Nature Communications (Jun 2022)
Boosting the performance of single-atom catalysts via external electric field polarization
- Yanghang Pan,
- Xinzhu Wang,
- Weiyang Zhang,
- Lingyu Tang,
- Zhangyan Mu,
- Cheng Liu,
- Bailin Tian,
- Muchun Fei,
- Yamei Sun,
- Huanhuan Su,
- Libo Gao,
- Peng Wang,
- Xiangfeng Duan,
- Jing Ma,
- Mengning Ding
Affiliations
- Yanghang Pan
- Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University
- Xinzhu Wang
- Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University
- Weiyang Zhang
- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University
- Lingyu Tang
- Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University
- Zhangyan Mu
- Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University
- Cheng Liu
- Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University
- Bailin Tian
- Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University
- Muchun Fei
- Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University
- Yamei Sun
- Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University
- Huanhuan Su
- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University
- Libo Gao
- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University
- Peng Wang
- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University
- Xiangfeng Duan
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California
- Jing Ma
- Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University
- Mengning Ding
- Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30766-x
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 13,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 12
Abstract
While single-atom catalysts offer high atomic utilization and tunable reaction pathways, there are still challenges in controlling reactivity. Here, authors use oriented external electric fields to induce electrostatic polarization in metal single-atoms and to boost water-splitting performances.