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Whittaker TN, Fishler Y, Clary JM, Brimley P, Holewinski A, Musgrave CB, Farberow CA, Smith WA, Vigil-Fowler D. Insights into Electrochemical CO 2 Reduction on Metallic and Oxidized Tin Using Grand-Canonical DFT and In Situ ATR-SEIRA Spectroscopy. ACS Catal 2024; 14:8353-8365. [PMID: 38868105 PMCID: PMC11165454 DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.4c01290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2024] [Revised: 04/11/2024] [Accepted: 04/30/2024] [Indexed: 06/14/2024]
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Electrochemical CO2 reduction (CO2R) to formate is an attractive carbon emissions mitigation strategy due to the existing market and attractive price for formic acid. Tin is an effective electrocatalyst for CO2R to formate, but the underlying reaction mechanism and whether the active phase of tin is metallic or oxidized during reduction is openly debated. In this report, we used grand-canonical density functional theory and attenuated total reflection surface-enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy to identify differences in the vibrational signatures of surface species during CO2R on fully metallic and oxidized tin surfaces. Our results show that CO2R is feasible on both metallic and oxidized tin. We propose that the key difference between each surface termination is that CO2R catalyzed by metallic tin surfaces is limited by the electrochemical activation of CO2, whereas CO2R catalyzed by oxidized tin surfaces is limited by the slow reductive desorption of formate. While the exact degree of oxidation of tin surfaces during CO2R is unlikely to be either fully metallic or fully oxidized, this study highlights the limiting behavior of these two surfaces and lays out the key features of each that our results predict will promote rapid CO2R catalysis. Additionally, we highlight the power of integrating high-fidelity quantum mechanical modeling and spectroscopic measurements to elucidate intricate electrocatalytic reaction pathways.
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- Todd N. Whittaker
- Department
of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute, University of Colorado
Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80303, United States
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- Department
of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute, University of Colorado
Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80303, United States
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- National
Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
- Materials,
Chemical, and Computational Science Directorate, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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- Department
of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute, University of Colorado
Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80303, United States
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- Department
of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute, University of Colorado
Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80303, United States
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- Department
of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute, University of Colorado
Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80303, United States
- Materials
Science and Engineering Program, University
of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80303, United States
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- National
Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
- Catalytic
Carbon Transformation and Scale-Up Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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- Department
of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute, University of Colorado
Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80303, United States
- National
Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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- National
Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
- Materials,
Chemical, and Computational Science Directorate, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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Wang H, Aslam MK, Nie Z, Yang K, Li X, Chen S, Li Q, Chao D, Duan J. Dual-Anion Regulation for Reversible and Energetic Aqueous Zn-CO 2 Batteries. SMALL METHODS 2024; 8:e2300867. [PMID: 37904326 DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202300867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2023] [Revised: 09/01/2023] [Indexed: 11/01/2023]
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Aqueous Zn-CO2 batteries can not only convert CO2 into high-value chemicals but also store/output electric energy for external use. However, their performance is limited by sluggish and complicated CO2 electroreduction at the cathode. Herein, a dual-anion regulated Bi electrocatalyst is developed to selectively reduce CO2 to formate with a Faradaic efficiency of up to 97% at a large current density of 250 mA cm-2. With O and/or F, the rate-determine step of CO2 electroreduction has been manipulated (from the first hydrogenation to *HCOOH desorption step) with a reduced energy barrier. Significantly, the fabricated Zn-CO2 battery exhibits a high discharge voltage of 1.2 V, optimal power density of 4.51 mW cm-2, remarkable energy density of 802 Wh kg-1, and energy-conversion efficiency of 70.74%, stability up to 200 cycles and 68 h. This study provides possible strategies to fabricate reversible and energetic aqueous Zn-CO2 batteries by addressing cathodic problems.
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- Herui Wang
- School of Energy and Power Engineering, MIIT Key Laboratory of Thermal Control of Electronic Equipment, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210094, P. R. China
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- School of Energy and Power Engineering, MIIT Key Laboratory of Thermal Control of Electronic Equipment, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210094, P. R. China
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- School of Energy and Power Engineering, MIIT Key Laboratory of Thermal Control of Electronic Equipment, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210094, P. R. China
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- School of Energy and Power Engineering, MIIT Key Laboratory of Thermal Control of Electronic Equipment, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210094, P. R. China
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- Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials College of Chemistry and Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, P. R. China
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- School of Energy and Power Engineering, MIIT Key Laboratory of Thermal Control of Electronic Equipment, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210094, P. R. China
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- School of Energy and Power Engineering, MIIT Key Laboratory of Thermal Control of Electronic Equipment, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210094, P. R. China
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- Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials College of Chemistry and Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, P. R. China
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- School of Energy and Power Engineering, MIIT Key Laboratory of Thermal Control of Electronic Equipment, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210094, P. R. China
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Zhu Z, Tian J, Geng P, Li M, Cao X. Chlamydomonas reinhardtii chloroplast factory construction for formate bioconversion. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2024; 401:130757. [PMID: 38688392 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2024.130757] [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: 03/13/2024] [Revised: 04/19/2024] [Accepted: 04/27/2024] [Indexed: 05/02/2024]
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The photosynthetic autotrophic production of microalgae is limited by the effective supply of carbon and light energy, and the production efficiency is lower than the theoretical value. Represented by methanol, C1 compounds have been industrially produced by artificial photosynthesis with a solar energy efficiency over 10%, but the complexity of artificial products is weak. Here, based on a construction of chloroplast factory, green microalgae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii CC137c was modified for the bioconversion of formate for biomass production. By screening the optimal combination of chloroplast transport peptides, the cabII-1 cTP1 fusion formate dehydrogenase showed significant enhancement on the conversion of formate with a better performance in the maintenance of light reaction activity. This work provided a new way to obtain bioproducts from solar energy and CO2 with potentially higher-than-nature efficiency by the artificial-natural hybrid photosynthesis.
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- Zhen Zhu
- School of Bioengineering, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian 116034, Liaoning, China; China State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian 116023, Liaoning, China
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- School of Bioengineering, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian 116034, Liaoning, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
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- Dalian Engineering Research Center for Carbohydrate Agricultural Preparations, Liaoning Provincial Key Laboratory of Carbohydrates, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
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- China State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian 116023, Liaoning, China.
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Wang B, Chen H, Zhang W, Liu H, Zheng Z, Huang F, Liu J, Liu G, Yan X, Weng YX, Li H, She Y, Chu PK, Xia J. Semimetallic Bismuthene with Edge-Rich Dangling Bonds: Broad-Spectrum-Driven and Edge-Confined Electron Enhancement Boosting CO 2 Hydrogenation Reduction. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024; 36:e2312676. [PMID: 38290714 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202312676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2023] [Revised: 01/22/2024] [Indexed: 02/01/2024]
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Broad-spectrum-driven high-performance artificial photosynthesis is quite challenging. Herein, atomically ultrathin bismuthene with semimetallic properties is designed and demonstrated for broad-spectrum (ultraviolet-visible-near infrared light) (UV-vis-NIR)-driven photocatalytic CO2 hydrogenation. The trap states in the bandgap produced by edge dangling bonds prolong the lifetime of the photogenerated electrons from 90 ps in bulk Bi to 1650 ps in bismuthine, and excited-state electrons are enriched at the edge of bismuthine. The edge dangling bonds of bismuthene as the active sites for adsorption/activation of CO2 increase the hybridization ability of the Bi 6p orbital and O 2p orbital to significantly reduce the catalytic reaction energy barrier and promote the formation of C─H bonds until the generation of CH4. Under λ ≥ 400 nm and λ ≥ 550 nm irradiation, the utilization ratios of photogenerated electron reduction CO2 hydrogenation to CO and CH4 for bismuthene are 58.24 and 300.50 times higher than those of bulk Bi, respectively. Moreover, bismuthene can extend the CO2 hydrogenation reaction to the near-infrared region (λ ≥ 700 nm). This pioneering work employs the single semimetal element as an artificial photosynthetic catalyst to produce a broad spectral response.
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- Bin Wang
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Institute for Energy Research, Jiangsu University, 301 Xuefu Road, Zhenjiang, 212013, P. R. China
- Department of Physics, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and Department of Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077, P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Institute for Energy Research, Jiangsu University, 301 Xuefu Road, Zhenjiang, 212013, P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Institute of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, P. R. China
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- Department of Information Engineering, Electronics, and Telecommunications, Sapienza University of Rome, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, Roma, 00185, Italy
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Institute for Energy Research, Jiangsu University, 301 Xuefu Road, Zhenjiang, 212013, P. R. China
- Department of Physics, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and Department of Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Institute for Energy Research, Jiangsu University, 301 Xuefu Road, Zhenjiang, 212013, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Institute for Energy Research, Jiangsu University, 301 Xuefu Road, Zhenjiang, 212013, P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Institute for Energy Research, Jiangsu University, 301 Xuefu Road, Zhenjiang, 212013, P. R. China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310014, P. R. China
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- Department of Physics, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and Department of Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Institute for Energy Research, Jiangsu University, 301 Xuefu Road, Zhenjiang, 212013, P. R. China
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Zhang Y, Sun T, Liu L, Cao X, Zhang W, Wang W, Li C. Engineering a solar formic acid/pentose (SFAP) pathway in Escherichia coli for lactic acid production. Metab Eng 2024; 83:150-159. [PMID: 38621518 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2024.04.002] [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: 11/07/2023] [Revised: 03/27/2024] [Accepted: 04/12/2024] [Indexed: 04/17/2024]
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Microbial CO2 fixation into lactic acid (LA) is an important approach for low-carbon biomanufacturing. Engineering microbes to utilize CO2 and sugar as co-substrates can create efficient pathways through input of moderate reducing power to drive CO2 fixation into product. However, to achieve complete conservation of organic carbon, how to engineer the CO2-fixing modules compatible with native central metabolism and merge the processes for improving bioproduction of LA is a big challenge. In this study, we designed and constructed a solar formic acid/pentose (SFAP) pathway in Escherichia coli, which enabled CO2 fixation merging into sugar catabolism to produce LA. In the SFAP pathway, adequate reducing equivalents from formate oxidation drive glucose metabolism shifting from glycolysis to the pentose phosphate pathway. The Rubisco-based CO2 fixation and sequential reduction of C3 intermediates are conducted to produce LA stoichiometrically. CO2 fixation theoretically can bring a 20% increase of LA production compared with sole glucose feedstock. This SFAP pathway in the integration of photoelectrochemical cell and an engineered Escherichia coli opens an efficient way for fixing CO2 into value-added bioproducts.
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- Yajing Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian, 116023, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Laboratory of Synthetic Microbiology, School of Chemical Engineering & Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China; Center for Biosafety Research and Strategy, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian, 116023, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian, 116023, China
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- Laboratory of Synthetic Microbiology, School of Chemical Engineering & Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China; Center for Biosafety Research and Strategy, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian, 116023, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian, 116023, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.
