Adjacent single-atom irons boosting molecular oxygen activation on MnO2

Huayu Gu; Xiao Liu; Xiufan Liu; Cancan Ling; Kai Wei; Guangming Zhan; Yanbing Guo; Lizhi Zhang

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-25726-w

Nature Communications (Sep 2021)

Adjacent single-atom irons boosting molecular oxygen activation on MnO2

Huayu Gu,
Xiao Liu,
Xiufan Liu,
Cancan Ling,
Kai Wei,
Guangming Zhan,
Yanbing Guo,
Lizhi Zhang

Affiliations

Huayu Gu: Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University
Xiao Liu: Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University
Xiufan Liu: Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University
Cancan Ling: Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University
Kai Wei: Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University
Guangming Zhan: Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University
Yanbing Guo: Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University
Lizhi Zhang: Key Laboratory of Pesticide & Chemical Biology of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25726-w
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Efficient oxygen activation is crucial for catalytic oxidation reaction, but highly depends on the construction of active sites. Here, dual adjacent Fe atoms anchored on MnO2 can assemble into a diatomic site, which activates molecular oxygen to form an active intermediate species Fe(O = O)Fe for CO oxidation.

Published in Nature Communications

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