Issue 11, 2022

The bifunctional volcano plot: thermodynamic limits for single-atom catalysts for oxygen reduction and evolution

Abstract

Single-atom catalysts (SACs) are a promising route to create highly-efficient bifunctional catalysts for O2 reduction and evolution. Here, we show how adsorption-energy scaling relations can be used to build a Sabatier-type bifunctional volcano plot. The plot helps establish thermodynamic limits to bifunctional SACs and suggests that high bifunctional activities are more easily reached by SACs containing several different species.

Graphical abstract: The bifunctional volcano plot: thermodynamic limits for single-atom catalysts for oxygen reduction and evolution

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
27 Sep 2021
Accepted
02 Dec 2021
First published
16 Feb 2022
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2022,10, 5937-5941

The bifunctional volcano plot: thermodynamic limits for single-atom catalysts for oxygen reduction and evolution

M. J. Kolb and F. Calle-Vallejo, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2022, 10, 5937 DOI: 10.1039/D1TA08366J

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