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ArticleScience advances2025

Soft nanoforest of metal single atoms for free diffusion catalysis.

Yan Sun, Yipeng Zang, Bowen He, Geyu Lin, Zhengwu Liu, Lei Yang, Liwei Chen, Lina Li, Xi Liu, Chengshuo Shen and 1 more

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Yan SunSchool of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Zhangjiang Institute for Advanced Study, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China.ORCID 0009-0000-7328-4903
Yipeng ZangState Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, P. R. China.ORCID 0000-0001-6572-0939
Bowen HeIn situ Centre for Physical Sciences, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China.
Geyu LinSchool of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Zhangjiang Institute for Advanced Study, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China.ORCID 0000-0002-6698-8934
Zhengwu LiuShanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Shanghai 201204, P. R. China.ORCID 0000-0002-1291-6812
Lei YangSchool of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Zhangjiang Institute for Advanced Study, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China.
Liwei ChenIn situ Centre for Physical Sciences, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China.ORCID 0000-0003-4160-9771
Lina LiShanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Shanghai 201204, P. R. China.ORCID 0009-0003-8819-9586
Xi LiuIn situ Centre for Physical Sciences, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China.ORCID 0000-0002-8654-0774
Chengshuo ShenSchool of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Xiasha Campus, Hangzhou 310018, P. R. China.ORCID 0000-0003-2422-3922
Huibin QiuSchool of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Zhangjiang Institute for Advanced Study, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China.ORCID 0000-0002-4699-6558

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metal single atoms are of increasing importance in catalytic reactions. However, the mass diffusion is yet substantially limited by the confined surface of the support in comparison to homogeneous catalysis. Here, we demonstrate that cylindrical micellar brushes with highly solvated poly(2-vinylpyridine) coronas can immobilize 33 types of metal single atoms with 8.3 to 40.9 weight % contents on conventional electrodes under ambient conditions. This is favored by the forest-like hierarchically open soft structure of the micellar brushes and the dynamic coordination between the metals and the pyridine groups. It was found that the nanoforests of individual noble metal single atoms can be well solvated in an aqueous electrolyte to comprehensively expose the atomic active sites and the nanoforest of Pt single atoms on nickel foam reveals high electrochemical performance for hydrogen evolution. The micellar brush support also enables the simultaneous anchoring of multiple single atoms on the cathode of an anion-exchange membrane electrolyzer for long-term stable water electrolysis.

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