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Aziz R, Abad S, Onaizi SA. Electrochemical conversion of CO 2 using metalorganic frameworks-based materials: A review on recent progresses and outlooks. CHEMOSPHERE 2024; 365:143312. [PMID: 39265732 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.143312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2024] [Revised: 08/28/2024] [Accepted: 09/09/2024] [Indexed: 09/14/2024]
Abstract
Global warming has been mainly attributed to the excessive release of carbon dioxide (CO2) to the atmosphere. Several CO2 capture and conversion technologies have been developed in the past few decades with their own merits and limitations. Electrochemical conversion of CO2 is one of the most attractive techniques for combating CO2 emissions. However, the efficacy of the electrochemical reduction of CO2 hinges on the efficiency of the utilized materials (i.e., electrocatalysts). Metal organic frameworks (MOFs)-based materials have recently emerged as attractive tools for various applications, including the electrochemical conversion of CO2. Although there are some review articles on CO2 capture and conversion using different materials, reviews focusing specifically on the electrochemical conversion of CO2 using MOFs-based materials are still comparatively lacking. Additionally, the field of electrochemical conversion of CO2 into valuable chemicals is currently gaining high momentum, requiring comprehensive and recent reviews, which would provide researchers/professionals with a quick and easy access to the recent developments in this rapidly evolving research area. Accordingly, this article comprehensively reviews recent studies on the electrochemical conversion of CO2 using pristine/modified/functionalized MOFs as well as composite materials containing MOFs. Additionally, single atom catalysts (SACs) derived from MOFs and their applications for the electrochemical conversion of CO2 has also been reviewed. Furthermore, obstacles, challenges, limitations, and remaining research gaps have been identified, and future works to tackle them have been highlighted. Overall, this review article provides valuable discussion and insights into the recent advancements in the field of electrochemical conversion of CO2 into chemicals using MOFs-based materials.
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- Ruqaiya Aziz
- Department of Chemical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, 31216, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, 31216, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, 31216, Saudi Arabia; Interdisciplinary Research Center for Hydrogen Technologies and Carbon Management, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, 31216, Saudi Arabia.
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Moreno D, Omosebi A, Jeon BW, Abad K, Kim YH, Thompson J, Liu K. Decoupling Charge Carrier Electroreduction and Enzymatic CO 2 Conversion to Formate Using a Dual-Cell Flow Reactor System. ACS OMEGA 2024; 9:39353-39364. [PMID: 39346885 PMCID: PMC11425623 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.4c02134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2024] [Revised: 08/15/2024] [Accepted: 09/02/2024] [Indexed: 10/01/2024]
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With an efficient atom economy, low activation energy, and valuable applications for fuel cells and hydrogen storage, formic acid (FA) is a useful fuel product to convert CO2 and reduce emissions. Although metal catalysts are typically used for this conversion, unwanted side reactions remain a concern, particularly when products are attempted to be recovered long-term. In this study, an enzymatic catalyst is used to enable the selective conversion of CO2 to FA, as a formate ion. A dual-cell flow reactor system is used to first reduce a charge mediator electrochemically (reduction cell), which then activates a catalyst to selectively convert CO2 to formate (production cell). This approach minimizes enzyme degradation by avoiding direct contact with increased voltages and improves the quantity of formate produced. The system produced 25 mM of formate and reached over 50% Coulombic efficiency. The larger volume of this dual-cell system increases the quantity of formate produced beyond that of a batch cell. Additional design configurations are employed, including a pH control pump to maintain catalyst activity and a packed bed reactor to improve contact of the charge carrier with the catalyst. Both configurations retained higher production and efficiency long-term (∼168 h). The results highlight the challenges of developing a system where many parameters play a role in optimizing performance. Nevertheless, the ability of the system to produce formate from CO2 demonstrates the potential to improve upon this configuration for a variety of electrochemical CO2 conversion applications.
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- Daniel Moreno
- Missouri
State University, Springfield, Missouri 65806, United States
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- Institute
for Decarbonization and Energy Advancement, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40511, United States
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- Ulsan
National Institute of Science and Technology, Eonyang-eup, Ulju-gun, Ulsan 44919, South Korea
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- Institute
for Decarbonization and Energy Advancement, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40511, United States
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40504, United States
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- Ulsan
National Institute of Science and Technology, Eonyang-eup, Ulju-gun, Ulsan 44919, South Korea
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- Institute
for Decarbonization and Energy Advancement, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40511, United States
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40504, United States
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- Department
of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40504, United States
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Wang L, Chen Z, Xiao Y, Huang L, Wang X, Fruehwald H, Akhmetzyanov D, Hanson M, Chen Z, Chen N, Billinghurst B, Smith RDL, Singh CV, Tan Z, Wu YA. Stabilized Cu δ+-OH species on in situ reconstructed Cu nanoparticles for CO 2-to-C 2H 4 conversion in neutral media. Nat Commun 2024; 15:7477. [PMID: 39209896 PMCID: PMC11362302 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-52004-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2023] [Accepted: 08/22/2024] [Indexed: 09/04/2024] Open
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Achieving large-scale electrochemical CO2 reduction to multicarbon products with high selectivity using membrane electrode assembly (MEA) electrolyzers in neutral electrolyte is promising for carbon neutrality. However, the unsatisfactory multicarbon products selectivity and unclear reaction mechanisms in an MEA have hindered its further development. Here, we report a strategy that manipulates the interfacial microenvironment of Cu nanoparticles in an MEA to suppress hydrogen evolution reaction and enhance C2H4 conversion. In situ multimodal characterizations consistently reveal well-stabilized Cuδ+-OH species as active sites during MEA testing. The OH radicals generated in situ from water create a locally oxidative microenvironment on the copper surface, stabilizing the Cuδ+ species and leading to an irreversible and asynchronous change in morphology and valence, yielding high-curvature nanowhiskers. Consequently, we deliver a selective C2H4 production with a Faradaic efficiency of 55.6% ± 2.8 at 316 mA cm-2 in neutral media.
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- Lei Wang
- Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada
- Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, M5S 3E4, Canada
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- Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, M5S 3E4, Canada
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- Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada
- Institute for Quantum Computing, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada
- Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Canadian Light Source, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 2V3, Canada
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- Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada
- Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, M5S 3E4, Canada.
- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, M5S 3G8, Canada.
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- Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada.
- Eastern Institute of Technology, No. 568 Tongxin Road, Zhenhai District, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315200, China.
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- Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada.
- Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada.
- Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada.
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Wu H, Yu H, Chow YL, Webley PA, Zhang J. Toward Durable CO 2 Electroreduction with Cu-Based Catalysts via Understanding Their Deactivation Modes. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024; 36:e2403217. [PMID: 38845132 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202403217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2024] [Revised: 05/23/2024] [Indexed: 06/18/2024]
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The technology of CO2 electrochemical reduction (CO2ER) provides a means to convert CO2, a waste greenhouse gas, into value-added chemicals. Copper is the most studied element that is capable of catalyzing CO2ER to obtain multicarbon products, such as ethylene, ethanol, acetate, etc., at an appreciable rate. Under the operating condition of CO2ER, the catalytic performance of Cu decays because of several factors that alters the surface properties of Cu. In this review, these factors that cause the degradation of Cu-based CO2ER catalysts are categorized into generalized deactivation modes, that are applicable to all electrocatalytic systems. The fundamental principles of each deactivation mode and the associated effects of each on Cu-based catalysts are discussed in detail. Structure- and composition-activity relationship developed from recent in situ/operando characterization studies are presented as evidence of related deactivation modes in operation. With the aim to address these deactivation modes, catalyst design and reaction environment engineering rationales are suggested. Finally, perspectives and remarks built upon the recent advances in CO2ER are provided in attempts to improve the durability of CO2ER catalysts.
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- Hsiwen Wu
- School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, 3800, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, 3800, Australia
- Chemistry and Chemical Engineering School, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330031, China
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- School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, 3800, Australia
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, 3800, Australia
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, 3800, Australia
- ARC Research Hub for Carbon Utilisation and Recycling, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, 3800, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, 3800, Australia
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, 3800, Australia
- ARC Research Hub for Carbon Utilisation and Recycling, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, 3800, Australia
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Green Electrochemical Transformation of Carbon Dioxide, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, 3800, Australia
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Fang F, Zhang J, Xiang L, Chen C, Feng N, Lv Y, Chang K, Huang J. Ordering Bimetallic Cu-Pd Catalysts onto Orderly Mesoporous SrTiO 3-Crystal Nanotubular Networks for Efficient Carbon Dioxide Photoreduction. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202405807. [PMID: 38757228 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202405807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2024] [Revised: 04/26/2024] [Accepted: 05/16/2024] [Indexed: 05/18/2024]
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Artificial photosynthesis of fuels has garnered significant attention, with SrTiO3 emerging as a potential candidate for photocatalysis due to its exceptional physicochemical properties. However, selectively converting CO2 into fuels with desired reaction products remains a grand challenge. Herein, we design an updated method via an aging strategy based on the electrospinning technique to synthesize a single-crystalline Al-doped SrTiO3 nanotubular networks with self-assembled orderly mesopores, further modified by Cu-Pd alloy. It exhibits both high crystallinity and superior cross-linked mesoporous structures, effectively facilitating charge carrier transfer, photon utilization, and mass transfer, with a remarkable enhancement from 0.025 mmol h-1 m-2 to 1.090 mmol h-1 m-2 in the CO production rate. Meanwhile, the ordered arrangement of Cu and Pd atoms on the (111) surface can promote the rate-determining step (*CO2 to *COOH), which is also responsible for its good activity. The presence of CuO in the reaction confers a significant advantage for CO desorption, leading to a remarkable CO selectivity of 95.54 %. This work highlights new insights into developing advanced heterogeneous photocatalysts.
