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Tang YF, Liu LB, Yu M, Liu S, Sui PF, Sun W, Fu XZ, Luo JL, Liu S. Strong effect-correlated electrochemical CO 2 reduction. Chem Soc Rev 2024; 53:9344-9377. [PMID: 39162094 DOI: 10.1039/d4cs00229f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/21/2024]
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Electrochemical CO2 reduction (ECR) holds great potential to alleviate the greenhouse effect and our dependence on fossil fuels by integrating renewable energy for the electrosynthesis of high-value fuels from CO2. However, the high thermodynamic energy barrier, sluggish reaction kinetics, inadequate CO2 conversion rate, poor selectivity for the target product, and rapid electrocatalyst degradation severely limit its further industrial-scale application. Although numerous strategies have been proposed to enhance ECR performances from various perspectives, scattered studies fail to comprehensively elucidate the underlying effect-performance relationships toward ECR. Thus, this review presents a comparative summary and a deep discussion with respect to the effects strongly-correlated with ECR, including intrinsic effects of materials caused by various sizes, shapes, compositions, defects, interfaces, and ligands; structure-induced effects derived from diverse confinements, strains, and fields; electrolyte effects introduced by different solutes, solvents, cations, and anions; and environment effects induced by distinct ionomers, pressures, temperatures, gas impurities, and flow rates, with an emphasis on elaborating how these effects shape ECR electrocatalytic activities and selectivity and the underlying mechanisms. In addition, the challenges and prospects behind different effects resulting from various factors are suggested to inspire more attention towards high-throughput theoretical calculations and in situ/operando techniques to unlock the essence of enhanced ECR performance and realize its ultimate application.
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- Yu-Feng Tang
- School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410083, China.
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- School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410083, China.
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- School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410083, China.
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- School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410083, China.
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 1H9, Canada
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- School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410083, China.
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 1H9, Canada
- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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- School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410083, China.
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Guan Y, Wu SQ, Huang HZ, Zhu Z, Tian W, Yin AX. Promotion of CO 2 Electroreduction on Bismuth Nanosheets with Cerium Oxide nanoparticles. Chem Asian J 2024; 19:e202400296. [PMID: 38889347 DOI: 10.1002/asia.202400296] [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: 03/16/2024] [Revised: 05/27/2024] [Accepted: 06/17/2024] [Indexed: 06/20/2024]
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Formic acid (HCOOH) is a highly energy efficient product of the electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR). Bismuth-based catalysts have shown promise in the conversion of CO2 to formic acid, but there is still a great need for further improvement in selectivity and activity. Herein, we report the preparation of Bi nanosheets decorated by cerium oxide nanoparticles (CeOx) with high Ce3+/Ce4+ ratio and rich oxygen vacancies. The CeOx nanoparticles affect the electronic structures of bismuth, enhance CO2 adsorption, and thus promote the CO2RR properties of Bi nanosheets. Compared with elemental Bi nanosheets, the hetero-structured CeOx/Bi nanosheets exhibit much higher activity over a wide potential window, showing a current density of 16.1 mA cm-2 with a Faradaic efficiency of 91.1% at -0.9 V vs. reversible hydrogen electrode.
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- Yue Guan
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing 100081 (P. R. China)
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing 100081 (P. R. China)
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing 100081 (P. R. China)
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing 100081 (P. R. China)
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing 100081 (P. R. China)
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing 100081 (P. R. China)
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Chen X, Feng S, Yan J, Zou Y, Wang L, Qiao J, Liu Y. In 2O 3/Bi 2O 3 interface induces ultra-stable carbon dioxide electroreduction on heterogeneous InBiO x catalyst. J Colloid Interface Sci 2024; 678:757-766. [PMID: 39217691 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2024.08.220] [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: 06/08/2024] [Revised: 08/07/2024] [Accepted: 08/26/2024] [Indexed: 09/04/2024]
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The electrochemical reduction of CO2 (ERCO2) has emerged as one of the most promising methods for achieving both renewable energy storage and CO2 recovery. However, achieving both high selectivity and stability of catalysts remains a significant challenge. To address this challenge, this study investigated the selective synthesis of formate via ERCO2 at the interface of In2O3 and Bi2O3 in the InBiO6 composite material. Moreover, InBiO6 was synthesized using indium-based metal-organic frameworks as precursor, which underwent continuous processing through ion exchange and thermal reduction. The results revealed that the formate Faradaic efficiency (FEformate) of InBiO6 reached nearly 100 % at -0.86 V vs. reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE) and remained above 90 % after continuous 317-h electrolysis, which exceeded those of previously reported indium-based catalysts. Additionally, the InBiO6 composite material exhibited an FEformate exceeding 80 % across a wide potential range of 500 mV from -0.76 to -1.26 V vs. RHE. Density-functional theory analysis confirmed that the heterogeneous interface of InBiO6 played a role in achieving optimal free energies for *OCHO on its surface. Furthermore, the addition of Bi to the InBiO6 matrix facilitated electron transfer and altered the electronic structure of In2O3, thereby enhancing the adsorption, decomposition, and formate production of *OCHO.
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- Xiaoyu Chen
- Institute for Sustainable Energy, College of Sciences, Shanghai University, Baoshan District, Shanghai 200444, China
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- Institute for Sustainable Energy, College of Sciences, Shanghai University, Baoshan District, Shanghai 200444, China
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- Institute for Sustainable Energy, College of Sciences, Shanghai University, Baoshan District, Shanghai 200444, China
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- Institute for Sustainable Energy, College of Sciences, Shanghai University, Baoshan District, Shanghai 200444, China
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- Institute for Sustainable Energy, College of Sciences, Shanghai University, Baoshan District, Shanghai 200444, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Donghua University, 2999 Ren'min North Road, Shanghai 201620, China; Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Institute for Sustainable Energy, College of Sciences, Shanghai University, Baoshan District, Shanghai 200444, China.
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Li H, Chen Y, Huang H, Cheng Z, Bai S, Lai F, Zhang N, Liu T. Amorphous ZnSnO x Hollow Spheres Enable Highly Efficient CO 2 Reduction. CHEMSUSCHEM 2024; 17:e202301694. [PMID: 38470947 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202301694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2023] [Revised: 03/08/2024] [Accepted: 03/12/2024] [Indexed: 03/14/2024]
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Carbon dioxide (CO2) adsorption and electron transport play an important role in CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR). Herein, we have demonstrated a new class of diverse hollow ZnSnOx (ZSO) through the amorphization of hydroxides to enhance CO2 adsorption and accelerate electron transport. The amorphization is occurred by calcination process, as indicated by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and Raman spectra. In particular, the ZnSnOx hollow spheres (ZSO HSs) achieve a high Faradaic efficiency (FE) of HCOOH up to 92.7 % at best, outperforming the commercial ZSO (Comm. ZSO, 85.7 %). ZSO HSs also exhibit durable stability with negligible activity decay after 10 h of successive electrolysis. In-situ attenuated total reflectance infrared absorption spectroscopy further reveals strong adsorption of CO2 and rapid intermediate configuration transformation in amorphous ZSO HSs. This work demonstrates the practical application of ZSO for CO2RR and provides a new insight to create efficient CO2RR electrocatalysts.
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- Hanjun Li
- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, China
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- Department of Chemistry, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, Leuven, 3001, Belgium
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, China
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Liu M, Cai Y, Liu Q, Jin XT, Xue C, Zhang SX, Feng P, Luo YH. Porous Calcium-Silicate-Hydrate as a Low-Cost Nano-Platform for Ultra-High CO 2 Capture and Storage. SMALL METHODS 2024; 8:e2301337. [PMID: 38135880 DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202301337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2023] [Revised: 11/08/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023]
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CO2 capture and storage have been regarded as promising concepts to reduce anthropogenic CO2 emissions. However, the high cost, inferior adsorption capacity, and higher effective activation temperature of traditional sorbents limit their practical application in efficient CO2 capture. Here, a C-S-H@ZIF-8 (C-S-Z) sorbent is fabricated by in situ growth of the ZIF-8 shell on the C-S-H (calcium-silicate-hydrate) surface for ultra-high CO2 adsorption and storage. Among the C-S-Z, the outer ZIF-8 shell acts as a transport channel that promotes CO2 absorption toward the underlying C-S-H substrate for accelerated carbonation while preventing nitrogen and water from reaching the interior C-S-H. As a consequence, C-S-Z possesses the merits of ample pyrrolic nitrogen, porous structure, and ultra-high surface area (577.18 m2 g-1), that contribute to an ultra-high CO2 capture capacity, reaching 293.6 mg g-1. DFT calculations show a high CO2 adsorption energy and the mineral carbonation is dominant by the adsorption process. In particular, the advantages of the outstanding adsorption capacity, low cost, and high CO2 selectivity make this C-S-H-based sorbent hold great potential in the practical application for direct air CO2 capture and storage.
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- Min Liu
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 211189, P. R. China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Construction Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 211189, P. R. China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Construction Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 211189, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 211189, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 211189, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 211189, P. R. China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Construction Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 211189, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 211189, P. R. China
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Chen H, Mo P, Zhu J, Xu X, Cheng Z, Yang F, Xu Z, Liu J, Wang L. Anionic Coordination Control in Building Cu-Based Electrocatalytic Materials for CO 2 Reduction Reaction. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024; 20:e2400661. [PMID: 38597688 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202400661] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2024] [Revised: 03/22/2024] [Indexed: 04/11/2024]
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Renewable energy-driven conversion of CO2 to value-added fuels and chemicals via electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) technology is regarded as a promising strategy with substantial environmental and economic benefits to achieve carbon neutrality. Because of its sluggish kinetics and complex reaction paths, developing robust catalytic materials with exceptional selectivity to the targeted products is one of the core issues, especially for extensively concerned Cu-based materials. Manipulating Cu species by anionic coordination is identified as an effective way to improve electrocatalytic performance, in terms of modulating active sites and regulating structural reconstruction. This review elaborates on recent discoveries and progress of Cu-based CO2RR catalytic materials enhanced by anionic coordination control, regarding reaction paths, functional mechanisms, and roles of different non-metallic anions in catalysis. Finally, the review concludes with some personal insights and provides challenges and perspectives on the utilization of this strategy to build desirable electrocatalysts.
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- Hanxia Chen
- MOE Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Systems Optimization, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, 102206, P. R. China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Systems Optimization, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, 102206, P. R. China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Systems Optimization, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, 102206, P. R. China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Systems Optimization, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, 102206, P. R. China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Systems Optimization, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, 102206, P. R. China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Systems Optimization, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, 102206, P. R. China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Systems Optimization, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, 102206, P. R. China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Systems Optimization, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, 102206, P. R. China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Systems Optimization, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, 102206, P. R. China
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Chen M, Xu Y, Zhang Y, Zhang Z, Li X, Wang Q, Huang M, Fang W, Zhang Y, Jiang H, Zhu Y, Zhu J. Promoting CO 2 Electroreduction Over Nano-Socketed Cu/Perovskite Heterostructures via A-Site-Valence-Controlled Oxygen Vacancies. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024; 20:e2400615. [PMID: 38477702 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202400615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2024] [Revised: 03/01/2024] [Indexed: 03/14/2024]
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Despite the intriguing potential, nano-socketed Cu/perovskite heterostructures for CO2 electroreduction (CO2RR) are still in their infancy and rational optimization of their CO2RR properties is lacking. Here, an effective strategy is reported to promote CO2-to-C2+ conversion over nano-socketed Cu/perovskite heterostructures by A-site-valence-controlled oxygen vacancies. For the proof-of-concept catalysts of Cu/La0.3-xSr0.6+xTiO3-δ (x from 0 to 0.3), their oxygen vacancy concentrations increase controllably with the decreased A-site valences (or the increased x values). In flow cells, their activity and selectivity for C2+ present positive correlations with the oxygen vacancy concentrations. Among them, the Cu/Sr0.9TiO3-δ with most oxygen vacancies shows the optimal activity and selectivity for C2+. And relative to the Cu/La0.3Sr0.6TiO3-δ with minimum oxygen vacancies, the Cu/Sr0.9TiO3-δ exhibits marked improvements (up to 2.4 folds) in activity and selectivity for C2+. The experiments and theoretical calculations suggest that the optimized performance can be attributed to the merits provided by oxygen vacancies, including the accelerated charge transfer, enhanced adsorption/activation of reaction species, and reduced energy barrier for C─C coupling. Moreover, when explored in a membrane-electrode assembly electrolyzer, the Cu/Sr0.9TiO3-δ catalyst shows excellent activity, selectivity (43.9%), and stability for C2H4 at industrial current densities, being the most effective perovskite-based catalyst for CO2-to-C2H4 conversion.
