Electrochemical deposition as a universal route for fabricating single-atom catalysts

Single-atom catalysts (SACs) exhibit intriguing catalytic performance owing to their maximized atom utilizations and unique electronic structures. However, the reported strategies for synthesizing SACs generally have special requirements for either the anchored metals or the supports. Herein, we rep...

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Published in:Nature communications 2020-03, Vol.11 (1), p.1215-1215, Article 1215
Main Authors: Zhang, Zhirong, Feng, Chen, Liu, Chunxiao, Zuo, Ming, Qin, Lang, Yan, Xupeng, Xing, Yulin, Li, Hongliang, Si, Rui, Zhou, Shiming, Zeng, Jie
Format: Article
Language:English
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Catalysts
Chemistry
Deposition
Electric fields
Electrochemistry
Electrodes
Electrolytes
Electron states
Fabrication
Humanities and Social Sciences
Hydrogen evolution reactions
Laboratories
Metal foams
Metals
multidisciplinary
Oxidation
Oxygen evolution reactions
Physics
Redox reactions
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
Single atom catalysts
Water splitting
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Summary:Single-atom catalysts (SACs) exhibit intriguing catalytic performance owing to their maximized atom utilizations and unique electronic structures. However, the reported strategies for synthesizing SACs generally have special requirements for either the anchored metals or the supports. Herein, we report a universal approach of electrochemical deposition that is applicable to a wide range of metals and supports for the fabrication of SACs. The depositions were conducted on both cathode and anode, where the different redox reactions endowed the SACs with distinct electronic states. The SACs from cathodic deposition exhibited high activities towards hydrogen evolution reaction, while those from anodic deposition were highly active towards oxygen evolution reaction. When cathodically- and anodically-deposited Ir single atoms on Co 0.8 Fe 0.2 Se 2 @Ni foam were integrated into a two-electrode cell for overall water splitting, a voltage of 1.39 V was required at 10 mA cm −2 in alkaline electrolyte. While single-atom catalysts exhibit intriguing catalytic performances and electronic structures, syntheses are often tailored to a particular system. Here, authors report electrochemical deposition as a universal approach for the fabrication of single-atom catalysts over range of metals and supports.
ISSN:2041-1723
2041-1723
DOI:10.1038/s41467-020-14917-6