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Olowoyo JO, Gharahshiran VS, Zeng Y, Zhao Y, Zheng Y. Atomic/molecular layer deposition strategies for enhanced CO 2 capture, utilisation and storage materials. Chem Soc Rev 2024; 53:5428-5488. [PMID: 38682880 DOI: 10.1039/d3cs00759f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/01/2024]
Abstract
Elevated levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere and the diminishing reserves of fossil fuels have raised profound concerns regarding the resulting consequences of global climate change and the future supply of energy. Hence, the reduction and transformation of CO2 not only mitigates environmental pollution but also generates value-added chemicals, providing a dual remedy to address both energy and environmental challenges. Despite notable advancements, the low conversion efficiency of CO2 remains a major obstacle, largely attributed to its inert chemical nature. It is imperative to engineer catalysts/materials that exhibit high conversion efficiency, selectivity, and stability for CO2 transformation. With unparalleled precision at the atomic level, atomic layer deposition (ALD) and molecular layer deposition (MLD) methods utilize various strategies, including ultrathin modification, overcoating, interlayer coating, area-selective deposition, template-assisted deposition, and sacrificial-layer-assisted deposition, to synthesize numerous novel metal-based materials with diverse structures. These materials, functioning as active materials, passive materials or modifiers, have contributed to the enhancement of catalytic activity, selectivity, and stability, effectively addressing the challenges linked to CO2 transformation. Herein, this review focuses on ALD and MLD's role in fabricating materials for electro-, photo-, photoelectro-, and thermal catalytic CO2 reduction, CO2 capture and separation, and electrochemical CO2 sensing. Significant emphasis is dedicated to the ALD and MLD designed materials, their crucial role in enhancing performance, and exploring the relationship between their structures and catalytic activities for CO2 transformation. Finally, this comprehensive review presents the summary, challenges and prospects for ALD and MLD-designed materials for CO2 transformation.
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- Joshua O Olowoyo
- Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Thompson Engineering Building, Western University, London, ON N6A 5B9, Canada.
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- Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Thompson Engineering Building, Western University, London, ON N6A 5B9, Canada.
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- Natural Resources Canada - CanmetMaterials, Hamilton, Canada
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- Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Western University, London, ON N6A 5B9, Canada.
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- Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Thompson Engineering Building, Western University, London, ON N6A 5B9, Canada.
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Abdellah AM, Ismail F, Siig OW, Yang J, Andrei CM, DiCecco LA, Rakhsha A, Salem KE, Grandfield K, Bassim N, Black R, Kastlunger G, Soleymani L, Higgins D. Impact of palladium/palladium hydride conversion on electrochemical CO 2 reduction via in-situ transmission electron microscopy and diffraction. Nat Commun 2024; 15:938. [PMID: 38296966 PMCID: PMC10831057 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-45096-3] [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: 09/12/2023] [Accepted: 01/15/2024] [Indexed: 02/02/2024] Open
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Electrochemical conversion of CO2 offers a sustainable route for producing fuels and chemicals. Pd-based catalysts are effective for converting CO2 into formate at low overpotentials and CO/H2 at high overpotentials, while undergoing poorly understood morphology and phase structure transformations under reaction conditions that impact performance. Herein, in-situ liquid-phase transmission electron microscopy and select area diffraction measurements are applied to track the morphology and Pd/PdHx phase interconversion under reaction conditions as a function of electrode potential. These studies identify the degradation mechanisms, including poisoning and physical structure changes, occurring in PdHx/Pd electrodes. Constant potential density functional theory calculations are used to probe the reaction mechanisms occurring on the PdHx structures observed under reaction conditions. Microkinetic modeling reveals that the intercalation of *H into Pd is essential for formate production. However, the change in electrochemical CO2 conversion selectivity away from formate and towards CO/H2 at increasing overpotentials is due to electrode potential dependent changes in the reaction energetics and not a consequence of morphology or phase structure changes.
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- Ahmed M Abdellah
- Department of Chemical Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- CatTheory, Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Canadian Centre for Electron Microscopy, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
- School of Biomedical Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
- Canadian Centre for Electron Microscopy, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
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- National Research Council of Canada, Energy, Mining, and Environment Research Centre, Mississauga, ON, Canada
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- CatTheory, Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark.
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
- Department of Engineering Physics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
- Canadian Centre for Electron Microscopy, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.
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Zhang J, Chen Y, Xu F, Zhang Y, Tian J, Guo Y, Chen G, Wang X, Yang L, Wu Q, Hu Z. High-Dispersive Pd Nanoparticles on Hierarchical N-Doped Carbon Nanocages to Boost Electrochemical CO 2 Reduction to Formate at Low Potential. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023; 19:e2301577. [PMID: 37140077 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202301577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2023] [Revised: 04/03/2023] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (CO2 RR) to value-added chemicals/fuels is an effective strategy to achieve the carbon neutral. Palladium is the only metal to selectively produce formate via CO2 RR at near-zero potentials. To reduce cost and improve activity, the high-dispersive Pd nanoparticles on hierarchical N-doped carbon nanocages (Pd/hNCNCs) are constructed by regulating pH in microwave-assisted ethylene glycol reduction. The optimal catalyst exhibits high formate Faradaic efficiency of >95% within -0.05-0.30 V and delivers an ultrahigh formate partial current density of 10.3 mA cm-2 at the low potential of -0.25 V. The high performance of Pd/hNCNCs is attributed to the small size of uniform Pd nanoparticles, the optimized intermediates adsorption/desorption on modified Pd by N-doped support, and the promoted mass/charge transfer kinetics arising from the hierarchical structure of hNCNCs. This study sheds light on the rational design of high-efficient electrocatalysts for advanced energy conversion.
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- Junru Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of MOE, Jiangsu Provincial Laboratory for Nanotechnology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of MOE, Jiangsu Provincial Laboratory for Nanotechnology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of MOE, Jiangsu Provincial Laboratory for Nanotechnology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of MOE, Jiangsu Provincial Laboratory for Nanotechnology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of MOE, Jiangsu Provincial Laboratory for Nanotechnology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of MOE, Jiangsu Provincial Laboratory for Nanotechnology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of MOE, Jiangsu Provincial Laboratory for Nanotechnology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of MOE, Jiangsu Provincial Laboratory for Nanotechnology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of MOE, Jiangsu Provincial Laboratory for Nanotechnology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of MOE, Jiangsu Provincial Laboratory for Nanotechnology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of MOE, Jiangsu Provincial Laboratory for Nanotechnology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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Zhao Y, Liu X, Chen J, Chen J, Chen J, Fan L, Yang H, Xi S, Shen L, Wang L. Promote electroreduction of CO 2 via catalyst valence state manipulation by surface-capping ligand. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2023; 120:e2218040120. [PMID: 37216512 PMCID: PMC10235936 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2218040120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2022] [Accepted: 04/10/2023] [Indexed: 05/24/2023] Open
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Electrochemical CO2 reduction provides a potential means for synthesizing value-added chemicals over the near equilibrium potential regime, i.e., formate production on Pd-based catalysts. However, the activity of Pd catalysts has been largely plagued by the potential-depended deactivation pathways (e.g., [Formula: see text]-PdH to [Formula: see text]-PdH phase transition, CO poisoning), limiting the formate production to a narrow potential window of 0 V to -0.25 V vs. reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE). Herein, we discovered that the Pd surface capped with polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) ligand exhibits effective resistance to the potential-depended deactivations and can catalyze formate production at a much extended potential window (beyond -0.7 V vs. RHE) with significantly improved activity (~14-times enhancement at -0.4 V vs. RHE) compared to that of the pristine Pd surface. Combined results from physical and electrochemical characterizations, kinetic analysis, and first-principle simulations suggest that the PVP capping ligand can effectively stabilize the high-valence-state Pd species (Pdδ+) resulted from the catalyst synthesis and pretreatments, and these Pdδ+ species are responsible for the inhibited phase transition from [Formula: see text]-PdH to [Formula: see text]-PdH, and the suppression of CO and H2 formation. The present study confers a desired catalyst design principle, introducing positive charges into Pd-based electrocatalyst to enable efficient and stable CO2 to formate conversion.