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- Mingfa Chen
- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, China
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- Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266101, China
- Shandong Energy Institute, Qingdao, 266101, China
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- Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266101, China
- Shandong Energy Institute, Qingdao, 266101, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Linyi University, Linyi, 276005, China
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- Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266101, China
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266100, China
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- Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266101, China
- Shandong Energy Institute, Qingdao, 266101, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266100, China
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- School of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, China
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- School of Mechanical and Power Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266101, China
- Shandong Energy Institute, Qingdao, 266101, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, China
- Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266101, China
- Shandong Energy Institute, Qingdao, 266101, China
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Yuan CY, Feng L, Qin X, Liu JX, Li X, Sun XC, Chang XX, Xu BJ, Li WX, Ma D, Dong H, Zhang YW. Constructing Metal(II)-Sulfate Site Catalysts toward Low Overpotential Carbon Dioxide Electroreduction to Fuel Chemicals. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202405255. [PMID: 38682659 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202405255] [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: 03/17/2024] [Revised: 04/27/2024] [Accepted: 04/29/2024] [Indexed: 05/01/2024]
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Precise regulation of the active site structure is an important means to enhance the activity and selectivity of catalysts in CO2 electroreduction. Here, we creatively introduce anionic groups, which can not only stabilize metal sites with strong coordination ability but also have rich interactions with protons at active sites to modify the electronic structure and proton transfer process of catalysts. This strategy helps to convert CO2 into fuel chemicals at low overpotentials. As a typical example, a composite catalyst, CuO/Cu-NSO4/CN, with highly dispersed Cu(II)-SO4 sites has been reported, in which CO2 electroreduction to formate occurs at a low overpotential with a high Faradaic efficiency (-0.5 V vs. RHE, FEformate=87.4 %). Pure HCOOH is produced with an energy conversion efficiency of 44.3 % at a cell voltage of 2.8 V. Theoretical modeling demonstrates that sulfate promotes CO2 transformation into a carboxyl intermediate followed by HCOOH generation, whose mechanism is significantly different from that of the traditional process via a formate intermediate for HCOOH production.
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- Chen-Yue Yuan
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications, PKU-HKU Joint Laboratory in Rare Earth Materials and Bioinorganic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, No. 5 Yiheyuan Road Haidian District, 100871, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, 230026, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, No. 5 Yiheyuan Road Haidian District, 100871, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, 230026, Hefei, Anhui, China
- Hefei National Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, 230088, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications, PKU-HKU Joint Laboratory in Rare Earth Materials and Bioinorganic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, No. 5 Yiheyuan Road Haidian District, 100871, Beijing, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications, PKU-HKU Joint Laboratory in Rare Earth Materials and Bioinorganic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, No. 5 Yiheyuan Road Haidian District, 100871, Beijing, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, No. 5 Yiheyuan Road Haidian District, 100871, Beijing, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, No. 5 Yiheyuan Road Haidian District, 100871, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, 230026, Hefei, Anhui, China
- Hefei National Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, 230088, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, No. 5 Yiheyuan Road Haidian District, 100871, Beijing, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications, PKU-HKU Joint Laboratory in Rare Earth Materials and Bioinorganic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, No. 5 Yiheyuan Road Haidian District, 100871, Beijing, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications, PKU-HKU Joint Laboratory in Rare Earth Materials and Bioinorganic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, No. 5 Yiheyuan Road Haidian District, 100871, Beijing, China
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Hua Z, Qi K, Mi Y, Zhao Y, Wu X, Guo W, Wan X, Fan Z, Yang D. Crystalline CdS/Amorphous Cd(OH) 2 Composite for Electrochemical CO 2 Reduction to CO in a Wide Potential Window. Chemistry 2024; 30:e202400983. [PMID: 38747632 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202400983] [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: 03/09/2024] [Indexed: 05/31/2024]
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Electrochemical CO2 reduction is a promising method for converting atmospheric CO2 into valuable low-carbon chemicals. In this study, a crystalline cadmium sulfide/amorphous cadmium hydroxide composite was successfully deposited on the carbon paper substrate surface by in-situ chemical bath deposition (named as c-CdS/a-Cd(OH)2/CP electrodes) for the efficient electrochemical CO2 reduction to produce CO. The c-CdS/a-Cd(OH)2/CP electrode exhibited high CO Faradaic efficiencies (>90 %) under a wide potential window of 1.0 V, with the highest value reaching ~100 % at the applied potential ranging from -2.16 V to -2.46 V vs. ferrocene/ferrocenium (Fc/Fc+), superior to the crystalline counterpart c-CdS/CP and c-CdS/c-Cd(OH)2@CP electrodes. Meanwhile, the CO partial current density reached up to 154.7 mA cm-2 at -2.76 V vs. Fc/Fc+ on the c-CdS/a-Cd(OH)2/CP electrode. The excellent performance of this electrode was mainly ascribed to its special three-dimensional structure and the introduction of a-Cd(OH)2. These structures could provide more active sites, accelerate the charge transfer, and enhance adsorption of *COOH intermediates, thereby improving the CO selectivity. Moreover, the electrolytes consisting of 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate and acetonitrile also enhanced the reaction kinetics of electrochemical CO2 reduction to CO.
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- Zhixin Hua
- Green Catalysis Center, and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450001, China
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- Green Catalysis Center, and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450001, China
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- Green Catalysis Center, and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450001, China
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- Green Catalysis Center, and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450001, China
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- Green Catalysis Center, and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450001, China
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- Institute of Molecular Metrology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong, 266071, China
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- Green Catalysis Center, and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450001, China
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- Henan Institute of Advanced Technology, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450053, China
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- Green Catalysis Center, and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450001, China
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Wei Z, Ding J, Wang Z, Wang A, Zhang L, Liu Y, Guo Y, Yang X, Zhai Y, Liu B. Enhanced Electrochemical CO 2 Reduction to Formate over Phosphate-Modified In: Water Activation and Active Site Tuning. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202402070. [PMID: 38664999 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202402070] [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: 01/29/2024] [Indexed: 05/28/2024]
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Electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) offers a sustainable strategy for producing fuels and chemicals. However, it suffers from sluggish CO2 activation and slow water dissociation. In this work, we construct a (P-O)δ- modified In catalyst that exhibits high activity and selectivity in electrochemical CO2 reduction to formate. A combination of in situ characterizations and kinetic analyses indicate that (P-O)δ- has a strong interaction with K+(H2O)n, which effectively accelerates water dissociation to provide protons. In situ attenuated total reflectance surface-enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy (ATR-SEIRAS) measurements together with density functional theory (DFT) calculations disclose that (P-O)δ- modification leads to a higher valence state of In active site, thus promoting CO2 activation and HCOO* formation, while inhibiting competitive hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). As a result, the (P-O)δ- modified oxide-derived In catalyst exhibits excellent formate selectivity across a broad potential window with a formate Faradaic efficiency as high as 92.1 % at a partial current density of ~200 mA cm-2 and a cathodic potential of -1.2 V vs. RHE in an alkaline electrolyte.
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- Zhiming Wei
- The Institute for Advanced Studies, Wuhan University, 430072, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, 999077, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- The Institute for Advanced Studies, Wuhan University, 430072, Wuhan, China
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- School of Electrical Engineering, Wuhan University, 430072, Wuhan, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 430074, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, 999077, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- School of Electrical Engineering, Wuhan University, 430072, Wuhan, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 430074, Wuhan, China
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- The Institute for Advanced Studies, Wuhan University, 430072, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, 999077, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Institute of Clean Energy (HKICE) & Center of Super-Diamond and Advanced Films (COSDAF), City University of Hong Kong, 999077, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Xu Y, Liu X, Jiang M, Chi B, Lu Y, Guo J, Wang Z, Cui S. Achieving high selectivity and activity of CO 2 electroreduction to formate by in-situ synthesis of single atom Pb doped Cu catalysts. J Colloid Interface Sci 2024; 665:365-375. [PMID: 38537585 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2024.03.137] [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: 11/19/2023] [Revised: 03/18/2024] [Accepted: 03/20/2024] [Indexed: 04/17/2024]
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Exploring highly selective and stable electrocatalysts is of great significance for the electrochemical conversion of CO2 into fuel. Herein, a three-dimensional (3D) nanostructure catalyst was developed by doping Pb single-atom (PbSA) in-situ on carbon paper (PbSA100-Cu/CP) through a low-energy and economical method. The designed catalyst exhibited abundant active sites and was beneficial to CO2 adsorption, activation, and subsequent conversion to fuel. Interestingly, PbSA100-Cu/CP showed a prominent Faraday efficiency (FE) of 97 % at -0.9 V versus reversible hydrogen electrode (vs. RHE) and a high partial current density of 27.9 mA·cm-2 for formate. Also, the catalyst remained significantly stable for 60 h during the durability test. The reaction mechanism was investigated by density functional theory (DFT), demonstrating that the doping PbSA induced the electrons redistribution, promoted the formate generation, reduced the rate-determining step (RDS) energy barrier, and inhibited the hydrogen evolution reaction. The study aims to provide a new strategy for developing of single-atom catalysts with high selectivity and stability, which will help reduce environmental pressure and alleviate energy problems.
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- Yurui Xu
- College of Materials Science & Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China; Institute of Disaster Prevention, Sanhe 065201, China
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- College of Materials Science & Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China.
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- College of Materials Science & Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
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- China Institute of Building Standard Design and Research, Beijing 100048, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Microstructure and Properties of Solids, Faculty of Materials and Manufacturing, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Mechanical Behavior and System Safety of Traffic Engineering Structures, Shijiazhuang Tiedao University, Shijiazhuang 050043, China
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- College of Materials Science & Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
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- College of Materials Science & Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
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Lang X, Guo W, Fang Z, Xie G, Mei G, Duan Z, Liu D, Zhai Y, Lu X. Crystalline-Amorphous Interfaces Engineering of CoO-InO x for Highly Efficient CO 2 Electroreduction to CO. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024; 20:e2311694. [PMID: 38363062 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202311694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2023] [Revised: 01/30/2024] [Indexed: 02/17/2024]
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As a fundamental product of CO2 conversion through two-electron transfer, CO is used to produce numerous chemicals and fuels with high efficiency, which has broad application prospects. In this work, it has successfully optimized catalytic activity by fabricating an electrocatalyst featuring crystalline-amorphous CoO-InOx interfaces, thereby significantly expediting CO production. The 1.21%CoO-InOx consists of randomly dispersed CoO crystalline particles among amorphous InOx nanoribbons. In contrast to the same-phase structure, the unique CoO-InOx heterostructure provides plentiful reactive crystalline-amorphous interfacial sites. The Faradaic efficiency of CO (FECO) can reach up to 95.67% with a current density of 61.72 mA cm-2 in a typical H-cell using MeCN containing 0.5 M 1-Butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate ([Bmim]PF6) as the electrolyte. Comprehensive experiments indicate that CoO-InOx interfaces with optimization of charge transfer enhance the double-layer capacitance and CO2 adsorption capacity. Theoretical calculations further reveal that the regulating of the electronic structure at interfacial sites not only optimizes the Gibbs free energy of *COOH intermediate formation but also inhibits HER, resulting in high selectivity toward CO.
