Integrating single-cobalt-site and electric field of boron nitride in dechlorination electrocatalysts by bioinspired design

Yuan Min; Xiao Zhou; Jie-Jie Chen; Wenxing Chen; Fangyao Zhou; Zhiyuan Wang; Jia Yang; Can Xiong; Ying Wang; Fengting Li; Han-Qing Yu; Yuen Wu

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-20619-w

Nature Communications (Jan 2021)

Integrating single-cobalt-site and electric field of boron nitride in dechlorination electrocatalysts by bioinspired design

Yuan Min,
Xiao Zhou,
Jie-Jie Chen,
Wenxing Chen,
Fangyao Zhou,
Zhiyuan Wang,
Jia Yang,
Can Xiong,
Ying Wang,
Fengting Li,
Han-Qing Yu,
Yuen Wu

Affiliations

Yuan Min: CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China
Xiao Zhou: Department of Applied Chemistry, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), University of Science and Technology of China
Jie-Jie Chen: CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China
Wenxing Chen: Beijing Key Laboratory of Construction Tailorable Advanced Functional Materials and Green Applications, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology
Fangyao Zhou: Department of Applied Chemistry, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), University of Science and Technology of China
Zhiyuan Wang: Department of Applied Chemistry, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), University of Science and Technology of China
Jia Yang: Department of Applied Chemistry, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), University of Science and Technology of China
Can Xiong: Department of Applied Chemistry, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), University of Science and Technology of China
Ying Wang: College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University
Fengting Li: College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University
Han-Qing Yu: CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China
Yuen Wu: Department of Applied Chemistry, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), University of Science and Technology of China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20619-w
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Bridging the biocatalytic repertoire and the effective environmental remediation remains a great challenge. Here, inspired by the dehalogenases, the authors designed a single atom Co catalyst on carbon doped boron nitride that exhibits high stability and selectivity in dechlorination.

Published in Nature Communications

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