{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["2(10)"],"submitter":["Jin J"],"pubmed_abstract":["Sluggish sulfur reduction reaction (SRR) kinetics remains a formidable challenge in Li-S electrochemistry. In this sense, the rational design of single-atom species has become a burgeoning practice to expedite sulfur redox, where the underlying catalytic mechanism otherwise remains elusive. Herein, a class of metal single-atom modified porous carbon nanofiber films (MSA PCNFs, M = Fe, Co, or Ni), fabricated via a generic synthetic strategy, as mediators to boost SRR kinetics is reported. Throughout electrokinetic measurement and operando instrumental probing, NiSA PCNF is evidenced to harness the catalytic superiority toward the rate-determining step (i.e., liquid-solid conversion) of the SRR process. Density functional theory (DFT) simulations further reveal that the catalytic features of"],"journal":["Small science"],"pagination":["2200059"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11935855"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Demystifying Activity Origin of M-N-C Single-Atomic Mediators Toward Expedited Rate-Determining Step in Li-S Electrochemistry."],"pmcid":["PMC11935855"],"pubmed_authors":["Wang M","Huang T","Ding Y","Wang P","Cai J","Yan T","Zhang L","Shi Z","Jin J","Sun Z","Sun J"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Demystifying Activity Origin of M-N-C Single-Atomic Mediators Toward Expedited Rate-Determining Step in Li-S Electrochemistry.","description":"Sluggish sulfur reduction reaction (SRR) kinetics remains a formidable challenge in Li-S electrochemistry. In this sense, the rational design of single-atom species has become a burgeoning practice to expedite sulfur redox, where the underlying catalytic mechanism otherwise remains elusive. Herein, a class of metal single-atom modified porous carbon nanofiber films (MSA PCNFs, M = Fe, Co, or Ni), fabricated via a generic synthetic strategy, as mediators to boost SRR kinetics is reported. Throughout electrokinetic measurement and operando instrumental probing, NiSA PCNF is evidenced to harness the catalytic superiority toward the rate-determining step (i.e., liquid-solid conversion) of the SRR process. Density functional theory (DFT) simulations further reveal that the catalytic features of","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Oct","modification":"2025-07-09T03:05:04.259Z","creation":"2025-07-09T03:05:04.259Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC11935855","cross_references":{"pubmed":["40212706"],"doi":["10.1002/smsc.202200059"]}}