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An Adjacent Atomic Platinum Site Enables Single‐Atom Iron with High Oxygen Reduction Reaction Performance
Author(s) -
Han Ali,
Wang Xijun,
Tang Kun,
Zhang Zedong,
Ye Chenliang,
Kong Kejian,
Hu Haibo,
Zheng Lirong,
Jiang Peng,
Zhao Changxin,
Zhang Qiang,
Wang Dingsheng,
Li Yadong
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
angewandte chemie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1521-3757
pISSN - 0044-8249
DOI - 10.1002/ange.202105186
Subject(s) - catalysis , moiety , chemistry , electrocatalyst , metal , platinum , oxygen , atomic orbital , carbon fibers , oxygen reduction reaction , atom (system on chip) , nitrogen , photochemistry , stereochemistry , materials science , electrode , electrochemistry , organic chemistry , electron , physics , quantum mechanics , composite material , composite number , computer science , embedded system
The modulation effect has been widely investigated to tune the electronic state of single‐atomic M‐N‐C catalysts to enhance the activity of oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). However, the in‐depth study of modulation effect is rarely reported for the isolated dual‐atomic metal sites. Now, the catalytic activities of Fe‐N 4 moiety can be enhanced by the adjacent Pt‐N 4 moiety through the modulation effect, in which the Pt‐N 4 acts as the modulator to tune the 3d electronic orbitals of Fe‐N 4 active site and optimize ORR activity. Inspired by this principle, we design and synthesize the electrocatalyst that comprises isolated Fe‐N 4 /Pt‐N 4 moieties dispersed in the nitrogen‐doped carbon matrix (Fe‐N 4 /Pt‐N 4 @NC) and exhibits a half‐wave potential of 0.93 V vs. RHE and negligible activity degradation (ΔE 1/2 =8 mV) after 10000 cycles in 0.1 M KOH. We also demonstrate that the modulation effect is not effective for optimizing the ORR performances of Co‐N 4 /Pt‐N 4 and Mn‐N 4 /Pt‐N 4 systems.