<p>The microenvironment regulation of Fe-N<sub>4</sub> single atom catalysts (SACs) critically governs peroxymonosulfate (PMS) activation. Although conventional heteroatom substitution in primary coordination enhances activity, it disrupts Fe-N<sub>4</sub> symmetry and compromises stability. Herein, we propose oxygen doping in the secondary coordination shell to construct Fe-N<sub>4</sub>-C<sub>6</sub>O<sub>2</sub> SAC, which amplifies the localized electric field while preserving the pristine coordination symmetry, thus trading off its activity and stability. This approach suppresses Fe-N bond structural deformation (bond amplitude reduced from 0.875–3.175 Å to 0.925–2.975 Å) during PMS activation by lowering Fe center electron density to strengthen Fe-N bond, achieving extended catalytic durability (&gt;240 h). Simultaneously, the weakened coordination field lowers the Fe=O σ* orbital energy, promoting electrophilic σ-attack of high-valent iron-oxo towards bisphenol A, and increasing its degradation rate by 41.6-fold. This work demonstrates secondary coordination engineering as a viable strategy to resolve the activity-stability trade-off in SAC design, offering promising perspectives for developing environmental catalysts.</p>

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Robust Fe-N4-C6O2 single atom sites for efficient PMS activation and enhanced FeIV = O reactivity

  • Tiantian Chen,
  • Ganbing Zhang,
  • Hongwei Sun,
  • Yetong Hua,
  • Shu Yang,
  • Dandan Zhou,
  • Haoxin Di,
  • Yiling Xiong,
  • Shenghuai Hou,
  • Hui Xu,
  • Lizhi Zhang

摘要

The microenvironment regulation of Fe-N4 single atom catalysts (SACs) critically governs peroxymonosulfate (PMS) activation. Although conventional heteroatom substitution in primary coordination enhances activity, it disrupts Fe-N4 symmetry and compromises stability. Herein, we propose oxygen doping in the secondary coordination shell to construct Fe-N4-C6O2 SAC, which amplifies the localized electric field while preserving the pristine coordination symmetry, thus trading off its activity and stability. This approach suppresses Fe-N bond structural deformation (bond amplitude reduced from 0.875–3.175 Å to 0.925–2.975 Å) during PMS activation by lowering Fe center electron density to strengthen Fe-N bond, achieving extended catalytic durability (>240 h). Simultaneously, the weakened coordination field lowers the Fe=O σ* orbital energy, promoting electrophilic σ-attack of high-valent iron-oxo towards bisphenol A, and increasing its degradation rate by 41.6-fold. This work demonstrates secondary coordination engineering as a viable strategy to resolve the activity-stability trade-off in SAC design, offering promising perspectives for developing environmental catalysts.