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- Yilin Zhao
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore117585, Singapore
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore117575, Singapore
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore117585, Singapore
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore117585, Singapore
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore117585, Singapore
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore117585, Singapore
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore117585, Singapore
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- Institute of Sustainability for Chemicals, Energy and Environment, A*STAR, Jurong Island, Singapore627833, Singapore
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore117575, Singapore
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore117585, Singapore
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Tan L, Liu X, Zhang Y. Glutaraldehyde fixation promotes palladium and gold nanoparticles formation in yeast and enhances their catalytic activity in 4-nitrophenol reduction. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2023; 446:130696. [PMID: 36603424 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.130696] [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: 09/20/2022] [Revised: 11/26/2022] [Accepted: 12/27/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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When observing biosynthesized metal nanoparticles in microorganisms, glutaraldehyde is commonly used as a fixative to prepare TEM ultra-thin sections. However, as a chemical reagent with aldehyde groups, its reduction potential on metal ions has yet to be studied elaborately. Herein, we explored the influences of glutaraldehyde on yeast-synthesized gold nanoparticles (AuNPs), palladium nanoparticles (PdNPs) and their catalytic performance. A modified method for ultra-thin section preparation without glutaraldehyde fixation was developed to exclude its influence on AuNPs/PdNPs observation. It was confirmed that glutaraldehyde could promote the biosynthesis of AuNPs and PdNPs extra- and intracellularly, without altering their crystal structure and chemical state. The adsorption and reduction of Au(III)/Pd(II) were attributed to the different components of the yeast cell. Specifically, the amines and carboxyl groups in proteins and polysaccharides were involved in adsorption, while the reducing sugars hydrolyzed from polysaccharides were responsible for Au(III)/Pd(II) reduction. After glutaraldehyde fixation, the catalytic activities of Au/Pd-loaded yeast in 4-nitrophenol reduction were enhanced as well. Therefore, the influence of chemical fixatives in biosynthesized metal nanoparticles should be taken into consideration in regard to SEM, TEM observation and catalytic performance.
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- Ling Tan
- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin 300308, China; National Center of Technology Innovation for Synthetic Biology, Tianjin 300308, China
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- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin 300308, China; National Center of Technology Innovation for Synthetic Biology, Tianjin 300308, China
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- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin 300308, China; National Center of Technology Innovation for Synthetic Biology, Tianjin 300308, China.
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Wang X, He W, Shi J, Junqueira JRC, Zhang J, Dieckhöfer S, Seisel S, Das D, Schuhmann W. Ag-induced Phase Transition of Bi 2 O 3 Nanofibers for Enhanced Energy Conversion Efficiency towards Formate in CO 2 Electroreduction. Chem Asian J 2023; 18:e202201165. [PMID: 36445811 PMCID: PMC10107736 DOI: 10.1002/asia.202201165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2022] [Revised: 11/28/2022] [Accepted: 11/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Bi-based electrocatalysts have been widely investigated in the CO2 reduction reaction (CO2 RR) for the formation of formate. However, it remains a challenge to achieve high Faradaic efficiency (FE) and industrial current densities at low overpotentials for obtaining both high formate productivity and energy efficiency (EE). Herein, we report an Ag-Bi2 O3 hybrid nanofiber (Ag-Bi2 O3 ) for highly efficient electrochemical reduction of CO2 to formate. Ag-Bi2 O3 exhibits a formate FE of >90% for current densities from -10 to -250 mA ⋅ cm-2 and attains a yield rate of 11.7 mmol ⋅ s-1 ⋅ m-2 at -250 mA ⋅ cm-2 . Moreover, Ag-Bi2 O3 increased the EE (52.7%) by nearly 10% compared to a Bi2 O3 only counterpart. Structural characterization and in-situ Raman results suggest that the presence of Ag induced the conversion of Bi2 O3 from a monoclinic phase (α-Bi2 O3 ) to a metastable tetragonal phase (β-Bi2 O3 ) and accelerated the formation of active metallic Bi at low overpotentials (at > -0.3 V), which together contributes to the highly efficient formate formation.
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- Xin Wang
- Analytical Chemistry - Center for Electrochemical Sciences (CES), Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruhr University Bochum, Universitätstr. 150, 44780, Bochum, Germany
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- Analytical Chemistry - Center for Electrochemical Sciences (CES), Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruhr University Bochum, Universitätstr. 150, 44780, Bochum, Germany
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- Analytical Chemistry - Center for Electrochemical Sciences (CES), Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruhr University Bochum, Universitätstr. 150, 44780, Bochum, Germany
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- Analytical Chemistry - Center for Electrochemical Sciences (CES), Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruhr University Bochum, Universitätstr. 150, 44780, Bochum, Germany
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- Analytical Chemistry - Center for Electrochemical Sciences (CES), Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruhr University Bochum, Universitätstr. 150, 44780, Bochum, Germany
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- Analytical Chemistry - Center for Electrochemical Sciences (CES), Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruhr University Bochum, Universitätstr. 150, 44780, Bochum, Germany
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- Analytical Chemistry - Center for Electrochemical Sciences (CES), Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruhr University Bochum, Universitätstr. 150, 44780, Bochum, Germany
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- Analytical Chemistry - Center for Electrochemical Sciences (CES), Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruhr University Bochum, Universitätstr. 150, 44780, Bochum, Germany
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- Analytical Chemistry - Center for Electrochemical Sciences (CES), Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruhr University Bochum, Universitätstr. 150, 44780, Bochum, Germany
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Koolen CD, Luo W, Züttel A. From Single Crystal to Single Atom Catalysts: Structural Factors Influencing the Performance of Metal Catalysts for CO 2 Electroreduction. ACS Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c03842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- Cedric David Koolen
- Laboratory of Materials for Renewable Energy (LMER), Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering (ISIC), Basic Science Faculty (SB), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) Valais/Wallis, Energypolis, Sion 1951, Switzerland
- Empa Materials Science & Technology, Dübendorf 8600, Switzerland
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- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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- Laboratory of Materials for Renewable Energy (LMER), Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering (ISIC), Basic Science Faculty (SB), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) Valais/Wallis, Energypolis, Sion 1951, Switzerland
- Empa Materials Science & Technology, Dübendorf 8600, Switzerland
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Size Control of Zn, N-doped Carbon Supported Copper Nanoparticles for Effective and Selective CO2 Electroreduction. Catal Letters 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s10562-022-04125-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Diercks JS, Herranz J, Georgi M, Diklić N, Chauhan P, Ebner K, Clark AH, Nachtegaal M, Eychmüller A, Schmidt TJ. Interplay between Surface-Adsorbed CO and Bulk Pd Hydride under CO 2-Electroreduction Conditions. ACS Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c02660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Justus S. Diercks
- Electrochemistry Laboratory, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- Electrochemistry Laboratory, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- Physical Chemistry, Technical University Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany
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- Electrochemistry Laboratory, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- Electrochemistry Laboratory, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- Electrochemistry Laboratory, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Synchrotron Radiation and Femtochemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Synchrotron Radiation and Femtochemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- Electrochemistry Laboratory, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland
- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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Nguyen DLT, Nguyen TM, Lee SY, Kim J, Kim SY, Le QV, Varma RS, Hwang YJ. Electrochemical conversion of CO 2 to value-added chemicals over bimetallic Pd-based nanostructures: Recent progress and emerging trends. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2022; 211:113116. [PMID: 35304112 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.113116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2021] [Revised: 02/27/2022] [Accepted: 03/10/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Electrochemical conversion of CO2 to fuels and chemicals as a sustainable solution for waste transformation has garnered tremendous interest to combat the fervent issue of the prevailing high atmospheric CO2 concentration while contributing to the generation of sustainable energy. Monometallic palladium (Pd) has been shown promising in electrochemical CO2 reduction, producing formate or CO depending on applied potentials. Recently, bimetallic Pd-based materials strived to fine-tune the binding affinity of key intermediates is a prominent strategy for the desired product formation from CO2 reduction. Herein, the recent emerging trends on bimetallic Pd-based electrocatalysts are reviewed, including fundamentals of CO2 electroreduction and material engineering of bimetallic Pd-electrocatalysts categorized by primary products. Modern analytical techniques on these novel electrocatalysts are also thoroughly studied to get insights into reaction mechanisms. Lastly, we deliberate over the challenges and prospects for Pd-based catalysts for electrochemical CO2 conversion.
