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ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
卷 32, 期 32, 页码 -出版社
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202203471
关键词
atomical pairs; high metal loading; non-covalent interactions; oxygen reduction reaction; zinc-air batteries
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资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [22178148, 22078135]
- Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province [BK20191430]
- Six Talent Peaks Project in Jiangsu Province [XNY-009]
- High-tech research key laboratory of Zhenjiang [SS2018002]
- Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions
This study demonstrates a dynamic synthetic strategy for the rational design of dual-atom catalysts with adjacent atomic metal sites. Through non-covalent interaction, these dual-atom catalysts exhibit outstanding performance in the oxygen reduction reaction. Additionally, the study provides insightful understanding of the non-covalent interplay between heteronuclear metal atoms.
Dual-single-atom catalysts with synergistic effect of adjacent atomic metal sites show a great potential for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). Herein, a dynamical synthetic strategy is demonstrated for the rational design of dual-atom catalyst ((Zn, Cu)-NC) with non-covalent Cu and Zn sites as nitrogen-doped carbon as support. Owing to the non-covalent interaction of Zn and Cu atomic pair sites, (Zn, Cu)-NC exhibits significant performances for ORR, surpassing the catalysts with individual Zn or Cu site. The theoretical calculations reveal that (Zn, Cu)-NC can highly activate the linear O-2 molecule via the non-covalent interaction between Zn and Cu pairs, providing the more effective overlap between the metal 3d orbitals and O 2p orbital. Therefore, the ORR activity is optimized with the improvement of the adsorption configuration and adsorption energy of O-2. Further, both liquid and quasi-solid zinc-air batteries with (Zn, Cu)-NC as air cathodes achieve remarkable energy density and stability. This research proposes a facile synthetic strategy to construct single-atom catalysts and presents an insightful understanding of the non-covalent interplay between heteronuclear metal atoms in dual-atom catalysts.
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