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Mukhopadhyay S, Naeem MS, Shiva Shanker G, Ghatak A, Kottaichamy AR, Shimoni R, Avram L, Liberman I, Balilty R, Ifraemov R, Rozenberg I, Shalom M, López N, Hod I. Local CO 2 reservoir layer promotes rapid and selective electrochemical CO 2 reduction. Nat Commun 2024; 15:3397. [PMID: 38649389 PMCID: PMC11035706 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-47498-9] [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: 09/21/2023] [Accepted: 04/04/2024] [Indexed: 04/25/2024] Open
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Electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction in aqueous electrolytes is a promising route to produce added-value chemicals and decrease carbon emissions. However, even in Gas-Diffusion Electrode devices, low aqueous CO2 solubility limits catalysis rate and selectivity. Here, we demonstrate that when assembled over a heterogeneous electrocatalyst, a film of nitrile-modified Metal-Organic Framework (MOF) acts as a remarkable CO2-solvation layer that increases its local concentration by ~27-fold compared to bulk electrolyte, reaching 0.82 M. When mounted on a Bi catalyst in a Gas Diffusion Electrode, the MOF drastically improves CO2-to-HCOOH conversion, reaching above 90% selectivity and partial HCOOH currents of 166 mA/cm2 (at -0.9 V vs RHE). The MOF also facilitates catalysis through stabilization of reaction intermediates, as identified by operando infrared spectroscopy and Density Functional Theory. Hence, the presented strategy provides new molecular means to enhance heterogeneous electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction, leading it closer to the requirements for practical implementation.
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- Subhabrata Mukhopadhyay
- Department of Chemistry and Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, 8410501, Israel
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- Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ-CERCA), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), 43007, Tarragona, Spain
- Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Pl. Imperial Tarraco 1, 43005, Tarragona, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry and Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, 8410501, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry and Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, 8410501, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry and Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, 8410501, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry and Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, 8410501, Israel
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- Department of Chemical Research Support Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry and Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, 8410501, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry and Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, 8410501, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry and Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, 8410501, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry and Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, 8410501, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry and Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, 8410501, Israel
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- Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ-CERCA), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), 43007, Tarragona, Spain.
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- Department of Chemistry and Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, 8410501, Israel.
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Wei Y, Xu X, Shi D, Jiang Y, Zheng C, Tan L, Liu Z, Zhong S, Yu Y. Synergistic Effects of Doping and Strain in Bismuth Catalysts for CO 2 Electroreduction. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024:e2401017. [PMID: 38593292 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202401017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2024] [Revised: 03/19/2024] [Indexed: 04/11/2024]
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Doping is a recognized method for enhancing catalytic performance. The introduction of strains is a common consequence of doping, although it is often overlooked. Differentiating the impact of doping and strain on catalytic performance poses a significant challenge. In this study, Cu-doped Bi catalysts with substantial tensile strain are synthesized. The synergistic effects of doping and strain in bismuth result in a remarkable CO2RR performance. Under optimized conditions, Cu1/6-Bi demonstrates exceptional formate Faradaic efficiency (>95%) and maintains over 90% across a wide potential window of 900 mV. Furthermore, it delivers an industrial-relevant partial current density of -317 mA cm-2 at -1.2 VRHE in a flow cell, while maintaining its selectivity. Additionally, it exhibits exceptional long-term stability, surpassing 120 h at -200 mA cm-2. Through experimental and theoretical mechanistic investigations, it has been determined that the introduction of tensile strain facilitates the adsorption of *CO2, thereby enhancing the reaction kinetics. Moreover, the presence of Cu dopants and tensile strain further diminishes the energy barrier for the formation of *OCHO intermediate. This study not only offers valuable insights for the development of effective catalysts for CO2RR through doping, but also establishes correlations between doping, lattice strains, and catalytic properties of bismuth catalysts.
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- Yang Wei
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials Technologies, International (HongKong Macao and Taiwan) Joint Laboratory on Advanced Materials Technologies, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350108, China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials Technologies, International (HongKong Macao and Taiwan) Joint Laboratory on Advanced Materials Technologies, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350108, China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials Technologies, International (HongKong Macao and Taiwan) Joint Laboratory on Advanced Materials Technologies, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350108, China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials Technologies, International (HongKong Macao and Taiwan) Joint Laboratory on Advanced Materials Technologies, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350108, China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials Technologies, International (HongKong Macao and Taiwan) Joint Laboratory on Advanced Materials Technologies, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350108, China
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- College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350108, China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials Technologies, International (HongKong Macao and Taiwan) Joint Laboratory on Advanced Materials Technologies, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350108, China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials Technologies, International (HongKong Macao and Taiwan) Joint Laboratory on Advanced Materials Technologies, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350108, China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials Technologies, International (HongKong Macao and Taiwan) Joint Laboratory on Advanced Materials Technologies, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350108, China
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Zhang C, Hao X, Wang J, Ding X, Zhong Y, Jiang Y, Wu MC, Long R, Gong W, Liang C, Cai W, Low J, Xiong Y. Concentrated Formic Acid from CO 2 Electrolysis for Directly Driving Fuel Cell. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202317628. [PMID: 38305482 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202317628] [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: 11/19/2023] [Revised: 02/01/2024] [Accepted: 02/02/2024] [Indexed: 02/03/2024]
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The production of formic acid via electrochemical CO2 reduction may serve as a key link for the carbon cycle in the formic acid economy, yet its practical feasibility is largely limited by the quantity and concentration of the product. Here we demonstrate continuous electrochemical CO2 reduction for formic acid production at 2 M at an industrial-level current densities (i.e., 200 mA cm-2 ) for 300 h on membrane electrode assembly using scalable lattice-distorted bismuth catalysts. The optimized catalysts also enable a Faradaic efficiency for formate of 94.2 % and a highest partial formate current density of 1.16 A cm-2 , reaching a production rate of 21.7 mmol cm-2 h-1 . To assess the practicality of this system, we perform a comprehensive techno-economic analysis and life cycle assessment, showing that our approach can potentially substitute conventional methyl formate hydrolysis for industrial formic acid production. Furthermore, the resultant formic acid serves as direct fuel for air-breathing formic acid fuel cells, boasting a power density of 55 mW cm-2 and an exceptional thermal efficiency of 20.1 %.
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- Chao Zhang
- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, and National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, China
- Suzhou Institute for Advanced Research, University of Science and Technology of China, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123, China
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- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, and National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, China
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- Sustainable Energy Laboratory, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences Wuhan, 388 Lumo Road, Wuhan, Hubei, 430074, China
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- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, and National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, China
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- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, and National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, China
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- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, and National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, China
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, 33302, Taiwan
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- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, and National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, China
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- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, and National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, Anhui, 230031, China
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- Sustainable Energy Laboratory, Faculty of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences Wuhan, 388 Lumo Road, Wuhan, Hubei, 430074, China
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- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, and National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, China
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- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, and National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, China
- Suzhou Institute for Advanced Research, University of Science and Technology of China, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123, China
- Anhui Engineering Research Center of Carbon Neutrality, The Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Laboratory of Molecular-Based Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, Anhui, 241002, China
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Huang Q, Sha X, Yang R, Li H, Peng J. Electrochemical Conversion of CO 2 into Formate Boosted by In Situ Reconstruction of Bi-MOF to Bi 2O 2CO 3 Ultrathin Nanosheets. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2024; 16:13882-13892. [PMID: 38456263 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.4c01120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/09/2024]
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Substantial emissions of CO2 have presented formidable challenges for global climate dynamics. Electrochemical reduction of CO2 to produce formic acid (HCOOH) is considered to be a promising approach for achieving carbon neutrality. Nevertheless, the development of a catalyst exhibiting both high catalytic activity and selectivity toward desired products remains an arduous task. Herein, we report the synthesis of a unique porous bismuth-based MOF (Bi-BTC) through microwave-assisted agitation. The Bi-BTC MOF has a good catalytic performance in electrochemical CO2RR to formate products. At -0.9 V (vs RHE) potential, the Faradaic efficiency of formate can reach 96%, and the current density of the CO2RR is 25 mA/cm2. Bi-BTC also exhibits good electrochemical stability. FEformate and current density were maintained for 24 h with almost no attenuation. It was found that Bi-BTC was reconstructed in the CO2RR process. The shape of nanocolumn before electrolysis is transformed into an ultrathin nanosheet. The soft and hard acid-base theory (HSAB) proves that the reason for the reconfiguration is that the hard base ions (HCO3-) and the intermediate acid (Bi3+) break in the Bi-O bond in Bi-MOF, resulting in the transition of the original column structure of Bi-BTC to Bi2O2CO3 ultrathin nanosheeets. The DFT calculation shows that the restructured Bi2O2CO3 nanosheet exposes a crystal surface structure, which is conducive to lower the activation energy barrier of the electrochemical CO2RR intermediate *OCHO and stabilizing the reaction intermediate. Therefore, it is more beneficial to improve the selectivity of the electrochemical CO2RR to formate formation. This result proves that irreversible reconfiguration of catalyst is beneficial to electrochemical CO2RR. In addition, coupling a Bi-BTC cathode with a stable anode (IrO2) enables battery-driven high-activity CO2RR and an OER with good activity and efficiency.
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- Qun Huang
- State Key Laboratory of High-Efficiency Utilization of Coal and Green Chemical Engineering, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, China
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- State Key Laboratory of High-Efficiency Utilization of Coal and Green Chemical Engineering, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, China
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- State Key Laboratory of High-Efficiency Utilization of Coal and Green Chemical Engineering, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, China
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- Analysis and Testing Center of Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, China
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- State Key Laboratory of High-Efficiency Utilization of Coal and Green Chemical Engineering, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, China
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Yan M, Wei R, Zhang R, Zhang X, Sun S, Wei X, Wang X, Yin S, Wang Y. Distinctive p-d Orbital Hybridization in CuSb Porous Nanonetworks for Enhanced Nitrite Electroreduction to Ammonia. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024:e2310409. [PMID: 38477694 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202310409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2023] [Revised: 03/01/2024] [Indexed: 03/14/2024]
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Electrochemical nitrite reduction reaction (NO 2 - RR ${\mathrm{NO}}_{\mathrm{2}}^{\mathrm{ - }}{\mathrm{RR}}$ ), as a green and sustainable ammonia synthesis technology, has broad application prospects and environmental friendliness. Herein, an unconventional p-d orbital hybridization strategy is reported to realize the fabrication of defect-rich CuSb porous nanonetwork (CuSb PNs) electrocatalyst forNO 2 - RR ${\mathrm{NO}}_{\mathrm{2}}^ - {\mathrm{RR}}$ . The crystalline/amorphous heterophase structure is cleverly introduced into the porous nanonetworks, and this defect-rich structure exposes more atoms and activated boundaries. CuSb PNs exhibit a large NH3 yield (r N H 3 ${{r}_{{\mathrm{N}}{{{\mathrm{H}}}_{\mathrm{3}}}}}$ ) of 946.1 µg h-1m cat - 1 ${\mathrm{m}}_{{\mathrm{cat}}}^{ - {\mathrm{1}}}$ and a high faradaic efficiency (FE) of 90.7%. Experimental and theoretical studies indicate that the excellent performance of CuSb PNs results from the defect-rich porous nanonetworks structure and the p-d hybridization of Cu and Sb elements. This work describes a powerful pathway for the fabrication of p-d orbital hybrid defect-rich porous nanonetworks catalysts, and provides hope for solving the problem of nitrogen oxide pollution in the field of environment and energy.