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- Fan Fang
- Laboratory for Catalysis Engineering, School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering & Sydney Nano Institute, The University of Sydney, Darlington, New South Wales, 2008, Australia
- College of Materials Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 210016, P. R. China
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- College of Materials Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 210016, P. R. China
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- College of Materials Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 210016, P. R. China
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- College of Materials Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 210016, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Inorganic Function Composites, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 210009, P. R. China
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- School of Management and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, P. R. China
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- College of Materials Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 210016, P. R. China
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- Laboratory for Catalysis Engineering, School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering & Sydney Nano Institute, The University of Sydney, Darlington, New South Wales, 2008, Australia
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Huang J, Liu Q, Huang J, Xu M, Lai W, Gu Z. Electrochemical CO 2 Reduction to Multicarbon Products on Non-Copper Based Catalysts. CHEMSUSCHEM 2024:e202401173. [PMID: 38982867 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202401173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2024] [Revised: 07/02/2024] [Accepted: 07/10/2024] [Indexed: 07/11/2024]
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Electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (eCO2RR) to value-added multicarbon (C2+) products offers a promising approach for achieving carbon neutrality and storing intermittent renewable energy. Copper (Cu)-based electrocatalysts generally play the predominant role in this process. Yet recently, more and more non-Cu materials have demonstrated the capability to convert CO2 into C2+, which provides impressive production efficiency even exceeding those on Cu, and a wider variety of C2+ compounds not achievable with Cu counterparts. This motivates us to organize the present review to make a timely and tutorial summary of recent progresses on developing non-Cu based catalysts for CO2-to-C2+. We begin by elucidating the reaction pathways for C2+ formation, with an emphasis on the unique C-C coupling mechanisms in non-Cu electrocatalysts. Subsequently, we summarize the typical C2+-involved non-Cu catalysts, including ds-, d- and p-block metals, as well as metal-free materials, presenting the state-of-the-art design strategies to enhance C2+ efficiency. The system upgrading to promote C2+ productivity on non-Cu electrodes covering microbial electrosynthesis, electrolyte engineering, regulation of operational conditions, and synergistic co-electrolysis, is highlighted as well. Our review concludes with an exploration of the challenges and future opportunities in this rapidly evolving field.
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- Jiayi Huang
- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210023, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210023, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210023, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210023, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210023, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210023, P. R. China
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Zhang Z, Gee W, Sautet P, Alexandrova AN. H and CO Co-Induced Roughening of Cu Surface in CO 2 Electroreduction Conditions. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:16119-16127. [PMID: 38815275 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c03515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2024]
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The dynamic restructuring of Cu has been observed under electrochemical conditions, and it has been hypothesized to underlie the unique reactivity of Cu toward CO2 electroreduction. Roughening is one of the key surface phenomena for Cu activation, whereby numerous atomic vacancies and adatoms form. However, the atomic structure of such surface motifs in the presence of relevant adsorbates has remained elusive. Here, we explore the chemical space of Cu surface restructuring under coverage of CO and H in realistic electroreduction conditions, by combining grand canonical DFT and global optimization techniques, from which we construct a potential-dependent grand canonical ensemble representation. The regime of intermediate and mixed CO and H coverage─where structures exhibit some elevated surface Cu─is thermodynamically unfavorable yet kinetically inevitable. Therefore, we develop a quasi-kinetic Monte Carlo simulation to track the system's evolution during a simulated cathodic scan. We reveal the evolution path of the system across coverage space and identify the accessible metastable structures formed along the way. Chemical bonding analysis is performed on the metastable structures with elevated Cu*CO species to understand their formation mechanism. By molecular dynamics simulations and free energy calculations, the surface chemistry of the Cu*CO species is explored, and we identify plausible mechanisms via which the Cu*CO species may diffuse or dimerize. This work provides rich atomistic insights into the phenomenon of surface roughening and the structure of involved species. It also features generalizable methods to explore the chemical space of restructuring surfaces with mixed adsorbates and their nonequilibrium evolution.
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- Zisheng Zhang
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90094, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90094, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90094, United States
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90094, United States
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90094, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90094, United States
- California NanoSystems Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90094, United States
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90094, United States
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Wang X, Ding S, Feng X, Zhu Y. High stability copper clusters anchored on N-doped carbon nanosheets for efficient CO 2 electroreduction to HCOOH. J Colloid Interface Sci 2024; 653:741-748. [PMID: 37742433 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.09.079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2023] [Revised: 08/28/2023] [Accepted: 09/11/2023] [Indexed: 09/26/2023]
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Cu-based nanomaterials is crucial for electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR), but they inevitably undergo performance degradation due to structural self-reconstruction at a large current density during CO2RR. Here, we developed a pre-synthetic atomically dispersed Cu source strategy to fabricate a catalyst of stable Cu clusters anchored on N-doped carbon nanosheets (c-Cu/NC), which exhibited an exceptional electroreduction for CO2 to HCOOH with a Faradaic efficiency of up to 96.2 % at current density of 276.4 mA cm-2 at - 0.96 V vs. RHE, which surpasses most reported catalysts. Especially, there was no any decay in stability during a 100 h continuous test, attributed to a strong interaction of Cu-C for restraining its self-reconstruction during CO2RR. DFT calculations indicated that N-doped carbon can strongly stabilize Cu clusters for keeping stability and cause the downshift of d-band center of Cu on c-Cu/NC for reducing the desorption energy between c-Cu/NC and OCHO* intermediates. This work provides an effective way to construct stable Cu clusters catalysts, and unveil the origin of catalyticmechanism over Cu clusters anchored on N-doped carbon towards electrochemical conversion ofCO2 to HCOOH.
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- Xingpu Wang
- Key Laboratory of Bio-Inspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology School of Chemistry, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-Inspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology School of Chemistry, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-Inspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology School of Chemistry, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-Inspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology School of Chemistry, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China; Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Biomedical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China.
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Yun Q, Ge Y, Shi Z, Liu J, Wang X, Zhang A, Huang B, Yao Y, Luo Q, Zhai L, Ge J, Peng Y, Gong C, Zhao M, Qin Y, Ma C, Wang G, Wa Q, Zhou X, Li Z, Li S, Zhai W, Yang H, Ren Y, Wang Y, Li L, Ruan X, Wu Y, Chen B, Lu Q, Lai Z, He Q, Huang X, Chen Y, Zhang H. Recent Progress on Phase Engineering of Nanomaterials. Chem Rev 2023. [PMID: 37962496 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.3c00459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2023]
Abstract
As a key structural parameter, phase depicts the arrangement of atoms in materials. Normally, a nanomaterial exists in its thermodynamically stable crystal phase. With the development of nanotechnology, nanomaterials with unconventional crystal phases, which rarely exist in their bulk counterparts, or amorphous phase have been prepared using carefully controlled reaction conditions. Together these methods are beginning to enable phase engineering of nanomaterials (PEN), i.e., the synthesis of nanomaterials with unconventional phases and the transformation between different phases, to obtain desired properties and functions. This Review summarizes the research progress in the field of PEN. First, we present representative strategies for the direct synthesis of unconventional phases and modulation of phase transformation in diverse kinds of nanomaterials. We cover the synthesis of nanomaterials ranging from metal nanostructures such as Au, Ag, Cu, Pd, and Ru, and their alloys; metal oxides, borides, and carbides; to transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) and 2D layered materials. We review synthesis and growth methods ranging from wet-chemical reduction and seed-mediated epitaxial growth to chemical vapor deposition (CVD), high pressure phase transformation, and electron and ion-beam irradiation. After that, we summarize the significant influence of phase on the various properties of unconventional-phase nanomaterials. We also discuss the potential applications of the developed unconventional-phase nanomaterials in different areas including catalysis, electrochemical energy storage (batteries and supercapacitors), solar cells, optoelectronics, and sensing. Finally, we discuss existing challenges and future research directions in PEN.
