Wu Xingshun, Chen Jialiang, Wang Ming, Li Xiaoyu, Yang Li, Li Guang, Shan Lei, Li Xiyu, Lin Yunxiang, Jiang Jun
Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Anhui Key Laboratory of Information Materials and Device, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, P. R. China.
Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P. R. China.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2022 Feb 24;58(17):2914-2917. doi: 10.1039/d1cc06914d.
High curvature carbon-supported isolated NiN sites with ideal CO reduction reaction performance were obtained through a top-down strategy. The charge polarization induced by the axial asymmetry of the carbon substrate can enhance the adsorption of COOH* and reduce the free energy barrier of the rate-determining step.