Nature Communications (Sep 2019)

Regulating the coordination structure of single-atom Fe-N x C y catalytic sites for benzene oxidation

  • Yuan Pan,
  • Yinjuan Chen,
  • Konglin Wu,
  • Zheng Chen,
  • Shoujie Liu,
  • Xing Cao,
  • Weng-Chon Cheong,
  • Tao Meng,
  • Jun Luo,
  • Lirong Zheng,
  • Chenguang Liu,
  • Dingsheng Wang,
  • Qing Peng,
  • Jun Li,
  • Chen Chen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12362-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Atomically dispersed metal-N-C are efficient active site for benzene oxidation but the roles of N and C atoms are still unclear. Here the authors report a highly-active single-atom Fe-based benzene oxidation catalyst and provide deep insights into the structure-activity relationship at atomic level.