• 文献标题:   Interlayer Charge Transfer Regulates Single-Atom Catalytic Activity on Electride/Graphene 2D Heterojunctions
  • 文献类型:   Article, Early Access
  • 作  者:   LI W, LIU C, GU CK, CHOI JH, WANG S, JIANG J
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  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
  • ISSN:   0002-7863 EI 1520-5126
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  • 被引频次:   2
  • DOI:   10.1021/jacs.2c13596 EA FEB 2023
  • 出版年:   2023

▎ 摘  要

Single-atom catalysts with structure and activity tunability have attracted significant attention for energy and environmental applications. Herein we present a first-principles study of single-atom catalysis on two-dimensional graphene and electride heterostructures. The anion electron gas in the electride layer enables a colossal electron transfer to the graphene layer, with the degree of transfer being controllable by the selection of electride. The charge transfer tunes the d-orbital electron occupancy of a single metal atom, enhancing the catalytic activity of hydrogen evolution reactions and oxygen reduction reactions. The strong correlation between the adsorption energy Eads and the charge variation Delta q suggests that interfacial charge transfer is a critical catalytic descriptor for the heterostructure-based catalysts. The polynomial regression model proves the importance of charge transfer and accurately predicts the adsorption energy of ions and molecules. This study provides a strategy to obtain high-efficiency single-atom catalysts using two-dimensional heterostructures.