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- Xianzhen Lang
- Institute of Molecular Metrology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, P. R. China
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- Institute of Molecular Metrology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, P. R. China
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- Institute of Molecular Metrology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, P. R. China
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- Institute of Molecular Metrology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, P. R. China
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- Institute of Molecular Metrology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, P. R. China
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- Institute of Molecular Metrology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, P. R. China
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- Institute of Molecular Metrology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, P. R. China
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- Institute of Molecular Metrology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, P. R. China
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- Institute of Molecular Metrology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, P. R. China
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Maeng J, Jang D, Ha J, Ji J, Heo J, Park Y, Kim S, Kim WB. Oxygen Vacancy-Controlled CuO x/N,Se Co-Doped Porous Carbon via Plasma-Treatment for Enhanced Electro-Reduction of Nitrate to Green Ammonia. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024:e2403253. [PMID: 38860540 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202403253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2024] [Revised: 06/03/2024] [Indexed: 06/12/2024]
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The electrochemical nitrate reduction reaction (NO3RR) is of significance in regards of environmentally friendly issues and green ammonia production. However, relatively low performance with a competitive hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is a challenge to overcome for the NO3RR. In this study, oxygen vacancy-controlled copper oxide (CuOx) catalysts through a plasma treatment are successfully prepared and supported on high surface area porous carbon that are co-doped with N, Se species for its enhanced electrochemical properties. The oxygen vacancy-increased CuOx catalyst supported on the N,Se co-doped porous carbon (CuOx-H/NSePC) exhibited the highest NO3RR performance with faradaic efficiency (FE) of 87.2% and yield of 7.9 mg cm-2 h-1 for the ammonia production, representing significant enhancements of FE and ammonia yield as compared to the un-doped or the oxygen vacancy-decreased catalysts. This high performance should be attributed to a significant increase in the catalytic active sites with facilitated energetics from strategies of doping the catalytic materials and weakening the N─O bonding strength for the adsorption of NO3 - ions on the modulated oxygen vacancies. This results show a promise that co-doping of heteroatoms and regulating of oxygen vacancies can be key factors for performance enhancement, suggesting new guidelines for effective catalyst design of NO3RR.
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- Junbeom Maeng
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), 77 Cheongam-ro, Nam-gu, Pohang-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do, 37673, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), 77 Cheongam-ro, Nam-gu, Pohang-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do, 37673, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), 77 Cheongam-ro, Nam-gu, Pohang-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do, 37673, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), 77 Cheongam-ro, Nam-gu, Pohang-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do, 37673, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), 77 Cheongam-ro, Nam-gu, Pohang-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do, 37673, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), 77 Cheongam-ro, Nam-gu, Pohang-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do, 37673, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), 77 Cheongam-ro, Nam-gu, Pohang-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do, 37673, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), 77 Cheongam-ro, Nam-gu, Pohang-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do, 37673, Republic of Korea
- Graduate Institute of Ferrous & Eco Materials Technology, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), 77 Cheongam-ro, Nam-gu, Pohang-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do, 37673, Republic of Korea
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Liu Z, Han X, Liu J, Chen S, Deng S, Wang J. In Situ Reconstruction of Scalable Amorphous Indium-Based Metal-Organic Framework for CO 2 Electroreduction to Formate over an Ultrawide Potential Window. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2024; 16:28655-28663. [PMID: 38776450 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.4c04437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2024]
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Amorphous metal-organic frameworks (aMOFs) are highly attractive for electrocatalytic applications due to their exceptional conductivity and abundant defect sites, but harsh preparation conditions of "top-down" strategy have hindered their widespread use. Herein, the scalable production of aMIL-68(In)-NH2 was successfully achieved through a facile "bottom-up" strategy involving ligand competition with 2-methylimidazole. Multiple in situ and ex situ characterizations reveal that aMIL-68(In)-NH2 evolutes into In/In2O3-x as the genuine active sites during the CO2 electrocatalytic reduction (CO2RR) process. Moreover, the retained amino groups could enhance the CO2 adsorption. As expected, the reconstructed catalyst demonstrates high formate Faradaic efficiency values (>90%) over a wide potential range of 800 mV in a flow cell, surpassing most top-ranking electrocatalysts. Density functional theory calculations reveal that the abundant oxygen vacancies in aMIL-68(In)-NH2 induce more local charges around electroactive sites, thereby promoting the formation of HCOO* intermediates. Furthermore, 16 g of samples can be readily prepared in one batch and exhibit almost identical CO2RR performances. This work offers a feasible batch-scale strategy to design amorphous MOFs for the highly efficient electrolytic CO2RR.
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- Ziyun Liu
- School of Resources & Environment, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, People's Republic of China
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- School of Resources & Environment, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, People's Republic of China
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- School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, United States of America
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- School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, People's Republic of China
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Li H, Huang H, Huang W, Zhang X, Hai G, Lai F, Zhu T, Bai S, Zhang N, Liu T. Interfacial Accumulation and Stability Enhancement Effects Triggered by Built-in Electric Field of SnO 2/LaOCl Nanofibers Boost Carbon Dioxide Electroreduction. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024:e2402654. [PMID: 38830339 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202402654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2024] [Revised: 05/24/2024] [Indexed: 06/05/2024]
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Constructing a built-in interfacial electric field (BIEF) is an effective approach to enhance the electrocatalysts performance, but it has been rarely demonstrated for electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction reaction (CO2RR) to date. Herein, for the first time, SnO2/LaOCl nanofibers (NFs) with BIEF is created by electrospinning, exhibiting a high Faradaic efficiency (FE) of 100% C1 product (CO and HCOOH) at -0.9--1.1 V versus reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE) and a maximum FEHCOOH of 90.1% at -1.2 VRHE in H-cell, superior to the commercial SnO2 nanoparticles (NPs) and LaOCl NFs. SnO2/LaOCl NFs also exhibit outstanding stability, maintaining negligible activity degradation even after 10 h of electrolysis. Moreover, their current density and FEHCOOH are almost 400 mA cm-2 at -2.31 V and 83.4% in flow-cell. The satisfactory CO2RR performance of SnO2/LaOCl NFs with BIEF can be ascribed to tight interface of coupling SnO2 NPs and LaOCl NFs, which can induce charge redistribution, rich active sites, enhanced CO2 adsorption, as well as optimized Gibbs free energy of *OCHO. The work reveals that the BIEF will trigger interfacial accumulation and stability enhancement effects in promoting CO2RR activity and stability of SnO2-based materials, providing a novel approach to develop stable and efficient CO2RR electrocatalysts.
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- Hanjun Li
- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, China
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- Institute of Zhejiang University-Quzhou, Zhejiang University, Quzhou, 324000, China
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- Department of Chemistry, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, Leuven, 3001, Belgium
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- National Laboratory of Solid-State Microstructures/School of Electronics Science and Engineering/Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- Institute of Sustainable Energy and Resources, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, China
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Liu L, Shen S, Zhao N, Zhao H, Wang K, Cui X, Wen B, Wang J, Xiao C, Hu X, Su Y, Ding S. Revealing the Indispensable Role of In Situ Electrochemically Reconstructed Mn(II)/Mn(III) in Improving the Performance of Lithium-Carbon Dioxide Batteries. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024; 36:e2403229. [PMID: 38598727 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202403229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2024] [Revised: 04/02/2024] [Indexed: 04/12/2024]
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Li-CO2 batteries are regarded as promising high-energy-density energy conversion and storage devices, but their practicability is severely hindered by the sluggish CO2 reduction/evolution reaction (CORR/COER) kinetics. Due to the various crystal structures and unique electronic configuration, Mn-based cathode catalysts have shown considerable competition to facilitate CORR/COER. However, the specific active sites and regulation principle of Mn-based catalysts remain ambiguous and limited. Herein, this work designs novel Mn dual-active sites (MOC) supported on N-doped carbon nanofibers and conduct a comprehensive investigation into the underlying relationship between different Mn active sites and their electrochemical performance in Li-CO2 batteries. Impressively, this work finds that owing to the in situ generation and stable existence of Mn(III), MOC undergoes obvious electrochemical reconstruction during battery cycling. Moreover, a series of characterizations and theoretical calculations demonstrate that the different electronic configurations and coordination environments of Mn(II) and Mn(III) are conducive to promoting CORR and COER, respectively. Benefiting from such a modulating behavior, the Li-CO2 batteries deliver a high full discharge capacity of 10.31 mAh cm-2, and ultra-long cycle life (327 cycles/1308 h). This fundamental understanding of MOC reconstruction and the electrocatalytic mechanisms provides a new perspective for designing high-performance multivalent Mn-integrated hybrid catalysts for Li-CO2 batteries.
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- Limin Liu
- School of Chemistry, Engineering Research Center of Energy Storage Materials and Devices of Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, and National Innovation Platform (Center) for Industry-Education Integration of Energy Storage Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, China
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- School of Chemistry, Engineering Research Center of Energy Storage Materials and Devices of Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, and National Innovation Platform (Center) for Industry-Education Integration of Energy Storage Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, China
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- School of Chemistry, Engineering Research Center of Energy Storage Materials and Devices of Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, and National Innovation Platform (Center) for Industry-Education Integration of Energy Storage Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, China
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- School of Chemistry, Engineering Research Center of Energy Storage Materials and Devices of Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, and National Innovation Platform (Center) for Industry-Education Integration of Energy Storage Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, China
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- School of Chemistry, Engineering Research Center of Energy Storage Materials and Devices of Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, and National Innovation Platform (Center) for Industry-Education Integration of Energy Storage Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, China
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- School of Chemistry, Engineering Research Center of Energy Storage Materials and Devices of Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, and National Innovation Platform (Center) for Industry-Education Integration of Energy Storage Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, China
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- School of Chemistry, Engineering Research Center of Energy Storage Materials and Devices of Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, and National Innovation Platform (Center) for Industry-Education Integration of Energy Storage Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, China
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- School of Instrument Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, China
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- School of Chemistry, Engineering Research Center of Energy Storage Materials and Devices of Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, and National Innovation Platform (Center) for Industry-Education Integration of Energy Storage Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, China
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- School of Chemistry, Engineering Research Center of Energy Storage Materials and Devices of Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, and National Innovation Platform (Center) for Industry-Education Integration of Energy Storage Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, China
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- School of Chemistry, Engineering Research Center of Energy Storage Materials and Devices of Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, and National Innovation Platform (Center) for Industry-Education Integration of Energy Storage Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, China
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- School of Chemistry, Engineering Research Center of Energy Storage Materials and Devices of Ministry of Education, State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, and National Innovation Platform (Center) for Industry-Education Integration of Energy Storage Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, China
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Siemak J, Michalkiewicz B. Enhancement of CO 2 adsorption on activated carbons produced from avocado seeds by combined solvothermal carbonization and thermal KOH activation. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2024; 31:40133-40141. [PMID: 37442926 PMCID: PMC11189998 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-28638-y] [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: 03/17/2023] [Accepted: 07/02/2023] [Indexed: 07/15/2023]
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A new strategy for ultramicroporous activated carbons production from avocado seeds was developed. Combined solvothermal carbonization and thermal KOH activation were conducted. Solvothermal carbonizations were performed in a stainless-steel autoclave lined with Teflon at the temperature of 180 °C for 12 h in three different liquids (water, methanol, isopropyl alcohol). Chars were activated by KOH. The carbonization combined with activation took place in the oven at 850 °C for 1 h. All the samples were very good CO2 sorbents. The highest CO2 adsorption at a pressure of 1 bar was achieved for activated carbon produced using isopropanol. The best carbon dioxide adsorption was equal to 6.47 mmol/g at 0 °C and 4.35 mmol/g at 20 °C.
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- Joanna Siemak
- Faculty of Chemical Technology and Engineering, Department of Catalytic and Sorbent Materials Engineering, West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, Piastów Ave. 42, 71-065, Szczecin, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemical Technology and Engineering, Department of Catalytic and Sorbent Materials Engineering, West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, Piastów Ave. 42, 71-065, Szczecin, Poland.
