Boosting Electrocatalytic Activity of Single Atom Catalysts Supported on Nitrogen‐Doped Carbon through N Coordination Environment Engineering

• Published in: Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) Vol. 18; no. 10; pp. e2105329 - n/a
• Main Authors: Zhang, Xiaoran, Xu, Xiaomin, Yao, Sixian, Hao, Chao, Pan, Can, Xiang, Xue, Tian, Zhi Qun, Shen, Pei Kang, Shao, Zongping, Jiang, San Ping
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.03.2022
• Subjects: Carbon; Catalytic activity; Chemical synthesis; Cobalt; Coordination; Density functional theory; Donors (electronic); Dopants; Electronic structure; Functionals; Mathematical analysis; Metal air batteries; N coordination environment engineering; Nanotechnology; Nitrogen; oxygen reduction reactions; polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells; Proton exchange membrane fuel cells; Reaction kinetics; Single atom catalysts; Zinc-oxygen batteries; Zn–air batteries; N coordination environment engineering; polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells; oxygen reduction reactions; Zn-air batteries; single atom catalysts

Nonprecious group metal (NPGM)‐based single atom catalysts (SACs) hold a great potential in electrocatalysis and dopant engineering has been extensively exploited to boost their catalytic activity, while the coordination environment of dopant, which also significantly affects the electronic structur...