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- Qinbai Yun
- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering & Energy Institute, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Institute of Sustainability for Chemicals, Energy and Environment, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, 627833, Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
- Hong Kong Branch of National Precious Metals Material Engineering Research Center (NPMM), City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
- Hong Kong Branch of National Precious Metals Material Engineering Research Center (NPMM), City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China
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- Institute of Molecular Aggregation Science, Department of Chemistry, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- Institute of Molecular Aggregation Science, Department of Chemistry, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biosensors, Institute of Advanced Materials, School of Chemistry and Life Sciences, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
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- Department of Applied Physics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), School of Flexible Electronics (SoFE), Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), Nanjing 211816, China
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- Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
- Hong Kong Branch of National Precious Metals Material Engineering Research Center (NPMM), City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
- Shenzhen Research Institute, City University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen 518057, China
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Kim K, Wagner P, Wagner K, Mozer AJ. Catalytic Decomposition of an Organic Electrolyte to Methane by a Cu Complex-Derived In Situ CO 2 Reduction Catalyst. ACS OMEGA 2023; 8:41792-41801. [PMID: 37970018 PMCID: PMC10633833 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.3c06440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2023] [Revised: 09/27/2023] [Accepted: 09/28/2023] [Indexed: 11/17/2023]
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Metal complexes are often transformed to metal complex-derived catalysts during electrochemical CO2 reduction, enhancing the catalytic performance of CO2 reduction or changing product selectivity. To date, it has not been investigated whether metal-complex derived catalysts also enhance the decomposition of the solvent/electrolyte components as compared to an uncoated electrode. Here, we tested the electrochemical stability of five organic solvent-based electrolytes with and without a Cu complex-derived catalyst on carbon paper in an inert atmosphere. The amount of methane and hydrogen produced was monitored using gas chromatography. Importantly, the onset potential for methane production was reduced by 300 mV in the presence of a Cu complex-derived catalyst leading to a significant amount of methane (417.7 ppm) produced at -2.17 V vs Fc/Fc+ in acetonitrile. This suggests that the Cu complex-derived catalyst accelerated not only CO2 reduction but also the reduction of the electrolyte components. This means that Faradaic efficiency (FE) measurements under CO2 in acetonitrile may significantly overestimate the amount of CH4. Only 28.8 ppm of methane was produced in dimethylformamide under an inert atmosphere, much lower than that produced under CO2 (506 ppm under CO2) at the same potential, suggesting that dimethylformamide is a more suitable solvent. Measurements in propylene carbonate produced mostly hydrogen gas while in dimethyl sulfoxide and 3-methoxypropionitrile neither methane nor hydrogen was detected. A strong linear correlation between the measured current and the amount of methane produced with and without the Cu complex-derived catalyst confirmed that the origin of methane production is solvent/electrolyte decomposition and not the decomposition of the catalyst itself. The study highlights that in a nonaqueous system, highly active catalyst in situ deposited during electrochemical testing can significantly influence background measurements as compared to uncoated electrodes, therefore the choice of solvent is paramount for reliable testing.
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- Kyuman Kim
- Intelligent Polymer Research Institute
and ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales 2522, Australia
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- Intelligent Polymer Research Institute
and ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales 2522, Australia
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- Intelligent Polymer Research Institute
and ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales 2522, Australia
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- Intelligent Polymer Research Institute
and ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales 2522, Australia
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Serfőző A, Csík GA, Kormányos A, Balog Á, Janáky C, Endrődi B. One-step electrodeposition of binder-containing Cu nanocube catalyst layers for carbon dioxide reduction. NANOSCALE 2023; 15:16734-16740. [PMID: 37814939 DOI: 10.1039/d3nr03834c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/11/2023]
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To reach industrially relevant current densities in the electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide, this process must be performed in continuous-flow electrolyzer cells, applying gas diffusion electrodes. Beyond the chemical composition of the catalyst, both its morphology and the overall structure of the catalyst layer are decisive in terms of reaction rate and product selectivity. We present an electrodeposition method for preparing coherent copper nanocube catalyst layers on hydrophobic carbon paper, hence forming gas diffusion electrodes with high coverage in a single step. This was enabled by the appropriate wetting of the carbon paper (controlled by the composition of the electrodeposition solution) and the use of a custom-designed 3D-printed electrolyzer cell, which allowed the deposition of copper nanocubes selectively on the microporous side of the carbon paper substrate. Furthermore, a polymeric binder (Capstone ST-110) was successfully incorporated into the catalyst layer during electrodeposition. The high electrode coverage and the binder content together result in an increased ethylene production rate during CO2 reduction, compared to catalyst layers prepared from simple aqueous solutions.
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- Andrea Serfőző
- Department of Physical Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Szeged, Rerrich Square 1, Szeged, H-6720 Hungary.
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- Department of Physical Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Szeged, Rerrich Square 1, Szeged, H-6720 Hungary.
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- Department of Physical Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Szeged, Rerrich Square 1, Szeged, H-6720 Hungary.
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- Department of Physical Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Szeged, Rerrich Square 1, Szeged, H-6720 Hungary.
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- Department of Physical Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Szeged, Rerrich Square 1, Szeged, H-6720 Hungary.
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- Department of Physical Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Szeged, Rerrich Square 1, Szeged, H-6720 Hungary.
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Iglesias van Montfort HP, Li M, Irtem E, Abdinejad M, Wu Y, Pal SK, Sassenburg M, Ripepi D, Subramanian S, Biemolt J, Rufford TE, Burdyny T. Non-invasive current collectors for improved current-density distribution during CO 2 electrolysis on super-hydrophobic electrodes. Nat Commun 2023; 14:6579. [PMID: 37852966 PMCID: PMC10584973 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-42348-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2023] [Accepted: 10/09/2023] [Indexed: 10/20/2023] Open
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Electrochemical reduction of CO2 presents an attractive way to store renewable energy in chemical bonds in a potentially carbon-neutral way. However, the available electrolyzers suffer from intrinsic problems, like flooding and salt accumulation, that must be overcome to industrialize the technology. To mitigate flooding and salt precipitation issues, researchers have used super-hydrophobic electrodes based on either expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) gas-diffusion layers (GDL's), or carbon-based GDL's with added PTFE. While the PTFE backbone is highly resistant to flooding, the non-conductive nature of PTFE means that without additional current collection the catalyst layer itself is responsible for electron-dispersion, which penalizes system efficiency and stability. In this work, we present operando results that illustrate that the current distribution and electrical potential distribution is far from a uniform distribution in thin catalyst layers (~50 nm) deposited onto ePTFE GDL's. We then compare the effects of thicker catalyst layers (~500 nm) and a newly developed non-invasive current collector (NICC). The NICC can maintain more uniform current distributions with 10-fold thinner catalyst layers while improving stability towards ethylene (≥ 30%) by approximately two-fold.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Delft University of Technology; 9 van der Maasweg, Delft, 2629HZ, the Netherlands
- Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3010, Australia
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Delft University of Technology; 9 van der Maasweg, Delft, 2629HZ, the Netherlands
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Delft University of Technology; 9 van der Maasweg, Delft, 2629HZ, the Netherlands
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- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Delft University of Technology; 9 van der Maasweg, Delft, 2629HZ, the Netherlands
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Delft University of Technology; 9 van der Maasweg, Delft, 2629HZ, the Netherlands
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Delft University of Technology; 9 van der Maasweg, Delft, 2629HZ, the Netherlands
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Delft University of Technology; 9 van der Maasweg, Delft, 2629HZ, the Netherlands
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Delft University of Technology; 9 van der Maasweg, Delft, 2629HZ, the Netherlands
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- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Delft University of Technology; 9 van der Maasweg, Delft, 2629HZ, the Netherlands.
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Serafini M, Mariani F, Basile F, Scavetta E, Tonelli D. From Traditional to New Benchmark Catalysts for CO 2 Electroreduction. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 13:nano13111723. [PMID: 37299627 DOI: 10.3390/nano13111723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2023] [Revised: 05/21/2023] [Accepted: 05/23/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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In the last century, conventional strategies pursued to reduce or convert CO2 have shown limitations and, consequently, have been pushing the development of innovative routes. Among them, great efforts have been made in the field of heterogeneous electrochemical CO2 conversion, which boasts the use of mild operative conditions, compatibility with renewable energy sources, and high versatility from an industrial point of view. Indeed, since the pioneering studies of Hori and co-workers, a wide range of electrocatalysts have been designed. Starting from the performances achieved using traditional bulk metal electrodes, advanced nanostructured and multi-phase materials are currently being studied with the main goal of overcoming the high overpotentials usually required for the obtainment of reduction products in substantial amounts. This review reports the most relevant examples of metal-based, nanostructured electrocatalysts proposed in the literature during the last 40 years. Moreover, the benchmark materials are identified and the most promising strategies towards the selective conversion to high-added-value chemicals with superior productivities are highlighted.
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- Martina Serafini
- Department of Industrial Chemistry "Toso Montanari", Viale del Risorgimento 4, 40136 Bologna, Italy
- Center for Chemical Catalysis-C3, University of Bologna, Viale del Risorgimento 4, 40136 Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Industrial Chemistry "Toso Montanari", Viale del Risorgimento 4, 40136 Bologna, Italy
- Center for Chemical Catalysis-C3, University of Bologna, Viale del Risorgimento 4, 40136 Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Industrial Chemistry "Toso Montanari", Viale del Risorgimento 4, 40136 Bologna, Italy
- Center for Chemical Catalysis-C3, University of Bologna, Viale del Risorgimento 4, 40136 Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Industrial Chemistry "Toso Montanari", Viale del Risorgimento 4, 40136 Bologna, Italy
- Center for Chemical Catalysis-C3, University of Bologna, Viale del Risorgimento 4, 40136 Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Industrial Chemistry "Toso Montanari", Viale del Risorgimento 4, 40136 Bologna, Italy
- Center for Chemical Catalysis-C3, University of Bologna, Viale del Risorgimento 4, 40136 Bologna, Italy
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Li L, Shan L, Sheveleva AM, He M, Ma Y, Zhou Y, Nikiel M, Lopez-Odriozola L, Natrajan LS, McInnes EJL, Schröder M, Yang S, Tuna F. Control of evolution of porous copper-based metal-organic materials for electroreduction of CO 2 to multi-carbon products. MATERIALS ADVANCES 2023; 4:1941-1948. [PMID: 37113466 PMCID: PMC10123487 DOI: 10.1039/d3ma00033h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2023] [Accepted: 03/12/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Electrochemcial reduction of CO2 to multi-carbon (C2+) products is an important but challenging task. Here, we report the control of structural evolution of two porous Cu(ii)-based materials (HKUST-1 and CuMOP, MOP = metal-organic polyhedra) under electrochemical conditions by adsorption of 7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinodimethane (TNCQ) as an additional electron acceptor. The formation of Cu(i) and Cu(0) species during the structural evolution has been confirmed and analysed by powder X-ray diffraction, and by EPR, Raman, XPS, IR and UV-vis spectroscopies. An electrode decorated with evolved TCNQ@CuMOP shows a selectivity of 68% for C2+ products with a total current density of 268 mA cm-2 and faradaic efficiency of 37% for electrochemcial reduction of CO2 in 1 M aqueous KOH electrolyte at -2.27 V vs. RHE (reversible hydrogen electrode). In situ electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy reveals the presence of carbon-centred radicals as key reaction intermediates. This study demonstrates the positive impact of additional electron acceptors on the structural evolution of Cu(ii)-based porous materials to promote the electroreduction of CO2 to C2+ products.
