@article {https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202103823, title = {Synergistic Dual-Atom Molecular Catalyst Derived from Low-Temperature Pyrolyzed Heterobimetallic Macrocycle-N4 Corrole Complex for Oxygen Reduction}, journal = {Small}, volume = {17}, number = {46}, year = {2021}, note = {n/a}, pages = {2103823}, abstract = {

Abstract A heterobimetallic corrole complex, comprising oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) active non-precious metals Co and Fe with a corrole-N4 center (PhFCC), is successfully synthesized and used to prepare a dual-atom molecular catalyst (DAMC) through subsequent low-temperature pyrolysis. This low-temperature pyrolyzed electrocatalyst exhibited impressive ORR performance, with onset potentials of 0.86 and 0.94~V, and half-wave potentials of 0.75 and 0.85~V, under acidic and basic conditions, respectively. During potential cycling, this DAMC displayed half-wave potential losses of only 25 and 5~mV under acidic and alkaline conditions after 3000 cycles, respectively, demonstrating its excellent stability. Single-cell Nafion-based proton exchange membrane fuel cell performance using this DAMC as the cathode catalyst showed a maximum power density of 225~mW cm-2, almost close to that of most metal{\textendash}N4 macrocycle-based catalysts. The present study showed that preservation of the defined CoN4 structure along with the cocatalytic Fe{\textendash}Cx site synergistically acted as a dual ORR active center to boost overall ORR performance. The development of DAMC from a heterobimetallic CoN4-macrocyclic system using low-temperature pyrolysis is also advantageous for practical applications.

}, keywords = {corroles, dual-atom molecular catalyst, fuel cells, metal{\textendash}N4 macrocycles, non-precious electrocatalysts, oxygen reduction reaction}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202103823}, url = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/smll.202103823}, author = {Satyanarayana Samireddi and Aishwarya, V. and Indrajit Shown and Muthusamy, Saravanakumar and Unni, Sreekuttan M. and Ken-Tsung Wong and Kuei-Hsien Chen and Li-Chyong Chen} }