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Synthesis and Performance Characterizations of Transition Metal Single Atom Catalyst for Electrochemical CO2 Reduction
Published on: April 10, 2018
Tunable electronic structure and excellent catalytic properties of transition-metal-doped BeN4 monolayer
Wen-Hui Zhao1, Dong-Yin Sun1, Zi-Qiang Deng1
1Key Laboratory of Micro-nano Energy Materials and Application Technologies, University of Hunan Province & College of Physics and Electronics Engineering, Hengyang Normal University, Hengyang 421002, China. zktang@hynu.edu.cn.
Abstract:
The electronic properties and OER catalytic activity of pristine BeN4 monolayers and single-transition-metal-doped BeN4 monolayers (TM@BeN4) were systematically investigated using density functional theory. Among all the types of TM@BeN4 analyzed, Fe@BeN4 was determined to exhibit the best OER activity, with an overpotential of 0.33 V, and to display excellent metallic conductivity. Besides, the OER catalytic activity of Fe@BeN4 can be further enhanced by applying biaxial strain and designing X-Fe@BeN4 (X = B, C, O, P, S) catalysts.
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