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- Lili Li
- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester Manchester M13 9PL UK
- Photon Science Institute, University of Manchester Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- Institute for Advanced Materials and Technology, University of Science and Technology Beijing Beijing 100083 China
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- Photon Science Institute, University of Manchester Manchester M13 9PL UK
- Department of Materials, University of Manchester Manchester M13 9PL UK
- National Graphene Institute, University of Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester Manchester M13 9PL UK
- Photon Science Institute, University of Manchester Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester Manchester M13 9PL UK
- Photon Science Institute, University of Manchester Manchester M13 9PL UK
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Luo Y, Ma Z, Xia X, Zhong J, Wu P, Huang Y. TM 2 -B 2 Quadruple Active Sites Supported on a Defective C 3 N Monolayer as Catalyst for the Electrochemical CO 2 Reduction: A Theoretical Perspective. CHEMSUSCHEM 2023; 16:e202202209. [PMID: 36571161 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202202209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2022] [Revised: 12/24/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Developing high-performance electrocatalysts for the CO2 reduction reaction (CO2 RR) holds great potential to mitigate the depletion of fossil feedstocks and abate the emission of CO2 . In this contribution, using density functional theory calculations, we systematically investigated the CO2 RR performance catalyzed by TM2 -B2 (TM=Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu) supported on a defective C3 N monolayer (V-C3 N). Through the screening in terms of stability of catalyst, activity towards CO2 adsorption, and selectivity against hydrogen evolution reaction, Mn2 -, Fe2 -, Co2 -, and Ni2 -B2 @V-C3 N were demonstrated to be a highly promising CO2 RR electrocatalyst. Due to quadruple active sites, these candidates can adsorb two or three CO2 molecules. Strikingly, different products, distributing from C1 to C2+ , can be generated. The high activity originates from the synergistic effect of TM and B atoms, in which they serve as adsorption sites for the C- and O-species, respectively. The high selectivity towards C2+ products at the Fe2 -, and Ni2 -B2 sites stems from moderate C adsorption strength but relatively weak O adsorption strength, in which a universal descriptor, that is, 0.6 ΔEC -0.4 ΔEO =-1.77 eV (ΔEC /ΔEO is the adsorption energy of C/O), was proposed. This work would offer a novel perspective for the design of high active electrocatalysts towards CO2 RR and for the synthesis of C2+ compounds.
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- Yao Luo
- College of Chemistry and Material Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241000 (P. R. of, China
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- College of Chemistry and Material Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241000 (P. R. of, China
- Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Clean Energy of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Anhui Key Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials, Anhui Provincial Engineering Laboratory of New-Energy Vehicle Battery Energy-Storage Materials, Anhui Carbon Neutrality Engineering Center, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241000 (P. R. of, China
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- College of Chemistry and Material Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241000 (P. R. of, China
- Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Clean Energy of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Anhui Key Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials, Anhui Provincial Engineering Laboratory of New-Energy Vehicle Battery Energy-Storage Materials, Anhui Carbon Neutrality Engineering Center, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241000 (P. R. of, China
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- College of Chemistry and Material Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241000 (P. R. of, China
- Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241000 (P. R. of, China
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- College of Chemistry and Material Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241000 (P. R. of, China
- Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241000 (P. R. of, China
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- College of Chemistry and Material Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241000 (P. R. of, China
- Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241000 (P. R. of, China
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Varela AS. Gold Extracted from Wastewater as an Efficient MOF-Supported Electrocatalyst. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202217395. [PMID: 36645803 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202217395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2022] [Revised: 01/11/2023] [Accepted: 01/13/2023] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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The recovery of gold from wastewater is necessary from both environmental and economic standpoints. Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) can serve as high-capacity and selective adsorbents, as shown in a recent work by Zhao and co-workers. Their novel three-dimension cationic framework goes further than selectively adsorbing AuCl4 - . It also serves as a stable platform to transform adsorbed gold into an efficient catalyst for the electrochemical reduction of CO2 . This work highlights the versatility of MOFs, which can serve as selective adsorbents and as a support for nanoparticle catalysts.
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- Ana Sofia Varela
- Institute of Chemistry, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, 04510, Mexico
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Daele KV, Arenas‐Esteban D, Choukroun D, Hoekx S, Rossen A, Daems N, Pant D, Bals S, Breugelmans T. Enhanced Pomegranate‐Structured SnO
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Electrocatalysts for the Electrochemical CO
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Reduction to Formate. ChemElectroChem 2023. [DOI: 10.1002/celc.202201024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/18/2023]
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- Kevin Van Daele
- Applied Electrochemistry & Catalysis (ELCAT) University of Antwerp Universiteitsplein 1 2610 Wilrijk Belgium
- Separation & Conversion Technology Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO) Boeretang 200 2400 Mol Belgium
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- Electron Microscopy for Materials research (EMAT) University of Antwerp Groenenborgerlaan 171 2020 Antwerp Belgium
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- Applied Electrochemistry & Catalysis (ELCAT) University of Antwerp Universiteitsplein 1 2610 Wilrijk Belgium
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- Applied Electrochemistry & Catalysis (ELCAT) University of Antwerp Universiteitsplein 1 2610 Wilrijk Belgium
- Electron Microscopy for Materials research (EMAT) University of Antwerp Groenenborgerlaan 171 2020 Antwerp Belgium
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- Applied Electrochemistry & Catalysis (ELCAT) University of Antwerp Universiteitsplein 1 2610 Wilrijk Belgium
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- Applied Electrochemistry & Catalysis (ELCAT) University of Antwerp Universiteitsplein 1 2610 Wilrijk Belgium
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- Separation & Conversion Technology Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO) Boeretang 200 2400 Mol Belgium
- Center for Advanced Process Technology for Urban Resource Recovery (CAPTURE) Frieda Saeysstraat 1 9052 Zwijnaarde Belgium
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- Electron Microscopy for Materials research (EMAT) University of Antwerp Groenenborgerlaan 171 2020 Antwerp Belgium
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- Applied Electrochemistry & Catalysis (ELCAT) University of Antwerp Universiteitsplein 1 2610 Wilrijk Belgium
- Center for Advanced Process Technology for Urban Resource Recovery (CAPTURE) Frieda Saeysstraat 1 9052 Zwijnaarde Belgium
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Li WJ, Lou ZX, Zhao JY, Liu PF, Yuan HY, Yang HG. Positive Valent Metal Sites in Electrochemical CO 2 Reduction Reaction. Chemphyschem 2023; 24:e202200657. [PMID: 36646629 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202200657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2022] [Revised: 12/08/2022] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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The discovery of high-performance catalysts for the electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (CO2 RR) has faced an enormous challenge for years. The lack of cognition about the surface active structures or centers of catalysts in complex conditions limits the development of advanced catalysts for CO2 RR. Recently, the positive valent metal sites (PVMS) are demonstrated as a kind of potential active sites, which can facilitate carbon dioxide (CO2 ) activation and conversation but are always unstable under reduction potentials. Many advanced technologies in theory and experiment have been utilized to understand and develop excellent catalysts with PVMS for CO2 RR. Here, we present an introduction of some typical catalysts with PVMS in CO2 RR and give some understanding of the activity and stability for these related catalysts.
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- Wen Jing Li
- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hierarchical Nanomaterials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hierarchical Nanomaterials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hierarchical Nanomaterials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hierarchical Nanomaterials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hierarchical Nanomaterials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hierarchical Nanomaterials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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Temnikova M, Medvedev J, Medvedeva X, Delva NH, Khairullina E, Krivoshapkina E, Klinkova A. Electrochemical Hydrodimerization of Furfural in Organic Media as an Efficient Route to Jet Fuel Precursor. ChemElectroChem 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/celc.202200865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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- Maria Temnikova
- Department of Chemistry and Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology University of Waterloo 200 University Avenue West N2L 3G1 Waterloo Ontario Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology University of Waterloo 200 University Avenue West N2L 3G1 Waterloo Ontario Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology University of Waterloo 200 University Avenue West N2L 3G1 Waterloo Ontario Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology University of Waterloo 200 University Avenue West N2L 3G1 Waterloo Ontario Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology University of Waterloo 200 University Avenue West N2L 3G1 Waterloo Ontario Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology University of Waterloo 200 University Avenue West N2L 3G1 Waterloo Ontario Canada
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Kuang S, Li M, Chen X, Chi H, Lin J, Hu Z, Hu S, Zhang S, Ma X. Intermetallic CuAu nanoalloy for stable electrochemical CO2 reduction. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2022.108013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Moriau L, Smiljanić M, Lončar A, Hodnik N. Supported Iridium-based Oxygen Evolution Reaction Electrocatalysts - Recent Developments. ChemCatChem 2022; 14:e202200586. [PMID: 36605357 PMCID: PMC9804445 DOI: 10.1002/cctc.202200586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2022] [Revised: 07/28/2022] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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The commercialization of acidic proton exchange membrane water electrolyzers (PEMWE) is heavily hindered by the price and scarcity of oxygen evolution reaction (OER) catalyst, i. e. iridium and its oxides. One of the solutions to enhance the utilization of this precious metal is to use a support to distribute well dispersed Ir nanoparticles. In addition, adequately chosen support can also impact the activity and stability of the catalyst. However, not many materials can sustain the oxidative and acidic conditions of OER in PEMWE. Hereby, we critically and extensively review the different materials proposed as possible supports for OER in acidic media and the effect they have on iridium performances.