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- Min Yan
- College of Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China
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- Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Shandong Vocational College of Science and Technology, Weifang, 261021, P. R. China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China
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Wang N, Shao C, Zhang R, Zhang Y, Min Z, Chang B, Fan M, Wang J. Metal-Organic Framework Derived Bi-O-Sn/C Nanostructure: Tailoring the Adsorption Site of Dominant Intermediate for Highly Efficient CO 2 Electroreduction to Formate. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024; 20:e2306129. [PMID: 37880905 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202306129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2023] [Revised: 09/29/2023] [Indexed: 10/27/2023]
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Electrochemical CO2 reduction into high-value-added formic acid/formate is an attractive strategy to mitigate global warming and achieve energy sustainability. However, the adsorption energy of most catalysts for the key intermediate *OCHO is usually weak, and how to rationally optimize the adsorption of *OCHO is challenging. Here, an effective Bi-Sn bimetallic electrocatalyst (Bi1 -O-Sn1 @C) where a Bi-O-Sn bridge-type nanostructure is constructed with O as an electron bridge is reported. The electronic structure of Sn is precisely tuned by electron transfer from Bi to Sn through O bridge, resulting in the optimal adsorption energy of intermediate *OCHO on the surface of Sn and the enhanced activity for formate production. Thus, the Bi1 -O-Sn1 @C exhibits an excellent Faradaic efficiency (FE) of 97.7% at -1.1 V (vs RHE) for CO2 reduction to formate (HCOO- ) and a high current density of 310 mA cm-2 at -1.5 V, which is one of the best results catalyzed by Bi- and Sn-based catalysts reported previously. Impressively, the FE exceeds 93% at a wide potential range from -0.9 to -1.4 V. In-situ ATR-FTIR, in-situ Raman, and DFT calculations confirm the unique role of the bridge-type structure of Bi-O-Sn in highly efficient electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 into formate.
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- Nan Wang
- Collaborative Innovation Centre of Henan Province for Green Manufacturing of Fine Chemicals, Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Media and Reactions, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, Henan, 453007, P. R. China
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- Collaborative Innovation Centre of Henan Province for Green Manufacturing of Fine Chemicals, Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Media and Reactions, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, Henan, 453007, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Clean and Efficient Coal Utilization, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, Shanxi, 030024, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Clean and Efficient Coal Utilization, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, Shanxi, 030024, P. R. China
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- Collaborative Innovation Centre of Henan Province for Green Manufacturing of Fine Chemicals, Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Media and Reactions, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, Henan, 453007, P. R. China
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- School of Environment, Key Laboratory for Yellow River and Huai River Water Environment and Pollution Control, Ministry of Education, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, Henan, 453007, P. R. China
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- College of Engineering and Physical Sciences, and School of Energy Resources, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, 82071, USA
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- Collaborative Innovation Centre of Henan Province for Green Manufacturing of Fine Chemicals, Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Media and Reactions, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, Henan, 453007, P. R. China
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Teng X, Shi K, Chen L, Shi J. Coupling Electrochemical Sulfion Oxidation with CO 2 Reduction over Highly Dispersed p-Bi Nanosheets and CO 2 -Assisted Sulfur Extraction. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202318585. [PMID: 38108649 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202318585] [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: 12/04/2023] [Revised: 12/18/2023] [Accepted: 12/18/2023] [Indexed: 12/19/2023]
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We report herein an electrocatalytic CO2 reduction-coupled sulfion oxidation system for the co-productions of valuable formate and sulfur at much enhanced atom utilization. Specifically, an organic ligand-assisted two-step reconstruction approach has been developed to fabricate the highly dispersed p-Bi nanosheets (p-Bi NSs) for cathodic CO2 reduction reaction (CO2 RR), and meanwhile porous Co-S nanosheets (Co-S NSs) was applied for anodic sulfion oxidation reaction (SOR). Significantly high Faradaic Efficiencies of about 90 % for formate production by CO2 RR in a wide potential range from -0.6 V to -1.1 V, and excellent SOR performances including an ultra-low onset potential of about 0.2 V and recycle capacity of S2- in the 0.1 M and 0.5 M S2- solutions, have been simultaneously achieved. In the meantime, both the structure transformation of the catalysts and the reaction pathways are explored and discussed in detail. A two-electrode CO2 RR||SOR electrolyzer equipped with above electrocatalysts has been established, which features as low as about 1.5 V to run the electrolyzer at 100 mA cm-2 , manifesting extremely lowered electricity consumption in comparison to conventional CO2 RR system. Moreover, a sulfur separation approach has been proposed by using CO2 , which is efficient, environmentally friendly and cost effective with value-added NaHCO3 be obtained as the byproduct.
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- Xue Teng
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, 200062, Shanghai, China
- State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Molecular and Process engineering, SKLPMPE, East China Normal University, 200062, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, 200062, Shanghai, China
- State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Molecular and Process engineering, SKLPMPE, East China Normal University, 200062, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, 200062, Shanghai, China
- State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Molecular and Process engineering, SKLPMPE, East China Normal University, 200062, Shanghai, China
- Institute of Eco-Chongming, 202162, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 200050, Shanghai, P. R. China
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Zhao Y, Raj J, Xu X, Jiang J, Wu J, Fan M. Carbon Catalysts Empowering Sustainable Chemical Synthesis via Electrochemical CO 2 Conversion and Two-Electron Oxygen Reduction Reaction. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024:e2311163. [PMID: 38308114 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202311163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2023] [Revised: 01/01/2024] [Indexed: 02/04/2024]
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Carbon materials hold significant promise in electrocatalysis, particularly in electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (eCO2 RR) and two-electron oxygen reduction reaction (2e- ORR). The pivotal factor in achieving exceptional overall catalytic performance in carbon catalysts is the strategic design of specific active sites and nanostructures. This work presents a comprehensive overview of recent developments in carbon electrocatalysts for eCO2 RR and 2e- ORR. The creation of active sites through single/dual heteroatom doping, functional group decoration, topological defect, and micro-nano structuring, along with their synergistic effects, is thoroughly examined. Elaboration on the catalytic mechanisms and structure-activity relationships of these active sites is provided. In addition to directly serving as electrocatalysts, this review explores the role of carbon matrix as a support in finely adjusting the reactivity of single-atom molecular catalysts. Finally, the work addresses the challenges and prospects associated with designing and fabricating carbon electrocatalysts, providing valuable insights into the future trajectory of this dynamic field.
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- Yuying Zhao
- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, International Innovation Center for Forest Chemicals and Materials, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, China
- Key Lab of Biomass Energy and Material, Jiangsu Province, Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, Institute of Chemical Industry of Forest Products, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210042, China
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- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 45221, USA
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- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, International Innovation Center for Forest Chemicals and Materials, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, China
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- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, International Innovation Center for Forest Chemicals and Materials, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, China
- Key Lab of Biomass Energy and Material, Jiangsu Province, Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, Institute of Chemical Industry of Forest Products, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210042, China
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- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 45221, USA
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- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, International Innovation Center for Forest Chemicals and Materials, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, China
- Key Lab of Biomass Energy and Material, Jiangsu Province, Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, Institute of Chemical Industry of Forest Products, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210042, China
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Cheng Y, Yang R, Xia L, Zhao X, Tan Y, Sun M, Li S, Li F, Huang M. Graphene quantum dot-mediated anchoring of highly dispersed bismuth nanoparticles on porous graphene for enhanced electrocatalytic CO 2 reduction to formate. NANOSCALE 2024; 16:2373-2381. [PMID: 38206313 DOI: 10.1039/d3nr05853k] [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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The electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 to produce formic acid is gaining prominence as a critical technology in the pursuit of carbon neutrality. Nonetheless, it remains challenging to attain both substantial formic acid production and high stability across a wide voltage range, particularly when utilizing bismuth-based catalysts. Herein, we present a novel graphene quantum dot-mediated synthetic strategy to achieve the uniform deposition of highly dispersed bismuth nanoparticles on porous graphene. This innovative design achieves an elevated faradaic efficiency for formate of 87.0% at -1.11 V vs. RHE with high current density and long-term stability. When employing a flow cell, a maximum FEformate of 80.0% was attained with a total current density of 156.5 mA cm-2. The exceptional catalytic properties can be primarily attributed to the use of porous graphene as the support and the auxiliary contribution of graphene quantum dots, which enhance the dispersion of bismuth nanoparticles. This improved dispersion, in turn, has a significantly positive impact on CO2 activation and the generation of *HCOO intermediates to facilitate the formation of formate. This work presents a straightforward technique to create uniform metal nanoparticles on carbon materials for advancing various electrolytic applications.
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- Yi Cheng
- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China.
- Yangtze Delta Region Institute (Huzhou), University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Huzhou 313001, China
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China.
- Yangtze Delta Region Institute (Huzhou), University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Huzhou 313001, China
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- ICFO-Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona 08860, Spain
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xihua University, Chengdu, 610039, China.
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China.
- Yangtze Delta Region Institute (Huzhou), University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Huzhou 313001, China
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China.
- Yangtze Delta Region Institute (Huzhou), University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Huzhou 313001, China
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China.
- Yangtze Delta Region Institute (Huzhou), University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Huzhou 313001, China
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- School of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China.
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China.
- Yangtze Delta Region Institute (Huzhou), University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Huzhou 313001, China
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Cao X, Tian Y, Ma J, Guo W, Cai W, Zhang J. Strong p-d Orbital Hybridization on Bismuth Nanosheets for High Performing CO 2 Electroreduction. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024; 36:e2309648. [PMID: 38009597 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202309648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2023] [Revised: 10/31/2023] [Indexed: 11/29/2023]
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Single-atom alloys (SAAs) show great potential for a variety of electrocatalytic reactions. However, the atomic orbital hybridization effect of SAAs on the electrochemical reactions is unclear yet. Herein, the in situ confinement of vanadium/molybdenum/tungsten atoms on bismuth nanosheet is shown to create SAAs with rich grain boundaries, respectively. With the detailed analysis of microstructure and composition, the strong p-d orbital hybridization between bismuth and vanadium enables the exceptional electrocatalytic performance for carbon dioxide (CO2 ) reduction with the Faradaic efficiency nearly 100% for C1 products in a wide potential range from -0.6 to -1.4 V, and a long-term electrolysis stability for 90 h. In-depth in situ investigations with theoretical computations reveal that the electron delocalization toward vanadium atoms via the p-d orbital hybridization evokes the bismuth active centers for efficient CO2 activation via the σ-donation of O-to-Bi, thus reduces protonation energy barriers for formate production. With such fundamental understanding, SAA electrocatalyst is employed to fabricated the solar-driven electrolytic cell of CO2 reduction and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural oxidation, achieving an outstanding 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid yield of 90.5%. This study demonstrates a feasible strategy to rationally design advanced SAA electrocatalysts via the basic principles of p-d orbital hybridization.
