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Communication | Open Access

Asymmetric B-coordination stimulated high-spin cobalt boosts ORR

Yugang Qi1, Kexin Song1, Qing Liang1, Xinyan Zhou1, Meiqi Liu1, Wenwen Li1, Fuxi Liu1, Zhou Jiang1, Qinhua Gu2, Zhongjun Chen3, Bingsen Zhang2( ), Wei Zhang1( )
Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials MOE, School of Materials Science & Engineering, Electron Microscopy Center, and International Center of Future Science, Jilin Provincial International Cooperation Key Laboratory of High-Efficiency Clean Energy Materials, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Asymmetric B-coordination stimulated carbon-supported cobalt single atom boosts oxygen reduction reactions (ORR). Ideal electron (t2g5eg2) filling aids in modulating the adsorption of oxygenate intermediates.

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As affordable electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reactions (ORR) in metal-air batteries, nitrogen-carbon supported atomically dispersed single-atom transition-metal electrocatalysts are emerging. Accurately modulating the first-shell coordination of single-atom metal sites remains challenging, which impedes the elucidation of geometric/electronic structures for optimizing ORR catalysts. Aiming to tackle this challenge by rational design and constructing an asymmetric coordination model catalyst Co-B/N-C, herein we unravel that asymmetric B-coordination stimulates the generation of Co high spin state (t2g5eg2). By using X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS), we confirm Co active sites are atomically dispersed with a first-shell coordination of boron and nitrogen atom (Co-B1N3). Thus, the adsorption strength and electron transfer between the cobalt centers and the reactants/intermediates were boosted for optimal ORR capacity (E1/2 = 0.87 V). Our work will provide valuable new perspectives on the strategic development of high-performance magnetic metal catalysts for ORR.

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electrocatalysisoxygen reduction reactionsingle atom catalystspin state

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Nano Research
Volume 18 Issue 4,
April 2025
Article number: 94907278
DOI: 10.26599/NR.2025.94907278
Cite this article:
Qi Y, Song K, Liang Q, et al. Asymmetric B-coordination stimulated high-spin cobalt boosts ORR. Nano Research, 2025, 18(4): 94907278. https://doi.org/10.26599/NR.2025.94907278
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Received: 26 December 2024
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