Nature Communications (Jun 2019)

Unconventional CN vacancies suppress iron-leaching in Prussian blue analogue pre-catalyst for boosted oxygen evolution catalysis

  • Zi-You Yu,
  • Yu Duan,
  • Jian-Dang Liu,
  • Yu Chen,
  • Xiao-Kang Liu,
  • Wei Liu,
  • Tao Ma,
  • Yi Li,
  • Xu-Sheng Zheng,
  • Tao Yao,
  • Min-Rui Gao,
  • Jun-Fa Zhu,
  • Bang-Jiao Ye,
  • Shu-Hong Yu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10698-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Defect-engineering offers a promising route to vary material properties and reactivities, although the achievable defect types are limited. Here, the authors introduced unusual CN-vacancies in Prussian blue analogue pre-catalysts that can limit Fe leaching and improve oxygen evolution performances.