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- Xueying Cao
- Key Laboratory for Colloid and Interface Chemistry, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Colloid and Interface Chemistry, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Colloid and Interface Chemistry, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Colloid and Interface Chemistry, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Colloid and Interface Chemistry, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Colloid and Interface Chemistry, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, P. R. China
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Wang X, Jiang Z, Wang P, Chen Z, Sheng T, Wu Z, Xiong Y. Ag + -Doped InSe Nanosheets for Membrane Electrode Assembly Electrolyzer toward Large-Current Electroreduction of CO 2 to Ethanol. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202313646. [PMID: 37842798 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202313646] [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: 09/13/2023] [Revised: 10/13/2023] [Accepted: 10/16/2023] [Indexed: 10/17/2023]
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It is an appealing approach to CO2 utilization through CO2 electroreduction (CO2 ER) to ethanol at high current density; however, the commonly used Cu-based catalysts cannot sustain large current during CO2 ER despite their capability for ethanol production. Herein, we report that Ag+ -doped InSe nanosheets with Se vacancies can address this grand challenge in a membrane electrode assembly (MEA) electrolyzer. As revealed by our experimental characterization and theoretical calculation, the Ag+ doping, which can tailor the electronic structure of InSe while diversifying catalytically active sites, enables the formation of key reaction intermediates and their sequential evolution into ethanol. More importantly, such a material can well work for large-current conditions in MEA electrolyzers with In2+ species stabilized via electron transfer from Ag to Se. Remarkably, in an MEA electrolyzer by coupling cathodic CO2 ER with anodic oxygen evolution reaction (OER), the optimal catalyst exhibits an ethanol Faradaic efficiency of 68.7 % and a partial current density of 186.6 mA cm-2 on the cathode with a full-cell ethanol energy efficiency of 26.1 % at 3.0 V. This work opens an avenue for large-current production of ethanol from CO2 with high selectivity and energy efficiency by rationally designing electrocatalysts.
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- Xiangyu Wang
- 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, 241002, P. R. 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, 241002, P. R. 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, 241002, P. R. 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, 241002, P. R. 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, 241002, P. R. 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, 241002, P. R. 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, 241002, P. R. China
- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, P. R. China
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Basyooni-M. Kabatas MA. A Comprehensive Review on Electrocatalytic Applications of 2D Metallenes. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 13:2966. [PMID: 37999320 PMCID: PMC10675246 DOI: 10.3390/nano13222966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2023] [Revised: 11/15/2023] [Accepted: 11/16/2023] [Indexed: 11/25/2023]
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This review introduces metallenes, a cutting-edge form of atomically thin two-dimensional (2D) metals, gaining attention in energy and catalysis. Their unique physicochemical and electronic properties make them promising for applications like catalysis. Metallenes stand out due to their abundance of under-coordinated metal atoms, enhancing the catalytic potential by improving atomic utilization and intrinsic activity. This review explores the utility of 2D metals as electrocatalysts in sustainable energy conversion, focusing on the Oxygen Evolution Reaction, Oxygen Reduction Reaction, Fuel Oxidation Reaction, and Carbon Dioxide Reduction Reaction. Aimed at researchers in nanomaterials and energy, the review is a comprehensive resource for unlocking the potential of 2D metals in creating a sustainable energy landscape.
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- Mohamed A. Basyooni-M. Kabatas
- Department of Precision and Microsystems Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Mekelweg 2, 2628 CD Delft, The Netherlands; or
- Department of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials, Graduate School of Applied and Natural Science, Selçuk University, Konya 42030, Turkey
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Jiang Z, Zhang M, Chen X, Wang B, Fan W, Yang C, Yang X, Zhang Z, Yang X, Li C, Zhou T. A Bismuth-Based Zeolitic Organic Framework with Coordination-Linked Metal Cages for Efficient Electrocatalytic CO 2 Reduction to HCOOH. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202311223. [PMID: 37721360 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202311223] [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: 08/03/2023] [Revised: 09/17/2023] [Accepted: 09/18/2023] [Indexed: 09/19/2023]
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Zeolitic metal-organic frameworks (ZMOFs) have emerged as one of the most promsing catalysts for energy conversion, but they suffer from either weak bonding between metal-organic cubes (MOCs) that decrease their stability during catalysis processes or low activity due to inadequate active sites. In this work, through ligand-directing strategy, we successfully obtain an unprecedented bismuth-based ZMOF (Bi-ZMOF) featuring a ACO topological crystal structure with strong coordination bonding between the Bi-based cages. As a result, it enables efficient reduction of CO2 to formic acid (HCOOH) with Faradaic efficiency as high as 91 %. A combination of in situ surface-enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy and density functional theory calculation reveals that the Bi-N coordination contributes to facilitating charge transfer from N to Bi atoms, which stabilize the intermediate to boost the reduction efficiency of CO2 to HCOOH. This finding highlights the importance of the coordination environment of metal active sites on electrocatalytic CO2 reduction. We believe that this work will offer a new clue to rationally design zeolitic MOFs for catalytic reaction.
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- Zhiqiang Jiang
- Vanadium and Titanium Resource Comprehensive Utilization Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Panzhihua University, Panzhihua, 617000, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, 350002, P. R. China
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- Vanadium and Titanium Resource Comprehensive Utilization Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Panzhihua University, Panzhihua, 617000, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, 350002, P. R. China
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- Vanadium and Titanium Resource Comprehensive Utilization Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Panzhihua University, Panzhihua, 617000, P. R. China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage (Ministry of Education), Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, P. R. China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage (Ministry of Education), Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, 350002, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, 350002, P. R. China
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Qin C, Xu L, Zhang J, Wang J, He J, Liu D, Yang J, Xiao JD, Chen X, Li HB, Yang Z, Wang J. Phase Interface Regulating on Amorphous/Crystalline Bismuth Catalyst for Boosted Electrocatalytic CO 2 Reduction to Formate. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2023; 15:47016-47024. [PMID: 37768597 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c10011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/29/2023]
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Electroreduction of carbon dioxide into readily collectable and high-value carbon-based fuels is greatly significant to overcome the energy and environmental crises yet challenging in the development of robust and highly efficient electrocatalysts. Herein, a bismuth (Bi) heterophase electrode with enriched amorphous/crystalline interfaces was fabricated via cathodically in situ transformation of Bi-based metal-phenolic complexes (Bi-tannic acid, Bi-TA). Compared with amorphous or crystalline Bi catalyst, the amorphous/crystalline structure Bi leads to significantly enhanced performance for CO2 electroreduction. In a liquid-phase H-type cell, the Faraday efficiency (FE) of formate formation is over 90% in a wide potential range from -0.8 to -1.3 V, demonstrating a high selectivity toward formate. Moreover, in a flow cell, a large current density reaching 600 mA cm-2 can further be rendered for formate production. Theoretical calculations indicate that the amorphous/crystalline Bi heterophase interface exhibits a favorable adsorption of CO2 and lower energy barriers for the rate-determining step compared with the crystalline Bi counterparts, thus accelerating the reaction process. This work paves the way for the rational design of advanced heterointerface catalysts for CO2 reduction.
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- Chenchen Qin
- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui Graphene Materials Research Center, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui University, Hefei, 230601, China
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- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui Graphene Materials Research Center, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui University, Hefei, 230601, China
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- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui Graphene Materials Research Center, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui University, Hefei, 230601, China
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- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui Graphene Materials Research Center, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui University, Hefei, 230601, China
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- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui Graphene Materials Research Center, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui University, Hefei, 230601, China
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- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui Graphene Materials Research Center, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui University, Hefei, 230601, China
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- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui Graphene Materials Research Center, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui University, Hefei, 230601, China
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- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui Graphene Materials Research Center, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui University, Hefei, 230601, China
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- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui Graphene Materials Research Center, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui University, Hefei, 230601, China
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- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui Graphene Materials Research Center, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui University, Hefei, 230601, China
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- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui Graphene Materials Research Center, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui University, Hefei, 230601, China
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- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui Graphene Materials Research Center, Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials of Ministry of Education, Anhui University, Hefei, 230601, China
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Zhao S, Qin Y, Wang X, Wang C, Chen X, Wang Y, Yu JX, Liu X, Wu Y, Chen Y. Anion Exchange Facilitates the In Situ Construction of Bi/BiO Interfaces for Enhanced Electrochemical CO 2 -to-Formate Conversion Over a Wide Potential Window. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023; 19:e2302878. [PMID: 37376847 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202302878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2023] [Revised: 05/22/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2023]
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Electrochemical reduction of CO2 (CO2 RR) into value-added products is a promising strategy to reduce energy consumption and solve environmental issues. Formic acid/formate is one of the high-value, easy-to-collect, and economically viable products. Herein, the reconstructed Bi2 O2 CO3 nanosheets (BOCR NSs) are synthesized by an in situ electrochemical anion exchange strategy from Bi2 O2 SO4 as a pre-catalyst. The BOCR NSs achieve a high formate Faradaic efficiency (FEformate ) of 95.7% at -1.1 V versus reversible hydrogen electrode (vs. RHE), and maintain FEformate above 90% in a wide potential range from -0.8 to -1.5 V in H-cell. The in situ spectroscopic studies reveal that the obtained BOCR NSs undergo the anion exchange from Bi2 O2 SO4 to Bi2 O2 CO3 and further promote the self-reduction to metallic Bi to construct Bi/BiO active site to facilitate the formation of OCHO* intermediate. This result demonstrates anion exchange strategy can be used to rational design high performance of the catalysts toward CO2 RR.
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- Shulin Zhao
- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, and School of Energy Science and Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211816, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, and School of Energy Science and Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211816, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, and School of Energy Science and Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211816, China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre of Biomedical Functional Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- Institute of Theoretical and Applied Physics, School of Physical Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre of Biomedical Functional Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- Institute of Theoretical and Applied Physics, School of Physical Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, and School of Energy Science and Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211816, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, and School of Energy Science and Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211816, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, and School of Energy Science and Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211816, China
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Bi J, Li P, Liu J, Wang Y, Song X, Kang X, Sun X, Zhu Q, Han B. High-Rate CO 2 Electrolysis to Formic Acid over a Wide Potential Window: An Electrocatalyst Comprised of Indium Nanoparticles on Chitosan-Derived Graphene. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202307612. [PMID: 37469100 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202307612] [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: 05/31/2023] [Revised: 06/27/2023] [Accepted: 07/19/2023] [Indexed: 07/21/2023]
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Realizing industrial-scale production of HCOOH from the CO2 reduction reaction (CO2 RR) is very important, but the current density as well as the electrochemical potential window are still limited to date. Herein, we achieved this by integration of chemical adsorption and electrocatalytic capabilities for the CO2 RR via anchoring In nanoparticles (NPs) on biomass-derived substrates to create In/X-C (X=N, P, B) bifunctional active centers. The In NPs/chitosan-derived N-doped defective graphene (In/N-dG) catalyst had outstanding performance for the CO2 RR with a nearly 100 % Faradaic efficiency (FE) of HCOOH across a wide potential window. Particularly, at 1.2 A ⋅ cm-2 high current density, the FE of HCOOH was as high as 96.0 %, and the reduction potential was as low as -1.17 V vs RHE. When using a membrane electrode assembly (MEA), a pure HCOOH solution could be obtained at the cathode without further separation and purification. The FE of HCOOH was still up to 93.3 % at 0.52 A ⋅ cm-2 , and the HCOOH production rate could reach 9.051 mmol ⋅ h-1 ⋅ cm-2 . Our results suggested that the defects and multilayer structure in In/N-dG could not only enhance CO2 chemical adsorption capability, but also trigger the formation of an electron-rich catalytic environment around In sites to promote the generation of HCOOH.