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- Leonard Moriau
- Department of Materials ChemistryNational Institute of ChemistryHajdrihova 191001LjubljanaSlovenia
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- Department of Materials ChemistryNational Institute of ChemistryHajdrihova 191001LjubljanaSlovenia
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- Department of Materials ChemistryNational Institute of ChemistryHajdrihova 191001LjubljanaSlovenia
- University of Nova GoricaVipavska 135000Nova GoricaSlovenia
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- Department of Materials ChemistryNational Institute of ChemistryHajdrihova 191001LjubljanaSlovenia
- University of Nova GoricaVipavska 135000Nova GoricaSlovenia
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Pinthong P, Phupaichitkun S, Watmanee S, Nganglumpoon R, Tungasmita DN, Tungasmita S, Boonyongmaneerat Y, Promphet N, Rodthongkum N, Panpranot J. Room Temperature Nanographene Production via CO 2 Electrochemical Reduction on the Electrodeposited Bi on Sn Substrate. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 12:nano12193389. [PMID: 36234517 PMCID: PMC9565334 DOI: 10.3390/nano12193389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2022] [Revised: 09/20/2022] [Accepted: 09/23/2022] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2RR) to crystalline solid carbon at room temperature is challenging, but it is a providential CO2 utilization route due to its indefinite storage and potential applications of its products in many advanced technologies. Here, room-temperature synthesis of polycrystalline nanographene was achieved by CO2RR over the electrodeposited Bi on Sn substrate prepared with various bismuth concentrations (0.01 M, 0.05 M, and 0.1 M). The solid carbon products were solely produced on all the prepared electrodes at the applied potential -1.1 V vs. Ag/AgCl and were characterized as polycrystalline nanographene with an average domain size of ca. 3-4 nm. The morphology of the electrodeposited Bi/Sn electrocatalysts did not have much effect on the final structure of the solid carbon products formed but rather affected the CO2 electroreduction activity. The optimized negative potential for the formation of nanographene products on the 0.05Bi/Sn was ca. -1.5 V vs. Ag/AgCl. Increasing the negative value of the applied potential accelerated the agglomeration of the highly reactive nascent Bi clusters in situ formed under the reaction conditions, which, as a consequence, resulted in a slight deviation of the product selectivity toward gaseous CO and H2 evolution reaction. The Bi-graphene composites produced by this method show high potential as an additive for working electrode modification in electrochemical sensor-related applications.
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- Piriya Pinthong
- Center of Excellence on Catalysis and Catalytic Reaction Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
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- Center of Excellence on Catalysis and Catalytic Reaction Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
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- Center of Excellence on Catalysis and Catalytic Reaction Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
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- Center of Excellence on Catalysis and Catalytic Reaction Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
- Graphene Electronics Research Unit, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
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- Graphene Electronics Research Unit, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
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- Metallurgy and Materials Science Research Institute (MMRI), Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
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- Metallurgy and Materials Science Research Institute (MMRI), Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
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- Metallurgy and Materials Science Research Institute (MMRI), Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
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- Center of Excellence on Catalysis and Catalytic Reaction Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
- Graphene Electronics Research Unit, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
- Bio-Circular-Green-economy Technology & Engineering Center (BCGeTEC), Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
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Hu H, Liu M, Kong Y, Montiel IZ, Hou Y, Rudnev AV, Broekmann P. Size‐dependent Structural Alterations in Ag Nanoparticles During CO2 Electrolysis in a Gas‐fed Zero‐gap Electrolyzer. ChemElectroChem 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/celc.202200615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Huifang Hu
- University of Bern: Universitat Bern Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences SWITZERLAND
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- University of Bern: Universitat Bern Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences SWITZERLAND
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- University of Bern: Universitat Bern Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences SWITZERLAND
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- University of Bern: Universitat Bern Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences SWITZERLAND
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- University of Bern: Universitat Bern Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences Freiestrasse 3 3012 Bern SWITZERLAND
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- University of Bern: Universitat Bern Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences SWITZERLAND
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Stabilization of Cu
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via Strong Electronic Interaction for Selective and Stable CO
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Electroreduction. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202205832. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202205832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Asperti S, Hendrikx R, Gonzalez‐Garcia Y, Kortlever R. Benchmarking the Electrochemical CO
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Reduction on Polycrystalline Copper Foils: The Importance of Microstructure Versus Applied Potential. ChemCatChem 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/cctc.202200540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Simone Asperti
- Department of Process & Energy, Faculty of Mechanical Maritime and Materials Engineering Delft University of Technology Leeghwaterstraat 39 2628 CB Delft The Netherlands
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering Faculty of Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering Delft University of Technology Mekelweg 2 2628 CD Delft The Netherlands
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering Faculty of Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering Delft University of Technology Mekelweg 2 2628 CD Delft The Netherlands
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- Department of Process & Energy, Faculty of Mechanical Maritime and Materials Engineering Delft University of Technology Leeghwaterstraat 39 2628 CB Delft The Netherlands
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Nguyen TN, Chen Z, Zeraati AS, Shiran HS, Sadaf SM, Kibria MG, Sargent EH, Dinh CT. Catalyst Regeneration via Chemical Oxidation Enables Long-Term Electrochemical Carbon Dioxide Reduction. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:13254-13265. [PMID: 35796714 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c04081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Electrochemical CO2 reduction (ECR) with industrially relevant current densities, high product selectivity, and long-term stability has been a long-sought goal. Unfortunately, copper (Cu) catalysts for producing valuable multicarbon (C2+) products undergo structural and morphological changes under ECR conditions, especially at high current densities, resulting in a rapid decrease in product selectivity. Herein, we report a catalyst regeneration strategy, one that employs an electrolysis method comprising alternating "on" and "off" operating regimes, to increase the operating stability of a Cu catalyst. We find that it increases operating lifetime many times, maintaining ethylene selectivity ≥40% for at least 200 h of electrolysis in neutral pH media at a current density of 150 mA cm-2 using a flow cell. We also demonstrate ECR to ethylene at a current density of 1 A cm-2 with ethylene selectivity ≥40% using a three-dimensional Cu gas diffusion electrode, finding that this system under these conditions is rendered stable for greater than 36 h. This work illustrates that Cu-based catalysts, once they have entered into the state conventionally considered to possess degraded catalytic activity, may be recovered to deliver high C2+ selectivity. We present evidence that the combination of short periods of electrolysis, which minimizes the morphological changes during "on" segments, with the progressive chemical oxidation of Cu atoms on the catalyst surface during "off" segments, united with the added effects of washing the accumulated salt and decreasing the catholyte temperature prolong together the catalyst's operating lifetime.
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- Tu N Nguyen
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston K7L 3N6, ON, Canada.,Helen Scientific Research and Technological Development Co., Ltd, Ho Chi Minh City 700000, Vietnam
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto M5S 1A4, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive, NW Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4
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- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive, NW Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4
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- Centre Energie, Matériaux et Télécommunications, Institut National de La Recherche Scientifique (INRS)-Université Du Québec, 1650 Boulevard Lionel-Boulet, Varennes, Quebec J3X 1S2, Canada
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- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive, NW Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto M5S 1A4, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston K7L 3N6, ON, Canada
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Zhou Y, Yao Y, Zhao R, Wang X, Fu Z, Wang D, Wang H, Zhao L, Ni W, Yang Z, Yan Y. Stabilization of Cu
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via Strong Electronic Interaction for Selective and Stable CO
2
Electroreduction. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202205832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Yixiang Zhou
- State Key Lab of Organic-Inorganic Composites Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing 100029 P. R. China
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- State Key Lab of Organic-Inorganic Composites Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing 100029 P. R. China
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- State Key Lab of Organic-Inorganic Composites Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing 100029 P. R. China
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- State Key Lab of Organic-Inorganic Composites Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing 100029 P. R. China
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- State Key Lab of Organic-Inorganic Composites Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing 100029 P. R. China
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- State Key Lab of Organic-Inorganic Composites Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing 100029 P. R. China
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- State Key Lab of Organic-Inorganic Composites Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing 100029 P. R. China
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- State Key Lab of Organic-Inorganic Composites Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing 100029 P. R. China
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- Beijing Aerospace Propulsion Institute Beijing 100076 China
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- State Key Lab of Organic-Inorganic Composites Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing 100029 P. R. China
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- State Key Lab of Organic-Inorganic Composites Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing 100029 P. R. China
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Jiang S, D'Amario L, Dau H. Copper Carbonate Hydroxide as Precursor of Interfacial CO in CO 2 Electroreduction. CHEMSUSCHEM 2022; 15:e202102506. [PMID: 35289108 PMCID: PMC9314821 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202102506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2021] [Revised: 03/01/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
Copper electrodes are especially effective in catalysis of C2 and further multi-carbon products in the CO2 reduction reaction (CO2 RR) and therefore of major technological interest. The reasons for the unparalleled Cu performance in CO2 RR are insufficiently understood. Here, the electrode-electrolyte interface was highlighted as a dynamic physical-chemical system and determinant of catalytic events. Exploiting the intrinsic surface-enhanced Raman effect of previously characterized Cu foam electrodes, operando Raman experiments were used to interrogate structures and molecular interactions at the electrode-electrolyte interface at subcatalytic and catalytic potentials. Formation of a copper carbonate hydroxide (CuCarHyd) was detected, which resembles the mineral malachite. Its carbonate ions could be directly converted to CO at low overpotential. These and further experiments suggested a basic mode of CO2 /carbonate reduction at Cu electrodes interfaces that contrasted previous mechanistic models: the starting point in carbon reduction was not CO2 but carbonate ions bound to the metallic Cu electrode in form of CuCarHyd structures. It was hypothesized that Cu oxides residues could enhance CO2 RR indirectly by supporting formation of CuCarHyd motifs. The presence of CuCarHyd patches at catalytic potentials might result from alkalization in conjunction with local electrical potential gradients, enabling the formation of metastable CuCarHyd motifs over a large range of potentials.
