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A review of non-precious metal single atom confined nanomaterials in different structural dimensions (1D–3D) as highly active oxygen redox reaction electrocatalysts

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posted on 2020-01-07, 14:41 authored by Jin Liu, Hao Zhang, Ming Qiu, Zehua Peng, Michael KH Leung, Wen-Feng LinWen-Feng Lin, Jin Xuan

The non-precious-metal single atoms (NPM-SAs) confined nanomaterials with maximum metal atom utilization have recently attracted particular interests, providing opportunities for exploiting novel heterogeneous electrocatalysts with low cost and high efficiency. The applications of non-precious-metal single atom catalysts (NPM-SACs) have been extensively developed in electrochemical energy technologies such as fuel cells, metal-air batteries, and hydrogen production via water splitting. The NPM-SACs can be confined on substrates with various structures and dimensions from 1D to 3D. However, the role of the structural dimensions of substrates has not been critically summarized. In this review, recent advances in NPM-SACs such as facile synthesis, characterizations, performance in catalyzing oxygen redox reactions, and related applications are highlighted through a focus on different dimensional substrates (1D, 2D, and 3D). The general fabrication strategies and the catalytic mechanism of NPM-SACs in oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) are extensively discussed. Moreover, the opportunities and challenges in this emerging field are featured on the basis of its current development.

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China, NSFC, via project numbers 21875200

UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, EPSRC, via grant numbers EP/R012164/2 and EP/I013229/1

History

School

  • Aeronautical, Automotive, Chemical and Materials Engineering

Department

  • Chemical Engineering

Published in

Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Volume

8

Issue

5

Pages

2222 - 2245

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Version

  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

Rights holder

© The Royal Society of Chemistry

Publisher statement

This paper was accepted for publication in the journal Journal of Materials Chemistry A and the definitive published version is available at https://doi.org/10.1039/c9ta11852g.

Acceptance date

2019-12-23

Publication date

2019-12-23

Copyright date

2020

ISSN

2050-7488

eISSN

2050-7496

Language

  • en

Depositor

Prof Wen Feng Lin. Deposit date: 5 January 2020

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