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ArticleAngewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)2025

Carbon-Supported Single Fe/Co/Ni Atom Catalysts for Water Oxidation: Unveiling the Dynamic Active Sites.

Wenchao Wan, Liqun Kang, Alexander Schnegg, Olaf Ruediger, Zongkun Chen, Christopher S Allen, Longxiang Liu, Sonia Chabbra, Serena DeBeer, Saskia Heumann

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Article in Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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Wenchao Wan *Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, 45470, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany.
Liqun Kang *Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, 45470, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany.
Alexander SchneggMax Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, 45470, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany.
Olaf RuedigerMax Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, 45470, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany.
Zongkun ChenMax Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, 45470, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany.
Christopher S AllenElectron Physical Science Imaging Center, Diamond Light Source Ltd, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0DE, UK.
Longxiang LiuDepartment of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon St, London, WC1H 0AJ, UK.
Sonia ChabbraMax Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, 45470, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany.
Serena DeBeerMax Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, 45470, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany.
Saskia HeumannMax Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, 45470, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany.

Funding

Alexander von Humboldt-StiftungBundesministerium für Bildung und ForschungTransHyDE Forschungsverbund AmmoRef project 03HY203A
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Extensive research has been conducted on carbon-supported single-atom catalysts (SACs) for electrochemical applications, owing to their outstanding conductivity and high metal atom utilization. The atomic dispersion of active sites provides an ideal platform to investigate the structure-performance correlations. Despite this, the development of straightforward and scalable synthesis methods, along with the tracking of the dynamic active sites under catalytic conditions, remains a significant challenge. Herein, we introduce a biomass-inspired coordination confinement strategy to construct a series of carbon-supported SACs, incorporating various metal elements, such as Fe, Co, and Ni. We have systematically characterized their electronic and geometric structure using various spectroscopic and microscopic techniques. Through in situ X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS), atomic scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM), and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) analyses, it is demonstrated that the single atoms undergo structural rearrangement to form amorphous (oxy)hydroxide clusters during oxygen evolution reaction (OER), where the newly formed oxygen-bridged dual metal M─O─M or M─O─M' (M/M' = Fe, Co, Ni) moieties within these clusters play key role in the OER performance. This work provides essential insights into tracking the actual active sites of SACs during electrochemical OER.

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Active siteIn situ XASSingle‐atom catalysisStructural reconstructionWater oxidation

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PMID40208673
PMCPMC12171328

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