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Han J, Bai X, Xu X, Bai X, Husile A, Zhang S, Qi L, Guan J. Advances and challenges in the electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide. Chem Sci 2024; 15:7870-7907. [PMID: 38817558 PMCID: PMC11134526 DOI: 10.1039/d4sc01931h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2024] [Accepted: 04/30/2024] [Indexed: 06/01/2024] Open
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The electrocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction reaction (ECO2RR) is a promising way to realize the transformation of waste into valuable material, which can not only meet the environmental goal of reducing carbon emissions, but also obtain clean energy and valuable industrial products simultaneously. Herein, we first introduce the complex CO2RR mechanisms based on the number of carbons in the product. Since the coupling of C-C bonds is unanimously recognized as the key mechanism step in the ECO2RR for the generation of high-value products, the structural-activity relationship of electrocatalysts is systematically reviewed. Next, we comprehensively classify the latest developments, both experimental and theoretical, in different categories of cutting-edge electrocatalysts and provide theoretical insights on various aspects. Finally, challenges are discussed from the perspectives of both materials and devices to inspire researchers to promote the industrial application of the ECO2RR at the earliest.
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- Jingyi Han
- Institute of Physical Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University Changchun 130021 PR China
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University Changchun 130021 PR China
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University Changchun 130021 PR China
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University Changchun 130021 PR China
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University Changchun 130021 PR China
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University Changchun 130021 PR China
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University Changchun 130021 PR China
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University Changchun 130021 PR China
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Ostovari Moghaddam A, Mehrabi-Kalajahi S, Abdollahzadeh A, Salari R, Qi X, Fereidonnejad R, Akaahimbe SA, Nangir M, Uchaev DA, Varfolomeev MA, Cabot A, Vasenko AS, Trofimov EA. High-Entropy La(FeCuMnMgTi)O 3 Nanoparticles as Heterogeneous Catalyst for CO 2 Electroreduction Reaction. J Phys Chem Lett 2024; 15:5535-5542. [PMID: 38752703 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c01240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2024]
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In this work, La(FeCuMnMgTi)O3 HEO nanoparticles with a perovskite-type structure are synthesized and used in the electrocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR). The catalyst demonstrates high performance as an electrocatalyst for the CO2RR, with a Faradaic efficiency (FE) of 92.5% at a current density of 21.9 mA cm-2 under -0.75 V vs a saturated calomel electrode (SCE). Particularly, an FE above 54% is obtained for methyl isopropyl ketone (C5H10O, MIPK) at a partial current density of 16 mA cm-2, overcoming all previous works. Besides, the as-prepared HEO catalyst displays robust stability in the CO2RR. The excellent catalytic performance of La(FeCuMnMgTi)O3 is ascribed to the synergistic effect between the electronic effects associated with five cations occupying the high-entropy sublattice sites and the oxygen vacancies within the perovskite structure of the HEO. Finally, DFT calculations indicate that Cu plays a vital role in the catalytic activity of the La(FeCuMnMgTi)O3 HEO nanoparticles toward C2+ products.
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- Ahmad Ostovari Moghaddam
- Department of Materials Science Physical and Chemical Properties of Materials, South Ural State University, 76 Lenin Ave, Chelyabinsk 454080, Russia
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- Department of Materials Science Physical and Chemical Properties of Materials, South Ural State University, 76 Lenin Ave, Chelyabinsk 454080, Russia
- Department of Petroleum Engineering, Kazan Federal University, Kazan 420008, Russia
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- School of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST), Tehran 16846-13114, Iran
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- Department of Petroleum Engineering, Kazan Federal University, Kazan 420008, Russia
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University of Technology, Chongqing 400054, China
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- Department of Materials Science Physical and Chemical Properties of Materials, South Ural State University, 76 Lenin Ave, Chelyabinsk 454080, Russia
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- Department of Materials Science Physical and Chemical Properties of Materials, South Ural State University, 76 Lenin Ave, Chelyabinsk 454080, Russia
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- Department of Semiconductors, Materials and Energy Research Center (MERC), P.O. Box 14155/4777, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Materials Science Physical and Chemical Properties of Materials, South Ural State University, 76 Lenin Ave, Chelyabinsk 454080, Russia
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- Catalonia Institute for Energy Research - IREC, 08930 Sant Adrià de Besòs, Spain
- ICREA, Pg. Lluís Companys 23, 08010 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Materials Science Physical and Chemical Properties of Materials, South Ural State University, 76 Lenin Ave, Chelyabinsk 454080, Russia
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Li Y, Zhang Y, Shi L, Liu X, Zhang Z, Xie M, Dong Y, Jiang H, Zhu Y, Zhu J. Activating Inert Perovskite Oxides for CO 2 Electroreduction via Slight Cu 2+ Doping in B-Sites. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024:e2402823. [PMID: 38712472 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202402823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2024] [Revised: 04/30/2024] [Indexed: 05/08/2024]
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Perovskite oxides are proven as a striking platform for developing high-performance electrocatalysts. Nonetheless, a significant portion of them show CO2 electroreduction (CO2RR) inertness. Here a simple but effective strategy is reported to activate inert perovskite oxides (e.g., SrTiO3) for CO2RR through slight Cu2+ doping in B-sites. For the proof-of-concept catalysts of SrTi1-xCuxO3 (x = 0.025, 0.05, and 0.1), Cu2+ doping (even in trace amount, e.g., x = 0.025) can not only create active, stable CuO6 octahedra, increase electrochemical active surface area, and accelerate charge transfer, but also significantly regulate the electronic structure (e.g., up-shifted band center) to promote activation/adsorption of reaction intermediates. Benefiting from these merits, the stable SrTi1-xCuxO3 catalysts feature great improvements (at least an order of magnitude) in CO2RR activity and selectivity for high-order products (i.e., CH4 and C2+), compared to the SrTiO3 parent. This work provides a new avenue for the conversion of inert perovskite oxides into high-performance electrocatalysts toward CO2RR.
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- Yuxi Li
- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, China
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- Qingdao New Energy Shandong Laboratory, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266101, China
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- Joint International Research Laboratory of Biomass Energy and Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, China
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- Qingdao New Energy Shandong Laboratory, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266101, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Linyi University, Linyi, 276005, China
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- Materials Science and Engineering Program and Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 78712, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, China
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- Qingdao New Energy Shandong Laboratory, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266101, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, China
- Qingdao New Energy Shandong Laboratory, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266101, China
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Wang J, Wang G, Wu H, Liu F, Ren X, Wang Y, Cao Y, Lu Q, Zheng X, Han X, Deng Y, Hu W. Correlating the crystal structure and facet of indium oxides with their activities for CO 2 electroreduction. FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH 2024; 4:635-641. [PMID: 38933190 PMCID: PMC11197480 DOI: 10.1016/j.fmre.2022.04.022] [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: 12/31/2021] [Revised: 04/20/2022] [Accepted: 04/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Constructing structure-function relationships is critical for the rational design and development of efficient catalysts for CO2 electroreduction reaction (CO2RR). In2O3 is well-known for its specific ability to produce formic acid. However, how the crystal phase and surface affect the CO2RR activity is still unclear, making it difficult to further improve the intrinsic activity and screen for the most active structure. In this work, cubic and hexagonal In2O3 with different stable surfaces ((111) and (110) for cubic, (120) and (104) for hexagonal) are investigated for CO2RR. Theoretical results demonstrate that the adsorption of reactants on cubic In2O3 is stronger than that on hexagonal In2O3, with the cubic (111) surface being the most active for CO2RR. In experiments, synthesized cubic In2O3 nanosheets with predominantly exposed (111) surfaces exhibited a high HCOO- Faradaic efficiency (87.5%) and HCOO- current density (-16.7 mA cm-2) at -0.9 V vs RHE. In addition, an aqueous Zn-CO2 battery based on a cubic In2O3 cathode was assembled. Our work correlates the phases and surfaces with the CO2RR activity, and provides a fundamental understanding of the structure-function relationship of In2O3, thereby contributing to further improvements in its CO2RR activity. Moreover, the results provide a principle for the directional preparation of materials with optimal phases and surfaces for efficient electrocatalysis.
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- Jiajun Wang
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology of Ministry of Education, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- School of Materials Science and Energy Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan 528000, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology of Ministry of Education, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology of Ministry of Education, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology of Ministry of Education, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology of Ministry of Education, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology of Ministry of Education, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology of Ministry of Education, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology of Ministry of Education, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology of Ministry of Education, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
- Joint School of National University of Singapore and Tianjin University, International Campus of Tianjin University, Binhai New City, Fuzhou 350207, China
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Zhao X, Feng Q, Liu M, Wang Y, Liu W, Deng D, Jiang J, Zheng X, Zhan L, Wang J, Zheng H, Bai Y, Chen Y, Xiong X, Lei Y. Built-in Electric Field Promotes Interfacial Adsorption and Activation of CO 2 for C 1 Products over a Wide Potential Window. ACS NANO 2024; 18:9678-9687. [PMID: 38522087 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.4c01190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/26/2024]
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The unsatisfactory adsorption and activation of CO2 suppress electrochemical reduction over a wide potential window. Herein, the built-in electric field (BIEF) at the CeO2/In2O3 n-n heterostructure realizes the C1 (CO and HCOO-) selectivity over 90.0% in a broad range of potentials from -0.7 to -1.1 V with a maximum value of 98.7 ± 0.3% at -0.8 V. In addition, the C1 current density (-1.1 V) of the CeO2/In2O3 heterostructure with a BIEF is about 2.0- and 3.2-fold that of In2O3 and a physically mixed sample, respectively. The experimental and theoretical calculation results indicate that the introduction of CeO2 triggered the charge redistribution and formed the BIEF at the interfaces, which enhanced the interfacial adsorption and activation of CO2 at low overpotentials. Furthermore, the promoting effect was also extended to CeO2/In2S3. This work gives a deep understanding of BIEF engineering for highly efficient CO2 electroreduction over a wide potential window.
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- Xin Zhao
- State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, Changsha 410083, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Technologies of Materials, Ministry of Education, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 610097, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, Changsha 410083, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, Changsha 410083, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Department of Chemistry, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, Changsha 410083, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, Changsha 410083, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, Changsha 410083, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, Changsha 410083, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, Changsha 410083, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, Changsha 410083, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, Changsha 410083, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, Changsha 410083, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, Changsha 410083, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, Changsha 410083, People's Republic of China
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Wu W, Tong Y, Chen P. Regulation Strategy of Nanostructured Engineering on Indium-Based Materials for Electrocatalytic Conversion of CO 2. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024; 20:e2305562. [PMID: 37845037 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202305562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2023] [Revised: 08/23/2023] [Indexed: 10/18/2023]
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Electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction (CO2 RR), as an emerging technology, can combine with sustainable energies to convert CO2 into high value-added products, providing an effective pathway to realize carbon neutrality. However, the high activation energy of CO2 , low mass transfer, and competitive hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) leads to the unsatisfied catalytic activity. Recently, Indium (In)-based materials have attracted significant attention in CO2 RR and a series of regulation strategies of nanostructured engineering are exploited to rationally design various advanced In-based electrocatalysts, which forces the necessary of a comprehensive and fundamental summary, but there is still a scarcity. Herein, this review provides a systematic discussion of the nanostructure engineering of In-based materials for the efficient electrocatalytic conversion of CO2 to fuels. These efficient regulation strategies including morphology, size, composition, defects, surface modification, interfacial structure, alloying, and single-atom structure, are summarized for exploring the internal relationship between the CO2 RR performance and the physicochemical properties of In-based catalysts. The correlation of electronic structure and adsorption behavior of reaction intermediates are highlighted to gain in-depth understanding of catalytic reaction kinetics for CO2 RR. Moreover, the challenges and opportunities of In-based materials are proposed, which is expected to inspire the development of other effective catalysts for CO2 RR.