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- Dang Le Tri Nguyen
- Division of Computational Physics, Institute for Computational Science, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam; Faculty of Applied Sciences, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam.
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- Institute of Applied Technology and Sustainable Development, Nguyen Tat Thanh University, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam; Faculty of Environmental and Food Engineering, Nguyen Tat Thanh University, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
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- Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea; Center for Nanoparticle Research, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Clean Energy Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), 5 Hwarang-ro 14-gil, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, 02792, Republic of Korea; Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Yonsei-KIST Convergence Research Institute, Yonsei University, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 03722, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Institute of Green Manufacturing Technology, Korea University, 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Institute of Green Manufacturing Technology, Korea University, 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, 02841, Republic of Korea.
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- Regional Center of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Czech Advanced Technology and Research Institute, Palacky University, Šlechtitelů 27, 78371, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea; Center for Nanoparticle Research, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea.
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Gao N, Wang F, Ding J, Sendeku MG, Yu P, Zhan X, Cai S, Xiao C, Yang R, He J, Wang Z. Intercalated Gold Nanoparticle in 2D Palladium Nanosheet Avoiding CO Poisoning for Formate Production under a Wide Potential Window. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2022; 14:10344-10352. [PMID: 35170946 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c23430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The electrochemical CO2 reduction into formate acid over Pd-based catalysts under a wide potential window is a challenging task; CO poisoning commonly occurring on the vulnerable surface of Pd must be overcome. Herein, we designed a two-dimensional (2D) AuNP-in-PdNS electrocatalyst, in which the Au nanoparticles are intercalated in Pd nanosheets, for formate production under a wide potential window from -0.1 to -0.7 V versus a reversible hydrogen electrode. Based on the X-ray absorption spectra (XAS) characterizations, CO accumulation detection, and CO stripping voltammetry measurements, we observed that the intercalated Au nanoparticles could effectively avoid the CO formation and boost the formate production on the Pd nanosheet surface by regulating its electronic structure.
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- Ning Gao
- CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
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- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
- CAS center for Excellence in Nanoscience, CAS Key Lab for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
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- CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
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- CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
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- CAS center for Excellence in Nanoscience, CAS Key Lab for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
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- Xi'an Key Laboratory of Sustainable Energy Materials Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, P. R. China
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- CAS center for Excellence in Nanoscience, CAS Key Lab for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Artificial Micro- and Nano-Structures of Ministry of Education, School of Physics and Technology, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, P. R. China
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- CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
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Montejo-Alvaro F, González-Quijano D, Valmont-Pineda JA, Rojas-Chávez H, Juárez-García JM, Medina DI, Cruz-Martínez H. CO 2 Adsorption on PtCu Sub-Nanoclusters Deposited on Pyridinic N-Doped Graphene: A DFT Investigation. MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2021; 14:7619. [PMID: 34947212 PMCID: PMC8708036 DOI: 10.3390/ma14247619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2021] [Revised: 11/25/2021] [Accepted: 11/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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To reduce the CO2 concentration in the atmosphere, its conversion to different value-added chemicals plays a very important role. Nevertheless, the stable nature of this molecule limits its conversion. Therefore, the design of highly efficient and selective catalysts for the conversion of CO2 to value-added chemicals is required. Hence, in this work, the CO2 adsorption on Pt4-xCux (x = 0-4) sub-nanoclusters deposited on pyridinic N-doped graphene (PNG) was studied using the density functional theory. First, the stability of Pt4-xCux (x = 0-4) sub-nanoclusters supported on PNG was analyzed. Subsequently, the CO2 adsorption on Pt4-xCux (x = 0-4) sub-nanoclusters deposited on PNG was computed. According to the binding energies of the Pt4-xCux (x = 0-4) sub-nanoclusters on PNG, it was observed that PNG is a good material to stabilize the Pt4-xCux (x = 0-4) sub-nanoclusters. In addition, charge transfer occurred from Pt4-xCux (x = 0-4) sub-nanoclusters to the PNG. When the CO2 molecule was adsorbed on the Pt4-xCux (x = 0-4) sub-nanoclusters supported on the PNG, the CO2 underwent a bond length elongation and variations in what bending angle is concerned. In addition, the charge transfer from Pt4-xCux (x = 0-4) sub-nanoclusters supported on PNG to the CO2 molecule was observed, which suggests the activation of the CO2 molecule. These results proved that Pt4-xCux (x = 0-4) sub-nanoclusters supported on PNG are adequate candidates for CO2 adsorption and activation.
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- Fernando Montejo-Alvaro
- Tecnológico Nacional de México, Instituto Tecnológico del Valle de Etla, Abasolo S/N, Barrio del Agua Buena, Santiago Suchilquitongo, Oaxaca 68230, Mexico;
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- Centro de Ciencias de la Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes Campus sur, Av. Prolongación Mahatma Ghandi 6601, Colonia el Gigante 20340, Aguascalientes, Mexico;
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- Tecnológico Nacional de México, Instituto Tecnológico del Istmo, Panamericana 821, 2da., Juchitán de Zaragoza, Oaxaca 70000, Mexico;
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- Tecnológico Nacional de México, Instituto Tecnológico de Tláhuac II, Camino Real 625, Tláhuac, Ciudad de México 13508, Mexico;
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- Universidad Tecnológica del Estado de Querétaro, Av. Pie de la Cuesta 2501, Nacional, Santiago de Querétaro, Querétaro 76148, Mexico;
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- Tecnologico de Monterrey, School of Engineering and Sciences, Atizapan de Zaragoza 52926, Estado de Mexico, Mexico
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- Tecnológico Nacional de México, Instituto Tecnológico del Valle de Etla, Abasolo S/N, Barrio del Agua Buena, Santiago Suchilquitongo, Oaxaca 68230, Mexico;
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Mustafa A, Shuai Y, Lougou BG, Wang Z, Razzaq S, Zhao J, Shan J. Progress and perspective of electrochemical CO2 reduction on Pd-based nanomaterials. Chem Eng Sci 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2021.116869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Liu SQ, Shahini E, Gao MR, Gong L, Sui PF, Tang T, Zeng H, Luo JL. Bi 2O 3 Nanosheets Grown on Carbon Nanofiber with Inherent Hydrophobicity for High-Performance CO 2 Electroreduction in a Wide Potential Window. ACS NANO 2021; 15:17757-17768. [PMID: 34672527 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c05737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The ever-increasing concern for adverse climate changes has propelled worldwide research on the reduction of CO2 emission. In this regard, CO2 electroreduction (CER) to formate is one of the promising approaches to converting CO2 to a useful product. However, to achieve a high production rate of formate, the existing catalysts for CER fall short of expectation in maintaining the high formate selectivity and activity over a wide potential window. Through this study, we report that Bi2O3 nanosheets (NSs) grown on carbon nanofiber (CNF) with inherent hydrophobicity achieve a peak formate current density of 102.1 mA cm-2 and high formate Faradaic efficiency of >93% over a very wide potential window of 1000 mV. To the best of our knowledge, this outperforms all the relevant achievements reported so far. In addition, the Bi2O3 NSs on CNF demonstrate a good antiflooding capability when operating in a flow cell system and can deliver a current density of 300 mA cm-2. Molecular dynamics simulations indicate that the hydrophobic carbon surface can repel water molecules to form a robust solid-liquid-gas triple-phase boundary and a concentrated CO2 layer; both can boost CER activity with the local high concentration of CO2 and through inhibiting the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) by reducing proton contacts. This water-repelling effect also increases the local pH at the catalyst surface, thus inhibiting HER further. More significantly, the concept and methodology of this hydrophobic engineering could be broadly applicable to other formate-producing materials from CER.
