密度泛函理论
化学
溶剂化
格式化
甲酸
催化作用
Atom(片上系统)
电化学
甲酸脱氢酶
计算化学
过渡金属
碳纤维
物理化学
材料科学
分子
电极
有机化学
计算机科学
复合材料
嵌入式系统
复合数
标识
DOI:10.1016/j.cclet.2022.108018
摘要
Single-atom nanozymes (SANs) have attracted extensive attention due to their characteristics of both single-atom catalysts (SACs) and enzymes. Using spin-polarized density functional theory (DFT) calculations combined with the hybrid solvation model, this work designed a series of carbon-supported Group VIII transition metals TMS4-C SANs, similar to the TMS4 active center of formate dehydrogenase (FADH), aiming to develop highly efficient SANs for CO2 electroreduction. DFT calculations show that compared with TMN4-C, TMS4-C have FADH-like feature, which can selectively reduce CO2 to formic acid. Particularly, CoS4-C is the most promising SAN for CO2 reduction, with a low limiting potential of -0.07 V, which exceeds most reported catalysts. Two descriptors of TMX4-C (X = N, S) based on intrinsic and electronic structure properties were proposed to shed light on the origin activity of candidates. The findings presented here will provide new insights into the design of novel enzyme-like catalysts for electrochemical CO2 reduction.
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