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- Jiahui Bi
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid, Interface and Chemical Thermodynamics, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid, Interface and Chemical Thermodynamics, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid, Interface and Chemical Thermodynamics, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid, Interface and Chemical Thermodynamics, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid, Interface and Chemical Thermodynamics, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid, Interface and Chemical Thermodynamics, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid, Interface and Chemical Thermodynamics, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid, Interface and Chemical Thermodynamics, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid, Interface and Chemical Thermodynamics, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200062, P. R. China
- Institute of Eco-Chongming, 20 Cuiniao Road, Chenjia Town, Chongming District, Shanghai, 202162, China
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Hou B, Zheng H, Zhang K, Wu Q, Qin C, Sun C, Pan Q, Kang Z, Wang X, Su Z. Electron delocalization of robust high-nuclear bismuth-oxo clusters for promoted CO 2 electroreduction. Chem Sci 2023; 14:8962-8969. [PMID: 37621429 PMCID: PMC10445447 DOI: 10.1039/d3sc02924g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2023] [Accepted: 07/31/2023] [Indexed: 08/26/2023] Open
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The integration of high activity, selectivity and stability in one electrocatalyst is highly desirable for electrochemical CO2 reduction (ECR), yet it is still a knotty issue. The unique electronic properties of high-nuclear clusters may bring about extraordinary catalytic performance; however, construction of a high-nuclear structure for ECR remains a challenging task. In this work, a family of calix[8]arene-protected bismuth-oxo clusters (BiOCs), including Bi4 (BiOC-1/2), Bi8Al (BiOC-3), Bi20 (BiOC-4), Bi24 (BiOC-5) and Bi40Mo2 (BiOC-6), were prepared and used as robust and efficient ECR catalysts. The Bi40Mo2 cluster in BiOC-6 is the largest metal-oxo cluster encapsulated by calix[8]arenes. As an electrocatalyst, BiOC-5 exhibited outstanding electrochemical stability and 97% Faraday efficiency for formate production at a low potential of -0.95 V vs. RHE, together with a high turnover frequency of up to 405.7 h-1. Theoretical calculations reveal that large-scale electron delocalization of BiOCs is achieved, which promotes structural stability and effectively decreases the energy barrier of rate-determining *OCHO generation. This work provides a new perspective for the design of stable high-nuclear clusters for efficient electrocatalytic CO2 conversion.
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- Baoshan Hou
- Key Lab of Polyoxometalate Science of Ministry of Education, National & Local United Engineering Laboratory for Power Battery Institution, Northeast Normal University Changchun Jilin 130024 China
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- Key Lab of Polyoxometalate Science of Ministry of Education, National & Local United Engineering Laboratory for Power Battery Institution, Northeast Normal University Changchun Jilin 130024 China
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- Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility 239 Zhangheng Road, Pudong New District Shanghai 200120 China
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- Key Lab of Polyoxometalate Science of Ministry of Education, National & Local United Engineering Laboratory for Power Battery Institution, Northeast Normal University Changchun Jilin 130024 China
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- Key Lab of Polyoxometalate Science of Ministry of Education, National & Local United Engineering Laboratory for Power Battery Institution, Northeast Normal University Changchun Jilin 130024 China
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- Key Lab of Polyoxometalate Science of Ministry of Education, National & Local United Engineering Laboratory for Power Battery Institution, Northeast Normal University Changchun Jilin 130024 China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials of Tropical Island Resources, Ministry of Education, Hainan University Haikou 570228 China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Soochow University Suzhou 215123 Jiangsu China
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- Key Lab of Polyoxometalate Science of Ministry of Education, National & Local United Engineering Laboratory for Power Battery Institution, Northeast Normal University Changchun Jilin 130024 China
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials of Tropical Island Resources, Ministry of Education, Hainan University Haikou 570228 China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials of Tropical Island Resources, Ministry of Education, Hainan University Haikou 570228 China
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Tan X, Jia S, Song X, Ma X, Feng J, Zhang L, Wu L, Du J, Chen A, Zhu Q, Sun X, Han B. Zn-induced electron-rich Sn catalysts enable highly efficient CO 2 electroreduction to formate. Chem Sci 2023; 14:8214-8221. [PMID: 37538823 PMCID: PMC10395268 DOI: 10.1039/d3sc02790b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2023] [Accepted: 07/08/2023] [Indexed: 08/05/2023] Open
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Renewable-energy-driven CO2 electroreduction provides a promising way to address the growing greenhouse effect issue and produce value-added chemicals. As one of the bulk chemicals, formic acid/formate has the highest revenue per mole of electrons among various products. However, the scaling up of CO2-to-formate for practical applications with high faradaic efficiency (FE) and current density is constrained by the difficulty of precisely reconciling the competing intermediates (*COOH and HCOO*). Herein, a Zn-induced electron-rich Sn electrocatalyst was reported for CO2-to-formate with high efficiency. The faradaic efficiency of formate (FEformate) could reach 96.6%, and FEformate > 90% was maintained at formate partial current density up to 625.4 mA cm-1. Detailed study indicated that catalyst reconstruction occurred during electrolysis. With appropriate electron accumulation, the electron-rich Sn catalyst could facilitate the adsorption and activation of CO2 molecules to form a intermediate and then promoted the carbon protonation of to yield a HCOO* intermediate. Afterwards, the HCOO* → HCOOH* proceeded via another proton-coupled electron transfer process, leading to high activity and selectivity for formate production.
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- Xingxing Tan
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface and Thermodynamics, Center for Carbon Neutral Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 P. R. China
- School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface and Thermodynamics, Center for Carbon Neutral Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 P. R. China
- School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface and Thermodynamics, Center for Carbon Neutral Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 P. R. China
- School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface and Thermodynamics, Center for Carbon Neutral Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 P. R. China
- School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface and Thermodynamics, Center for Carbon Neutral Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface and Thermodynamics, Center for Carbon Neutral Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 P. R. China
- School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface and Thermodynamics, Center for Carbon Neutral Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 P. R. China
- School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 P. R. China
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- College of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Hebei University of Science and Technology Shijiazhuang 050018 P. R. China
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- College of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Hebei University of Science and Technology Shijiazhuang 050018 P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface and Thermodynamics, Center for Carbon Neutral Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 P. R. China
- School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface and Thermodynamics, Center for Carbon Neutral Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 P. R. China
- School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface and Thermodynamics, Center for Carbon Neutral Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 P. R. China
- School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 P. R. China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University Shanghai 200062 P. R. China
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Hu Y, Liu J, Lee C, Li M, Han B, Wu T, Pan H, Geng D, Yan Q. Integration of Metal-Organic Frameworks and Metals: Synergy for Electrocatalysis. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023; 19:e2300916. [PMID: 37066724 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202300916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2023] [Revised: 03/17/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Electrocatalysis is a highly promising technology widely used in clean energy conversion. There is a continuing need to develop advanced electrocatalysts to catalyze the critical electrochemical reactions. Integrating metal active species, including various metal nanostructures (NSs) and atomically dispersed metal sites (ADMSs), into metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) leads to the formation of promising heterogeneous electrocatalysts that take advantage of both components. Among them, MOFs can provide support and protection for the active sites on guest metals, and the resulting host-guest interactions can synergistically enhance the electrocatalytic performance. In this review, three key concerns on MOF-metal heterogeneous electrocatalysts regarding the catalytic sites, conductivity, and catalytic stability are first presented. Then, rational integration strategies of MOFs and metals, including the integration of metal NSs via surface anchoring, space confining, and MOF coating, as well as the integration of ADMSs either with the metal nodes/linkers or within the pores of MOFs, along with their recent progress on synergistic cooperation for specific electrochemical reactions are summarized. Finally, current challenges and possible solutions in applying these increasingly concerned electrocatalysts are also provided.
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- Yue Hu
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, Beijing Key Laboratory for Magneto-Photoelectrical Composite and Interface Science, School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 639798, Singapore
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 639798, Singapore
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 639798, Singapore
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, Beijing Key Laboratory for Magneto-Photoelectrical Composite and Interface Science, School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China
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- Institute of Science and Technology for New Energy, Xi'an Technological University, Xi'an, 710021, China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, Beijing Key Laboratory for Magneto-Photoelectrical Composite and Interface Science, School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 639798, Singapore
- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR, Singapore, 138634, Singapore
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Chen LW, Hao YC, Li J, Hu L, Zuo X, Dai C, Yu ZL, Huang HZ, Tian W, Liu D, Chang X, Li P, Shao R, Wang B, Yin AX. Controllable Crystallization of Two-Dimensional Bi Nanocrystals with Morphology-Boosted CO 2 Electroreduction in Wide pH Environments. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023; 19:e2301639. [PMID: 37093197 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202301639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2023] [Revised: 04/01/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Two-dimensional low-melting-point (LMP) metal nanocrystals are attracting increasing attention with broad and irreplaceable applications due to their unique surface and topological structures. However, the chemical synthesis, especially the fine control over the nucleation (reduction) and growth (crystallization), of such LMP metal nanocrystals remains elusive as limited by the challenges of low standard redox potential, low melting point, poor crystalline symmetry, etc. Here, a controllable reduction-melting-crystallization (RMC) protocol to synthesize free-standing and surfactant-free bismuth nanocrystals with tunable dimensions, morphologies, and surface structures is presented. Especially, ultrathin bismuth nanosheets with flat or jagged surfaces/edges can be prepared with high selectivity. The jagged bismuth nanosheets, with abundant surface steps and defects, exhibit boosted electrocatalytic CO2 reduction performances in acidic, neutral, and alkaline aqueous solutions, achieving the maximum selectivity of near unity at the current density of 210 mA cm-2 for formate evolution under ambient conditions. This work creates the RMC pathway for the synthesis of free-standing two-dimensional LMP metal nanomaterials and may find broader applicability in more interdisciplinary applications.
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- Li-Wei Chen
- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science Ministry of Education, 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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- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science Ministry of Education, 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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- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science Ministry of Education, 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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- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science Ministry of Education, 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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- Department Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Intelligent Robots and Systems, School of Medical Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science Ministry of Education, 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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- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science Ministry of Education, 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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- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science Ministry of Education, 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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- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science Ministry of Education, 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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- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science Ministry of Education, 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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- Analysis and Testing Center, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science Ministry of Education, 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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- Department Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Intelligent Robots and Systems, School of Medical Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science Ministry of Education, 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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- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science Ministry of Education, 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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Staerz AF, van Leeuwen M, Priamushko T, Saatkamp T, Endrődi B, Plankensteiner N, Jobbagy M, Pahlavan S, Blom MJW, Janáky C, Cherevko S, Vereecken PM. Effects of Iron Species on Low Temperature CO 2 Electrolyzers. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023:e202306503. [PMID: 37466922 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202306503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2023] [Revised: 07/15/2023] [Accepted: 07/17/2023] [Indexed: 07/20/2023]
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Electrochemical energy conversion devices are considered key in reducing CO2 emissions and significant efforts are being applied to accelerate device development. Unlike other technologies, low temperature electrolyzers have the ability to directly convert CO2 into a range of value-added chemicals. To make them commercially viable, however, device efficiency and durability must be increased. Although their design is similar to more mature water electrolyzers and fuel cells, new cell concepts and components are needed. Due to the complexity of the system, singular component optimization is common. As a result, the component interplay is often overlooked. The influence of Fe-species clearly shows that the cell must be considered holistically during optimization, to avoid future issues due to component interference or cross-contamination. Fe-impurities are ubiquitous, and their influence on single components is well-researched. The activity of non-noble anodes has been increased through the deliberate addition of iron. At the same time, however, Fe-species accelerate cathode and membrane degradation. Here, we interpret literature on single components to gain an understanding of how Fe-species influence low temperature CO2 electrolyzers holistically. The role of Fe-species serves to highlight the need for considerations regarding component interplay in general.