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- Shao-Qing Liu
- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 1H9, Canada
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 1H9, Canada
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 1H9, Canada
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 1H9, Canada
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 1H9, Canada
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 1H9, Canada
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 1H9, Canada
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 1H9, Canada
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Liang Y, Zhao J, Zhang H, Zhang A, Wang S, Li J, Shakouri M, Xiao Q, Hu Y, Liu Z, Geng Z, Li F, Zeng J. Bias-Adaptable CO 2-to-CO Conversion via Tuning the Binding of Competing Intermediates. NANO LETTERS 2021; 21:8924-8932. [PMID: 34410722 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c02719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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CO2 electroreduction powered by renewable electricity represents a promising method to enclose anthropogenic carbon cycle. Current catalysts display high selectivity toward the desired product only over a narrow potential window due primarily to unoptimized intermediate binding. Here, we report a functional ligand modification strategy in which palladium nanoparticles are encapsulated inside metal-organic frameworks with 2,2'-bipyridine organic linkers to tune intermediate binding and thus to sustain a highly selective CO2-to-CO conversion over widened potential window. The catalyst exhibits CO faradaic efficiency in excess of 80% over a potential window from -0.3 to -1.2 V and reaches the maxima of 98.2% at -0.8 V. Mechanistic studies show that the 2,2'-bipyridine on Pd surface reduces the binding strength of both *H and *CO, a too strong binding of which leads to competing formate production and CO poison, respectively, and thus enhances the selectivity and stability of CO product.
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- Yongxiang Liang
- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, CAS Key Laboratory of Strongly-Coupled Quantum Matter Physics, Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P.R. China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, CAS Key Laboratory of Strongly-Coupled Quantum Matter Physics, Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P.R. China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, CAS Key Laboratory of Strongly-Coupled Quantum Matter Physics, Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P.R. China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, CAS Key Laboratory of Strongly-Coupled Quantum Matter Physics, Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P.R. China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, CAS Key Laboratory of Strongly-Coupled Quantum Matter Physics, Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P.R. China
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- Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne 1015, Switzerland
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- Canadian Light Source, Inc. (CLSI), Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 2 V3, Canada
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- Canadian Light Source, Inc. (CLSI), Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 2 V3, Canada
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- Canadian Light Source, Inc. (CLSI), Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 2 V3, Canada
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, CAS Key Laboratory of Strongly-Coupled Quantum Matter Physics, Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P.R. China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, CAS Key Laboratory of Strongly-Coupled Quantum Matter Physics, Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P.R. China
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- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and The University of Sydney Nano Institute, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, CAS Key Laboratory of Strongly-Coupled Quantum Matter Physics, Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P.R. China
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Rahaman M, Kiran K, Zelocualtecatl Montiel I, Dutta A, Broekmann P. Suppression of the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction Is the Key: Selective Electrosynthesis of Formate from CO 2 over Porous In 55Cu 45 Catalysts. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2021; 13:35677-35688. [PMID: 34288647 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c07829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Direct electrosynthesis of formate through CO2 electroreduction (denoted CO2RR) is currently attracting great attention because formate is a highly valuable commodity chemical that is already used in a wide range of applications (e.g., formic acid fuel cells, tanning, rubber production, preservatives, and antibacterial agents). Herein, we demonstrate highly selective production of formate through CO2RR from a CO2-saturated aqueous bicarbonate solution using a porous In55Cu45 alloy as the electrocatalyst. This novel high-surface-area material was produced by means of an electrodeposition process utilizing the dynamic hydrogen bubble template approach. Faradaic efficiencies (FEs) of formate production (FEformate) never fell below 90% within a relatively broad potential window of approximately 400 mV, ranging from -0.8 to -1.2 V vs the reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE). A maximum FEformate of 96.8%, corresponding to a partial current density of jformate = -8.9 mA cm-2, was yielded at -1.0 V vs RHE. The experimental findings suggested a CO2RR mechanism involving stabilization of the HCOO* intermediate on the In55Cu45 alloy surface in combination with effective suppression of the parasitic hydrogen evolution reaction. What makes this CO2RR alloy catalyst particularly valuable is its stability against degradation and chemical poisoning. An almost constant formate efficiency of ∼94% was maintained in an extended 30 h electrolysis experiment, whereas pure In film catalysts (the reference benchmark system) showed a pronounced decrease in formate efficiency from 82% to 50% under similar experimental conditions. The identical location scanning electron microscopy approach was applied to demonstrate the structural stability of the applied In55Cu45 alloy foam catalysts at various length scales. We demonstrate that the proposed catalyst concept could be transferred to technically relevant support materials (e.g., carbon cloth gas diffusion electrode) without altering its excellent figures of merit.
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- Motiar Rahaman
- Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, Bern 3012, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, Bern 3012, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, Bern 3012, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, Bern 3012, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, Bern 3012, Switzerland
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Wu D, Baaziz W, Gu B, Marinova M, Hernández WY, Zhou W, Vovk EI, Ersen O, Safonova OV, Addad A, Nuns N, Khodakov AY, Ordomsky VV. Surface molecular imprinting over supported metal catalysts for size-dependent selective hydrogenation reactions. Nat Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1038/s41929-021-00649-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Shang H, Kim D, Wallentine SK, Kim M, Hofmann DM, Dasgupta R, Murphy CJ, Asthagiri A, Baker LR. Ensemble effects in Cu/Au ultrasmall nanoparticles control the branching point for C1 selectivity during CO 2 electroreduction. Chem Sci 2021; 12:9146-9152. [PMID: 34276944 PMCID: PMC8261774 DOI: 10.1039/d1sc02602j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2021] [Accepted: 05/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Bimetallic catalysts provide opportunities to overcome scaling laws governing selectivity of CO2 reduction (CO2R). Cu/Au nanoparticles show promise for CO2R, but Au surface segregation on particles with sizes ≥7 nm prevent investigation of surface atom ensembles. Here we employ ultrasmall (2 nm) Cu/Au nanoparticles as catalysts for CO2R. The high surface to volume ratio of ultrasmall particles inhibits formation of a Au shell, enabling the study of ensemble effects in Cu/Au nanoparticles with controllable composition and uniform size and shape. Electrokinetics show a nonmonotonic dependence of C1 selectivity between CO and HCOOH, with the 3Au:1Cu composition showing the highest HCOOH selectivity. Density functional theory identifies Cu2/Au(211) ensembles as unique in their ability to synthesize HCOOH by stabilizing CHOO* while preventing H2 evolution, making C1 product selectivity a sensitive function of Cu/Au surface ensemble distribution, consistent with experimental findings. These results yield important insights into C1 branching pathways and demonstrate how ultrasmall nanoparticles can circumvent traditional scaling laws to improve the selectivity of CO2R.
