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Iron-based single-atom electrocatalysts: synthetic strategies and applications
- Source :
- RSC Advances. 11:3079-3095
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), 2021.
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Abstract
- The performance and cost of electrocatalysts play an important role in the development and application prospects of energy conversion technology. Single-atom catalysts (SACs) have constituted a new frontier in the field of catalytic science in recent years. As a non-precious metal, iron (Fe)-SACs show great potential in the field of electrocatalysis, which is comparable to or even better than the performance of precious metal catalysts. However, a robust, generic synthetic strategy toward atomically dispersed Fe catalysts is still lacking, which is still a formidable challenge to maintain the dispersion of Fe atoms at high temperatures and to obtain high catalytic activity. In this review, the latest progress in the synthesis of Fe-SACs is introduced and summarized, and the electrochemical applications of Fe-SACs are further summarized and discussed. Herein, the relationship between the structural characteristics and performance of Fe-SACs is further introduced and discussed. Finally, the existing problems and development prospects of Fe-SACs are discussed.
- Subjects :
- Materials science
General Chemical Engineering
Nanotechnology
Precious metal
02 engineering and technology
General Chemistry
010402 general chemistry
021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology
Electrocatalyst
01 natural sciences
0104 chemical sciences
Catalysis
Iron based
Atom
Energy transformation
0210 nano-technology
Dispersion (chemistry)
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 20462069
- Volume :
- 11
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- RSC Advances
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....9a47cec884ff3b37a8853b2b424413a6