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Shi J, Pršlja P, Jin B, Suominen M, Sainio J, Jiang H, Han N, Robertson D, Košir J, Caro M, Kallio T. Experimental and Computational Study Toward Identifying Active Sites of Supported SnO x Nanoparticles for Electrochemical CO 2 Reduction Using Machine-Learned Interatomic Potentials. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024; 20:e2402190. [PMID: 38794869 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202402190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2024] [Indexed: 05/26/2024]
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SnOx has received great attention as an electrocatalyst for CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR), however; it still suffers from low activity. Moreover, the atomic-level SnOx structure and the nature of the active sites are still ambiguous due to the dynamism of surface structure and difficulty in structure characterization under electrochemical conditions. Herein, CO2RR performance is enhanced by supporting SnO2 nanoparticles on two common supports, vulcan carbon and TiO2. Then, electrolysis of CO2 at various temperatures in a neutral electrolyte reveals that the application window for this catalyst is between 12 and 30 °C. Furthermore, this study introduces a machine learning interatomic potential method for the atomistic simulation to investigate SnO2 reduction and establish a correlation between SnOx structures and their CO2RR performance. In addition, selectivity is analyzed computationally with density functional theory simulations to identify the key differences between the binding energies of *H and *CO2 -, where both are correlated with the presence of oxygen on the nanoparticle surface. This study offers in-depth insights into the rational design and application of SnOx-based electrocatalysts for CO2RR.
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- Junjie Shi
- Department of Chemistry and Materials Science, School of Chemical Engineering, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland
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- Department of Chemistry and Materials Science, School of Chemical Engineering, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland
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- Department of Chemistry and Materials Science, School of Chemical Engineering, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland
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- Department of Chemistry and Materials Science, School of Chemical Engineering, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland
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- Department of Applied Physics, School of Science, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland
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- Department of Applied Physics, School of Science, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland
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- Department of Chemistry and Materials Science, School of Chemical Engineering, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland
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- Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems, School of Chemical Engineering, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland
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- Department of Chemistry and Materials Science, School of Chemical Engineering, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland
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- Department of Chemistry and Materials Science, School of Chemical Engineering, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland
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- Department of Chemistry and Materials Science, School of Chemical Engineering, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland
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Rodriguez-Olguin MA, Lipin R, Suominen M, Ruiz-Zepeda F, Castañeda-Morales E, Manzo-Robledo A, Gardeniers JGE, Flox C, Kallio T, Vandichel M, Susarrey-Arce A. Temperature promotes selectivity during electrochemical CO 2 reduction on NiO:SnO 2 nanofibers. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY. A 2024:d4ta04116j. [PMID: 39219709 PMCID: PMC11363033 DOI: 10.1039/d4ta04116j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2024] [Accepted: 08/08/2024] [Indexed: 09/04/2024]
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Electrolyzers operate over a range of temperatures; hence, it is crucial to design electrocatalysts that do not compromise the product distribution unless temperature can promote selectivity. This work reports a synthetic approach based on electrospinning to produce NiO:SnO2 nanofibers (NFs) for selectively reducing CO2 to formate above room temperature. The NFs comprise compact but disjoined NiO and SnO2 nanocrystals identified with STEM. The results are attributed to the segregation of NiO and SnO2 confirmed with XRD. The NFs are evaluated for the CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) over various temperatures (25, 30, 35, and 40 °C). The highest faradaic efficiencies to formate (FEHCOO- ) are reached by NiO:SnO2 NFs containing 50% of NiO and 50% SnO2 (NiOSnO50NF), and 25% of NiO and 75% SnO2 (NiOSnO75NF), at an electroreduction temperature of 40 °C. At 40 °C, product distribution is assessed with in situ differential electrochemical mass spectrometry (DEMS), recognizing methane and other species, like formate, hydrogen, and carbon monoxide, identified in an electrochemical flow cell. XPS and EELS unveiled the FEHCOO- variations due to a synergistic effect between Ni and Sn. DFT-based calculations reveal the superior thermodynamic stability of Ni-containing SnO2 systems towards CO2RR over the pure oxide systems. Furthermore, computational surface Pourbaix diagrams showed that the presence of Ni as a surface dopant increases the reduction of the SnO2 surface and enables the production of formate. Our results highlight the synergy between NiO and SnO2, which can promote the electroreduction of CO2 at temperatures above room temperature.
