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Research Article

Construction of isolated Ni sites on nitrogen-doped hollow carbon spheres with Ni–N3 configuration for enhanced reduction of nitroarenes

Binbin Feng1,§, Rou Guo1,§, Qiulan Cai1,§, Yaping Song1, Nan Li1, Yanghe Fu1, De-Li Chen1( ), Jiangwei Zhang2( ), Weidong Zhu1( ), Fumin Zhang1( )
Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China
Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy & State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China

§ Binbin Feng, Rou Guo, and Qiulan Cai contributed equally to this work.

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A high-loading Ni single-atom catalyst anchored on N-doped hollow carbon nanospheres has been designed and prepared through one-step carbothermal annealing a core–shell structured Zn/Ni bimetallic zeolitic imidazolate framework (ZIF) composite. The prepared Ni single-atom sites/nitrogen-doped hollow carbon sphere (Ni SAs/NHCS) delivers superior catalytic performance for the chemo-selective reduction of various substituted aromatic nitro compounds to the desired anilines under environmentally benign conditions. The experimental and theoretical analyses demonstrate that both isolated Ni single-atom sites with Ni–N3 configuration and hollow structure promote the catalytic performance.

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Designing and synthesizing high-efficiency non-precious metal-based catalysts having uniform active sites increases the reactivity and selectivity of materials and provides a platform for an in-depth understanding of their catalytic reaction mechanism. In this study, we provided an approach for fabricating isolated nickel single-atom sites (Ni SAs) with high loading (4.9 wt.%) stabilized on nitrogen-doped hollow carbon spheres (NHCS) using a core–shell structured Zn/Ni bimetallic zeolitic imidazolate framework (ZIF) composite as the sacrificial template. The as-fabricated Ni SAs/NHCS catalyst shows superior activity, selectivity, and recycling durability for the catalytic transfer hydrogenation of nitrobenzene to aniline, thus achieving 100% yield of aniline with a turn-over frequency (TOF) value as high as 29.9 h−1 under mild conditions. This TOF value is considerably superior to the supported Ni nanoparticle catalysts. The experiments designed show that the hollow structure feature of NHCS facilitates accessible active sites and mass transfer, which thus contributes to the enhancement of the catalytic performance of Ni SAs/NHCS. Density functional theory calculations show the high chemo-selectivity and activity of the Ni SAs catalyst, arising from the unique role of the single Ni-N3 site on simultaneously activating the H donor (N2H4) and substrate, as well as the hydrogenation of the –NOH group as the rate-determining step.

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single-atom catalystchemo-selective reductionnitro compoundsaromatic amines

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Nano Research
Volume 15 Issue 7,
July 2022
Pages 6001-6009
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-022-4290-x
Cite this article:
Feng B, Guo R, Cai Q, et al. Construction of isolated Ni sites on nitrogen-doped hollow carbon spheres with Ni–N3 configuration for enhanced reduction of nitroarenes. Nano Research, 2022, 15(7): 6001-6009. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-022-4290-x
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Received: 24 January 2022
Revised: 01 March 2022
Accepted: 03 March 2022
Published: 04 May 2022
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