Turning main-group element magnesium into a highly active electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction reaction

Shuai Liu; Zedong Li; Changlai Wang; Weiwei Tao; Minxue Huang; Ming Zuo; Yang Yang; Kang Yang; Lijuan Zhang; Shi Chen; Pengping Xu; Qianwang Chen

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-14565-w

Nature Communications (Feb 2020)

Turning main-group element magnesium into a highly active electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction reaction

Shuai Liu,
Zedong Li,
Changlai Wang,
Weiwei Tao,
Minxue Huang,
Ming Zuo,
Yang Yang,
Kang Yang,
Lijuan Zhang,
Shi Chen,
Pengping Xu,
Qianwang Chen

Affiliations

Shuai Liu: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Science at Microscale and Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China
Zedong Li: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Science at Microscale and Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China
Changlai Wang: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Science at Microscale and Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China
Weiwei Tao: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Boston University
Minxue Huang: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Science at Microscale and Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China
Ming Zuo: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Science at Microscale and Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China
Yang Yang: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Science at Microscale and Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China
Kang Yang: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Science at Microscale and Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China
Lijuan Zhang: Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics
Shi Chen: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Science at Microscale and Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China
Pengping Xu: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Science at Microscale and Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China
Qianwang Chen: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Science at Microscale and Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14565-w
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Although magnesium-based cofactors are highly active in biochemical reactions, magnesium-based materials generally exhibit poor catalytic activity for oxygen reduction. Here the authors enhance electrocatalytic activity of magnesium through atomic dispersion with a graphene framework.

Published in Nature Communications

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