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- Wenbo Wu
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Surface & Interface Science of Polymer Materials of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310018, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Surface & Interface Science of Polymer Materials of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310018, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Surface & Interface Science of Polymer Materials of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310018, China
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Chen X, Chen J, Qiao Y, Gao Y, Fan S, Liu Y, Li L, Liu Y, Chou S. Facile fabrication of Ni, Fe-doped δ-MnO 2 derived from Prussian blue analogues as an efficient catalyst for stable Li-CO 2 batteries. Chem Sci 2024; 15:2473-2479. [PMID: 38362438 PMCID: PMC10866367 DOI: 10.1039/d3sc05794a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2023] [Accepted: 01/02/2024] [Indexed: 02/17/2024] Open
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Rechargeable Li-CO2 batteries are regarded as an ideal new-generation energy storage system, owing to their high energy density and extraordinary CO2 capture capability. Developing a suitable cathode to improve the electrochemical performance of Li-CO2 batteries has always been a research hotspot. Herein, Ni-Fe-δ-MnO2 nano-flower composites are designed and synthesized by in situ etching a Ni-Fe PBA precursor as the cathode for Li-CO2 batteries. Ni-Fe-δ-MnO2 nanoflowers composed of ultra-thin nanosheets possess considerable surface spaces, which can not only provide abundant catalytic active sites, but also facilitate the nucleation of discharge products and promote the CO2 reduction reaction. On the one hand, the introduction of Ni and Fe elements can improve the electrical conductivity of δ-MnO2. On the other hand, the synergistic catalytic effect between Ni, Fe elements and δ-MnO2 will greatly enhance the cycling performance and reduce the overpotential of Li-CO2 batteries. Consequently, the Li-CO2 battery based on the Ni-Fe-δ-MnO2 cathode shows a high discharge capacity of 8287 mA h g-1 and can stabilize over 100 cycles at a current density of 100 mA g-1. The work offers a promising guideline to design efficient manganese-based catalysts for Li-CO2 batteries.
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- Xiaoyang Chen
- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University Shanghai 200444 China
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- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University Shanghai 200444 China
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- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University Shanghai 200444 China
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- Institute for Carbon Neutralization, College of Chemistry and Materials, Engineering, Wenzhou University Zhejiang 325035 China
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- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University Shanghai 200444 China
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- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University Shanghai 200444 China
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- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University Shanghai 200444 China
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- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University Shanghai 200444 China
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- Institute for Carbon Neutralization, College of Chemistry and Materials, Engineering, Wenzhou University Zhejiang 325035 China
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Wang H, Deng N, Li X, Chen Y, Tian Y, Cheng B, Kang W. Recent insights on the use of modified Zn-based catalysts in eCO 2RR. NANOSCALE 2024; 16:2121-2168. [PMID: 38206085 DOI: 10.1039/d3nr05344j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2024]
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Converting CO2 into valuable chemicals can provide a new path to mitigate the greenhouse effect, achieving the aim of "carbon neutrality" and "carbon peaking". Among numerous electrocatalysts, Zn-based materials are widely distributed and cheap, making them one of the most promising electrocatalyst materials to replace noble metal catalysts. Moreover, the Zn metal itself has a certain selectivity for CO. After appropriate modification, such as oxide derivatization, structural reorganization, reconstruction of the surfaces, heteroatom doping, and so on, the Zn-based electrocatalysts can expose more active sites and adjust the d-band center or electronic structure, and the FE and stability of them can be effectively improved, and they can even convert CO2 to multi-carbon products. This review aims to systematically describe the latest progresses of modified Zn-based electrocatalyst materials (including organic and inorganic materials) in the electrocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction reaction (eCO2RR). The applications of modified Zn-based catalysts in improving product selectivity, increasing current density and reducing the overpotential of the eCO2RR are reviewed. Moreover, this review describes the reasonable selection and good structural design of Zn-based catalysts, presents the characteristics of various modified zinc-based catalysts, and reveals the related catalytic mechanisms for the first time. Finally, the current status and development prospects of modified Zn-based catalysts in eCO2RR are summarized and discussed.
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- Hao Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Separation Membranes and Membrane Processes/National Center for International Joint Research on Separation Membranes, School of Textile Science and Engineering, Tiangong University, Tianjin 300387, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Separation Membranes and Membrane Processes/National Center for International Joint Research on Separation Membranes, School of Textile Science and Engineering, Tiangong University, Tianjin 300387, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Separation Membranes and Membrane Processes/National Center for International Joint Research on Separation Membranes, School of Textile Science and Engineering, Tiangong University, Tianjin 300387, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Separation Membranes and Membrane Processes/National Center for International Joint Research on Separation Membranes, School of Textile Science and Engineering, Tiangong University, Tianjin 300387, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Separation Membranes and Membrane Processes/National Center for International Joint Research on Separation Membranes, School of Textile Science and Engineering, Tiangong University, Tianjin 300387, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Separation Membranes and Membrane Processes/National Center for International Joint Research on Separation Membranes, School of Textile Science and Engineering, Tiangong University, Tianjin 300387, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Separation Membranes and Membrane Processes/National Center for International Joint Research on Separation Membranes, School of Textile Science and Engineering, Tiangong University, Tianjin 300387, PR China.
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Wu T, Zhang F, Wang J, Liu X, Tian Y, Chu K. Electrochemical reduction of nitrite to ammonia on amorphous MoO 3 nanosheets. Dalton Trans 2024; 53:877-881. [PMID: 38131476 DOI: 10.1039/d3dt03808d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2023]
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Electrocatalytic NO2- reduction to NH3 (NO2RR) is an appealing approach for mitigating NO2- pollution and for the synthesis of valuable NH3, and so the exploration for high-performance NO2RR catalysts is pivotal yet remains challenging. Herein, amorphous MoO3 nanosheets (am-MoO3) were designed as a high-performance NO2RR electrocatalyst, delivering a maximum NO2--to-NH3 faradaic efficiency of 94.8% and NH3 yield rate of 480.4 μmol h-1 cm-2 at -0.6 V vs. RHE. Theoretical computations revealed that the largely enhanced NO2RR activity of am-MoO3 originated from the amorphization-induced O-vacancies, which could enhance the NO2--to-NH3 reaction energetics and hamper the competitive hydrogen evolution.
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- Tingting Wu
- College of Science, Hebei North University, Zhangjiakou 075000, Hebei, China.
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- College of Science, Hebei North University, Zhangjiakou 075000, Hebei, China.
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- College of Science, Hebei North University, Zhangjiakou 075000, Hebei, China.
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- College of Science, Hebei North University, Zhangjiakou 075000, Hebei, China.
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- College of Science, Hebei North University, Zhangjiakou 075000, Hebei, China.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Lanzhou 730070, China.
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Wang L, Wang J, Wu R, Shao F, Zhang D, Zhang X, Fan C, Fan Y. Pillar-Layered Porous Metal-Organic Frameworks with Co 2N 2O 8 Clusters and Tetragonal Ligands for CO 2 Conversion. Inorg Chem 2024; 63:294-303. [PMID: 38145954 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c03154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2023]
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Converting CO2 to valuable chemicals and fuels is a viable method to establish a carbon-neutral energy cycle in the environment. Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), characterized by dispersed active sites, high porosity, etc., have displayed a great application prospect in the electrochemical/chemical CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) process. Herein, we proposed a one-step production to establish a series of pillar-layered porous MOFs, [Co2(L)(bimb)]n (MOF 1) and [Co4(L)2(bidpe)2]n (MOF 2) [H4L = 5'-(4-carboxyphenyl)-(1,1':2',1″-terphenyl)-4,4',4″-tricarboxylic, bimb = 1,4-bis(imidazol-1-yl)-butane, bidpe = 4'-bis(imidazolyl) diphenyl ether], for preferential conversion of CO2 via ligand adjustment and increase of active sites' density. According to single-crystal X-ray diffraction studies, [Co2(L)(bimb)]n exhibits pillar-layered binuclear 3D frameworks with a 2,4,6-linked 3-nodes new topology structure, while [Co4(L)2(bidpe)2]n displays pillar-layered tetranuclear interspersed networks with a 4,6-linked 2-nodes fsc topology structure through a ligand adjustment strategy. Meanwhile, the pillar-layered structure of the MOFs with abundant active sites is conducive to mass diffusion and benefits the conversion of CO2. MOFs 1-2 exhibit good electrocatalytic activity for CO2RR in 0.5 M KHCO3 solution. Especially, the current density of MOF 2 generated at -0.90 V (vs. RHE) reaches -81.6 mA·cm-2, which is 3.1 times higher than that under an Ar atmosphere. In addition, MOFs 1-2 can be used as a heterogeneous catalyst for chemical conversion of CO2. The results are expected to provide inspiration for rational design to develop stable and high-efficiency MOF-based electrocatalysts for CO2RR.
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- Lulu Wang
- Key Laboratory of Marine Chemistry Theory and Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, Shandong 266100, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Chemistry Theory and Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, Shandong 266100, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Chemistry Theory and Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, Shandong 266100, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Chemistry Theory and Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, Shandong 266100, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Chemistry Theory and Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, Shandong 266100, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Chemistry Theory and Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, Shandong 266100, P. R. China
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- School of Laboratory Medicine, Youjiang Medical University for Nationalities, Baise, Guangxi 533000, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Chemistry Theory and Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, Shandong 266100, P. R. China
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Liu B, Yu Y, Zhang G, Chu K. An Amorphization-Engineered Catalyst for Electrocatalytic Reduction of Nitric Oxide to Ammonia. Inorg Chem 2023; 62:20923-20928. [PMID: 38059925 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c03986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/08/2023]
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Electrocatalytic NO-to-NH3 conversion (NORR) provides a fascinating route toward the eco-friendly and valuable production of NH3. In this study, amorphous FeS2 (a-FeS2) is first demonstrated as a high-efficiency catalyst for the NORR, showing a maximum FENH3 of 92.5% with a corresponding NH3 yield rate of 227.1 μmol h-1 cm-2, outperforming most NORR catalysts reported earlier. Experimental measurements combined with theoretical computations clarify that the exceptional NORR activity of a-FeS2 originates from the amorphization-induced upshift of the d-band center to promote the NO activation and NO-to-NH3 hydrogenation energetics.
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- Baixing Liu
- School of Bailie Mechanical Engineering, Lanzhou City University, Lanzhou 730070, China
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- School of Bailie Mechanical Engineering, Lanzhou City University, Lanzhou 730070, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Lanzhou 730070, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Lanzhou 730070, China
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Bai J, Wang W, Liu J. Bioinspired Hydrophobicity for Enhancing Electrochemical CO 2 Reduction. Chemistry 2023; 29:e202302461. [PMID: 37702459 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202302461] [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: 07/31/2023] [Revised: 09/11/2023] [Accepted: 09/12/2023] [Indexed: 09/14/2023]
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Electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction (CO2 R) is a promising pathway for converting greenhouse gasses into valuable fuels and chemicals using intermittent renewable energy. Enormous efforts have been invested in developing and designing CO2 R electrocatalysts suitable for industrial applications at accelerated reaction rates. The microenvironment, specifically the local CO2 concentration (local [CO2 ]) as well as the water and ion transport at the CO2 -electrolyte-catalyst interface, also significantly impacts the current density, Faradaic efficiency (FE), and operation stability. In nature, hydrophobic surfaces of aquatic arachnids trap appreciable amounts of gases due to the "plastron effect", which could inspire the reliable design of CO2 R catalysts and devices to enrich gaseous CO2 . In this review, starting from the wettability modulation, we summarize CO2 enrichment strategies to enhance CO2 R. To begin, superwettability systems in nature and their inspiration for concentrating CO2 in CO2 R are described and discussed. Moreover, other CO2 enrichment strategies, compatible with the hydrophobicity modulation, are explored from the perspectives of catalysts, electrolytes, and electrolyzers, respectively. Finally, a perspective on the future development of CO2 enrichment strategies is provided. We envision that this review could provide new guidance for further developments of CO2 R toward practical applications.