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- M A Rodriguez-Olguin
- Mesoscale Chemical Systems, MESA+ Institute, University of Twente P. O. Box 217 Enschede 7500AE The Netherlands
- Department of Chemical Engineering, MESA+ Institute, University of Twente P. O. Box 217 Enschede 7500AE The Netherlands
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- School of Chemical Sciences and Chemical Engineering, Bernal Institute, University of Limerick Limerick V94 T9PX Republic of Ireland
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- Department of Chemistry and Materials Science, Aalto University School of Chemical Engineering Kemistintie 1 02015 Espoo Finland
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- Department of Materials Chemistry, National Institute of Chemistry Hajdrihova 19 1000 Ljubljana Slovenia
- Department of Physics and Chemistry of Materials, Institute of Metals and Technology Lepi pot 11 Ljubljana Slovenia
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- Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Laboratorio de Electroquímica y Corrosión, Escuela Superior de Ingeniería Química e Industrias Extractivas Av. Instituto Politécnico Nacional S/N, Unidad Profesional Adolfo López Mateos CP 07708 CDMX Mexico
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- Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Laboratorio de Electroquímica y Corrosión, Escuela Superior de Ingeniería Química e Industrias Extractivas Av. Instituto Politécnico Nacional S/N, Unidad Profesional Adolfo López Mateos CP 07708 CDMX Mexico
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- Mesoscale Chemical Systems, MESA+ Institute, University of Twente P. O. Box 217 Enschede 7500AE The Netherlands
- Department of Chemical Engineering, MESA+ Institute, University of Twente P. O. Box 217 Enschede 7500AE The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemistry and Materials Science, Aalto University School of Chemical Engineering Kemistintie 1 02015 Espoo Finland
- Department of Electrical Energy Storage, Iberian Centre for Research in Energy Storage, Campus University of Extremadura Avda. de las Letras, s/n 10004 Cáceres Spain
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- Department of Chemistry and Materials Science, Aalto University School of Chemical Engineering Kemistintie 1 02015 Espoo Finland
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- School of Chemical Sciences and Chemical Engineering, Bernal Institute, University of Limerick Limerick V94 T9PX Republic of Ireland
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- Mesoscale Chemical Systems, MESA+ Institute, University of Twente P. O. Box 217 Enschede 7500AE The Netherlands
- Department of Chemical Engineering, MESA+ Institute, University of Twente P. O. Box 217 Enschede 7500AE The Netherlands
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Liu P, Makarova A, Freiberg K, Grinter DC, Sharma D, Ferrer P, Chuvenkova O, Deckert-Gaudig T, Turishchev S, Lippmann S, Sivakov V. Volcanic Eruption in the Nanoworld: Efficient Oxygen Exchange at the Si/SnO 2 Interface. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024; 20:e2404508. [PMID: 39007250 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202404508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2024] [Revised: 07/02/2024] [Indexed: 07/16/2024]
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Here, a phenomenon of efficient oxygen exchange between a silicon surface and a thin layer of tin dioxide during chemical vapor deposition is presented, which leads to a unique Sn:SiO2 layer. Under thermodynamic conditions in the temperature range of 725-735 °C, the formation of nanostructures with volcano-like shapes in "active" and "dormant" states are observed. Extensive characterization techniques, such as electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, synchrotron radiation-based X-ray photoelectron, and X-ray absorption near-edge structure spectroscopy, are applied to study the formation. The mechanism is related to the oxygen retraction between tin(IV) oxide and silicon surface, leading to the thermodynamically unstable tin(II)oxide, which is immediately disproportionate to metallic Sn and SnO2 localized in the SiO2 matrix. The diffusion of metallic tin in the amorphous silicon oxide matrix leads to larger agglomerates of nanoparticles, which is similar to the formation of a magma chamber during the natural volcanic processes followed by magma eruption, which here is associated with the formation of depressions on the surface filled with metallic tin particles. This new effect contributes a new approach to the formation of functional composites but also inspires the development of unique Sn:SiO2 nanostructures for diverse application scenarios, such as thermal energy storage.