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- Shan Jiang
- Department of PhysicsFreie Universität BerlinArnimallee 1414195BerlinGermany
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- Department of PhysicsFreie Universität BerlinArnimallee 1414195BerlinGermany
- Department of ChemistryÅngström LaboratoryUppsala UniversityBox 52375120UppsalaSweden
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- Department of PhysicsFreie Universität BerlinArnimallee 1414195BerlinGermany
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Zhu C, Zhao S, Shi G, Zhang L. Structure-Function Correlation and Dynamic Restructuring of Cu for Highly Efficient Electrochemical CO 2 Conversion. CHEMSUSCHEM 2022; 15:e202200068. [PMID: 35166058 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202200068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2021] [Revised: 02/13/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The increasing global demand for sustainable energy sources and emerging environmental issues have pushed the development of energy conversion and storage technologies to the forefront of chemical research. Electrochemical carbon dioxide (CO2 ) conversion provides an attractive approach to synthesizing fuels and chemical feedstocks using renewable energy. On the path to deploying this technology, basic and applied scientific hurdles remain. Copper, as the only metal catalyst that is capable to produce C2+ fuels from CO2 reduction (CO2 R), still faces challenges in the improvement of electrosynthesis pathways for highly selective fuel production. In this regard, mechanistically understanding CO2 R on Cu-based electrocatalysts, particularly identifying the structure-function correlation, is crucial. Here, a broad view of the variable structural parameters and their complex interplay in CO2 R catalysis on Cu was given, with the purpose of providing deep insights and guiding the future rational design of CO2 R electrocatalysts. First, this Review described the progress and recent advances in the development of well-defined nanostructured catalysts and the mechanistic understanding on the influences from a particular structure of a catalyst, such as facet, defects, morphology, oxidation state, composition, and interface. Next, the in-situ dynamic restructuring of Cu was presented. The importance of operando characterization methods to understand the catalyst structure-sensitivity was also discussed. Finally, some perspectives on the future outlook for electrochemical CO2 R were offered.
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- Chenyuan Zhu
- Department of Chemistry and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, P. R. China
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Queiroz AC, Souza ML, Camilo MR, Silva WO, Cantane DA, Messias I, Pinto MR, Nagao R, Lima FHB. Electrochemical Mass Spectrometry: Evolutions of the Cell Setup for On‐line Investigation of Products and Screening of Electrocatalysts for Carbon Dioxide Reduction. ChemElectroChem 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/celc.202101408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne Laboratory of Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry SWITZERLAND
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- University of Campinas Institute of Chemistry BRAZIL
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- University of Campinas Institute of Chemistry BRAZIL
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- Universidade de Sao Paulo - Instituto de Quimica de Sao Carlos Físico-Química Av. Trabalhador Saocarlense, 400Centro 13566-590 São Carlos BRAZIL
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Sha Y, Zhang J, Cheng X, Xu M, Su Z, Wang Y, Hu J, Han B, Zheng L. Anchoring Ionic Liquid in Copper Electrocatalyst for Improving CO 2 Conversion to Ethylene. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202200039. [PMID: 35076980 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202200039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2022] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Electrochemical conversion of CO2 to valuable fuels is appealing for CO2 fixation and energy storage. The Cu-based catalysts feature unique superiorities, but achieving high ethylene selectivity is still restricted. In this study, we propose the anchoring of an ionic liquid (IL) on a Cu electrocatalyst for improving the electrochemical CO2 reduction to ethylene. In a water-based electrolyte and a commonly used H-type cell, a high ethylene Faradaic efficiency of 77.3 % was achieved at -1.49 V (vs. RHE). Experimental and theoretical studies reveal that an IL can modify the electronic structure of a Cu catalyst through its interaction with Cu, making it more conducive to *CO dimerization for ethylene formation.
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- Yufei Sha
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid, Interface and Chemical Thermodynamics, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China.,School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid, Interface and Chemical Thermodynamics, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China.,School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid, Interface and Chemical Thermodynamics, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China.,School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid, Interface and Chemical Thermodynamics, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China.,School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid, Interface and Chemical Thermodynamics, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China.,School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid, Interface and Chemical Thermodynamics, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China.,School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid, Interface and Chemical Thermodynamics, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China.,School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid, Interface and Chemical Thermodynamics, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China.,School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility (BSRF), Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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Imparting CO
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Electroreduction Auxiliary for Integrated Morphology Tuning and Performance Boosting in a Porphyrin‐based Covalent Organic Framework. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202114648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Sha Y, Zhang J, Cheng X, Xu M, Su Z, Wang Y, Hu J, Han B, Zheng L. Anchoring Ionic Liquid in Copper Electrocatalyst for Improving CO2 Conversion to Ethylene. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202200039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Yufei Sha
- Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Chemistry No.2 1st North Street Zhongguancun 100190 Beijing CHINA
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- Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Chemistry zhongguancun beiyijie No.2 100190 Beijing CHINA
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- Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Chemistry No.2 1st North Street Zhongguancun 100190 Beijing CHINA
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- Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Chemistry No.2 1st North Street Zhongguancun 100190 Beijing CHINA
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- Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Chemistry No.2 1st North Street Zhongguancun 100190 Beijing CHINA
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- Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Chemistry No.2 1st North Street Zhongguancun Beijing CHINA
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- Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Chemistry No.2 1st North Street Zhongguancun 100190 Beijing CHINA
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- Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Chemistry No.2 1st North Street Zhongguancun 100190 Beijing CHINA
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- Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of High Energy Physics 19B Yuquan Road 100049 Beijing CHINA
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Huang J, Hao M, Mao B, Zheng L, Zhu J, Cao M. The Underlying Molecular Mechanism of Fence Engineering to Break the Activity–Stability Trade‐Off in Catalysts for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202114899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Jingbin Huang
- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science Ministry of Education of China Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing 100081 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science Ministry of Education of China Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing 100081 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science Ministry of Education of China Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing 100081 P. R. China
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- Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory Institute of High Energy Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science Ministry of Education of China Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing 100081 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science Ministry of Education of China Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing 100081 P. R. China
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Zhu J, Wang Y, Zhi A, Chen Z, Shi L, Zhang Z, Zhang Y, Zhu Y, Qiu X, Tian X, Bai X, Zhang Y, Zhu Y. Cation‐Deficiency‐Dependent CO
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Electroreduction over Copper‐Based Ruddlesden–Popper Perovskite Oxides. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202111670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Jiawei Zhu
- School of Chemical and Material Engineering Jiangnan University Wuxi Jiangsu 214122 China
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- School of Chemical and Material Engineering Jiangnan University Wuxi Jiangsu 214122 China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering Nanjing Forestry University Nanjing 210037 China
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- Department of Chemistry College of Chemistry and Materials Science Jinan University Guangzhou 510632 China
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- School of Mechanical and Power Engineering East China University of Science and Technology 130 Meilong Road Shanghai 200237 China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering Monash University Clayton Victoria 3800 Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science Nanjing Normal University Nanjing 210023 China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
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- School of Chemical and Material Engineering Jiangnan University Wuxi Jiangsu 214122 China
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- Department of Chemistry Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 China
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Duan G, Li X, Ding G, Han L, Xu B, Zhang S. Highly Efficient Electrocatalytic CO
2
Reduction to C
2+
Products on a Poly(ionic liquid)‐Based Cu
0
–Cu
I
Tandem Catalyst. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202110657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Guo‐Yi Duan
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Ionic Liquids Clean Process CAS Key Laboratory of Green Process and Engineering State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex Systems Institute of Process Engineering Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Ionic Liquids Clean Process CAS Key Laboratory of Green Process and Engineering State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex Systems Institute of Process Engineering Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
- School of Chemical Engineering University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Ionic Liquids Clean Process CAS Key Laboratory of Green Process and Engineering State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex Systems Institute of Process Engineering Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
- School of Chemical Engineering University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Ionic Liquids Clean Process CAS Key Laboratory of Green Process and Engineering State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex Systems Institute of Process Engineering Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Ionic Liquids Clean Process CAS Key Laboratory of Green Process and Engineering State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex Systems Institute of Process Engineering Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
- School of Chemical Engineering University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Ionic Liquids Clean Process CAS Key Laboratory of Green Process and Engineering State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex Systems Institute of Process Engineering Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
- School of Chemical Engineering University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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Li F, Zhou C, Feygin E, Roy PN, Chen LD, Klinkova A. Reaction-Intermediate-Induced Atomic Mobility in Heterogeneous Metal Catalysts for Electrochemical Reduction of CO2. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:19432-19442. [DOI: 10.1039/d2cp02075k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Improving the activity and selectivity of heterogeneous metal electrocatalysts has been the primary focus of CO2 electroreduction studies, however, the stability of these materials crucial for practical application remains less...
