic level. The as-prepared fully exposed Pt3 cluster catalyst shows higher conversion (35.4%) and remarkable alkene selectivity (99.0%) for n-butane direct DDH reaction at 450 °C, compared to typical Pt NP and Pt SA catalysts supported on ND@G. Density functional theory calculation (DFT) reveal that the fully exposed Pt3 clusters possess favorable dehydrogenation activation barrier of n-butane and reasonable desorption barrier of butene in the DDH reaction.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiawei Zhu ◽  
Shichun Mu

Owing to the advantage of atomic utilization, the single-atom catalyst has attracted much attention and been employed in multifarious catalytic reactions. Their definite site configuration is favorable for exploring the...


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