The inherent correlation between the Fe 3d electronic

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Sourced from the abstract and future-work section of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 2023 and 2025, spanning 4 journals. Those papers have been cited 169 times in total.

Supporting evidence — 4 representative gaps

• Boosting High‐Valent Fe═O Formation via Fe Electron Localization in Asymmetric FeMo Dual‐Atom Catalyst for Fenton‐Like Reaction (2025) · Small · cited 16× · doi

  However, the inherent correlation between the Fe 3d electronic structure of heterogeneous catalysts and the generation efficiency of high‐valent Fe═O remains unclear, limiting the rational design of high‐performance catalysts.

  generalabstract
  Keywords: catalysts high inherent correlation electronic structure heterogeneous generation efficiency valent remains unclear limiting rational design
• Identification and Understanding of Active Sites of Non‐Noble Iron‐Nitrogen‐Carbon Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysis (2023) · Advanced Functional Materials · cited 101× · doi

  To facilitate further research on Fe‐N‐C catalysts toward practical applications, some research perspectives are prospected in the aspects of innovative synthesis methods, active‐sites modulation strategies, high‐resolution ex situ/in situ/operando characterization techniques, theoretical calculations, and so on.

  generalabstractevidence 5/5
  Keywords: situ facilitate further catalysts toward practical applications perspectives prospected aspects innovative synthesis active sites modulation
• Carbon-Supported Fe-Based Catalyst for Thermal-Catalytic CO2 Hydrogenation into C2+ Alcohols: The Effect of Carbon Support Porosity on Catalytic Performance (2024) · Molecules · cited 14× · doi

  Investigating the effect of other factors on the catalytic performance, - Studying the mechanism of the formation of the Fe5C2 crystal phase for C-C bond coupling, - Exploring the potential applications of the carbon-supported Fe-based catalysts

  generalfuture-work sectionevidence 5/5
  Keywords: investigating effect other factors catalytic performance studying mechanism
• Converting Fe−N−C Single‐atom Catalyst to a New FeN x Se y Cluster Catalyst for Proton‐exchange Membrane Fuel Cells (2025) · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · cited 38× · doi

  The construction of a new Fe coordination environment that is completely different from the square‐planar Fe−N 4 configuration in classic Fe−N−C catalyst is expected to break the current stability limits of Pt‐free catalysts, which however remains unexplored.

  generalabstractevidence 4/5
  Keywords: construction coordination environment completely different square planar configuration classic catalyst expected break current stability limits

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