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- Jingwen Bai
- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China
- Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shandong Energy Institute, Qingdao New Energy Shandong Laboratory, Qingdao, 266101, P. R. China
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- Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shandong Energy Institute, Qingdao New Energy Shandong Laboratory, Qingdao, 266101, P. R. China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China
- Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shandong Energy Institute, Qingdao New Energy Shandong Laboratory, Qingdao, 266101, P. R. China
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Dong J, Liu Y, Pei J, Li H, Ji S, Shi L, Zhang Y, Li C, Tang C, Liao J, Xu S, Zhang H, Li Q, Zhao S. Continuous electroproduction of formate via CO 2 reduction on local symmetry-broken single-atom catalysts. Nat Commun 2023; 14:6849. [PMID: 37891185 PMCID: PMC10611760 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-42539-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2022] [Accepted: 10/13/2023] [Indexed: 10/29/2023] Open
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Atomic-level coordination engineering is an efficient strategy for tuning the catalytic performance of single-atom catalysts (SACs). However, their rational design has so far been plagued by the lack of a universal correlation between the coordination symmetry and catalytic properties. Herein, we synthesised planar-symmetry-broken CuN3 (PSB-CuN3) SACs through microwave heating for electrocatalytic CO2 reduction. Remarkably, the as-prepared catalysts exhibited a selectivity of 94.3% towards formate at -0.73 V vs. RHE, surpassing the symmetrical CuN4 catalyst (72.4% at -0.93 V vs. RHE). In a flow cell equipped with a PSB-CuN3 electrode, over 90% formate selectivity was maintained at an average current density of 94.4 mA cm-2 during 100 h operation. By combining definitive structural identification with operando X-ray spectroscopy and theoretical calculations, we revealed that the intrinsic local symmetry breaking from planar D4h configuration induces an unconventional dsp hybridisation, and thus a strong correlation between the catalytic activity and microenvironment of metal centre (i.e., coordination number and distortion), with high preference for formate production in CuN3 moiety. The finding opens an avenue for designing efficient SACs with specific local symmetries for selective electrocatalysis.
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- Juncai Dong
- Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, China
- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia
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- Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Ontario, M5S3H6, Canada
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, China
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- Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Optoelectronic Materials and Devices of Zhejiang Province, College of Optical and Electronic Technology, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, 310018, China.
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Optoelectronic Materials and Devices of Zhejiang Province, College of Optical and Electronic Technology, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, 310018, China
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- KAUST Catalysis Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, China.
- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia.
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Chen M, Chang K, Zhang Y, Zhang Z, Dong Y, Qiu X, Jiang H, Zhu Y, Zhu J. Cation-Radius-Controlled Sn-O Bond Length Boosting CO 2 Electroreduction over Sn-Based Perovskite Oxides. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202305530. [PMID: 37533227 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202305530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2023] [Revised: 07/28/2023] [Accepted: 08/01/2023] [Indexed: 08/04/2023]
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Despite the intriguing potential shown by Sn-based perovskite oxides in CO2 electroreduction (CO2 RR), the rational optimization of their CO2 RR properties is still lacking. Here we report an effective strategy to promote CO2 -to-HCOOH conversion of Sn-based perovskite oxides by A-site-radius-controlled Sn-O bond lengths. For the proof-of-concept examples of Ba1-x Srx SnO3 , as the A-site cation average radii decrease from 1.61 to 1.44 Å, their Sn-O bonds are precisely shortened from 2.06 to 2.02 Å. Our CO2 RR measurements show that the activity and selectivity of these samples for HCOOH production exhibit volcano-type trends with the Sn-O bond lengths. Among these samples, the Ba0.5 Sr0.5 SnO3 features the optimal activity (753.6 mA ⋅ cm-2 ) and selectivity (90.9 %) for HCOOH, better than those of the reported Sn-based oxides. Such optimized CO2 RR properties could be attributed to favorable merits conferred by the precisely controlled Sn-O bond lengths, e.g., the regulated band center, modulated adsorption/activation of intermediates, and reduced energy barrier for *OCHO formation. This work brings a new avenue for rational design of advanced Sn-based perovskite oxides toward CO2 RR.
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- Mingfa Chen
- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, 214122, Wuxi, China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, 214122, Wuxi, China
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- Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 266101, Qingdao, China
- Shandong Energy Institute, 266101, Qingdao, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Linyi University, 276005, Linyi, China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, 214122, Wuxi, China
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, 210023, Nanjing, China
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- Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 266101, Qingdao, China
- Shandong Energy Institute, 266101, Qingdao, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, 100084, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, 214122, Wuxi, China
- Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 266101, Qingdao, China
- Shandong Energy Institute, 266101, Qingdao, China
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Hu Y, Zhu J, Chen N, Zheng X, Zhang X, Chen Z, Wu Z. Sr 2+-Doped CuO Nanoribbons with the Hydrophobic Surface Enabling CO 2 Electroreduction to Ethane. Inorg Chem 2023; 62:16986-16993. [PMID: 37773890 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c02746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/01/2023]
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Electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide to value-added multicarbon (C2+) products is a promising way to obtain renewable fuels of high energy densities and chemicals and close the carbon cycle. However, the difficulty of C-C coupling and complexity of the proton-coupled electron transfer process greatly hinder CO2 electroreduction into specific C2+ products with high selectivity. Here, we design an electrocatalyst of Sr-doped CuO nanoribbons with a hydrophobic surface for CO2 electroreduction to ethane with high selectivity. Sr doping enhances the chemical adsorption and activation of CO2 by inducing oxygen vacancies and increasing *CO coverage by stabilizing Cu2+ active sites, thus further boosting subsequent C-C coupling. The hydrophobic surface with dodecyl sulfate anions (DS-) adsorption increases the oxophilicity of the catalyst surface, enhancing the conversion of the *OCH2CH3 intermediate to ethane. As a result, the optimized Sr1.97%-CuO exhibits a Faradaic efficiency of 53.4% and a partial current density of 13.5 mA cm-2 for ethane under a potential of -0.8 V. This study provides a strategy to design a Cu-based catalyst by alkaline earth metal ions doping with the hydrophobic surface to engineer the evolution of the intermediates for a desired product during CO2RR.
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- Yan Hu
- Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Engineering Research Center of Carbon Neutrality, Anhui Key Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University Wuhu, Anhui 241002, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Engineering Research Center of Carbon Neutrality, Anhui Key Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University Wuhu, Anhui 241002, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Engineering Research Center of Carbon Neutrality, Anhui Key Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University Wuhu, Anhui 241002, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Engineering Research Center of Carbon Neutrality, Anhui Key Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University Wuhu, Anhui 241002, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Engineering Research Center of Carbon Neutrality, Anhui Key Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University Wuhu, Anhui 241002, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Engineering Research Center of Carbon Neutrality, Anhui Key Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University Wuhu, Anhui 241002, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Engineering Research Center of Carbon Neutrality, Anhui Key Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University Wuhu, Anhui 241002, China
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Suzuki N, Katsukawa R, Ishida N, Shiroma Y, Kagaya T, Kondo T, Yuasa M, Terashima C, Fujishima A. Conceptual study on extraction of formic acid from the electrolyte after electroreduction of CO 2: Desalination and dehydration using a high-silica chabazite zeolite membrane. Heliyon 2023; 9:e20259. [PMID: 37822607 PMCID: PMC10562771 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e20259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2023] [Revised: 08/23/2023] [Accepted: 09/17/2023] [Indexed: 10/13/2023] Open
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Here, we propose a two-step pervaporation system with a high-silica CHA (chabazite) membrane, which has sufficient resistance to water and acid, to demonstrate the extraction and condensation of the formic acid formed by electroreduction of CO2. The kinetic diameters of water and formic acid are similar and smaller than the pore size of CHA, while the hydrated electrolyte ions (e.g., K+ and Cl-) are larger than the pore size of CHA. Consequently, the electrolyte ions are separated from the mixture of water and formic acid in the first desalination process, and then water molecules are easily removed from the mixture in the second dehydration process. From 300 ml of an approximately 3 wt% formic acid aqueous solution containing 0.5 M KCl, 10 ml of 18.2 wt% formic acid was obtained.
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- Norihiro Suzuki
- Research Center for Space System Innovation, Research Institute for Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba, 278-8510, Japan
- Carbon Value Research Center, Research Institute for Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba, 278-8510, Japan
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- Research Center for Space System Innovation, Research Institute for Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba, 278-8510, Japan
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- Research Center for Space System Innovation, Research Institute for Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba, 278-8510, Japan
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- Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba, 278-8510, Japan
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- Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba, 278-8510, Japan
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- Research Center for Space System Innovation, Research Institute for Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba, 278-8510, Japan
- Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba, 278-8510, Japan
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- Research Center for Space System Innovation, Research Institute for Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba, 278-8510, Japan
- Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba, 278-8510, Japan
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- Research Center for Space System Innovation, Research Institute for Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba, 278-8510, Japan
- Carbon Value Research Center, Research Institute for Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba, 278-8510, Japan
- Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba, 278-8510, Japan
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- Research Center for Space System Innovation, Research Institute for Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba, 278-8510, Japan
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Wang Q, Yang X, Zang H, Liu C, Wang J, Yu N, Kuai L, Qin Q, Geng B. InBi Bimetallic Sites for Efficient Electrochemical Reduction of CO 2 to HCOOH. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023; 19:e2303172. [PMID: 37312395 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202303172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2023] [Revised: 05/22/2023] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Formic acid is receiving intensive attention as being one of the most progressive chemical fuels for the electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide. However, the majority of catalysts suffer from low current density and Faraday efficiency. To this end, an efficient catalyst of In/Bi-750 with InOx nanodots load is prepared on a two-dimensional nanoflake Bi2 O2 CO3 substrate, which increases the adsorption of * CO2 due to the synergistic interaction between the bimetals and the exposure of sufficient active sites. In the H-type electrolytic cell, the formate Faraday efficiency (FE) reaches 97.17% at -1.0 V (vs reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE)) with no significant decay over 48 h. A formate Faraday efficiency of 90.83% is also obtained in the flow cell at a higher current density of 200 mA cm-2 . Both in-situ Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and theoretical calculations show that the BiIn bimetallic site can deliver superior binding energy to the * OCHO intermediate, thereby fundamentally accelerating the conversion of CO2 to HCOOH. Furthermore, assembled Zn-CO2 cell exhibits a maximum power of 6.97 mW cm-1 and a stability of 60 h.
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- Qinru Wang
- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, The key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, The Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Clean Energy of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Anhui Provincial Engineering Laboratory for New-Energy Vehicle Battery Energy-Storage Materials, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241002, China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, The key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, The Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Clean Energy of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Anhui Provincial Engineering Laboratory for New-Energy Vehicle Battery Energy-Storage Materials, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241002, China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, The key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, The Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Clean Energy of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Anhui Provincial Engineering Laboratory for New-Energy Vehicle Battery Energy-Storage Materials, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241002, China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, The key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, The Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Clean Energy of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Anhui Provincial Engineering Laboratory for New-Energy Vehicle Battery Energy-Storage Materials, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241002, China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, The key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, The Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Clean Energy of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Anhui Provincial Engineering Laboratory for New-Energy Vehicle Battery Energy-Storage Materials, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241002, China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, The key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, The Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Clean Energy of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Anhui Provincial Engineering Laboratory for New-Energy Vehicle Battery Energy-Storage Materials, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241002, China
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Anhui Laboratory of Clean Catalytic Engineering, Anhui Polytechnic University, Beijing Middle Road, Wuhu, 241000, China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, The key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, The Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Clean Energy of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Anhui Provincial Engineering Laboratory for New-Energy Vehicle Battery Energy-Storage Materials, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241002, China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, The key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, The Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Clean Energy of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Anhui Provincial Engineering Laboratory for New-Energy Vehicle Battery Energy-Storage Materials, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241002, China
- Institute of Energy, Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center, Hefei, 230031, China
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Liu YH, Liu C, Wang XH, Li T, Zhang X. Electrochemical sensor for sensitive detection of bisphenol A based on molecularly imprinted TiO 2 with oxygen vacancy. Biosens Bioelectron 2023; 237:115520. [PMID: 37429148 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2023.115520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2023] [Revised: 06/18/2023] [Accepted: 07/05/2023] [Indexed: 07/12/2023]
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Bisphenol A (BPA) is an endocrine disrupting chemical and broadly used in plastics. The leakage of BPA in food and water cycles poses a significant risk to the environment and human health. Thus, monitoring the concentration of BPA to avoid its potential risk is highly important. In this work, a simple and efficient oxygen deficient molecularly imprinted TiO2 electrochemical sensor was proposed for the detection of BPA. The introduction both oxygen vacancies and molecular imprinting evidently enhanced the electrochemical oxidation signal of BPA. The sensor had a good linear response ranging from 0.01 μM to 20 μM with a limit of detection of 3.6 nM. Additionally, the sensor showed remarkable stability, reproducibility and interference resistant ability. It also exhibits excellent recovery during the detection of real water. These findings suggested that the sensor has the potential to be developed as a simple, efficient and low-cost monitoring system for the monitoring of BPA in water.