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Huang J, Hao M, Mao B, Zheng L, Zhu J, Cao M. The Underlying Molecular Mechanism of Fence Engineering to Break the Activity-stability Trade-off of Catalysts. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 61:e202114899. [PMID: 34931747 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202114899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Non-precious-metal (NPM) catalysts often face the formidable challenge of a trade-off between long-term stability and high activity, which has not yet been widely addressed. Here we propose distinct molecule-selective fence as a promising novel concept to solve this activity-stability trade-off. This unique fence has the characteristics of preventing poisonous species from invading catalysts, but allowing catalytic reaction-related species to diffuse freely. We applied this concept to construct CoS2 layer with the function of molecular selectivity on the external surface of highly active Co doped MoS2, achieving a remarkable catalytic stability towards alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction, along with a further optimized activity. In situ spectroscopy technologies uncovered the underlying molecule mechanism of the CoS2 fence for breaking the activity-stability trade-off of the MoS2 catalyst. This work offers valuable guidance for rationally designing efficient and stable NPM catalysts.
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- Jingbin Huang
- Beijing Institute of Technology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, CHINA
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- Beijing Institute of Technology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, CHINA
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- Beijing Institute of Technology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, CHINA
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- Institute of High Energy Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, CHINA
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- Beijing Institute of Technology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, CHINA
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- Beijing Institute of Technology, 5 South Zhongguancun Street, Haidian District, Beijing, CHINA
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Artmann E, Menezes PV, Forschner L, Elnagar MM, Kibler LA, Jacob T, Engstfeld AK. Structural Evolution of Pt, Au and Cu Anodes by Electrolysis up to Contact Glow Discharge Electrolysis in Alkaline Electrolytes*. Chemphyschem 2021; 22:2429-2441. [PMID: 34523210 PMCID: PMC9298152 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202100433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2021] [Revised: 08/10/2021] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Applying a voltage to metal electrodes in contact with aqueous electrolytes results in the electrolysis of water at voltages above the decomposition voltage and plasma formation in the electrolyte at much higher voltages referred to as contact glow discharge electrolysis (CGDE). While several studies explore parameters that lead to changes in the I-U characteristics in this voltage range, little is known about the evolution of the structural properties of the electrodes. Here we study this aspect on materials essential to electrocatalysis, namely Pt, Au, and Cu. The stationary I-U characteristics are almost identical for all electrodes. Detailed structural characterization by optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and electrochemical approaches reveal that Pt is stable during electrolysis and CGDE, while Au and Cu exhibit a voltage-dependent oxide formation. More importantly, oxides are reduced when the Au and Cu electrodes are kept in the electrolysis solution after electrolysis. We suspect that H2 O2 (formed during electrolysis) is responsible for the oxide reduction. The reduced oxides (which are also accessible via electrochemical reduction) form a porous film, representing a possible new class of materials in energy storage and conversion studies.
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- Evelyn Artmann
- Institute of ElectrochemistryUlm University, D-89081UlmGermany
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- Institute of ElectrochemistryUlm University, D-89081UlmGermany
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- Institute of ElectrochemistryUlm University, D-89081UlmGermany
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Liu M, Kong Y, Hu H, Kovács N, Sun C, Zelocualtecatl Montiel I, Gálvez Vázquez MDJ, Hou Y, Mirolo M, Martens I, Drnec J, Vesztergom S, Broekmann P. The capping agent is the key: Structural alterations of Ag NPs during CO2 electrolysis probed in a zero-gap gas-flow configuration. J Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2021.10.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Xu BH, Duan GY, Li XQ, Ding GR, Han LJ, Zhang SJ. Highly Efficient Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction to C2+ Products on a Poly(ionic liquid)-Based Cu(0)-Cu(I) Tandem Catalyst. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 61:e202110657. [PMID: 34851536 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202110657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Electroreduction of CO 2 on polymer-modified Cu-based catalyst has shown high multi-electron reduction (> 2e - ) selectivity, while most of the corresponding current densities are still too small to support industrial applications. In this work, we designed a poly(ionic liquid) (PIL)-based Cu(0)-Cu(I) tandem catalyst for producing C 2+ products with both high reaction rate and high selectivity. Remarkably, a high C 2+ faradaic efficiency (FE C2+ ) of 76.1% with a high partial current density of 304.2 mA cm -2 is obtained. Mechanistic studies reveal the numbers and highly dispersed Cu(0)-PIL-Cu(I) interfaces are vital for such a reactivity. Specifically, Cu nanoparticles derived Cu(0)-PIL interfaces account for high current density and a moderate C 2+ selectivity, while Cu(I) species derived PIL-Cu(I) interfaces exhibit high activity of C-C coupling with the local enriched *CO intermediate. Besides, the presence of PIL layer promotes the C 2+ selectivity by lowering the barrier of C-C coupling.
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- Bao-Hua Xu
- Institute of Process Engineering Chinese Academy of Sciences, Group of Ionic Liquids Clean Process and Energy-saving, Zhongguancun Bei-er-tiao 1hao, Haidian, 100190, Beijing, CHINA
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- Institute of Process Engineering Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing Key Laboratory of Ionic Liquids Clean Process, CHINA
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- Institute of Process Engineering Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing Ley Laboratory of Ionic Liquids CLean Process, CHINA
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- Institute of Process Engineering Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing Key Laboratory of Ionic Liquids Clean Process, CHINA
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- Institute of Process Engineering Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing Key Laboratory of Ionic Liquids Clean Process, CHINA
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- Institute of Process Engineering Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing Key Laboratory of Ionic Liquids Clean Process, CHINA
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Wang YR, Ding HM, Ma XY, Liu M, Yang YL, Chen Y, Li SL, Lan YQ. Imparting CO 2 Electroreduction Auxiliary for Integrated Morphology Tuning and Performance Boosting in a Porphyrin-based Covalent Organic Framework. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 61:e202114648. [PMID: 34806265 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202114648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Strategies that enable simultaneous morphology-tuning and electroreduction performance boosting are much desired for the exploration of covalent organic frameworks in efficient CO2 electroreduction. Herein, a kind of functionalizing exfoliation agent has been selected to simultaneously modify and exfoliate bulk COFs into functional nanosheets and investigate their CO2 electroreduction performance. The obtained nanosheets (Cu-Tph-COF-Dct) with large-scale (≈1.0 μm) and ultrathin (≈3.8 nm) morphology enable a superior FECH4 (≈80 %) (almost doubly enhanced than bare COF) with large current-density (-220.0 mA cm-2 ) at -0.9 V. The boosted performance can be ascribed to the immobilized functionalizing exfoliation agent (Dct groups) with integrated amino and triazine groups that strengthen CO2 absorption/activation, stabilize intermediates and enrich the CO concentration around the Cu active sites as revealed by DFT calculations. The point-to-point functionalization strategy for modularly assembling Dct-functionalized COF catalyst for CO2 electroreduction will open up the attractive possibility of developing COFs as efficient CO2 RR electrocatalysts.
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- Yi-Rong Wang
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Power Batteries, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, P. R. China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Power Batteries, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, P. R. China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Power Batteries, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, P. R. China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Power Batteries, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, P. R. China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Power Batteries, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, P. R. China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Power Batteries, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, P. R. China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Power Batteries, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, P. R. China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Power Batteries, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, P. R. China.,School of Chemistry, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510006, P. R. China
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Li H, Yu P, Lei R, Yang F, Wen P, Ma X, Zeng G, Guo J, Toma FM, Qiu Y, Geyer SM, Wang X, Cheng T, Drisdell WS. Facet-Selective Deposition of Ultrathin Al 2 O 3 on Copper Nanocrystals for Highly Stable CO 2 Electroreduction to Ethylene. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:24838-24843. [PMID: 34543499 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202109600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2021] [Revised: 08/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Catalysts based on Cu nanocrystals (NCs) for electrochemical CO2 -to-C2+ conversion with high activity have been a subject of considerable interest, but poor stability and low selectivity for a single C2+ product remain obstacles for realizing sustainable carbon-neutral cycles. Here, we used the facet-selective atomic layer deposition (FS-ALD) technique to selectively cover the (111) surface of Cu NCs with ultrathin Al2 O3 to increase the exposed facet ratio of (100)/(111), resulting in a faradaic efficiency ratio of C2 H4 /CH4 for overcoated Cu NCs 22 times higher than that for pure Cu NCs. Peak performance of the overcoated catalyst (Cu NCs/Al2 O3 -10C) reaches a C2 H4 faradaic efficiency of 60.4 % at a current density of 300 mA cm-2 in 5 M KOH electrolyte, when using a gas diffusion electrode flow cell. Moreover, the Al2 O3 overcoating effectively suppresses the dynamic mobility and the aggregation of Cu NCs, which explains the negligible activity loss and selectivity degradations of Cu NCs/Al2 O3 -10C shown in stability tests.
