Nature Communications (Aug 2020)

Iron phthalocyanine with coordination induced electronic localization to boost oxygen reduction reaction

  • Kejun Chen,
  • Kang Liu,
  • Pengda An,
  • Huangjingwei Li,
  • Yiyang Lin,
  • Junhua Hu,
  • Chuankun Jia,
  • Junwei Fu,
  • Hongmei Li,
  • Hui Liu,
  • Zhang Lin,
  • Wenzhang Li,
  • Jiahang Li,
  • Ying-Rui Lu,
  • Ting-Shan Chan,
  • Ning Zhang,
  • Min Liu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18062-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Iron phthalocyanine with a 2D structure and symmetric electron distribution around Fe-N4 active sites is not optimal for O2 adsorption and activation. Here, the authors report an axial Fe–O coordination induced electronic localization strategy to enhance oxygen reduction reaction performance.