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A Universal Seeding Strategy to Synthesize Single Atom Catalysts on 2D Materials for Electrocatalytic Applications

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Zhao, S.
Chen, G.
Zhou, G.
Yin, L.C.
Veder, Jean-Pierre
Johannessen, B.
Saunders, M.
Yang, S.Z.
De Marco, Roland
Liu, C.
Jiang, San Ping
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2020
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Zhao, S. and Chen, G. and Zhou, G. and Yin, L.C. and Veder, J.P. and Johannessen, B. and Saunders, M. et al. 2020. A Universal Seeding Strategy to Synthesize Single Atom Catalysts on 2D Materials for Electrocatalytic Applications. Advanced Functional Materials. 30 (6): 1906157.
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Advanced Functional Materials
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Faculty of Science and Engineering
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John de Laeter Centre (JdLC)
WASM: Minerals, Energy and Chemical Engineering
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This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Zhao, S. Y., Chen, G. X., Zhou, G. M., Yin, L.-C., Veder, J.-P., Johannessen, B., Saunders, M., Yang, S.-Z., De, R., Liu, C., Jiang, S. P., A Universal Seeding Strategy to Synthesis Single Atom Catalysts on 2D Materials for Electrocatalytic Applications. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2020, 30, 1906157, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201906157. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.

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Single-atom catalysts (SACs) are attracting significant attention due to their exceptional catalytic performance and stability. However, the controllable, scalable, and efficient synthesis of SACs remains a significant challenge. Herein, a new and versatile seeding approach is reported to synthesize SACs supported on different 2D materials such as graphene, boron nitride (BN), and molybdenum disulfide (MoS2). This method is demonstrated on the synthesis of Ni, Co, Fe, Cu, Ag, Pd single atoms as well as binary atoms of Ni and Cu codoped on 2D support materials with the mass loading of single atoms in the range of 2.8–7.9 wt%. In particular, the applicability of the new seeding strategy in electrocatalysis is demonstrate on nickel SACs supported on graphene oxide (SANi-GO), exhibiting excellent catalytic performance for electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction with a turnover frequency of 325.9 h−1 at a low overpotential of 0.63 V and high selectivity of 96.5% for CO production. The facile, controllable, and scalable nature of this approach in the synthesis of SACs is expected to open new research avenues for the practical applications of SACs.