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- Hongyu Shang
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University Columbus Ohio USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, The Ohio State University Columbus Ohio USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University Columbus Ohio USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, The Ohio State University Columbus Ohio USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University Columbus Ohio USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, The Ohio State University Columbus Ohio USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University Columbus Ohio USA
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Gioria E, Duarte-Correa L, Bashiri N, Hetaba W, Schomaecker R, Thomas A. Rational design of tandem catalysts using a core-shell structure approach. NANOSCALE ADVANCES 2021; 3:3454-3459. [PMID: 36133711 PMCID: PMC9419585 DOI: 10.1039/d1na00310k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2021] [Accepted: 05/04/2021] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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A facile and rational approach to synthesize bimetallic heterogeneous tandem catalysts is presented. Using core-shell structures, it is possible to create spatially controlled ensembles of different nanoparticles and investigate coupled chemocatalytic reactions. The CO2 hydrogenation to methane and light olefins was tested, achieving a tandem process successfully.
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- Esteban Gioria
- Technische Universität Berlin, Fakultät II, Institut für Chemie: Funktionsmaterialen, Sekretariat BA2 Hardenbergstraße 40 10623 Berlin Germany
- Institute of Research on Catalysis and Petrochemistry, INCAPE, UNL-CONICET Santiago del Estero 2829 3000 Santa Fe Argentina
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- Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Department of Inorganic Chemistry Faradayweg 4-6 14195 Berlin Germany
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- Technische Universität Berlin, Fakultät II, Institut für Chemie: Funktionsmaterialen, Sekretariat BA2 Hardenbergstraße 40 10623 Berlin Germany
- Technische Universität Berlin, Fakultät II, Institut für Chemie Sekretariat TC 8 Straße des 17. Juni 124 10623 Berlin Germany
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- Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Department of Inorganic Chemistry Faradayweg 4-6 14195 Berlin Germany
- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Department of Heterogeneous Reactions Stiftstraße 34-36 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr Germany
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- Technische Universität Berlin, Fakultät II, Institut für Chemie Sekretariat TC 8 Straße des 17. Juni 124 10623 Berlin Germany
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- Technische Universität Berlin, Fakultät II, Institut für Chemie: Funktionsmaterialen, Sekretariat BA2 Hardenbergstraße 40 10623 Berlin Germany
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Bertini S, Rahaman M, Dutta A, Schollhammer P, Rudnev AV, Gloaguen F, Broekmann P, Albrecht M. Oxo-functionalised mesoionic NHC nickel complexes for selective electrocatalytic reduction of CO 2 to formate. GREEN CHEMISTRY : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL AND GREEN CHEMISTRY RESOURCE : GC 2021; 23:3365-3373. [PMID: 34093085 PMCID: PMC8111538 DOI: 10.1039/d1gc00388g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2021] [Accepted: 04/12/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Strategies for the conversion of CO2 to valuable products are paramount for reducing the environmental risks associated with high levels of this greenhouse gas and offer unique opportunities for transforming waste into useful products. While catalysts based on nickel as an Earth-abundant metal for the sustainable reduction of CO2 are known, the vast majority produce predominantly CO as a product. Here, efficient and selective CO2 reduction to formate as a synthetically valuable product has been accomplished with novel nickel complexes containing a tailored C,O-bidentate chelating mesoionic carbene ligand. These nickel(ii) complexes are easily accessible and show excellent catalytic activity for electrochemical H+ reduction to H2 (from HOAc in MeCN), and CO2 reduction (from CO2-saturated MeOH/MeCN solution) with high faradaic efficiency to yield formate exclusively as an industrially and synthetically valuable product from CO2. The most active catalyst precursor features the 4,6-di-tert-butyl substituted phenolate triazolylidene ligand, tolerates different proton donors including water, and reaches an unprecedented faradaic efficiency of 83% for formate production, constituting the most active and selective Ni-based system known to date for converting CO2 into formate as an important commodity chemical.
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- Simone Bertini
- Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry &Pharmacy, Universität Bern Freiestrasse 3 3012 Bern Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry &Pharmacy, Universität Bern Freiestrasse 3 3012 Bern Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry &Pharmacy, Universität Bern Freiestrasse 3 3012 Bern Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry &Pharmacy, Universität Bern Freiestrasse 3 3012 Bern Switzerland
- A.N. Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry Russian Academy of Sciences Leninskii pr. 31 119071 Moscow Russia
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- UMR 6521, CNRS, Université de Bretagne Occidentale CS 93837 29238 Brest France
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- Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry &Pharmacy, Universität Bern Freiestrasse 3 3012 Bern Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry &Pharmacy, Universität Bern Freiestrasse 3 3012 Bern Switzerland
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Dutta A, Zelocualtecatl Montiel I, Kiran K, Rieder A, Grozovski V, Gut L, Broekmann P. A Tandem (Bi2O3 → Bimet) Catalyst for Highly Efficient ec-CO2 Conversion into Formate: Operando Raman Spectroscopic Evidence for a Reaction Pathway Change. ACS Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c05317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- Abhijit Dutta
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, Bern 3012 Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, Bern 3012 Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, Bern 3012 Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, Bern 3012 Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, Bern 3012 Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, Bern 3012 Switzerland
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Jiang TW, Zhou YW, Ma XY, Qin X, Li H, Ding C, Jiang B, Jiang K, Cai WB. Spectrometric Study of Electrochemical CO2 Reduction on Pd and Pd-B Electrodes. ACS Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c03725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Tian-Wen Jiang
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, Sichuan, China
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- Institute of Fuel Cells, Interdisciplinary Science Research Centre, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
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Hu H, Liu M, Kong Y, Mysuru N, Sun C, Gálvez-Vázquez MDJ, Müller U, Erni R, Grozovski V, Hou Y, Broekmann P. Activation Matters: Hysteresis Effects during Electrochemical Looping of Colloidal Ag Nanowire Catalysts. ACS Catal 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c02026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Huifang Hu
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, Bern 3012, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, Bern 3012, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, Bern 3012, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, Bern 3012, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, Bern 3012, Switzerland
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- Surface Science and Coating Technology, Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Dübendorf 8600, Switzerland
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- Electron Microscopy Center, Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 129, Dübendorf 8600, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, Bern 3012, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, Bern 3012, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, Bern 3012, Switzerland
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Song RB, Zhu W, Fu J, Chen Y, Liu L, Zhang JR, Lin Y, Zhu JJ. Electrode Materials Engineering in Electrocatalytic CO 2 Reduction: Energy Input and Conversion Efficiency. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2020; 32:e1903796. [PMID: 31573709 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201903796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2019] [Revised: 08/05/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Electrocatalytic CO2 reduction (ECR) is a promising technology to simultaneously alleviate CO2 -caused climate hazards and ever-increasing energy demands, as it can utilize CO2 in the atmosphere to provide the required feedstocks for industrial production and daily life. In recent years, substantial progress in ECR systems has been achieved by the exploitation of various novel electrode materials. The anodic materials and cathodic catalysts that have, respectively, led to high-efficiency energy input and effective heterogenous catalytic conversion in ECR systems are comprehensively reviewed. Based on the differences in the nature of energy sources and the role of materials used at the anode, the fundamentals of ECR systems, including photo-anode-assisted ECR systems and bio-anode-assisted ECR systems, are explained in detail. Additionally, the cathodic reaction mechanisms and pathways of ECR are described along with a discussion of different design strategies for cathode catalysts to enhance conversion efficiency and selectivity. The emerging challenges and some perspective on both anode materials and cathodic catalysts are also outlined for better development of ECR systems.
