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<p>Fe-N<sub>5</sub> single-atom catalysts (SACs) hold great promise for water decontamination, however, the fundamental relationship between their high coordination shell environment and catalytic performance in Fenton-like reactions remains poorly understood. Here, we precisely regulate the high coordination shell defects of a model SAC with well-defined axial Fe-N<sub>5</sub> configurations to elucidate the impact of remote interactions on peroxymonosulfate (PMS) activation. Experimental and theoretical studies confirm that remote modulation of Fe-N<sub>5</sub> sites through high coordination shell defects profoundly enhance Fenton-like catalytic activity, enabling FeN<sub>5</sub>-SD<sub>2</sub> to achieve a turnover frequency (TOF) value of 0.338 min⁻<sup>1</sup>, surpassing state-of-the-art SACs. Our findings reveal a critical volcano-type correlation between defect content and catalytic efficiency, where coordinated modulation of Fe <i>d</i>-band center positioning and PMS adsorption energetics governs reaction dynamics. Only the FeN<sub>5</sub>-SD<sub>2</sub> configuration with an optimal level of defects density and moderate adsorption energy enables sufficient O-O bond elongation in PMS to lower the energy barrier for selective singlet oxygen (<sup>1</sup>O<sub>2</sub>) evolution. This study unveils the mechanistic role of higher coordination shell defects in regulating Fe-N<sub>5</sub> active sites and introduces a well-defined model to investigate the structure–property correlations of higher coordination shells in SACs for Fenton-like reactions.</p>

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Remote tuning of single-atom Fe-N5 sites via high-coordination defects for enhanced Fenton-like water decontamination

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    2025年11月25日

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  • Sijia Jin,
  • Wenxian Tan,
  • Yilin Huang,
  • Yi Wang,
  • Zhiqiao He,
  • Haiyan Zhang,
  • Shuang Song,
  • Yaqi Cai,
  • Tao Zeng

摘要

Fe-N5 single-atom catalysts (SACs) hold great promise for water decontamination, however, the fundamental relationship between their high coordination shell environment and catalytic performance in Fenton-like reactions remains poorly understood. Here, we precisely regulate the high coordination shell defects of a model SAC with well-defined axial Fe-N5 configurations to elucidate the impact of remote interactions on peroxymonosulfate (PMS) activation. Experimental and theoretical studies confirm that remote modulation of Fe-N5 sites through high coordination shell defects profoundly enhance Fenton-like catalytic activity, enabling FeN5-SD2 to achieve a turnover frequency (TOF) value of 0.338 min⁻1, surpassing state-of-the-art SACs. Our findings reveal a critical volcano-type correlation between defect content and catalytic efficiency, where coordinated modulation of Fe d-band center positioning and PMS adsorption energetics governs reaction dynamics. Only the FeN5-SD2 configuration with an optimal level of defects density and moderate adsorption energy enables sufficient O-O bond elongation in PMS to lower the energy barrier for selective singlet oxygen (1O2) evolution. This study unveils the mechanistic role of higher coordination shell defects in regulating Fe-N5 active sites and introduces a well-defined model to investigate the structure–property correlations of higher coordination shells in SACs for Fenton-like reactions.