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- Poting Liu
- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Department Functional Interfaces, Albert-Einstein Str. 9, 07745, Jena, Germany
- Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Helmholtzweg 4, 07743, Jena, Germany
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- Free University Berlin, Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Physical Chemistry, Arnimallee 22, 14195, Berlin, Germany
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- Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Otto Schott Institute of Materials Research, Löbdergraben 32, 07743, Jena, Germany
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- Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, OX11 0DE, UK
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- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Department Functional Interfaces, Albert-Einstein Str. 9, 07745, Jena, Germany
- Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Helmholtzweg 4, 07743, Jena, Germany
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- Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, OX11 0DE, UK
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- Voronezh State University, Physics Faculty, General Physics Department, Universitetskaya pl.1, Voronezh, 394018, Russian Federation
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- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Department Functional Interfaces, Albert-Einstein Str. 9, 07745, Jena, Germany
- Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Helmholtzweg 4, 07743, Jena, Germany
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- Voronezh State University, Physics Faculty, General Physics Department, Universitetskaya pl.1, Voronezh, 394018, Russian Federation
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- Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Otto Schott Institute of Materials Research, Löbdergraben 32, 07743, Jena, Germany
- Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Institute of Applied Physics, Albert-Einstein Str. 15, 07745, Jena, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Department Functional Interfaces, Albert-Einstein Str. 9, 07745, Jena, Germany
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Jing H, Zhao P, Liu C, Wu Z, Yu J, Liu B, Su C, Lei W, Hao Q. Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy for Boosting Electrochemical CO 2 Reduction on Amorphous-Surfaced Tin Oxide Supported by MXene. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2023; 15:59524-59533. [PMID: 38108147 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c14682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2023]
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Amorphous materials disrupt the intrinsic linear scalar dependence seen in their crystalline counterparts, typically exhibiting enhanced catalytic characteristics. Nevertheless, substantial obstacles remain in terms of boosting their stability, enhancing their conductivity, and elucidating distinct catalytic mechanisms. Herein, a core-shell catalyst, comprising a crystalline SnO2 core and an amorphous SnOx shell supported on MXene (denoted as SnO2@SnOx/MXene), was prepared utilizing hydrothermal and solution reduction methods. The SnO2@SnOx/MXene catalyst excels in the electrocatalytic conversion of CO2 to formate, yielding a Faradaic efficiency (FE) as high as 93% for formate production at -1.17 V vs RHE and demonstrating exceptional durability. Both density functional theory (DFT) calculations and experimental results indicate that the SnOx shell bolsters formate formation by fine-tuning the adsorption energy of the *OCHO intermediate. In SnO2@SnOx/MXene, MXene plays a vital role in enhancing the conductivity and stability of the amorphous shell and especially amplifying Raman signals of catalyst components. The ex/in situ surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) application further confirms the formation of amorphous SnOx and further enables the direct detection of the formation of the intermediate species. This work provides the basis for the application of amorphous materials in practical electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 reduction.
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- Haiyan Jing
- Key Laboratory for Soft Chemistry and Functional Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Soft Chemistry and Functional Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Soft Chemistry and Functional Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Soft Chemistry and Functional Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry, Ministry of Education, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Key Laboratory for Soft Chemistry and Functional Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Soft Chemistry and Functional Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Soft Chemistry and Functional Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Soft Chemistry and Functional Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Soft Chemistry and Functional Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, P. R. China
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Zhang Y, Zhu H, Guo J, Liu W, Qi J, Qingqing G, Li B, Ning P. Resource degradation of pharmacy sludge in sub-supercritical system with high degradation rate of 99% and formic acid yield of 32.44. ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY 2023; 44:2184-2199. [PMID: 34967700 DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2021.2024887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2021] [Accepted: 12/11/2021] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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In response to the social goal of 'carbon peak and carbon neutral' in the 14th Five-Year Plan of China, this article used Enrofloxacin (ENR), a common antibiotic, as a model compound to study the method of efficiently degrading pharmaceutical sludge and simultaneously producing Formic Acid (FA), hydrogen storage energy, in a sub-supercritical system. The Ni/SnO2 bimetallic catalyst, which was prepared by the equal volume impregnation method, was used for the liquid phase catalysis. As shown by the results, when the reaction temperature was 330°C, and the addition amount of H2O2 was 0.38 mL, the degradation rate of antibiotics could reach 99% after the reaction proceeded for 6 h. In terms of the resource utilization, the yield of FA could reach up to 32.44%. The resource utilization efficiency with Ni/SnO2 catalyst in sub-/supercritical reaction was about 2.5 times higher than that without catalyst. The kinetic reaction model was established to explore the reaction rate of the antibiotic degradation process. In addition, the Ea and the frequency factor of the reaction were 6455 J/mol and 5.78, respectively. As shown by characterization, the prepared Ni/SnO2 bimetallic catalyst had good activity and has already passed repeated stability experiments. In short, this method has broad application prospects in antibiotic catalysis and resource degradation.