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- Rong-Bin Song
- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, P. R. China
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- School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 99164, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, P. R. China
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- School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 99164, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, P. R. China
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Zhou Y, Zhou R, Zhu X, Han N, Song B, Liu T, Hu G, Li Y, Lu J, Li Y. Mesoporous PdAg Nanospheres for Stable Electrochemical CO 2 Reduction to Formate. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2020; 32:e2000992. [PMID: 32538508 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202000992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2020] [Revised: 05/03/2020] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Palladium is a promising material for electrochemical CO2 reduction to formate with high Faradaic efficiency near the equilibrium potential. It unfortunately suffers from problematic operation stability due to CO poisoning on surface. Here, it is demonstrated that alloying is an effective strategy to alleviate this problem. Mesoporous PdAg nanospheres with uniform size and composition are prepared from the co-reduction of palladium and silver precursors in aqueous solution using dioctadecyldimethylammonium chloride as the structure-directing agent. The best candidate can initiate CO2 reduction at zero overpotential and achieve high formate selectivity close to 100% and great stability even at <-0.2 V versus reversible hydrogen electrode. The high selectivity and stability are believed to result from the electronic coupling between Pd and Ag, which lowers the d-band center of Pd and thereby significantly enhances its CO tolerance, as evidenced by both electrochemical analysis and theoretical simulations.
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- Yuan Zhou
- Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, 60439, USA
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- Institute for Ecological Research and Pollution Control of Plateau Lakes, School of Ecology and Environmental Science, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650504, China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, 60439, USA
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- Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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Zhang Q, Du J, He A, Liu Z, Tao C. High-selectivity electrochemical conversion of CO2 to lower alcohols using a multi-active sites catalyst of transition-metal oxides. J CO2 UTIL 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcou.2019.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Zhang Q, Du J, He A, Liu Z, Tao C. Low overpotential electrochemical CO2 reduction to formate on Co3O4–CeO2/low graphitic carbon catalyst with oxygen vacancies. J SOLID STATE CHEM 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jssc.2019.120946] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Tao Z, Wu Z, Yuan X, Wu Y, Wang H. Copper–Gold Interactions Enhancing Formate Production from Electrochemical CO2 Reduction. ACS Catal 2019. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.9b03158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Zixu Tao
- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, United States
- Energy Sciences Institute, Yale University, West Haven, Connecticut 06516, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, United States
- Energy Sciences Institute, Yale University, West Haven, Connecticut 06516, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, United States
- Energy Sciences Institute, Yale University, West Haven, Connecticut 06516, United States
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineer, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu 226019, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, United States
- Energy Sciences Institute, Yale University, West Haven, Connecticut 06516, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, United States
- Energy Sciences Institute, Yale University, West Haven, Connecticut 06516, United States
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Xie C, Niu Z, Kim D, Li M, Yang P. Surface and Interface Control in Nanoparticle Catalysis. Chem Rev 2019; 120:1184-1249. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.9b00220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 286] [Impact Index Per Article: 57.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Chenlu Xie
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Chemical Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Chemical Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Chemical Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Kavli Energy Nanoscience Institute, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Cyclic two-step electrolysis for stable electrochemical conversion of carbon dioxide to formate. Nat Commun 2019; 10:3919. [PMID: 31477719 PMCID: PMC6718411 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-11903-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2019] [Accepted: 08/05/2019] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Pd metal and Pd-based alloys are ideal catalysts that allow for the electrochemical conversion of CO2 to HCOO− at almost zero-overpotential with high selectivity, but catalyst degradation caused by concurrent CO poisoning limits their practical implementation. Here, we demonstrate that cyclic two-step electrolysis, by applying the reduction and oxidation potentials alternately, achieves 100% current density stability and 97.8% selectivity toward HCOO− production for at least 45 h. The key idea for achieving the reliability is based on the selective removal of CO by controlling the parameters during the oxidation step, which utilizes the different reversibility of HCOO− and CO production reactions. Furthermore, it is found that potentiostatic electrolysis causes CO adsorption and subsequent dehydridation, which in turn lowers HCOO− selectivity. Our work provides a system-level strategy for solving the poisoning issue that is inevitable in many electrocatalytic reactions. Reduction of carbon dioxide is promising for the production of value-added chemicals, but electrocatalysts are hindered by carbon monoxide poisoning. Here, the authors alternate reduction and oxidation potentials to achieve stable and selective long-term electrocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide to formate.
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Löwe A, Rieg C, Hierlemann T, Salas N, Kopljar D, Wagner N, Klemm E. Influence of Temperature on the Performance of Gas Diffusion Electrodes in the CO
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Reduction Reaction. ChemElectroChem 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/celc.201900872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- Armin Löwe
- Institute of Chemical Technology University of Stuttgart 70049 Stuttgart Germany
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- Institute of Chemical Technology University of Stuttgart 70049 Stuttgart Germany
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- Institute of Chemical Technology University of Stuttgart 70049 Stuttgart Germany
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- Institute of Chemical Technology University of Stuttgart 70049 Stuttgart Germany
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- German Aerospace Center (DLR) Institute of Engineering Thermodynamics 70569 Stuttgart Germany
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- German Aerospace Center (DLR) Institute of Engineering Thermodynamics 70569 Stuttgart Germany
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- Institute of Chemical Technology University of Stuttgart 70049 Stuttgart Germany
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Bai B, Chen Q, Zhao X, Zhuo D, Xu Z, Wang Z, Wu M, Tan H, Peng S, Guo G. Enhancing Electroreduction of CO
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Nanotubes Arrays by N, B‐Support Modification. ChemistrySelect 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.201901211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Bing Bai
- State Key Laboratory of Structural ChemistryFujian Institute of Research on the Structure of MatterChinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou Fujian 350002 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural ChemistryFujian Institute of Research on the Structure of MatterChinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou Fujian 350002 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural ChemistryFujian Institute of Research on the Structure of MatterChinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou Fujian 350002 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural ChemistryFujian Institute of Research on the Structure of MatterChinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou Fujian 350002 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural ChemistryFujian Institute of Research on the Structure of MatterChinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou Fujian 350002 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural ChemistryFujian Institute of Research on the Structure of MatterChinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou Fujian 350002 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural ChemistryFujian Institute of Research on the Structure of MatterChinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou Fujian 350002 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural ChemistryFujian Institute of Research on the Structure of MatterChinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou Fujian 350002 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural ChemistryFujian Institute of Research on the Structure of MatterChinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou Fujian 350002 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural ChemistryFujian Institute of Research on the Structure of MatterChinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou Fujian 350002 P. R. China
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Kim C, Dionigi F, Beermann V, Wang X, Möller T, Strasser P. Alloy Nanocatalysts for the Electrochemical Oxygen Reduction (ORR) and the Direct Electrochemical Carbon Dioxide Reduction Reaction (CO 2 RR). ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2019; 31:e1805617. [PMID: 30570788 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201805617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2018] [Revised: 10/18/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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In the face of the global energy challenge and progressing global climate change, renewable energy systems and components, such as fuel cells and electrolyzers, which close the energetic oxygen and carbon cycles, have become a technology development priority. The electrochemical oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and the direct electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction reaction (CO2 RR) are important electrocatalytic processes that proceed at gas diffusion electrodes of hydrogen fuel cells and CO2 electrolyzers, respectively. However, their low catalytic activity (voltage efficiency), limited long-term stability, and moderate product selectivity (related to their Faradaic efficiency) have remained challenges. To address these, suitable catalysts are required. This review addresses the current state of research on Pt-based and Cu-based nanoalloy electrocatalysts for ORR and CO2 RR, respectively, and critically compares and contrasts key performance parameters such as activity, selectivity, and durability. In particular, Pt nanoparticles alloyed with transition metals, post-transition metals and lanthanides, are discussed, as well as the material characterization and their performance for the ORR. Then, bimetallic Cu nanoalloy catalysts are reviewed and organized according to their main reaction product generated by the second metal. This review concludes with a perspective on nanoalloy catalysts for the ORR and the CO2 RR, and proposes future research directions.
