Coordination Symmetry Breaking of Single-Atom Catalysts for Robust and Efficient Nitrate Electroreduction to Ammonia.
Cheng XF, He JH, Ji HQ, Zhang HY, Cao Q, Sun WJ, Yan CL, Lu JM.
Cheng XF, et al.
Adv Mater. 2022 Sep;34(36):e2205767. doi: 10.1002/adma.202205767. Epub 2022 Aug 7.
Adv Mater. 2022.
PMID: 35841127
Additionally, the cis-coordination splits the Cu 3d orbitals, which generates an orbital-symmetry-matched pi-complex of the key intermediate *ONH and reduces the energy barrier, compared with the sigma-complex generated with other catalysts. ...
Additionally, the cis-coordination splits the Cu 3d orbitals, which generates an orbital-symmetry-matched pi-complex of the key inter …