Promoting spherical epitaxial deposition of solid sulfides for high-capacity Li–S batteries

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (15) ◽  
pp. 7100-7108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kangli Xu ◽  
Maogen Zhu ◽  
Linqin Zhu ◽  
Danying Li ◽  
Wanqun Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electron Transfer ◽  
Electronic Structure ◽  
High Capacity ◽  
Single Atom ◽  
Epitaxial Deposition ◽  
Non Locality

Single-atom Co reconstructs the electronic structure of the solid intermediates, benefits the non-locality of electrons and octahedron–tetrahedron fields of solid intermediates, promotes the electron transfer and Li transport of longitudinal deposition.

scholarly journals Unified Mechanistic Understanding of CO2 Reduction to CO on Transition Metal and Single Atom Catalysts

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sudarshan Vijay ◽  
Wen Ju ◽  
Sven Brückner ◽  
Peter Strasser ◽  
Karen Chan
Keyword(s):  
Electron Transfer ◽  
Electronic Structure ◽  
Transition Metal ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Co2 Reduction ◽  
Electron Transfer Reaction ◽  
Dipole Field ◽  
Single Atom ◽  
Activity Measurements ◽  
Carbon Catalysts

<p>CO is the simplest product from CO<sub>2</sub> electroreduction (CO<sub>2</sub>R), but the identity and nature of its rate limiting step remains controversial. Here we investigate the activity of both transition metals (TMs) and metal-nitrogen doped carbon catalysts (MNCs), and a present unified mechanistic picture of CO<sub>2</sub>R to for both these classes of catalysts. By consideration of the electronic structure through a Newns-Andersen model, we find that on MNCs, like TMs, electron transfer to CO<sub>2</sub><sub> </sub>is facile, such that CO<sub>2</sub> (g) adsorption is driven by adsorbate dipole-field interactions. Using density functional theory with explicit consideration of the interfacial field, we find CO<sub>2</sub> * adsorption to generally be limiting on TMs, while MNCs can be limited by either CO<sub>2</sub>* adsorption or by the proton-electron transfer reaction to form COOH*. We evaluate these computed mechanisms against pH-dependent experimental activity measurements on CO<sub>2</sub>R to CO activity for Au, FeNC, and NiNC. We present a unified activity volcano that, in contrast to previous analyses, includes the decisive CO<sub>2</sub>*<sub> </sub>and COOH* binding strengths as well as the critical adsorbate dipole-field interactions. We furthermore show that MNC catalysts are tunable towards higher activity away from transition metal scaling, due to the stabilization of larger dipoles resulting from their discrete and narrow <i>d</i>-states. The analysis suggests two design principles for ideal catalysts: moderate CO<sub>2</sub>* and COOH* binding strengths as well as large dipoles on the CO<sub>2</sub>*<sub> </sub>intermediate. We suggest that these principles can be exploited in materials with similar electronic structure to MNCs, such as supported single-atom catalysts, molecules, and nanoclusters, 2D materials, and ionic compounds towards higher CO<sub>2</sub>R activity. This work captures the decisive impact of adsorbate dipole-field interactions in CO<sub>2</sub>R to CO and paves the way for computational-guided design of new catalysts for this reaction.</p>

scholarly journals Unified Mechanistic Understanding of CO2 Reduction to CO on Transition Metal and Single Atom Catalysts

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sudarshan Vijay ◽  
Wen Ju ◽  
Sven Brückner ◽  
Peter Strasser ◽  
Karen Chan
Keyword(s):  
Electron Transfer ◽  
Electronic Structure ◽  
Transition Metal ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Co2 Reduction ◽  
Electron Transfer Reaction ◽  
Dipole Field ◽  
Single Atom ◽  
Activity Measurements ◽  
Carbon Catalysts

<p>CO is the simplest product from CO<sub>2</sub> electroreduction (CO<sub>2</sub>R), but the identity and nature of its rate limiting step remains controversial. Here we investigate the activity of both transition metals (TMs) and metal-nitrogen doped carbon catalysts (MNCs), and a present unified mechanistic picture of CO<sub>2</sub>R to for both these classes of catalysts. By consideration of the electronic structure through a Newns-Andersen model, we find that on MNCs, like TMs, electron transfer to CO<sub>2</sub><sub> </sub>is facile, such that CO<sub>2</sub> (g) adsorption is driven by adsorbate dipole-field interactions. Using density functional theory with explicit consideration of the interfacial field, we find CO<sub>2</sub> * adsorption to generally be limiting on TMs, while MNCs can be limited by either CO<sub>2</sub>* adsorption or by the proton-electron transfer reaction to form COOH*. We evaluate these computed mechanisms against pH-dependent experimental activity measurements on CO<sub>2</sub>R to CO activity for Au, FeNC, and NiNC. We present a unified activity volcano that, in contrast to previous analyses, includes the decisive CO<sub>2</sub>*<sub> </sub>and COOH* binding strengths as well as the critical adsorbate dipole-field interactions. We furthermore show that MNC catalysts are tunable towards higher activity away from transition metal scaling, due to the stabilization of larger dipoles resulting from their discrete and narrow <i>d</i>-states. The analysis suggests two design principles for ideal catalysts: moderate CO<sub>2</sub>* and COOH* binding strengths as well as large dipoles on the CO<sub>2</sub>*<sub> </sub>intermediate. We suggest that these principles can be exploited in materials with similar electronic structure to MNCs, such as supported single-atom catalysts, molecules, and nanoclusters, 2D materials, and ionic compounds towards higher CO<sub>2</sub>R activity. This work captures the decisive impact of adsorbate dipole-field interactions in CO<sub>2</sub>R to CO and paves the way for computational-guided design of new catalysts for this reaction.</p>