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- Cheonghee Kim
- Department of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering Division, Technical University Berlin, 10623, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering Division, Technical University Berlin, 10623, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering Division, Technical University Berlin, 10623, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering Division, Technical University Berlin, 10623, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering Division, Technical University Berlin, 10623, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering Division, Technical University Berlin, 10623, Berlin, Germany
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Recent advances in different-dimension electrocatalysts for carbon dioxide reduction. J Colloid Interface Sci 2019; 550:17-47. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2019.04.077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2019] [Revised: 04/20/2019] [Accepted: 04/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Wu J, Xie Y, Ren Z, Du S, Meng H, Zhao L, Wang X, Wang G, Fu H. Porous Palladium Nanomeshes with Enhanced Electrochemical CO 2 -into-Syngas Conversion over a Wider Applied Potential. CHEMSUSCHEM 2019; 12:3304-3311. [PMID: 31144453 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201901120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Electrochemical conversion of CO2 into syngas, which can be used directly in the classical petroleum industrial processes, provides a powerful approach for achieving the recycling of anthropogenic carbon. Pd has previously been reported to be capable of converting CO2 into syngas with various CO/H2 ratios, but only at limited applied potential, which is mainly attributed to fewer active sites exposed toward electrocatalysis. Herein, high-performance Pd nanomeshes (NMs) assembled with branch-like Pd nanoparticles were designed and synthesized by using a simple interface-induced self-assembly strategy; these NMs could catalyze CO2 -into-syngas conversion with a high current density in a wide applied potential range from -0.5 to -1.0 V (vs. reversible hydrogen electrode). Further evidence validated that the enhanced activity of the Pd NMs was not only caused by the crosslinked network structure accelerating electron transport, but also by the greater number of edge and/or corner active sites exposed on the surface of the NMs, which facilitated CO2 adsorption, CO2 .- formation, COOH* stabilization, and CO generation. Under optimal operating conditions, Pd NMs could balance two competing reactions: CO2 reduction and hydrogen evolution. The resultant syngases with the ideal and tunable CO/H2 ratio between 0.5:1 and 1:1 could be used directly for methanol synthesis and Fischer-Tropsch reactions.
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- Jun Wu
- Key Laboratory of Superlight Materials and Surface Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, 150001, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry, Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Heilongjiang University, 150080, Harbin, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry, Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Heilongjiang University, 150080, Harbin, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry, Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Heilongjiang University, 150080, Harbin, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry, Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Heilongjiang University, 150080, Harbin, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry, Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Heilongjiang University, 150080, Harbin, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Superlight Materials and Surface Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, 150001, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Superlight Materials and Surface Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, 150001, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry, Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Heilongjiang University, 150080, Harbin, P. R. China
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Hou Y, Erni R, Widmer R, Rahaman M, Guo H, Fasel R, Moreno‐García P, Zhang Y, Broekmann P. Synthesis and Characterization of Degradation‐Resistant Cu@CuPd Nanowire Catalysts for the Efficient Production of Formate and CO from CO
2. ChemElectroChem 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/celc.201900752] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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- Yuhui Hou
- Department of Chemistry and BiochemistryUniversity of Bern Freiestrasse 3 Bern 3012 Switzerland
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- Electron Microscopy CenterEmpa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology Überlandstrasse 129 8600 Dübendorf Switzerland
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- Nanotech@surfaces Laboratory, EMPASwiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology Überlandstrasse 129 8600 Dübendorf Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and BiochemistryUniversity of Bern Freiestrasse 3 Bern 3012 Switzerland
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- Wood Materials Science Institute for Building MaterialsETH Zürich Stefano-Franscini-Platz 3 8093 Zürich Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and BiochemistryUniversity of Bern Freiestrasse 3 Bern 3012 Switzerland
- Nanotech@surfaces Laboratory, EMPASwiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology Überlandstrasse 129 8600 Dübendorf Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and BiochemistryUniversity of Bern Freiestrasse 3 Bern 3012 Switzerland
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- Electron Microscopy CenterEmpa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology Überlandstrasse 129 8600 Dübendorf Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and BiochemistryUniversity of Bern Freiestrasse 3 Bern 3012 Switzerland
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Chatterjee S, Griego C, Hart JL, Li Y, Taheri ML, Keith J, Snyder JD. Free Standing Nanoporous Palladium Alloys as CO Poisoning Tolerant Electrocatalysts for the Electrochemical Reduction of CO2 to Formate. ACS Catal 2019. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.9b00330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Swarnendu Chatterjee
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, 3700 O’Hara Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, 3700 O’Hara Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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Zhang Q, Zhang Y, Mao J, Liu J, Zhou Y, Guay D, Qiao J. Electrochemical Reduction of CO 2 by SnO x Nanosheets Anchored on Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes with Tunable Functional Groups. CHEMSUSCHEM 2019; 12:1443-1450. [PMID: 30724477 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201802725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2018] [Revised: 01/10/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Sn-based electrocatalysts are promising for the electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR), but suffer from poor activity and selectivity. A hierarchical structure composed of ultrathin SnOx nanosheets anchored on the surface of the commercial multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) is synthesized by a simple hydrothermal process. The electrocatalytic performance can be further tuned by functionalization of the MWCNTs with COOH, NH2 , and OH groups. Both SnOx @MWCNTs-COOH and SnOx @MWCNTs-NH2 show excellent catalytic activity for CO2 RR with nearly 100 % selectivity for C1 products (formate and CO). SnOx @MWCNTs-COOH has favorable formate selectivity with a remarkably high faradaic efficiency (FE) of 77 % at -1.25 V versus standard hydrogen electrode (SHE) and a low overpotential of 246 mV. However, SnOx @MWCNTs-NH2 manifests increased selectivity for CO with higher current density. Density functional theory calculations and experimental studies demonstrate that the interaction between Sn species and functional groups play an important role in the tuning of the catalytic activity and selectivity of these functionalized electrocatalysts. SnOx @MWCNTs-COOH and SnOx @MWCNTs-NH2 both effectively inhibit the hydrogen evolution reaction and prove stable without any significant degradation over 20 h of continuous electrolysis at -1.25 V versus SHE.
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- Qi Zhang
- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, State Environmental Protection Engineering Center for Pollution Treatment and Control in Textile Industry, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Donghua University, 2999 Ren'min North Road, Shanghai, 201620, P.R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, Henan, 453007, P.R. China
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- Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials, Australian Institute of Innovative Materials, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, State Environmental Protection Engineering Center for Pollution Treatment and Control in Textile Industry, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Donghua University, 2999 Ren'min North Road, Shanghai, 201620, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, State Environmental Protection Engineering Center for Pollution Treatment and Control in Textile Industry, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Donghua University, 2999 Ren'min North Road, Shanghai, 201620, P.R. China
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- Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique INRS-Énergie, Matériaux et Télécommunications, 1650, Lionel-Boulet Boulevard, Varennes, J3X 1S2, Canada
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, State Environmental Protection Engineering Center for Pollution Treatment and Control in Textile Industry, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Donghua University, 2999 Ren'min North Road, Shanghai, 201620, P.R. China
- Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, Shanghai, 200092, P.R. China
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Li F, Fan Z, Tai J, Wei H, Zhou Y, Lei L. Promoting the Electrochemical Reduction of Carbon Dioxide by a Specially Designed Biomimetic Electrochemical Cell. Ind Eng Chem Res 2018. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.8b02031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Fajun Li
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, P. R. China
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Chen Z, Mou K, Yao S, Liu L. Zinc-Coordinated Nitrogen-Codoped Graphene as an Efficient Catalyst for Selective Electrochemical Reduction of CO 2 to CO. CHEMSUSCHEM 2018; 11:2944-2952. [PMID: 29956488 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201800925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2018] [Revised: 06/11/2018] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Electrochemical reduction of CO2 to value-added chemicals by using renewable electricity offers a promising strategy to deal with rising CO2 emission and the energy crisis. Single-site zinc-coordinated nitrogen-codoped graphene (Zn-N-G) catalyzes the electrochemical reduction of CO2 to CO. The Zn-N-G catalyst exhibits excellent intrinsic activity toward CO2 reduction, reaching a faradaic efficiency of 91 % for CO production at a low overpotential of 0.39 V. X-ray absorption fine structure and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy both confirm the presence of isolated Zn-Nx moieties, which act as the key active sites for CO formation. DFT calculations reveal the origin of enhanced activity for CO2 reduction on Zn-N-G catalysts. This work provide further understanding of the active centers on transition metal-nitrogen-carbon (M-N-C) catalysts for electrochemical reduction of CO2 to CO.
