Advanced design of metal nanoclusters and single atoms embedded in C1N1-derived carbon materials for ORR, HER, and OER

Autor: Javier Quílez‐Bermejo, Sergio García‐Dalí, Ayoub Daouli, Andrea Zitolo, Rafael L.S. Canevesi, Mélanie Emo, María T. Izquierdo, Michael Badawi, Alain Celzard, Vanessa Fierro
Přispěvatelé: European Commission, Ministerio de Universidades (España), Universidad de Alicante, Universidad de Oviedo, Quílez Bermejo, J., García Dalí, Sergio, Zitolo, Andrea, Canevesi, Rafael L. S., Emo, Mélanie, Izquierdo Pantoja, María Teresa, Badawi, Michael, Celzard, Alain, Fierro, Vanessa, Institut Jean Lamour (IJL), Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Université de Lorraine (UL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Departamento de Quimica Organica, (ORFEO-CINQA), Universidad de Alicante, Universidad de Oviedo [Oviedo], Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie Théoriques (LPCT), Synchrotron SOLEIL (SSOLEIL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Instituto de Carboquimica, Institut Universitaire de France (IUF), Ministère de l'Education nationale, de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (M.E.N.E.S.R.), Ministerio de Universidades, European Union, and University of Alicante for the financial support (MARSALAS21-21), Ministerio de Universidades, European Union, and University of Oviedo for the financial support (MU-21-UP2021-03030267158)., ANR-15-IDEX-0004,LUE,Isite LUE(2015), European Project: 323300,EC:FP7:Fission,FP7-Fission-2012,TALISMAN(2013)
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Advanced Functional Materials
Advanced Functional Materials, 2023, 33 (21), pp.2300405. ⟨10.1002/adfm.202300405⟩
ISSN: 1616-301X
1616-3028
Popis: 5 figures.-- Supplementary information available.
Single atoms and nanoclusters of Fe, Ni, Co, Cu, and Mn are systematically designed and embedded in a well-defined C1N1-type material that has internal cavities of ≈0.6 nm based on four N atoms. These N atoms serve as perfect anchoring points for the nucleation of small nanoclusters of different metal natures through the creation of metal-nitrogen (TM-N4) bonds. After pyrolysis at 800 °C, TM@CNx-type structures are obtained, where TM is the transition metal and x < 1. Fe@CNx and Co@CNx are the most promising for oxygen reduction reaction and hydrogen evolution reaction, respectively, with a Pt-like performance, and Ni@CNx is the most active for oxygen evolution reaction (OER) with an EOER of 1.59 V versus RHE, far outperforming the commercial IrO2 (EOER = 1.72 V). This systematic and benchmarking study can serve as a basis for the future design of advanced multi-functional electrocatalysts by modulating and combining the metallic nature of nanoclusters and single atoms.
ANR-15-IDEX-04-LUE and the TALiSMAN and TALiSMAN2 projects, financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), are gratefully acknowledged. J.Q.B. thanks the Ministerio de Universidades, the European Union, and the University of Alicante for the financial support (MARSALAS21-21). S.G.D. thanks the Ministerio de Universidades, the European Union, and the University of Oviedo for the financial support (MU-21-UP2021-030 30267158).
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