Orbital coupling of hetero-diatomic nickel-iron site for bifunctional electrocatalysis of CO2 reduction and oxygen evolution

Zhiping Zeng; Li Yong Gan; Hong Bin Yang; Xiaozhi Su; Jiajian Gao; Wei Liu; Hiroaki Matsumoto; Jun Gong; Junming Zhang; Weizhen Cai; Zheye Zhang; Yibo Yan; Bin Liu; Peng Chen

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-24052-5

Nature Communications (Jul 2021)

Orbital coupling of hetero-diatomic nickel-iron site for bifunctional electrocatalysis of CO2 reduction and oxygen evolution

Zhiping Zeng,
Li Yong Gan,
Hong Bin Yang,
Xiaozhi Su,
Jiajian Gao,
Wei Liu,
Hiroaki Matsumoto,
Jun Gong,
Junming Zhang,
Weizhen Cai,
Zheye Zhang,
Yibo Yan,
Bin Liu,
Peng Chen

Affiliations

Zhiping Zeng: State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University
Li Yong Gan: Institute for Structure and Function, Department of Physics, Chongqing University
Hong Bin Yang: Institute for Materials Science and Devices, Suzhou University of Science and Technology
Xiaozhi Su: Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, CAS
Jiajian Gao: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University
Wei Liu: Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hiroaki Matsumoto: Hitachi High-Technologies (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
Jun Gong: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University
Junming Zhang: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University
Weizhen Cai: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University
Zheye Zhang: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University
Yibo Yan: Shaanxi Institute of Flexible Electronics, Northwestern Polytechnical University
Bin Liu: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University
Peng Chen: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24052-5
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Diatomic site catalysts utilize two adjacent atomic metal species for their complementary functionalities and synergistic actions. Here, the authors report the orbital coupling of hetero-diatomic nickel-iron site boosts CO2 reduction reaction and oxygen evolution reaction.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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