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- Hui Li
- Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis, Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California, 94720, USA
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- Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- School of Advanced Materials, Shenzhen Graduate School, Peking University, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California, 94720, USA
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- Shenzhen Engineering Lab of Flexible Transparent Conductive Films, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27109, USA
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- Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis, Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California, 94720, USA
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- Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California, 94720, USA
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- Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis, Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California, 94720, USA
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- Shenzhen Engineering Lab of Flexible Transparent Conductive Films, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27109, USA
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- School of Advanced Materials, Shenzhen Graduate School, Peking University, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis, Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California, 94720, USA
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Li H, Yu P, Lei R, Yang F, Wen P, Ma X, Zeng G, Guo J, Toma FM, Qiu Y, Geyer SM, Wang X, Cheng T, Drisdell WS. Facet‐Selective Deposition of Ultrathin Al
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- Hui Li
- Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis Chemical Sciences Division Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 1 Cyclotron Road Berkeley California 94720 USA
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- Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials Soochow University Suzhou 215123 China
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- School of Advanced Materials Shenzhen Graduate School Peking University Shenzhen 518055 China
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- Advanced Light Source Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 1 Cyclotron Road Berkeley California 94720 USA
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- Shenzhen Engineering Lab of Flexible Transparent Conductive Films Department of Materials Science and Engineering Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen 518055 China
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- Department of Chemistry Wake Forest University Winston-Salem North Carolina 27109 USA
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- Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis Chemical Sciences Division Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 1 Cyclotron Road Berkeley California 94720 USA
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- Advanced Light Source Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 1 Cyclotron Road Berkeley California 94720 USA
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- Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis Chemical Sciences Division Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 1 Cyclotron Road Berkeley California 94720 USA
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- Shenzhen Engineering Lab of Flexible Transparent Conductive Films Department of Materials Science and Engineering Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen 518055 China
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- Department of Chemistry Wake Forest University Winston-Salem North Carolina 27109 USA
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- School of Advanced Materials Shenzhen Graduate School Peking University Shenzhen 518055 China
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- Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials Soochow University Suzhou 215123 China
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- Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis Chemical Sciences Division Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 1 Cyclotron Road Berkeley California 94720 USA
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Liang F, Zhang K, Zhang L, Zhang Y, Lei Y, Sun X. Recent Development of Electrocatalytic CO 2 Reduction Application to Energy Conversion. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2021; 17:e2100323. [PMID: 34151517 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202100323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2021] [Revised: 04/12/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Carbon dioxide (CO2 ) emission has caused greenhouse gas pollution worldwide. Hence, strengthening CO2 recycling is necessary. CO2 electroreduction reaction (CRR) is recognized as a promising approach to utilize waste CO2 . Electrocatalysts in the CRR process play a critical role in determining the selectivity and activity of CRR. Different types of electrocatalysts are introduced in this review: noble metals and their derived compounds, transition metals and their derived compounds, organic polymer, and carbon-based materials, as well as their major products, Faradaic efficiency, current density, and onset potential. Furthermore, this paper overviews the recent progress of the following two major applications of CRR according to the different energy conversion methods: electricity generation and formation of valuable carbonaceous products. Considering electricity generation devices, the electrochemical properties of metal-CO2 batteries, including Li-CO2 , Na-CO2 , Al-CO2 , and Zn-CO2 batteries, are mainly summarized. Finally, different pathways of CO2 electroreduction to carbon-based fuels is presented, and their reaction mechanisms are illustrated. This review provides a clear and innovative insight into the entire reaction process of CRR, guiding the new electrocatalysts design, state-of-the-art analysis technique application, and reaction system innovation.
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- Feng Liang
- Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650093, China
- State Key Laboratory of Complex Nonferrous Metal Resources Clear Utilization, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650093, China
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- Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650093, China
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- Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A 5B9, Canada
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- Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650093, China
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- Institute of Physics & IMN MacroNano (ZIK), Technical University of Ilmenau, 98693, Ilmenau, Germany
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- Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A 5B9, Canada
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Zhu J, Wang Y, Zhi A, Chen Z, Shi L, Zhang Z, Zhang Y, Zhu Y, Qiu X, Tian X, Bai X, Zhang Y, Zhu Y. Cation-Deficiency-Dependent CO 2 Electroreduction over Copper-Based Ruddlesden-Popper Perovskite Oxides. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 61:e202111670. [PMID: 34668284 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202111670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2021] [Revised: 10/01/2021] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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We report an effective strategy to enhance CO2 electroreduction (CER) properties of Cu-based Ruddlesden-Popper (RP) perovskite oxides by engineering their A-site cation deficiencies. With La2-x CuO4-δ (L2-x C, x=0, 0.1, 0.2, and 0.3) as proof-of-concept catalysts, we demonstrate that their CER activity and selectivity (to C2+ or CH4 ) show either a volcano-type or an inverted volcano-type dependence on the x values, with the extreme point at x=0.1. Among them, at -1.4 V, the L1.9 C delivers the optimal activity (51.3 mA cm-2 ) and selectivity (41.5 %) for C2+ , comparable to or better than those of most reported Cu-based oxides, while the L1.7 C exhibits the best activity (25.1 mA cm-2 ) and selectivity (22.1 %) for CH4 . Such optimized CER properties could be ascribed to the favorable merits brought by the cation-deficiency-induced oxygen vacancies and/or CuO/RP hybrids, including the facilitated adsorption/activation of key reaction species and thus the manipulated reaction pathways.
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- Jiawei Zhu
- School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, 214122, China
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- School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, 214122, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, China
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- School of Mechanical and Power Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3800, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, 214122, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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Han Y, Zhu S, Xu S, Niu X, Xu Z, Zhao R, Wang Q. Understanding Structure‐activity Relationship on Metal‐Organic‐Framework‐Derived Catalyst for CO
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Products. ChemElectroChem 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/celc.202100942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Yunxi Han
- Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of the Ministry of Education School of Chemical Engineering and Technology Tianjin University Tianjin 300072 China
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- Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of the Ministry of Education School of Chemical Engineering and Technology Tianjin University Tianjin 300072 China
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- Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of the Ministry of Education School of Chemical Engineering and Technology Tianjin University Tianjin 300072 China
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- Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of the Ministry of Education School of Chemical Engineering and Technology Tianjin University Tianjin 300072 China
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- Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of the Ministry of Education School of Chemical Engineering and Technology Tianjin University Tianjin 300072 China
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- Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of the Ministry of Education School of Chemical Engineering and Technology Tianjin University Tianjin 300072 China
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- Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of the Ministry of Education School of Chemical Engineering and Technology Tianjin University Tianjin 300072 China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin) School of Chemical Engineering and Technology Tianjin University Tianjin 300072 China
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Wang J, Tan HY, Zhu Y, Chu H, Chen HM. Linking the Dynamic Chemical State of Catalysts with the Product Profile of Electrocatalytic CO 2 Reduction. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:17254-17267. [PMID: 33682240 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202017181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The promoted activity and enhanced selectivity of electrocatalysts is commonly ascribed to specific structural features such as surface facets, morphology, and atomic defects. However, unraveling the factors that really govern the direct electrochemical reduction of CO2 (CO2 RR) is still very challenging since the surface state of electrocatalysts is dynamic and difficult to predict under working conditions. Moreover, theoretical predictions from the viewpoint of thermodynamics alone often fail to specify the actual configuration of a catalyst for the dynamic CO2 RR process. Herein, we re-survey recent studies with the emphasis on revealing the dynamic chemical state of Cu sites under CO2 RR conditions extracted by in situ/operando characterizations, and further validate a critical link between the chemical state of Cu and the product profile of CO2 RR. This point of view provides a generalizable concept of dynamic chemical-state-driven CO2 RR selectivity that offers an inspiration in both fundamental understanding and efficient electrocatalysts design.
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- Jiali Wang
- Department of Chemistry, National (Taiwan) University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National (Taiwan) University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National (Taiwan) University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National (Taiwan) University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National (Taiwan) University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu, 30076, Taiwan
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da Silva Freitas W, D’Epifanio A, Mecheri B. Electrocatalytic CO2 reduction on nanostructured metal-based materials: Challenges and constraints for a sustainable pathway to decarbonization. J CO2 UTIL 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcou.2021.101579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Yao D, Tang C, Vasileff A, Zhi X, Jiao Y, Qiao SZ. The Controllable Reconstruction of Bi-MOFs for Electrochemical CO 2 Reduction through Electrolyte and Potential Mediation. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:18178-18184. [PMID: 34240788 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202104747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
Abstract
Monitoring and controlling the reconstruction of materials under working conditions is crucial for the precise identification of active sites, elucidation of reaction mechanisms, and rational design of advanced catalysts. Herein, a Bi-based metal-organic framework (Bi-MOF) for electrochemical CO2 reduction is selected as a case study. In situ Raman spectra combined with ex situ electron microscopy reveal that the intricate reconstruction of the Bi-MOF can be controlled using two steps: 1) electrolyte-mediated dissociation and conversion of Bi-MOF to Bi2 O2 CO3 , and 2) potential-mediated reduction of Bi2 O2 CO3 to Bi. The intentionally reconstructed Bi catalyst exhibits excellent activity, selectivity, and durability for formate production, and the unsaturated surface Bi atoms formed during reconstruction become the active sites. This work emphasizes the significant impact of pre-catalyst reconstruction under working conditions and provides insight into the design of highly active and stable electrocatalysts through the regulation of these processes.
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Affiliation(s)
- Dazhi Yao
- Centre for Materials in Energy and Catalysis, School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia
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- Centre for Materials in Energy and Catalysis, School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia
| | - Anthony Vasileff
- Centre for Materials in Energy and Catalysis, School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia
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- Centre for Materials in Energy and Catalysis, School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia
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- Centre for Materials in Energy and Catalysis, School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia
| | - Shi-Zhang Qiao
- Centre for Materials in Energy and Catalysis, School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia
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