Construction of Highly Active Metal-Containing Nanoparticles and FeCo-N4 Composite Sites for the Acidic Oxygen Reduction Reaction

Shu Hu Yin, Jian Yang, Yu Han, Gen Li, Li Yang Wan, You Hu Chen, Chi Chen, Xi Ming Qu, Yan Xia Jiang, Shi Gang Sun

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Abstract

Metal-containing nanoparticles (M-NPs) in metal/nitrogen-doped carbon (M-N-C) catalysts have been considered hostile to the acidic oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). The relation between M-NPs and the active sites of metal coordinated with nitrogen (MNx) is hard to establish in acid medium owing to the poor stability of M-NPs. Herein, we develop a strategy to successfully construct a new FeCo-N-C catalyst containing highly active M-NPs and MN4 composite sites (M/FeCo-SAs-N-C). Enhanced catalytic activity and stability of M/FeCo-SAs-N-C is shown experimentally. Calculations reveal that there is a strong interaction between M-NPs and FeN4 sites, which can favor ORR by activating the O−O bond, thus facilitating a direct 4 e− process. Those findings firstly shed light on the highly active M-NPs and FeN4 composite sites for catalyzing acid oxygen reduction reaction, and the relevant reaction mechanism is suggested.
Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)21976-21979
Number of pages4
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume59
Issue number49
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 1 2020
Externally publishedYes

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ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Chemistry
  • Catalysis

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