Improving peroxymonosulfate activation by copper ion-saturated adsorbent-based single atom catalysts for the degradation of organic contaminants: electron-transfer mechanism and the key role of Cu single atoms

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jingwen Pan ◽  
Baoyu Gao ◽  
Pijun Duan ◽  
Kangying Guo ◽  
Muhammad Akram ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electron Transfer ◽  
Organic Contaminants ◽  
High Salinity ◽  
Copper Ion ◽  
Single Atom ◽  
Electron Transfer Mechanism ◽  
Persulfate Oxidation ◽  
Single Atoms ◽  
Oxidation Technology

Nonradical pathway-based persulfate oxidation technology is considered to be a promising method for high-salinity organic wastewater treatment.

Oxygen defects-stabilized heterogeneous single atom catalysts: preparation, property and catalytic application

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lei Zhang ◽  
Xiu-Fei Zhao ◽  
Zhengqiu Yuan ◽  
Ming Wu ◽  
Hu Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Electronic Structure ◽  
Single Atom ◽  
Metal Species ◽  
Coordination Environment ◽  
Chemical Catalysis ◽  
Catalytic Application ◽  
Oxygen Defects ◽  
Catalysts Preparation

Single atom catalysts (SACs) show outstanding activity and selectivity in chemical catalysis owing to its unique electronic structure and unsaturated coordination environment, in which every dispersed metal species on support...

Revealing the Relationship between Semiconductor Electronic Structure and Electron Transfer Dynamics at Metal Oxide–Chromophore Interfaces

2013 ◽  
Vol 117 (48) ◽  
pp. 25259-25268 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robin R. Knauf ◽  
M. Kyle Brennaman ◽  
Leila Alibabaei ◽  
Michael R. Norris ◽  
Jillian L. Dempsey
Keyword(s):  
Electron Transfer ◽  
Electronic Structure ◽  
Metal Oxide ◽  
Semiconductor Electronic ◽  
The Relationship

A semi-empirical molecular orbital scheme to study electron transfer in iron–sulphur proteins

2005 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Sundararajan ◽  
J.P. McNamara ◽  
M. Mohr ◽  
I.H. Hillier ◽  
H. Wang
Keyword(s):  
Electron Transfer ◽  
Electronic Structure ◽  
Molecular Orbital ◽  
Parametric Method ◽  
Orbital Method ◽  
Molecular Orbital Method ◽  
Semi Empirical

We describe the use of the semi-empirical molecular orbital method PM3 (parametric method 3) to study the electronic structure of iron–sulphur proteins. We first develop appropriate parameters to describe models of the redox site of rubredoxins, followed by some preliminary calculations of multinuclear iron systems of relevance to hydrogenases.

scholarly journals Modulating electronic structure of metal-organic frameworks by introducing atomically dispersed Ru for efficient hydrogen evolution

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yamei Sun ◽  
Ziqian Xue ◽  
Qinglin Liu ◽  
Yaling Jia ◽  
Yinle Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electronic Structure ◽  
Hydrogen Evolution ◽  
Hydrogen Evolution Reaction ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Metal Organic Frameworks ◽  
Catalyst Design ◽  
Single Atom ◽  
Hydrogen Energy ◽  
Structure Of Metal ◽  
Metal Organic

AbstractDeveloping high-performance electrocatalysts toward hydrogen evolution reaction is important for clean and sustainable hydrogen energy, yet still challenging. Herein, we report a single-atom strategy to construct excellent metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) hydrogen evolution reaction electrocatalyst (NiRu0.13-BDC) by introducing atomically dispersed Ru. Significantly, the obtained NiRu0.13-BDC exhibits outstanding hydrogen evolution activity in all pH, especially with a low overpotential of 36 mV at a current density of 10 mA cm−2 in 1 M phosphate buffered saline solution, which is comparable to commercial Pt/C. X-ray absorption fine structures and the density functional theory calculations reveal that introducing Ru single-atom can modulate electronic structure of metal center in the MOF, leading to the optimization of binding strength for H2O and H*, and the enhancement of HER performance. This work establishes single-atom strategy as an efficient approach to modulate electronic structure of MOFs for catalyst design.

Methane Activation on Single-Atom Ir-doped Metal Nanoparticles from First-principles

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yugang Ren ◽  
Xiaojing Liu ◽  
Zhaojun Zhang ◽  
Xiangjian Shen
Keyword(s):  
Electronic Structure ◽  
Heterogeneous Catalysis ◽  
Metal Nanoparticles ◽  
First Principles ◽  
Methane Activation ◽  
Single Atom ◽  
Surface Electronic Structure

The breaking of the C-H bond of CH4 is of great importance and one of the most efficient strategies in heterogeneous catalysis is to alter surface electronic structure by doping...

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