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- Yu-Huan Liu
- Information Materials and Intelligent Sensing Laboratory of Anhui Province, Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui University, Hefei, 230601, China
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- Information Materials and Intelligent Sensing Laboratory of Anhui Province, Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui University, Hefei, 230601, China.
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- Information Materials and Intelligent Sensing Laboratory of Anhui Province, Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui University, Hefei, 230601, China
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- Information Materials and Intelligent Sensing Laboratory of Anhui Province, Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui University, Hefei, 230601, China
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- Information Materials and Intelligent Sensing Laboratory of Anhui Province, Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui University, Hefei, 230601, China.
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Li H, Yan Y, Yan S, Yu Z, Zou Z. Native frustrated Lewis pairs on core-shell In@InO xH y enhances CO 2-to-formate conversion. Dalton Trans 2023; 52:12543-12551. [PMID: 37609689 DOI: 10.1039/d3dt01960h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/24/2023]
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Strategies to efficiently activate CO2 by strongly inhibiting the competitive hydrogen evolution reaction process are highly desired for practical applications of the electrochemical CO2 reduction technique. Here, we assembled a core-shell In@InOxHy architecture on carbon black by one-step reduction of NaBH4 as a CO2-to-formate catalyst with high selectivity. The stable CO2-to-formate reaction originates from the creation of steritic frustrated Lewis pairs (FLPs) on the InOxHy shell with In-OVs (OVs, oxygen vacancies) Lewis acid, and In-OH Lewis base. During CO2 reduction, the electrochemically stable FLPs are capable of first capturing and stabilizing protons to protonate FLPs to In-H Lewis acid and In-OH2 Lewis base due to its strong steric electrostatic field; then, CO2 is captured and activated by the protonated FLPs to selectively produce formate. Our results demonstrated that FLPs can be created on the surface of oxyphilic single-metal catalysts efficient in accelerating CO2 reduction with high selectivity.
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- Hu Li
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Eco-materials and Renewable Energy Research Center (ERERC), National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, PR China.
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Eco-materials and Renewable Energy Research Center (ERERC), National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, PR China.
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Eco-materials and Renewable Energy Research Center (ERERC), National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, PR China.
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Eco-materials and Renewable Energy Research Center (ERERC), National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, PR China.
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Eco-materials and Renewable Energy Research Center (ERERC), National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, PR China.
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory For Nano Technology, Department of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, PR China
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Rong C, Dastafkan K, Wang Y, Zhao C. Breaking the Activity and Stability Bottlenecks of Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Evolution Reactions in Acids. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2023:e2211884. [PMID: 37549889 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202211884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2022] [Revised: 06/28/2023] [Indexed: 08/09/2023]
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Oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is a cornerstone reaction for a variety of electrochemical energy conversion and storage systems such as water splitting, CO2 /N2 reduction, reversible fuel cells, and metal-air batteries. However, OER catalysis in acids suffers from extra sluggish kinetics due to the additional step of water dissociation along with its multiple electron transfer processes. Furthermore, OER catalysts often suffer from poor stability in harsh acidic electrolytes due to the severe dissolution/corrosion processes. The development of active and stable OER catalysts in acids is highly demanded. Here, the recent advances in OER electrocatalysis in acids are reviewed and the key strategies are summarized to overcome the bottlenecks of activity and stability for both noble-metal-based and noble metal-free catalysts, including i) morphology engineering, ii) composition engineering, and iii) defect engineering. Recent achievements in operando characterization and theoretical calculations are summarized which provide an unprecedented understanding of the OER mechanisms regarding active site identification, surface reconstruction, and degradation/dissolution pathways. Finally, views are offered on the current challenges and opportunities to break the activity-stability relationships for acidic OER in mechanism understanding, catalyst design, as well as standardized stability and activity evaluation for industrial applications such as proton exchange membrane water electrolyzers and beyond.
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- Chengli Rong
- School of Chemistry, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, 2052, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, 2052, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, 2052, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, 2052, Australia
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Ye F, Zhang S, Cheng Q, Long Y, Liu D, Paul R, Fang Y, Su Y, Qu L, Dai L, Hu C. The role of oxygen-vacancy in bifunctional indium oxyhydroxide catalysts for electrochemical coupling of biomass valorization with CO 2 conversion. Nat Commun 2023; 14:2040. [PMID: 37041142 PMCID: PMC10090200 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-37679-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2022] [Accepted: 03/28/2023] [Indexed: 04/13/2023] Open
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Electrochemical coupling of biomass valorization with carbon dioxide (CO2) conversion provides a promising approach to generate value-added chemicals on both sides of the electrolyzer. Herein, oxygen-vacancy-rich indium oxyhydroxide (InOOH-OV) is developed as a bifunctional catalyst for CO2 reduction to formate and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural electrooxidation to 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid with faradaic efficiencies for both over 90.0% at optimized potentials. Atomic-scale electron microscopy images and density functional theory calculations reveal that the introduction of oxygen vacancy sites causes lattice distortion and charge redistribution. Operando Raman spectra indicate oxygen vacancies could protect the InOOH-OV from being further reduced during CO2 conversion and increase the adsorption competitiveness for 5-hydroxymethylfurfural over hydroxide ions in alkaline electrolytes, making InOOH-OV a main-group p-block metal oxide electrocatalyst with bifunctional activities. Based on the catalytic performance of InOOH-OV, a pH-asymmetric integrated cell is fabricated by combining the CO2 reduction and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural oxidation together in a single electrochemical cell to produce 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid and formate with high yields (both around 90.0%), providing a promising approach to generate valuable commodity chemicals simultaneously on both electrodes.
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- Fenghui Ye
- State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites, College of Chemical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China
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- School of Chemistry, Xi'an Key Laboratory of Sustainable Energy Materials Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, China
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- Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201210, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites, College of Chemical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites, College of Chemical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China
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- Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University, Kent, OH, 44242, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites, College of Chemical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China.
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- School of Chemistry, Xi'an Key Laboratory of Sustainable Energy Materials Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Carbon Science and Innovation, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites, College of Chemical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China.
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Yan J, Chang Y, Chen J, Jia M, Jia J. Understanding the Copper-Iridium Nanocrystals as Highly Effective Bifunctional pH-universal Electrocatalysts for Water Splitting. J Colloid Interface Sci 2023; 642:779-788. [PMID: 37037082 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2022] [Revised: 03/26/2023] [Accepted: 04/02/2023] [Indexed: 04/07/2023]
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It is pivotal to develop an economical, effective, and stable catalyst to promote the oxygen/hydrogen evolution reaction (OER/HER) throughout pH electrolytes, as the demand for hydrogen energy will increase greatly with the future development. Herein, a series of Ir-Cu nanoparticle composite carbon (IrxCuy/C) catalysts are successfully synthesized using ethylene glycol reduction. In addition, the structure, morphology and composition of the electrocatalysts were systematically characterized, and the OER/HER performance of the catalysts was also tested under different pH conditions. According to experimental findings, amorphous Ir3Cu/C has superior competent performance to catalyze oxygen (O2) production in alkaline and acidic environments. The comparatively low overpotentials required are 222 mV and 304 mV, respectively, while generating a current density of 10 mA cm-2. The reduced amount of precious metal and the further improvement in activity and durability make Ir3Cu/C an excellent noble metal-based electrocatalyst. Meanwhile, IrCu/C has significant electrocatalytic performance for the HER in acidic media.
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- Jingjing Yan
- College of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Green Catalysis and Inner Mongolia Collaborative Innovation Center for Water Environment Safety, Inner Mongolia Normal University, Hohhot 010022, China
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- College of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Green Catalysis and Inner Mongolia Collaborative Innovation Center for Water Environment Safety, Inner Mongolia Normal University, Hohhot 010022, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Design and Assembly of Functional Nanostructures, and Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, China.
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- College of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Green Catalysis and Inner Mongolia Collaborative Innovation Center for Water Environment Safety, Inner Mongolia Normal University, Hohhot 010022, China.
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- College of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Green Catalysis and Inner Mongolia Collaborative Innovation Center for Water Environment Safety, Inner Mongolia Normal University, Hohhot 010022, China.
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Yu CW, Fu HW, Yang SM, Lin YS, Lu KC. Controlled Synthesis and Enhanced Gas Sensing Performance of Zinc-Doped Indium Oxide Nanowires. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 13:1170. [PMID: 37049264 PMCID: PMC10097380 DOI: 10.3390/nano13071170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2023] [Revised: 03/21/2023] [Accepted: 03/23/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Indium oxide (In2O3) is a widely used n-type semiconductor for detection of pollutant gases; however, its gas selectivity and sensitivity have been suboptimal in previous studies. In this work, zinc-doped indium oxide nanowires with appropriate morphologies and high crystallinity were synthesized using chemical vapor deposition (CVD). An accurate method for electrical measurement was attained using a single nanowire microdevice, showing that electrical resistivity increased after doping with zinc. This is attributed to the lower valence of the dopant, which acts as an acceptor, leading to the decrease in electrical conductivity. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analysis confirms the increased oxygen vacancies due to doping a suitable number of atoms, which altered oxygen adsorption on the nanowires and contributed to improved gas sensing performance. The sensing performance was evaluated using reducing gases, including carbon monoxide, acetone, and ethanol. Overall, the response of the doped nanowires was found to be higher than that of undoped nanowires at a low concentration (5 ppm) and low operating temperatures. At 300 °C, the gas sensing response of zinc-doped In2O3 nanowires was 13 times higher than that of undoped In2O3 nanowires. The study concludes that higher zinc doping concentration in In2O3 nanowires improves gas sensing properties by increasing oxygen vacancies after doping and enhancing gas molecule adsorption. With better response to reducing gases, zinc-doped In2O3 nanowires will be applicable in environmental detection and life science.
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- Che-Wen Yu
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan; (C.-W.Y.); (H.-W.F.); (S.-M.Y.); (Y.-S.L.)
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan; (C.-W.Y.); (H.-W.F.); (S.-M.Y.); (Y.-S.L.)
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan; (C.-W.Y.); (H.-W.F.); (S.-M.Y.); (Y.-S.L.)
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan; (C.-W.Y.); (H.-W.F.); (S.-M.Y.); (Y.-S.L.)
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan; (C.-W.Y.); (H.-W.F.); (S.-M.Y.); (Y.-S.L.)
- Core Facility Center, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan
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Wang F, Wang G, Deng P, Chen Y, Li J, Wu D, Wang Z, Wang C, Hua Y, Tian X. Ultrathin Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Encapsulated Ni Nanoparticles for Highly Efficient Electrochemical CO 2 Reduction and Aqueous Zn-CO 2 Batteries. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023:e2301128. [PMID: 36919799 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202301128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2023] [Revised: 02/22/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (CO2 RR), powered by renewable electricity, has attracted great attention for producing high value-added fuels and chemicals, as well as feasibly mitigating CO2 emission problem. Here, this work reports a facile hard template strategy to prepare the Ni@N-C catalyst with core-shell structure, where nickel nanoparticles (Ni NPs) are encapsulated by thin nitrogen-doped carbon shells (N-C shells). The Ni@N-C catalyst has demonstrated a promising industrial current density of 236.7 mA cm-2 with the superb FECO of 97% at -1.1 V versus RHE. Moreover, Ni@N-C can drive the reversible Zn-CO2 battery with the largest power density of 1.64 mW cm-2 , and endure a tough cycling durability. These excellent performances are ascribed to the synergistic effect of Ni@N-C that Ni NPs can regulate the electronic microenvironment of N-doped carbon shells, which favor to enhance the CO2 adsorption capacity and the electron transfer capacity. Density functional theory calculations prove that the binding configuration of N-C located on the top of Ni slabs (Top-Ni@N-C) is the most thermodynamically stable and possess a lowest thermodynamic barrier for the formation of COOH* and the desorption of CO. This work may pioneer a new method on seeking high-efficiency and worthwhile electrocatalysts for CO2 RR and Zn-CO2 battery.