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- Anna F Staerz
- IMEC Leuven, Kapeldreef 75, 3001, Leuven, Belgium
- Energyville, Thor Park 8320, 3600, Genk, Belgium
- Department of Microbial and Micromolecular systems (M2S), cMACS, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, 3001, Leuven, Belgium
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- IMEC Leuven, Kapeldreef 75, 3001, Leuven, Belgium
- Energyville, Thor Park 8320, 3600, Genk, Belgium
- Department of Microbial and Micromolecular systems (M2S), cMACS, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, 3001, Leuven, Belgium
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- Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Helmholtz-Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg for Renewable Energy (IEK-11) Cauerstraße 1, 91058, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6, Canada
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- Department of Physical Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Szeged, Rerrich sq. 1., 6720, Szeged, Hungary
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- IMEC Leuven, Kapeldreef 75, 3001, Leuven, Belgium
- Energyville, Thor Park 8320, 3600, Genk, Belgium
- Department of Microbial and Micromolecular systems (M2S), cMACS, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, 3001, Leuven, Belgium
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- IMEC Leuven, Kapeldreef 75, 3001, Leuven, Belgium
- Energyville, Thor Park 8320, 3600, Genk, Belgium
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- IMEC Leuven, Kapeldreef 75, 3001, Leuven, Belgium
- Energyville, Thor Park 8320, 3600, Genk, Belgium
- Department of Microbial and Micromolecular systems (M2S), cMACS, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, 3001, Leuven, Belgium
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- IMEC Leuven, Kapeldreef 75, 3001, Leuven, Belgium
- Energyville, Thor Park 8320, 3600, Genk, Belgium
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- Department of Physical Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Szeged, Rerrich sq. 1., 6720, Szeged, Hungary
- eChemicles Zrt., Alsó Kikötő sor 11, 6726, Szeged, Hungary
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- Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Helmholtz-Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg for Renewable Energy (IEK-11) Cauerstraße 1, 91058, Erlangen, Germany
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- IMEC Leuven, Kapeldreef 75, 3001, Leuven, Belgium
- Energyville, Thor Park 8320, 3600, Genk, Belgium
- Department of Microbial and Micromolecular systems (M2S), cMACS, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, 3001, Leuven, Belgium
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Jiang B, Guo Y, Sun F, Wang S, Kang Y, Xu X, Zhao J, You J, Eguchi M, Yamauchi Y, Li H. Nanoarchitectonics of Metallene Materials for Electrocatalysis. ACS NANO 2023. [PMID: 37367960 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c01380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/28/2023]
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Controlling the synthesis of metal nanostructures is one approach for catalyst engineering and performance optimization in electrocatalysis. As an emerging class of unconventional electrocatalysts, two-dimensional (2D) metallene electrocatalysts with ultrathin sheet-like morphology have gained ever-growing attention and exhibited superior performance in electrocatalysis owing to their distinctive properties originating from structural anisotropy, rich surface chemistry, and efficient mass diffusion capability. Many significant advances in synthetic methods and electrocatalytic applications for 2D metallenes have been obtained in recent years. Therefore, an in-depth review summarizing the progress in developing 2D metallenes for electrochemical applications is highly needed. Unlike most reported reviews on the 2D metallenes, this review starts by introducing the preparation of 2D metallenes based on the classification of the metals (e.g., noble metals, and non-noble metals) instead of synthetic methods. Some typical strategies for preparing each kind of metal are enumerated in detail. Then, the utilization of 2D metallenes in electrocatalytic applications, especially in the electrocatalytic conversion reactions, including the hydrogen evolution reaction, oxygen evolution reaction, oxygen reduction reaction, fuel oxidation reaction, CO2 reduction reaction, and N2 reduction reaction, are comprehensively discussed. Finally, current challenges and opportunities for future research on metallenes in electrochemical energy conversion are proposed.
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- Bo Jiang
- The Education Ministry Key Lab of Resource Chemistry, Joint International Research Laboratory of Resource Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Functional Materials, and Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Biomimetic Catalysis, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, PR China
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- International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
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- The Education Ministry Key Lab of Resource Chemistry, Joint International Research Laboratory of Resource Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Functional Materials, and Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Biomimetic Catalysis, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, PR China
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- College of Science, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, PR China
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- International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
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- International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
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- The Education Ministry Key Lab of Resource Chemistry, Joint International Research Laboratory of Resource Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Functional Materials, and Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Biomimetic Catalysis, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, PR China
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- Department of Plant and Environmental New Resources, College of Life Sciences, Kyung Hee University, 1732 Deogyeong-daero, Giheung-gu, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do 17104, South Korea
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan
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- Department of Plant and Environmental New Resources, College of Life Sciences, Kyung Hee University, 1732 Deogyeong-daero, Giheung-gu, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do 17104, South Korea
- School of Chemical Engineering and Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
- Department of Materials Process Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
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- The Education Ministry Key Lab of Resource Chemistry, Joint International Research Laboratory of Resource Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Functional Materials, and Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Biomimetic Catalysis, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, PR China
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Ren T, Yu Z, Yu H, Deng K, Wang Z, Li X, Wang H, Wang L, Xu Y. Sustainable Ammonia Electrosynthesis from Nitrate Wastewater Coupled to Electrocatalytic Upcycling of Polyethylene Terephthalate Plastic Waste. ACS NANO 2023. [PMID: 37363822 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c01862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/28/2023]
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Integrating the nitrate reduction reaction (NO3RR) with polyethylene terephthalate (PET) hydrolysate oxidation to construct the nitrate/PET hydrolysate coelectrolysis system holds a great promise of realizing the simultaneous upcycling of nitrate wastewater and PET plastic waste, which, however, is still an almost untouched research area. Herein, we develop an ultralow content of Ru-incorporated Co-based metal-organic frameworks as a bifunctional precatalyst, which can be in situ reconstructed to Ru-Co(OH)2 at the cathode and Ru-CoOOH at the anode under electrocatalytic environments, and function as real active catalysts for the NO3RR and PET hydrolysate oxidation, respectively. With a two-electrode nitrate/PET hydrolysate coelectrolysis system, the current density of 50 mA cm-2 is achieved at a cell voltage of only 1.53 V, realizing the simultaneous production of ammonia and formate at a lower energy consumption. This study provides a concept for the construction of coelectrolysis systems for upcycling of nitrate wastewater and PET plastic waste.
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- Tianlun Ren
- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green-Chemical Synthesis Technology, College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310014, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green-Chemical Synthesis Technology, College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310014, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green-Chemical Synthesis Technology, College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310014, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green-Chemical Synthesis Technology, College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310014, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green-Chemical Synthesis Technology, College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310014, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green-Chemical Synthesis Technology, College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310014, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green-Chemical Synthesis Technology, College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310014, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green-Chemical Synthesis Technology, College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310014, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green-Chemical Synthesis Technology, College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310014, P. R. China
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Liu Y, Jiang Z, Huang C, Jeong S, Coughlin AL, Zhang S, Liu Y, Ye X. Ligand-Controlled Electroreduction of CO 2 to Formate over Facet-Defined Bimetallic Sulfide Nanoplates. NANO LETTERS 2023. [PMID: 37339508 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c00703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/22/2023]
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CO2 reduction (CO2R) catalyzed by an efficient, stable, and earth-abundant electrocatalyst offers an attractive means to store energy derived from renewable sources. Here, we describe the synthesis of facet-defined Cu2SnS3 nanoplates and the ligand-controlled CO2R property. We show that thiocyanate-capped Cu2SnS3 nanoplates possess excellent selectivity toward formate over a wide range of potentials and current densities, attaining a maximum formate Faradaic efficiency of 92% and partial current densities as high as 181 mA cm-2 when tested using a flow cell with gas-diffusion electrode. In situ spectroscopic measurements and theoretical calculations reveal that the high formate selectivity originates from favorable adsorption of HCOO* intermediates on cationic Sn sites that are electronically modulated by thiocyanates bound to adjacent Cu sites. Our work illustrates that well-defined multimetallic sulfide nanocrystals with tailored surface chemistries could provide a new avenue for future CO2R electrocatalyst design.
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- Yang Liu
- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Texas Materials Institute and Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
- Key Laboratory of Materials Modification by Laser, Ion and Electron Beams (Dalian University of Technology), Ministry of Education, Dalian 116024, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Texas Materials Institute and Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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Jia G, Wang Y, Sun M, Zhang H, Li L, Shi Y, Zhang L, Cui X, Lo TWB, Huang B, Yu JC. Size Effects of Highly Dispersed Bismuth Nanoparticles on Electrocatalytic Reduction of Carbon Dioxide to Formic Acid. J Am Chem Soc 2023. [PMID: 37317545 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c04727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Electrocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide into value-added chemical fuels is a promising way to achieve carbon neutrality. Bismuth-based materials have been considered as favorable electrocatalysts for converting carbon dioxide to formic acid. Moreover, size-dependent catalysis offers significant advantages in catalyzed heterogeneous chemical processes. However, the size effects of bismuth nanoparticles on formic acid production have not been fully explored. Here, we prepared Bi nanoparticles uniformly supported on porous TiO2 substrate electrocatalytic materials by in situ segregation of the Bi element from Bi4Ti3O12. The Bi-TiO2 electrocatalyst with Bi nanoparticles of 2.83 nm displays a Faradaic efficiency of greater than 90% over a wide potential range of 400 mV. Theoretical calculations have also demonstrated subtle electronic structural evolutions induced by the size variations of Bi nanoparticles, where the 2.83 nm Bi nanoparticles display the most active p-band and d-band centers to guarantee high electroactivity toward CO2RR.
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- Guangri Jia
- Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong 999077, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Automotive Simulation and Control, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials of MOE, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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- Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong 999077, China
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- Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong 999077, China
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- Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong 999077, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Automotive Simulation and Control, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials of MOE, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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- Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong 999077, China
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- Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong 999077, China
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- Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong 999077, China
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Sun Y, Liu X, Zhu M, Zhang Z, Chen Z, Wang S, Ji Z, Yang H, Wang X. Non-noble metal single atom-based catalysts for electrochemical reduction of CO2: Synthesis approaches and performance evaluation. DECARBON 2023:100018. [DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.decarb.2023.100018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/25/2023]
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Li C, Ji Y, Wang Y, Liu C, Chen Z, Tang J, Hong Y, Li X, Zheng T, Jiang Q, Xia C. Applications of Metal-Organic Frameworks and Their Derivatives in Electrochemical CO 2 Reduction. NANO-MICRO LETTERS 2023; 15:113. [PMID: 37121938 PMCID: PMC10149437 DOI: 10.1007/s40820-023-01092-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2023] [Accepted: 03/29/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Electrochemically reducing CO2 to more reduced chemical species is a promising way that not only enables the conversion of intermittent energy resources to stable fuels, but also helps to build a closed-loop anthropogenic carbon cycle. Among various electrocatalysts for electrochemical CO2 reduction, multifunctional metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have been employed as highly efficient and selective heterogeneous electrocatalysts due to their ultrahigh porosity and topologically diverse structures. Up to now, great progress has been achieved in the design and synthesis of highly active and selective MOF-related catalysts for electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR), and their corresponding reaction mechanisms have been thoroughly studied. In this review, we summarize the recent progress of applying MOFs and their derivatives in CO2RR, with a focus on the design strategies for electrocatalysts and electrolyzers. We first discussed the reaction mechanisms for different CO2RR products and introduced the commonly applied electrolyzer configurations in the current CO2RR system. Then, an overview of several categories of products (CO, HCOOH, CH4, CH3OH, and multi-carbon chemicals) generated from MOFs or their derivatives via CO2RR was discussed. Finally, we offer some insights and perspectives for the future development of MOFs and their derivatives in electrochemical CO2 reduction. We aim to provide new insights into this field and further guide future research for large-scale applications.
