Nature Chemistry

, volume 12 , issue 8 , pages 764-772

Iridium single-atom catalyst on nitrogen-doped carbon for formic acid oxidation synthesized using a general host–guest strategy

Zhi Li ¹

Yuanjun Chen ¹

Shufang Ji ¹

Yan Tang ¹

Wenxing Chen ¹

Ang Li ²

Jie Zhao ³

Yu Xiong ¹

Yuen Wu ⁴

Yue Gong ⁵

Tao Yao ⁶

Wei Liu ⁶

Lirong Zheng ⁷

Juncai Dong ⁷

Yu Wang ⁸

Zhongbin Zhuang ⁹

Wei Xing ^{10, 11}

Chun Ting He ¹²

Chao Peng ^{13, 14}

Weng Chon Cheong ¹

Qiheng Li ¹

Maolin Zhang ¹

Zheng Chen ¹

Ninghua Fu ¹

Xin Gao ¹

Wei Zhu ¹

Jiawei Wan ¹

Jian Zhang ¹

Lin Gu ⁵

S. Q. Wei ⁶

P Hu ^{13, 14}

Jun Luo ¹⁵

Jun Li ¹

C. Chen ¹

Qing Peng ¹

Xiangfeng Duan ^{16, 17}

Yu Huang ^{17, 18}

Xiao Ming Chen ¹²

Dingsheng Wang ¹

Yadong Li ^{1, 4}

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Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China |

Beijing Key Laboratory of Microstructure and Property of Advanced Materials, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China |

Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Chemistry Department, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China |

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Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China |

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Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China |

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National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China |

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Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Institute of high Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China |

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Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China |

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State Key Lab of Organic–Inorganic Composites and Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, China |

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Laboratory of Advanced Chemical Power Sources, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, China |

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Jilin Province Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Chemical Power Sources, Changchun, China |

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MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen Unversity, Guangzhou, China |

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Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Center for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China |

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School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, UK |

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Center for Electron Microscopy, TUT-FEI Joint Laboratory, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Porous Materials, Institute for New Energy Materials and Low-Carbon Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin, China |

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Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, USA |

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California Nanosystems Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, USA |

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Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, USA |

Publication type: Journal Article

Publication date: 2020-06-15

Springer Nature

Nature Chemistry

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CiteScore: 28.1

Impact factor: 20.2

ISSN: 17554330, 17554349

DOI: 10.1038/s41557-020-0473-9

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Abstract

Single-atom catalysts not only maximize metal atom efficiency, they also display properties that are considerably different to their more conventional nanoparticle equivalents, making them a promising family of materials to investigate. Herein we developed a general host–guest strategy to fabricate various metal single-atom catalysts on nitrogen-doped carbon (M1/CN, M = Pt, Ir, Pd, Ru, Mo, Ga, Cu, Ni, Mn). The iridium variant Ir1/CN electrocatalyses the formic acid oxidation reaction with a mass activity of 12.9 $${{{\rm{A}}\,{\rm{mg}}^{-1}_{{\rm{Ir}}}}}$$ whereas an Ir/C nanoparticle catalyst is almost inert (~4.8 × 10−3 $${{{\rm{A}}\,{\rm{mg}}^{-1}_{{\rm{Ir}}}}}$$). The activity of Ir1/CN is also 16 and 19 times greater than those of Pd/C and Pt/C, respectively. Furthermore, Ir1/CN displays high tolerance to CO poisoning. First-principle density functional theory reveals that the properties of Ir1/CN stem from the spatial isolation of iridium sites and from the modified electronic structure of iridium with respect to a conventional nanoparticle catalyst. Single-atom catalysts maximize metal atom efficiency and exhibit properties that can be considerably different to their nanoparticle equivalent. Now a general host–guest strategy to make various single-atom catalysts on nitrogen-doped carbon has been developed; the iridium variant electrocatalyses the formic acid oxidation reaction with high mass activity and displays high tolerance to CO poisoning.

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Li Z. et al. Iridium single-atom catalyst on nitrogen-doped carbon for formic acid oxidation synthesized using a general host–guest strategy // Nature Chemistry. 2020. Vol. 12. No. 8. pp. 764-772.

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Li Z., Chen Y., Ji S., Tang Y., Chen W., Li A., Zhao J., Xiong Yu., Wu Y., Gong Y., Yao T., Liu W., Zheng L., Dong J., Wang Yu., Zhuang Z., Xing W., He C. T., Peng C., Cheong W. C., Li Q., Zhang M., Chen Z., Fu N., Gao X., Zhu W., Wan J., Zhang J., Gu L., Wei S. Q., Hu P., Luo J., Li J., Chen C., Peng Q., Duan X., Huang Yu., Chen X. M., Wang D., Li Y. Iridium single-atom catalyst on nitrogen-doped carbon for formic acid oxidation synthesized using a general host–guest strategy // Nature Chemistry. 2020. Vol. 12. No. 8. pp. 764-772.

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TI - Iridium single-atom catalyst on nitrogen-doped carbon for formic acid oxidation synthesized using a general host–guest strategy

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AU - Li, Zhi

AU - Chen, Yuanjun

AU - Ji, Shufang

AU - Tang, Yan

AU - Chen, Wenxing

AU - Li, Ang

AU - Zhao, Jie

AU - Xiong, Yu

AU - Wu, Yuen

AU - Gong, Yue

AU - Yao, Tao

AU - Liu, Wei

AU - Zheng, Lirong

AU - Dong, Juncai

AU - Wang, Yu

AU - Zhuang, Zhongbin

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AU - He, Chun Ting

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AU - Cheong, Weng Chon

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AU - Wan, Jiawei

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AU - Gu, Lin

AU - Wei, S. Q.

AU - Hu, P

AU - Luo, Jun

AU - Li, Jun

AU - Chen, C.

AU - Peng, Qing

AU - Duan, Xiangfeng

AU - Huang, Yu

AU - Chen, Xiao Ming

AU - Wang, Dingsheng

AU - Li, Yadong

PY - 2020

DA - 2020/06/15

PB - Springer Nature

SP - 764-772

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@article{2020_Li,

author = {Zhi Li and Yuanjun Chen and Shufang Ji and Yan Tang and Wenxing Chen and Ang Li and Jie Zhao and Yu Xiong and Yuen Wu and Yue Gong and Tao Yao and Wei Liu and Lirong Zheng and Juncai Dong and Yu Wang and Zhongbin Zhuang and Wei Xing and Chun Ting He and Chao Peng and Weng Chon Cheong and Qiheng Li and Maolin Zhang and Zheng Chen and Ninghua Fu and Xin Gao and Wei Zhu and Jiawei Wan and Jian Zhang and Lin Gu and S. Q. Wei and P Hu and Jun Luo and Jun Li and C. Chen and Qing Peng and Xiangfeng Duan and Yu Huang and Xiao Ming Chen and Dingsheng Wang and Yadong Li},

title = {Iridium single-atom catalyst on nitrogen-doped carbon for formic acid oxidation synthesized using a general host–guest strategy},

journal = {Nature Chemistry},

year = {2020},

volume = {12},

publisher = {Springer Nature},

month = {jun},

url = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-020-0473-9},

number = {8},

pages = {764--772},

doi = {10.1038/s41557-020-0473-9}

}

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Li, Zhi, et al. “Iridium single-atom catalyst on nitrogen-doped carbon for formic acid oxidation synthesized using a general host–guest strategy.” Nature Chemistry, vol. 12, no. 8, Jun. 2020, pp. 764-772. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-020-0473-9.

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