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- Fangyuan Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, Hainan Provincial Key Lab of Fine Chemistry, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hainan University, Haikou, 570228, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, Hainan Provincial Key Lab of Fine Chemistry, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hainan University, Haikou, 570228, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, Hainan Provincial Key Lab of Fine Chemistry, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hainan University, Haikou, 570228, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, Hainan Provincial Key Lab of Fine Chemistry, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hainan University, Haikou, 570228, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, Hainan Provincial Key Lab of Fine Chemistry, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hainan University, Haikou, 570228, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, Hainan Provincial Key Lab of Fine Chemistry, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hainan University, Haikou, 570228, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, Hainan Provincial Key Lab of Fine Chemistry, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hainan University, Haikou, 570228, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Storage and Energy Conversion of Hainan Provinc, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hainan Normal University, Haikou, 571158, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Storage and Energy Conversion of Hainan Provinc, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hainan Normal University, Haikou, 571158, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, Hainan Provincial Key Lab of Fine Chemistry, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hainan University, Haikou, 570228, P. R. China
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Gong S, Niu Y, Liu X, Xu C, Chen C, Meyer TJ, Chen Z. Selective CO 2 Photoreduction to Acetate at Asymmetric Ternary Bridging Sites. ACS NANO 2023; 17:4922-4932. [PMID: 36800562 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c11977] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Photoreduction of CO2 is a promising strategy to synthesize value-added fuels or chemicals and realize carbon neutralization. Noncopper catalysts are seldom reported to generate C2 products, and the selectivity over these catalysts is low. Here, we design rich-interface, heterostructured In2O3/InP (r-In2O3/InP) for highly competitive photocatalytic CO2-to-CH3COOH conversion with a productivity of 96.7 μmol g-1 and selectivity > 96% along with water oxidation to O2 in pure water (no sacrificial agent) under visible light irradiation. The hard X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) shows that the formation of r-In2O3/InP with the isogenesis cation adjusts the coordination environment via interface engineering and forms O-In-P polarized sites at the interface. In situ FT-IR and Raman spectra identify the key intermediates of OCCO* for acetate production with high selectivity. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations reveal that r-In2O3/InP with rich O-In-P polarized sites promotes C-C coupling to form C2 products because of the imbalanced adsorption energies of two carbon atoms. This work reports an interesting indium-based photocatalyst for selective CO2 photoreduction to acetate under strict solution and irradiation conditions and provides significant insights into fabricating interfacial polarization sites to promote the process.
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- Shuaiqi Gong
- Shanghai Key Lab of Chemical Assessment and Sustainability, School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Shanghai Key Lab of Chemical Assessment and Sustainability, School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Shanghai Key Lab of Chemical Assessment and Sustainability, School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Shanghai Key Lab of Chemical Assessment and Sustainability, School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Shanghai Key Lab of Chemical Assessment and Sustainability, School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, China
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Bui TS, Lovell EC, Daiyan R, Amal R. Defective Metal Oxides: Lessons from CO 2 RR and Applications in NO x RR. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2023:e2205814. [PMID: 36813733 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202205814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2022] [Revised: 01/09/2023] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Sluggish reaction kinetics and the undesired side reactions (hydrogen evolution reaction and self-reduction) are the main bottlenecks of electrochemical conversion reactions, such as the carbon dioxide and nitrate reduction reactions (CO2 RR and NO3 RR). To date, conventional strategies to overcome these challenges involve electronic structure modification and modulation of the charge-transfer behavior. Nonetheless, key aspects of surface modification, focused on boosting the intrinsic activity of active sites on the catalyst surface, are yet to be fully understood. Engingeering of oxygen vacancies (OVs) can tune surface/bulk electronic structure and improve surface active sites of electrocatalysts. The continuous breakthroughs and significant progress in the last decade position engineering of OVs as a potential technique for advancing electrocatalysis. Motivated by this, the state-of-the-art findings of the roles of OVs in both the CO2 RR and the NO3 RR are presented. The review starts with a description of approaches to constructing and techniques for characterizing OVs. This is followed by an overview of the mechanistic understanding of the CO2 RR and a detailed discussion on the roles of OVs in the CO2 RR. Then, insights into the NO3 RR mechanism and the potential of OVs on NO3 RR based on early findings are highlighted. Finally, the challenges in designing CO2 RR/NO3 RR electrocatalysts and perspectives in studying OV engineering are provided.
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- Thanh Son Bui
- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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Zhu T, Han J, Sun T, Chen J, Wang S, Ren S, Pi X, Xu J, Chen K. Interface-Enhanced SiO x/Ru Heterocatalysts for Efficient Electrochemical Water Splitting. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2023; 15:8200-8207. [PMID: 36734345 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c21953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Developing a bifunctional electrocatalyst with remarkable performance viable for overall water splitting is increasingly essential for industrial-scale renewable energy conversion. However, the current electrocatalyst still requires a large cell voltage to drive water splitting due to the unsuitable adsorption/desorption capacity of reaction intermediates, which seriously hinders the practical application of water splitting. Herein, a unique SiOx/Ru nanosheet (NS) material was proposed as a high-performance electrocatalyst for overall water splitting. The SiOx/Ru NSs show superior performance in the hydrogen evolution reaction with a low overpotential of 23 mV (@ 10 mA cm-2) and excellent stability for nearly 200 h (@ 10 mA cm-2) in 1 M KOH. By means of the introduction of SiOx, it is beneficial for balancing the local charge density of the surrounding Ru sites. The suitable electronic coupling between the d-band electrons of Ru and the adsorbed species effectively balances the adsorption and desorption of reaction intermediates on the surface. As a result, the catalyst also exhibits overall water splitting activity with a cell voltage of only 1.496 V to reach the current density of 10 mA cm-2. The present work opens up a new strategy for designing high-performance electrocatalysts for water splitting.
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- Ting Zhu
- School of Electronic Science and Engineering, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Photonic and Electronic Materials, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210000, China
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- School of Electronic Science and Engineering, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Photonic and Electronic Materials, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210000, China
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- School of Electronic Science and Engineering, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Photonic and Electronic Materials, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210000, China
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- School of Electronic Science and Engineering, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Photonic and Electronic Materials, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210000, China
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- School of Electronic Science and Engineering, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Photonic and Electronic Materials, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210000, China
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- School of Electronic Science and Engineering, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Photonic and Electronic Materials, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310027, P. R. China
- Institute of Advanced Semiconductors, Hangzhou Innovation Center, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310027, P. R. China
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- School of Electronic Science and Engineering, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Photonic and Electronic Materials, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210000, China
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- School of Electronic Science and Engineering, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Photonic and Electronic Materials, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210000, China
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Recent Progress in Surface-Defect Engineering Strategies for Electrocatalysts toward Electrochemical CO2 Reduction: A Review. Catalysts 2023. [DOI: 10.3390/catal13020393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/15/2023] Open
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Climate change, caused by greenhouse gas emissions, is one of the biggest threats to the world. As per the IEA report of 2021, global CO2 emissions amounted to around 31.5 Gt, which increased the atmospheric concentration of CO2 up to 412.5 ppm. Thus, there is an imperative demand for the development of new technologies to convert CO2 into value-added feedstock products such as alcohols, hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, chemicals, and clean fuels. The intrinsic properties of the catalytic materials are the main factors influencing the efficiency of electrochemical CO2 reduction (CO2-RR) reactions. Additionally, the electroreduction of CO2 is mainly affected by poor selectivity and large overpotential requirements. However, these issues can be overcome by modifying heterogeneous electrocatalysts to control their morphology, size, crystal facets, grain boundaries, and surface defects/vacancies. This article reviews the recent progress in electrochemical CO2 reduction reactions accomplished by surface-defective electrocatalysts and identifies significant research gaps for designing highly efficient electrocatalytic materials.
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Chen X, Chen J, Chen H, Zhang Q, Li J, Cui J, Sun Y, Wang D, Ye J, Liu L. Promoting water dissociation for efficient solar driven CO 2 electroreduction via improving hydroxyl adsorption. Nat Commun 2023; 14:751. [PMID: 36765049 PMCID: PMC9918482 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-36263-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2022] [Accepted: 01/23/2023] [Indexed: 02/12/2023] Open
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Exploring efficient electrocatalysts with fundamental understanding of the reaction mechanism is imperative in CO2 electroreduction. However, the impact of sluggish water dissociation as proton source and the surface species in reaction are still unclear. Herein, we report a strategy of promoting protonation in CO2 electroreduction by implementing oxygen vacancy engineering on Bi2O2CO3 over which high Faradaic efficiency of formate (above 90%) and large partial current density (162 mA cm-2) are achieved. Systematic study reveals that the production rate of formate is mainly hampered by water dissociation, while the introduction of oxygen vacancy accelerates water dissociation kinetics by strengthening hydroxyl adsorption and reduces the energetic span of CO2 electroreduction. Moreover, CO3* involved in formate formation as the key surface species is clearly identified by electron spin resonance measurements and designed in situ Raman spectroscopy study combined with isotopic labelling. Coupled with photovoltaic device, the solar to formate energy conversion efficiency reaches as high as 13.3%.
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- Xin Chen
- TJU-NIMS International Collaboration Laboratory, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Key Lab of Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Design and Assembly of Functional Nanostructures, Fujian Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, P. R. China
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- College of Materials and Chemistry, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, P. R. China
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- TJU-NIMS International Collaboration Laboratory, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Key Lab of Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin, P. R. China
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- TJU-NIMS International Collaboration Laboratory, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Key Lab of Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin, P. R. China
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- TJU-NIMS International Collaboration Laboratory, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Key Lab of Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin, P. R. China
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- TJU-NIMS International Collaboration Laboratory, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Key Lab of Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin, P. R. China
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- TJU-NIMS International Collaboration Laboratory, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Key Lab of Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin, P. R. China
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- TJU-NIMS International Collaboration Laboratory, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Key Lab of Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin, P. R. China
- International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Japan
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- TJU-NIMS International Collaboration Laboratory, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Key Lab of Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin, P. R. China.
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Hu Y, Kang Y. Surface and Interface Engineering for the Catalysts of Electrocatalytic CO 2 Reduction. Chem Asian J 2023; 18:e202201001. [PMID: 36461703 DOI: 10.1002/asia.202201001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2022] [Revised: 11/04/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
Abstract
The massive use of fossil fuels releases a great amount of CO2 , which substantially contributes to the global warming. For the global goal of putting CO2 emission under control, effective utilization of CO2 is particularly meaningful. Electrocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction (eCO2 RR) has great potential in CO2 utilization, because it can convert CO2 into valuable carbon-containing chemicals and feedstock using renewable electricity. The catalyst design for eCO2 RR is a key challenge to achieving efficient conversion of CO2 to fuels and useful chemicals. For a typical heterogeneous catalyst, surface and interface engineering is an effective approach to enhance reaction activity. Herein, the development and research progress in CO2 catalysts with focus on surface and interface engineering are reviewed. First, the fundaments of eCO2 RR is briefly discussed from the reaction mechanism to performance evaluation methods, introducing the role of the surface and interface engineering of electrocatalyst in eCO2 RR. Then, several routes to optimize the surface and interface of CO2 electrocatalysts, including morphology, dopants, atomic vacancies, grain boundaries, surface modification, etc., are reviewed and representative examples are given. At the end of this review, we share our personal views in future research of eCO2 RR.
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- Yiping Hu
- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, P. R. China
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, P. R. China
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Wang W, Wang X, Ma Z, Wang Y, Yang Z, Zhu J, Lv L, Ning H, Tsubaki N, Wu M. Carburized In 2O 3 Nanorods Endow CO 2 Electroreduction to Formate at 1 A cm –2. ACS Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c05006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Wenhang Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, College of Chemical Engineering, College of New Energy, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China
- Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Engineering, University of Toyama, Gofuku 3190, Toyama 930-8555, Japan
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, College of Chemical Engineering, College of New Energy, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, College of Chemical Engineering, College of New Energy, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, College of Chemical Engineering, College of New Energy, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, College of Chemical Engineering, College of New Energy, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, College of Chemical Engineering, College of New Energy, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Engineering, University of Toyama, Gofuku 3190, Toyama 930-8555, Japan
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, College of Chemical Engineering, College of New Energy, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China
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