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- Zhipeng Chen
- CAS Key Laboratory of Bio-based Materials, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266101, Shandong, PR China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, PR China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Bio-based Materials, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266101, Shandong, PR China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, PR China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Bio-based Materials, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266101, Shandong, PR China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Bio-based Materials, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266101, Shandong, PR China
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Feng G, Chen W, Wang B, Song Y, Li G, Fang J, Wei W, Sun Y. Oxygenates from the Electrochemical Reduction of Carbon Dioxide. Chem Asian J 2018; 13:1992-2008. [PMID: 29845755 DOI: 10.1002/asia.201800637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2018] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2 ) driven by renewable electricity to give chemicals and fuels is considered an ideal approach that can alleviate both carbon emission and energy tension stress. High-value chemicals such as oxygenates can be effectively produced from the electroreduction of CO2 , and this is highly attractive to promote the economy and applicability of CO2 utilization. This review focuses on recent advancements in the electrochemical reduction of CO2 to formic acid, methanol, ethanol, acetic acid, and other oxygenates. The principles of the process, influencing factors, and typical catalysts are summarized. On the basis of the aforementioned discussions, we present future prospects for further development of the electroreduction of CO2 to oxygenates.
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- Guanghui Feng
- College of Sciences, Shanghai University, 99 Shangda Road, Shanghai, 200444, P. R. China
- CAS Key Laboratory of Low-Carbon Conversion Science and Engineering, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100 Haike Road, Shanghai, 201210, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Low-Carbon Conversion Science and Engineering, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100 Haike Road, Shanghai, 201210, P. R. China
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- College of Sciences, Shanghai University, 99 Shangda Road, Shanghai, 200444, P. R. China
- CAS Key Laboratory of Low-Carbon Conversion Science and Engineering, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100 Haike Road, Shanghai, 201210, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Low-Carbon Conversion Science and Engineering, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100 Haike Road, Shanghai, 201210, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Low-Carbon Conversion Science and Engineering, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100 Haike Road, Shanghai, 201210, P. R. China
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- College of Sciences, Shanghai University, 99 Shangda Road, Shanghai, 200444, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Low-Carbon Conversion Science and Engineering, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100 Haike Road, Shanghai, 201210, P. R. China
- School of Physical Science and Technology, Shanghai 201203, P. R. China, ShanghaiTech University, 393 Middle Huaxia Road, Shanghai, 201203, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Low-Carbon Conversion Science and Engineering, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100 Haike Road, Shanghai, 201210, P. R. China
- School of Physical Science and Technology, Shanghai 201203, P. R. China, ShanghaiTech University, 393 Middle Huaxia Road, Shanghai, 201203, P. R. China
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Li Y, Zhang LA, Qin Y, Chu F, Kong Y, Tao Y, Li Y, Bu Y, Ding D, Liu M. Crystallinity Dependence of Ruthenium Nanocatalyst toward Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. ACS Catal 2018. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.8b01609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Yutong Li
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Technology, School of Petrochemical Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou, Jiangsu 213164, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-2045, United States
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Technology, School of Petrochemical Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou, Jiangsu 213164, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Technology, School of Petrochemical Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou, Jiangsu 213164, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Technology, School of Petrochemical Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou, Jiangsu 213164, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Technology, School of Petrochemical Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou, Jiangsu 213164, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Technology, School of Petrochemical Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou, Jiangsu 213164, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information & Technology, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210044, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-2045, United States
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-2045, United States
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Gao D, Zhou H, Cai F, Wang J, Wang G, Bao X. Pd-Containing Nanostructures for Electrochemical CO2 Reduction Reaction. ACS Catal 2018. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.7b03612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 209] [Impact Index Per Article: 34.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Dunfeng Gao
- State
Key Laboratory of Catalysis, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience,
Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
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- College
of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310032, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Catalysis, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience,
Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
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- College
of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310032, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Catalysis, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience,
Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Catalysis, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience,
Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
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Shinagawa T, Larrazábal GO, Martín AJ, Krumeich F, Pérez-Ramírez J. Sulfur-Modified Copper Catalysts for the Electrochemical Reduction of Carbon Dioxide to Formate. ACS Catal 2018. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.7b03161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 145] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Tatsuya Shinagawa
- Institute
for Chemical and Bioengineering, Department of Chemistry and Applied
Biosciences, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute
for Chemical and Bioengineering, Department of Chemistry and Applied
Biosciences, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute
for Chemical and Bioengineering, Department of Chemistry and Applied
Biosciences, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory
of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute
for Chemical and Bioengineering, Department of Chemistry and Applied
Biosciences, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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Zhang S, Jiang B, Jiang K, Cai WB. Surfactant-Free Synthesis of Carbon-Supported Palladium Nanoparticles and Size-Dependent Hydrogen Production from Formic Acid-Formate Solution. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2017; 9:24678-24687. [PMID: 28658569 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b08441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Steerable hydrogen generation from the hydrogen storage chemical formic acid via heterogeneous catalysis has attracted considerable interest given the safety and efficiency concerns in handling H2. Herein, a series of carbon-supported capping-agent-free Pd nanoparticles (NPs) with mean sizes tunable from 2.0 to 5.2 nm are developed due to the demand for more efficient dehydrogenation from a formic acid-formate solution of pH 3.5 at room temperature. The trick for the facile size-controlled synthesis of Pd/C catalysts is the selective addition of Na2CO3, NH3·H2O, or NaOH to a Pd(II) solution to attain initial pH values of 7-9.5. For comparison, cuboctahedron modeling and electrochemical COads stripping methods are applied to evaluate active surface Pd sites for turnover frequency (TOF) calculation. Both mass activity and specific activity (TOF) of hydrogen production are not only time-dependent but also Pd-size-dependent. An initial H2 production rate of 246 L·h-1·gPd-1 is achieved on 2.0 nm Pd/C at 303 K, together with a TOF of 1815 h-1 on the basis of cuboctahedron modeling of surface-active Pd sites. The initial TOF exhibits a significant rise from 3.5 down to 2.8 nm and then levels off below 2.8 nm and even shows a maxima at ca. 2.2 nm using the electrochemical surface area for calculation. The volcano-shaped dependence of TOF on Pd NP size may be better attributed to the changing ratios of terrace sites to defect sites on Pd NPs.
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- Shuo Zhang
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University , Shanghai 200433, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University , Shanghai 200433, China
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- Rowland Institute, Harvard University , Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, United States
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University , Shanghai 200433, China
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Du D, Lan R, Humphreys J, Tao S. Progress in inorganic cathode catalysts for electrochemical conversion of carbon dioxide into formate or formic acid. J APPL ELECTROCHEM 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s10800-017-1078-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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