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- Yuwei Zhang
- Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, People's Republic of China
- National-Regional Engineering Center for Recovery of Waste Gases from Metallurgical and Chemical Industries, Kunming, People's Republic of China
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- Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, People's Republic of China
- National-Regional Engineering Center for Recovery of Waste Gases from Metallurgical and Chemical Industries, Kunming, People's Republic of China
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- Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, People's Republic of China
- National-Regional Engineering Center for Recovery of Waste Gases from Metallurgical and Chemical Industries, Kunming, People's Republic of China
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- School of Environment and Energy, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Solid Wastes Pollution Control and Recycling, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China
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- Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, People's Republic of China
- National-Regional Engineering Center for Recovery of Waste Gases from Metallurgical and Chemical Industries, Kunming, People's Republic of China
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- Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, People's Republic of China
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- Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, People's Republic of China
- National-Regional Engineering Center for Recovery of Waste Gases from Metallurgical and Chemical Industries, Kunming, People's Republic of China
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- Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, People's Republic of China
- National-Regional Engineering Center for Recovery of Waste Gases from Metallurgical and Chemical Industries, Kunming, People's Republic of China
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Jiang J, Wei W, Ren Z, Luo Y, Wang X, Xu Y, Chang M, Ai L. Facile construction of robust Ru-Co 3O 4 Mott-Schottky catalyst enabling efficient dehydrogenation of ammonia borane for hydrogen generation. J Colloid Interface Sci 2023; 646:25-33. [PMID: 37182256 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.04.181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2022] [Revised: 04/23/2023] [Accepted: 04/30/2023] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Developing efficient catalysts for the dehydrogenation of ammonia borane (AB) is important for the safe storage and controlled release of hydrogen, but it is a challenging task. In this study, we designed a robust Ru-Co3O4 catalyst using the Mott-Schottky effect to induce favorable charge rearrangement. The self-created electron-rich Co3O4 and electron-deficient Ru sites at heterointerfaces are indispensable for the activation of the B-H bond in NH3BH3 and the OH bond in H2O, respectively. The synergistic electronic interaction between the electron-rich Co3O4 and electron-deficient Ru sites at the heterointerfaces resulted in an optimal Ru-Co3O4 heterostructure that exhibited outstanding catalytic activity for the hydrolysis of AB in the presence of NaOH. The heterostructure had an extremely high hydrogen generation rate (HGR) of 12238 mL min-1 gcat-1 and an expected high turnover frequency (TOF) of 755 molH2 molRu-1 min-1 at 298 K. The activation energy needed for the hydrolysis was low (36.65 kJ mol-1). This study opens up a new avenue for the rational design of high-performance catalysts for AB dehydrogenation based on the Mott-Schottky effect.
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- Jing Jiang
- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Chongqing Jiaotong University, Chongqing 400074, China.
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Chongqing Jiaotong University, Chongqing 400074, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Chongqing Jiaotong University, Chongqing 400074, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Chongqing Jiaotong University, Chongqing 400074, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Chongqing Jiaotong University, Chongqing 400074, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Chongqing Jiaotong University, Chongqing 400074, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Chongqing Jiaotong University, Chongqing 400074, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Chongqing Jiaotong University, Chongqing 400074, China.