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- Chengbo Li
- School of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 611731, People's Republic of China
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- School of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 611731, People's Republic of China
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- School of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 611731, People's Republic of China
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- School of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 611731, People's Republic of China
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- School of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 611731, People's Republic of China
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- School of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 611731, People's Republic of China
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- School of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 611731, People's Republic of China
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- School of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 611731, People's Republic of China
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- School of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 611731, People's Republic of China
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- School of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 611731, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 611731, People's Republic of China.
- Research Center for Carbon-Neutral Environmental and Energy Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 611731, People's Republic of China.
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He X, Guo Y, Zhang J, Yang S, Chen J, Li S, Xie S, Wang Y, Wang C. Why can poorly conductive Bi@UiO-MOF catalyze CO 2 electroreduction? Chem Commun (Camb) 2023; 59:5737-5740. [PMID: 37092587 DOI: 10.1039/d3cc00901g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/25/2023]
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Metal NP @ metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are widely used in electrocatalysis. However, many of the MOFs are poorly conductive. Here, we loaded bismuth (Bi) into a Zr-based MOF of the UiO structure that is active for CO2 reduction to formate and found that a moderate conductivity of the nanosized MOFs is sufficient to support a reasonably high catalytic current density. This finding allows simpler catalyst design and quantitative rationalization of MOF electrocatalysis.
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- Xinru He
- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, iChem, Innovation Laboratory for Sciences and Technologies of Energy Materials of Fujian Province (IKKEM), College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, P. R. China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710129, P. R. China
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- Green Catalysis Center, and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, iChem, Innovation Laboratory for Sciences and Technologies of Energy Materials of Fujian Province (IKKEM), College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, P. R. China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, iChem, Innovation Laboratory for Sciences and Technologies of Energy Materials of Fujian Province (IKKEM), College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, P. R. China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, iChem, Innovation Laboratory for Sciences and Technologies of Energy Materials of Fujian Province (IKKEM), College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, P. R. China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, iChem, Innovation Laboratory for Sciences and Technologies of Energy Materials of Fujian Province (IKKEM), College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, P. R. China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, iChem, Innovation Laboratory for Sciences and Technologies of Energy Materials of Fujian Province (IKKEM), College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, P. R. China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, iChem, Innovation Laboratory for Sciences and Technologies of Energy Materials of Fujian Province (IKKEM), College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, P. R. China.
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Yang F, Liang C, Zhou W, Zhao W, Li P, Hua Z, Yu H, Chen S, Deng S, Li J, Lam YM, Wang J. Oxide-Derived Bismuth as an Efficient Catalyst for Electrochemical Reduction of Flue Gas. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023:e2300417. [PMID: 37026664 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202300417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2023] [Revised: 03/06/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Post-combustion flue gas (mainly containing 5-40% CO2 balanced by N2 ) accounts for about 60% global CO2 emission. Rational conversion of flue gas into value-added chemicals is still a formidable challenge. Herein, this work reports a β-Bi2 O3 -derived bismuth (OD-Bi) catalyst with surface coordinated oxygen for efficient electroreduction of pure CO2 , N2, and flue gas. During pure CO2 electroreduction, the maximum Faradaic efficiency (FE) of formate reaches 98.0% and stays above 90% in a broad potential of 600 mV with a long-term stability of 50 h. Additionally, OD-Bi achieves an ammonia (NH3 ) FE of 18.53% and yield rate of 11.5 µg h-1 mgcat -1 in pure N2 atmosphere. Noticeably, in simulated flue gas (15% CO2 balanced by N2 with trace impurities), a maximum formate FE of 97.3% is delivered within a flow cell, meanwhile above 90% formate FEs are obtained in a wide potential range of 700 mV. In-situ Raman combined with theory calculations reveals that the surface coordinated oxygen species in OD-Bi can drastically activate CO2 and N2 molecules by selectively favors the adsorption of *OCHO and *NNH intermediates, respectively. This work provides a surface oxygen modulation strategy to develop efficient bismuth-based electrocatalysts for directly reducing commercially relevant flue gas into valuable chemicals.
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- Fangqi Yang
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanchang University, No. 999 Xuefu Avenue, Jiangxi, 330031, China
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, No. 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 639798
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanchang University, No. 999 Xuefu Avenue, Jiangxi, 330031, China
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- School of Resources and Environment, Nanchang University, No. 999 Xuefu Avenue, Jiangxi, 330031, China
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- Joint School of National University of Singapore and Tianjin University, International Campus of Tianjin University, Binhai New City, Fuzhou, 350207, China
- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore, 117543
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanchang University, No. 999 Xuefu Avenue, Jiangxi, 330031, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanchang University, No. 999 Xuefu Avenue, Jiangxi, 330031, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanchang University, No. 999 Xuefu Avenue, Jiangxi, 330031, China
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- School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy, Arizona State University, 551 E. Tyler Mall, Tempe, AZ, 85287, USA
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- School of Chemistry, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 639798
- Facility for Analysis, Characterisation, Testing and Simulation (FACTS), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 639798
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanchang University, No. 999 Xuefu Avenue, Jiangxi, 330031, China
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Meng Y, Huang H, Zhang Y, Cao Y, Lu H, Li X. Recent advances in the theoretical studies on the electrocatalytic CO2 reduction based on single and double atoms. Front Chem 2023; 11:1172146. [PMID: 37056353 PMCID: PMC10086683 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2023.1172146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2023] [Accepted: 03/13/2023] [Indexed: 03/30/2023] Open
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Excess of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere poses a significant threat to the global climate. Therefore, the electrocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction reaction (CO2RR) is important to reduce the burden on the environment and provide possibilities for developing new energy sources. However, highly active and selective catalysts are needed to effectively catalyze product synthesis with high adhesion value. Single-atom catalysts (SACs) and double-atom catalysts (DACs) have attracted much attention in the field of electrocatalysis due to their high activity, strong selectivity, and high atomic utilization. This review summarized the research progress of electrocatalytic CO2RR related to different types of SACs and DACs. The emphasis was laid on the catalytic reaction mechanism of SACs and DACs using the theoretical calculation method. Furthermore, the influences of solvation and electrode potential were studied to simulate the real electrochemical environment to bridge the gap between experiments and computations. Finally, the current challenges and future development prospects were summarized and prospected for CO2RR to lay the foundation for the theoretical research of SACs and DACs in other aspects.
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- Yuxiao Meng
- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green−Chemical Synthesis Technology, College of Chemical Engineering, Institute of Industrial Catalysis, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
- College of Biological Chemical Science and Engineering, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing, Zhejiang, China
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green−Chemical Synthesis Technology, College of Chemical Engineering, Institute of Industrial Catalysis, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
- College of Biological Chemical Science and Engineering, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing, Zhejiang, China
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- College of Biological Chemical Science and Engineering, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing, Zhejiang, China
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- College of Biological Chemical Science and Engineering, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing, Zhejiang, China
- *Correspondence: Yongyong Cao, ; Hanfeng Lu, ; Xi Li,
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green−Chemical Synthesis Technology, College of Chemical Engineering, Institute of Industrial Catalysis, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
- *Correspondence: Yongyong Cao, ; Hanfeng Lu, ; Xi Li,
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- College of Biological Chemical Science and Engineering, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing, Zhejiang, China
- *Correspondence: Yongyong Cao, ; Hanfeng Lu, ; Xi Li,
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Ding H, Shi Y, Li Z, Wang S, Liang Y, Feng H, Deng Y, Song X, Pu P, Zhang X. Active Learning Accelerating to Screen Dual-Metal-Site Catalysts for Electrochemical Carbon Dioxide Reduction Reaction. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2023; 15:12986-12997. [PMID: 36853996 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c21332] [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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Dual-metal-site catalysts (DMSCs) are increasingly important catalysts in the field of electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction reaction (CO2RR) in recent years. However, rapid screening of suitable metal combinations of DMSCs remains a huge challenge. Herein, we constructed an active learning (AL) framework to study CO2RR to HCOOH. This AL framework turned out a success in the accurate prediction of 282 DMSCs for CO2RR through interactive learning between users and machine learning (ML) models. Among the 42 DMSCs calculated in three iteration loops of AL, 29 DMSCs were obtained, where the screening success rate was as high as 70%. Furthermore, we found five experimentally unexplored DMSCs that exhibited better CO2RR activity and selectivity than pure Bi. Low prediction errors on other DMSCs show that the AL model possessed outstanding universality. The results prove the excellent potential of the AL method and provide guidance on the design of high-performance electrocatalysts for CO2RR.
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- Hu Ding
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, P. R. China
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Yang F, Xie Z, Huang X, Yin X, Zhang W, Huang Y, Zhang D. Bi 2S 3 nanorods grown on multiwalled carbon nanotubes as highly active catalysts for CO 2 electroreduction to formate. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023; 25:9198-9207. [PMID: 36919363 DOI: 10.1039/d2cp05761a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/16/2023]
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Bi-based materials are promising electrocatalysts for CO2 reduction but one of the key technological hurdles is the design of stable, active and affordable Bi-based catalysts over a wide potential range. Herein, Bi2S3/CNTs nanocomposites are constructed by anchoring bismuth sulfide (Bi2S3) nanorods onto the multiwalled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and utilizing them in electrocatalytic CO2 reduction. CNTs, as a support, not only guarantee the conductivity and dispersibility of Bi2S3 nanorods but also improve the electrolyte infiltration and optimize the electronic structure of the Bi2S3. As expected, the Bi2S3/CNTs nanocomposite exhibits a faradaic efficiency for HCOO- (FEHCOO-) of 99.3% with a current density of -20.3 mA cm-2 at -0.91 V vs. RHE. The FEHCOO- is stably maintained at over > 91% in a wide potential window from -0.71 V to -1.31 V. Theoretical calculation analyses reveal that the strong interaction between Bi2S3 and CNTs is conductive to decreasing the energy barrier of *OCHO, stabilizing the intermediate *OCHO, and inhibiting the hydrogen evolution reaction. The current study provides an insightful understanding of the mechanism of the CO2 electroreduction reaction, and paves a new way for developing superior and affordable electrocatalysts.
