articleNature CommunicationsMar 7, 2024GOLD OA

Inter-site structural heterogeneity induction of single atom Fe catalysts for robust oxygen reduction

China University of Petroleum, East China · Chang Gung University · +3 more institutions

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Abstract

Abstract Metal-nitrogen-carbon catalysts with hierarchically dispersed porosity are deemed as efficient geometry for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). However, catalytic performance determined by individual and interacting sites originating from structural heterogeneity is particularly elusive and yet remains to be understood. Here, an efficient hierarchically porous Fe single atom catalyst (Fe SAs-HP) is prepared with Fe atoms densely resided at micropores and mesopores. Fe SAs-HP exhibits robust ORR performance with half-wave potential of 0.94 V and turnover frequency of 5.99 e −1 s −1 site −1 at 0.80 V. Theoretical simulations unravel a structural heterogeneity induced optimization, where mesoporous Fe-N 4…

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