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Ionic Exchange: Ionic Exchange of Metal−Organic Frameworks for Constructing Unsaturated Copper Single-Atom Catalysts for Boosting Oxygen Reduction Reaction (Small 23/2020)

Shenghua Ma

Shenghua Ma

Institute of Photonics and Photon-Technology, Northwest University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710069 China

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Zheng Han

Zheng Han

Institute of Photonics and Photon-Technology, Northwest University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710069 China

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Kunyue Leng

Kunyue Leng

Institute of Photonics and Photon-Technology, Northwest University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710069 China

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Xiaojie Liu

Xiaojie Liu

College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710069 China

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Yi Wang

Yi Wang

Institute of Photonics and Photon-Technology, Northwest University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710069 China

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Yunteng Qu

Yunteng Qu

Department of Chemistry, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026 China

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Jinbo Bai

Jinbo Bai

Laboratory MSSMat, CNRS UMR 8579, Ecole CentraleSupélec, Université Paris-Saclay, 8-10 rue Joliot-Curie, Gif-sur-Yvette, 91190 France

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First published: 12 June 2020
Citations: 5

Graphical Abstract

In article number 2001384, Yi Wang, Yunteng Qu, Jinbo Bai, and co-workers develop an ionic exchange strategy to fabricate atomically dispersed CuNC material with unsaturated CuN3 centers. Oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) tests indicate that its half-wave potential and turnover frequency are significantly enhanced compared to that with CuN4 moieties. This suggests that decreasing N coordination number of the active center could greatly boost the ORR activity. This may inspire further design of efficient electrochemical catalysts.

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