Modulating the Electronic Structure of Atomically Dispersed Fe-Pt Dual-site Catalysts for Efficient Oxygen Reduction Reactions

Overview

Journal Chem Sci

Publisher Royal Society of Chemistry

Specialty Chemistry

Date 2023 Mar 27

PMID 36970075

Authors

Wei-Shen Song

Mei Wang

Xiao Zhan

Yan-Jie Wang

Dong-Xu Cao

Xian-Meng Song

Zi-Ang Nan

Li Zhang

Feng Ru Fan

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Abstract

Atomically dispersed catalysts, with a high atomic dispersion of active sites, are efficient electrocatalysts. However, their unique catalytic sites make it challenging to improve their catalytic activity further. In this study, an atomically dispersed Fe-Pt dual-site catalyst (FePtNC) has been designed as a high-activity catalyst by modulating the electronic structure between adjacent metal sites. The FePtNC catalyst showed significantly better catalytic activity than the corresponding single-atom catalysts and metal-alloy nanocatalysts, with a half-wave potential of 0.90 V for the oxygen reduction reaction. Moreover, metal-air battery systems fabricated with the FePtNC catalyst showed peak power density values of 90.33 mW cm (Al-air) and 191.83 mW cm (Zn-air). By combining experiments and theoretical simulations, we demonstrate that the enhanced catalytic activity of the FePtNC catalyst can be attributed to the electronic modulation effect between adjacent metal sites. Thus, this study presents an efficient strategy for the rational design and optimization of atomically dispersed catalysts.

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