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- Fangfang Yang
- Department of Environmental Science, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin 541004, China
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- Department of Environmental Science, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China
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- Department of Environmental Science, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China
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- National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Shale Gas Exploration and Development, Chongqing Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources, Chongqing 401120, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coal Mine Disaster Dynamics and Control, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China. .,Department of Environmental Science, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China
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Wang T, Chen J, Ren X, Zhang J, Ding J, Liu Y, Lim KH, Wang J, Li X, Yang H, Huang Y, Kawi S, Liu B. Halogen-Incorporated Sn Catalysts for Selective Electrochemical CO2 Reduction to Formate. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202211174. [PMID: 36562773 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202211174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2022] [Revised: 12/09/2022] [Accepted: 12/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Electrochemically reducing CO2 to valuable fuels or feedstocks is recognized as a promising strategy to simultaneously tackle the crises of fossil fuel shortage and carbon emission. Sn-based catalysts have been widely studied for electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (CO2 RR) to make formic acid/formate, which unfortunately still suffer from low activity, selectivity and stability. In this work, halogen (F, Cl, Br or I) was introduced into the Sn catalyst by a facile hydrolysis method. The presence of halogen was confirmed by a collection of ex situ and in situ characterizations, which rendered a more positive valence state of Sn in halogen-incorporated Sn catalyst as compared to unmodified Sn under cathodic potentials in CO2 RR and therefore tuned the adsorption strength of the key intermediate (*OCHO) toward formate formation. As a result, the halogen-incorporated Sn catalyst exhibited greatly enhanced catalytic performance in electrochemical CO2 RR to produce formate.
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- Tian Wang
- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117585, Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 637459, Singapore
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Applied Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, China
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 637459, Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 637459, Singapore
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou, 215009, China
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- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117585, Singapore
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Applied Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Applied Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou, 215009, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Applied Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, China
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- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117585, Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 637459, Singapore
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Dong A, Chen D, Li Q, Qian J. Metal-Organic Frameworks for Greenhouse Gas Applications. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023; 19:e2201550. [PMID: 36563116 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202201550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2022] [Revised: 11/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Using petrol to supply energy for a car or burning coal to heat a building generates plenty of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, including carbon dioxide (CO2 ), water vapor (H2 O), methane (CH4 ), nitrous oxide (N2 O), ozone (O3 ), fluorinated gases. These up-and-coming metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are structurally endowed with rigid inorganic nodes and versatile organic linkers, which have been extensively used in the GHG-related applications to improve the lives and protect the environment. Porous MOF materials and their derivatives have been demonstrated to be competitive and promising candidates for GHG separation, storage and conversions as they shows facile preparation, large porosity, adjustable nanostructure, abundant topology, and tunable physicochemical property. Enormous progress has been made in GHG storage and separation intrinsically stemmed from the different interaction between guest molecule and host framework from MOF itself in the recent five years. Meanwhile, the use of porous MOF materials to transform GHG and the influence of external conditions on the adsorption performance of MOFs for GHG are also enclosed. In this review, it is also highlighted that the existing challenges and future directions are discussed and envisioned in the rational design, facile synthesis and comprehensive utilization of MOFs and their derivatives for practical applications.
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- Anrui Dong
- Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials of Zhejiang Province, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, 325000, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials of Zhejiang Province, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, 325000, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, 350002, P. R. China
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Zhaotong University, Zhaotong, 657099, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials of Zhejiang Province, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, 325000, P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, 350002, P. R. China
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An R, Chen X, Fang Q, Meng Y, Li X, Cao Y. Structure-activity relationship of Cu-based catalysts for the highly efficient CO 2 electrochemical reduction reaction. Front Chem 2023; 11:1141453. [PMID: 36846850 PMCID: PMC9947715 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2023.1141453] [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: 01/10/2023] [Accepted: 01/30/2023] [Indexed: 02/11/2023] Open
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Electrocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction (CO2RR) is a relatively feasible method to reduce the atmospheric concentration of CO2. Although a series of metal-based catalysts have gained interest for CO2RR, understanding the structure-activity relationship for Cu-based catalysts remains a great challenge. Herein, three Cu-based catalysts with different sizes and compositions (Cu@CNTs, Cu4@CNTs, and CuNi3@CNTs) were designed to explore this relationship by density functional theory (DFT). The calculation results show a higher degree of CO2 molecule activation on CuNi3@CNTs compared to that on Cu@CNTs and Cu4@CNTs. The methane (CH4) molecule is produced on both Cu@CNTs and CuNi3@CNTs, while carbon monoxide (CO) is synthesized on Cu4@CNTs. The Cu@CNTs showed higher activity for CH4 production with a low overpotential value of 0.36 V compared to CuNi3@CNTs (0.60 V), with *CHO formation considered the potential-determining step (PDS). The overpotential value was only 0.02 V for *CO formation on the Cu4@CNTs, and *COOH formation was the PDS. The limiting potential difference analysis with the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) indicated that the Cu@CNTs exhibited the highest selectivity of CH4 among the three catalysts. Therefore, the sizes and compositions of Cu-based catalysts greatly influence CO2RR activity and selectivity. This study provides an innovative insight into the theoretical explanation of the origin of the size and composition effects to inform the design of highly efficient electrocatalysts.
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- Runzhi An
- College of Biological, Chemical Science and Engineering, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing, Zhejiang, China
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- College of Biological, Chemical Science and Engineering, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing, Zhejiang, China
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- College of Biological, Chemical Science and Engineering, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing, Zhejiang, China
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- College of Biological, Chemical Science and Engineering, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing, Zhejiang, China,College of Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green-Chemical Synthesis Technology, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Biological, Chemical Science and Engineering, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing, Zhejiang, China,*Correspondence: Xi Li, ; Yongyong Cao,
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- College of Biological, Chemical Science and Engineering, Jiaxing University, Jiaxing, Zhejiang, China,*Correspondence: Xi Li, ; Yongyong Cao,
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Xie M, Tang S, Zhang B, Yu G. Metallene-related materials for electrocatalysis and energy conversion. MATERIALS HORIZONS 2023; 10:407-431. [PMID: 36541177 DOI: 10.1039/d2mh01213h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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As a member of graphene analogs, metallenes are a class of two-dimensional materials with atomic thickness and well-controlled surface atomic arrangement made of metals or alloys. When utilized as catalysts, metallenes exhibit distinctive physicochemical properties endowed from the under-coordinated metal atoms on the surface, making them highly competitive candidates for energy-related electrocatalysis and energy conversion systems. Significantly, their catalytic activity can be precisely tuned through the chemical modification of their surface and subsurface atoms for efficient catalyst engineering. This minireview summarizes the recent progress in the synthesis and characterization of metallenes, together with their use as electrocatalysts toward reactions for energy conversion. In the Synthesis section, we pay particular attention to the strategies designed to tune their exposed facets, composition, and surface strain, as well as the porosity/cavity, defects, and crystallinity on the surface. We then discuss the electrocatalytic properties of metallenes in terms of oxygen reduction, hydrogen evolution, alcohol and acid oxidation, carbon dioxide reduction, and nitrogen reduction reaction, with a small extension regarding photocatalysis. At the end, we offer perspectives on the challenges and opportunities with respect to the synthesis, characterization, modeling, and application of metallenes.
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- Minghao Xie
- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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Kong Y, Jiang X, Li X, Sun J, Hu Q, Chai X, Yang H, He C. Boosting electrocatalytic CO2 reduction to formate via carbon nanofiber encapsulated bismuth nanoparticles with ultrahigh mass activity. CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/s1872-2067(22)64177-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Metallic bismuth nanoclusters confined in micropores for efficient electrocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide with long-term stability. J Colloid Interface Sci 2023; 630:81-90. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2022.09.145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2022] [Revised: 09/17/2022] [Accepted: 09/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Soni I, Kumar P, Kudur Jayaprakash G. Recent advancements in the synthesis and electrocatalytic activity of two-dimensional metal–organic framework with bimetallic nodes for energy-related applications. Coord Chem Rev 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2022.214782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Zhang B, Wu Y, Zhai P, Wang C, Sun L, Hou J. Rational design of bismuth-based catalysts for electrochemical CO2 reduction. CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/s1872-2067(22)64132-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Adegoke KA, Adegoke OR, Adigun RA, Maxakato NW, Bello OS. Two-dimensional metal-organic frameworks: From synthesis to biomedical, environmental, and energy conversion applications. Coord Chem Rev 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2022.214817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Liu S, Fan Y, Wang Y, Jin S, Hou M, Zeng W, Li K, Jiang T, Qin L, Yan Z, Tao Z, Zheng X, Shen C, Liu Z, Ahmad T, Zhang K, Chen W. Surface-Oxygen-Rich Bi@C Nanoparticles for High-Efficiency Electroreduction of CO 2 to Formate. NANO LETTERS 2022; 22:9107-9114. [PMID: 36317840 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c03573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) is a promising strategy to alleviate excessive CO2 levels in the atmosphere and produce value-added feedstocks and fuels. However, the synthesis of high-efficiency and robust electrocatalysts remains a great challenge. This work reports the green preparation of surface-oxygen-rich carbon-nanorod-supported bismuth nanoparticles (SOR Bi@C NPs) for an efficient CO2RR toward formate. The resultant SOR Bi@C NPs catalyst displays a Faradaic efficiency of more than 91% for formate generation over a wide potential range of 440 mV. Ex situ XPS and XANES and in situ Raman spectroscopy demonstrate that the Bi-O/Bi (110) structure in the pristine SOR Bi@C NPs can remain stable during the CO2RR process. DFT calculations reveal that the Bi-O/Bi (110) structure can facilitate the formation of the *OCHO intermediate. This work provides an approach to the development of high-efficiency Bi-based catalysts for the CO2RR and offers a unique insight into the exploration of advanced electrocatalysts.
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- Shuang Liu
- Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry (Ministry of Education), Haihe Laboratory of Sustainable Chemical Transformations, Renewable Energy Conversion and Storage Center (RECAST), College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional Supramolecular Coordination Materials and Applications, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry (Ministry of Education), Haihe Laboratory of Sustainable Chemical Transformations, Renewable Energy Conversion and Storage Center (RECAST), College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry (Ministry of Education), Haihe Laboratory of Sustainable Chemical Transformations, Renewable Energy Conversion and Storage Center (RECAST), College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry (Ministry of Education), Haihe Laboratory of Sustainable Chemical Transformations, Renewable Energy Conversion and Storage Center (RECAST), College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry (Ministry of Education), Haihe Laboratory of Sustainable Chemical Transformations, Renewable Energy Conversion and Storage Center (RECAST), College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People's Republic of China
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Shi JW, Sun SN, Liu J, Niu Q, Dong LZ, Huang Q, Liu JJ, Wang R, Xin Z, Zhang D, Niu J, Lan YQ. Calixarene-Functionalized Stable Bismuth Oxygen Clusters for Specific CO 2-to-HCOOH Electroreduction. ACS Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c02715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Jing-Wen Shi
- Henan Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan University, Kaifeng475004, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry, South China Normal University, Guangzhou510006, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry, South China Normal University, Guangzhou510006, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing210023, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry, South China Normal University, Guangzhou510006, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry, South China Normal University, Guangzhou510006, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry, South China Normal University, Guangzhou510006, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing210023, P. R. China
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- Institute of Molecular Engineering and Applied Chemistry, Anhui University of Technology, Ma’anshan, Anhui243002, P. R. China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan University, Kaifeng475004, P. R. China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan University, Kaifeng475004, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry, South China Normal University, Guangzhou510006, P. R. China
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Fundamental aspects in CO2 electroreduction reaction and solutions from in situ vibrational spectroscopies. CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/s1872-2067(22)64095-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Kou X, Zhang Y, Niu D, Han X, Ma L, Xu J. Polyethylene oxide-engineered graphene with rich mesopores anchoring Bi2O3 nanoparticles for boosting CO2 electroreduction to formate. Electrochim Acta 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2022.141256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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