Nature Communications (Nov 2020)

d-Orbital steered active sites through ligand editing on heterometal imidazole frameworks for rechargeable zinc-air battery

  • Yi Jiang,
  • Ya-Ping Deng,
  • Ruilin Liang,
  • Jing Fu,
  • Rui Gao,
  • Dan Luo,
  • Zhengyu Bai,
  • Yongfeng Hu,
  • Aiping Yu,
  • Zhongwei Chen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19709-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Low intrinsic activity and accessibility of active sites limit the application of metal-organic framework as catalyst for Zn-air battery. Here, authors present a cation substitution strategy to regulate the electronic state of metal sites and modify its porosity, which enables battery operation.