Enhanced interfacial water dissociation on a hydrated iron porphyrin single-atom catalyst in graphene

• Published in: Communications chemistry Vol. 6; no. 1; pp. 236 - 9
• Main Authors: Scalfi, Laura, Becker, Maximilian R., Netz, Roland R., Bocquet, Marie-Laure
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 02.11.2023; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Research; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 639/301/299/886; 639/638/563/981; 639/638/77/885; Aqueous solutions; Catalysis; Chemical reactions; Chemical Sciences; Chemistry; Chemistry and Materials Science; Chemistry/Food Science; Coordination; Coordination chemistry; Defects; Electric fields; Embedding; Graphene; Iron; Molecular dynamics; Noble metals; or physical chemistry; Porphyrins; Pyridines; Single atom catalysts; Spin dynamics; Theoretical and; Water chemistry; Water splitting; Molecular dynamics; Electrocatalysis; Catalytic mechanisms

Single Atom Catalysis (SAC) is an expanding field of heterogeneous catalysis in which single metallic atoms embedded in different materials catalyze a chemical reaction, but these new catalytic materials still lack fundamental understanding when used in electrochemical environments. Recent character...