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Wang Q, Guan Y, Yan J, Liu Y, Shao Q, Ning F, Yi J. Facile synthesis of lead-tin nanoparticles for electrocatalyzing carbon dioxide reduction to formate. Dalton Trans 2023; 52:4136-4141. [PMID: 36883983 DOI: 10.1039/d2dt04059j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/18/2023]
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A series of Pb-Sn catalysts were synthesized via facile chemical reduction for electrocatalytic CO2 reduction (ECR). The optimized sample (Pb7Sn1) achieved 90.53% formate faradaic efficiency (FE) at a potential of -1.9 V vs. Ag/AgCl. Electrochemical and material evaluation reveals that its high performance can be attributed to the rich active sites exposed by the high specific surface area of the electrode. In addition, the synergy between Pb and Sn is also a strong contributor to the high selectivity of formate. This work provides some insights into the preparation of simple and efficient ECR catalysts.
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- Qilong Wang
- Institute for Sustainable Energy/College of Sciences, Shanghai University, Shangda Road 99, Baoshan, Shanghai 200444, China.
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- Institute for Sustainable Energy/College of Sciences, Shanghai University, Shangda Road 99, Baoshan, Shanghai 200444, China.
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- Institute for Sustainable Energy/College of Sciences, Shanghai University, Shangda Road 99, Baoshan, Shanghai 200444, China.
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- Institute for Sustainable Energy/College of Sciences, Shanghai University, Shangda Road 99, Baoshan, Shanghai 200444, China.
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- Institute for Sustainable Energy/College of Sciences, Shanghai University, Shangda Road 99, Baoshan, Shanghai 200444, China.
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- Institute for Sustainable Energy/College of Sciences, Shanghai University, Shangda Road 99, Baoshan, Shanghai 200444, China.
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- Institute for Sustainable Energy/College of Sciences, Shanghai University, Shangda Road 99, Baoshan, Shanghai 200444, China.
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Wang T, Chen J, Ren X, Zhang J, Ding J, Liu Y, Lim KH, Wang J, Li X, Yang H, Huang Y, Kawi S, Liu B. Halogen-Incorporated Sn Catalysts for Selective Electrochemical CO2 Reduction to Formate. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202211174. [PMID: 36562773 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202211174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2022] [Revised: 12/09/2022] [Accepted: 12/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Electrochemically reducing CO2 to valuable fuels or feedstocks is recognized as a promising strategy to simultaneously tackle the crises of fossil fuel shortage and carbon emission. Sn-based catalysts have been widely studied for electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (CO2 RR) to make formic acid/formate, which unfortunately still suffer from low activity, selectivity and stability. In this work, halogen (F, Cl, Br or I) was introduced into the Sn catalyst by a facile hydrolysis method. The presence of halogen was confirmed by a collection of ex situ and in situ characterizations, which rendered a more positive valence state of Sn in halogen-incorporated Sn catalyst as compared to unmodified Sn under cathodic potentials in CO2 RR and therefore tuned the adsorption strength of the key intermediate (*OCHO) toward formate formation. As a result, the halogen-incorporated Sn catalyst exhibited greatly enhanced catalytic performance in electrochemical CO2 RR to produce formate.
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- Tian Wang
- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117585, Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 637459, Singapore
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Applied Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, China
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 637459, Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 637459, Singapore
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou, 215009, China
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- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117585, Singapore
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Applied Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Applied Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou, 215009, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Applied Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, China
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- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117585, Singapore
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 637459, Singapore
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Daele KV, Arenas‐Esteban D, Choukroun D, Hoekx S, Rossen A, Daems N, Pant D, Bals S, Breugelmans T. Enhanced Pomegranate‐Structured SnO
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Reduction to Formate. ChemElectroChem 2023. [DOI: 10.1002/celc.202201024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/18/2023]
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- Kevin Van Daele
- Applied Electrochemistry & Catalysis (ELCAT) University of Antwerp Universiteitsplein 1 2610 Wilrijk Belgium
- Separation & Conversion Technology Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO) Boeretang 200 2400 Mol Belgium
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- Electron Microscopy for Materials research (EMAT) University of Antwerp Groenenborgerlaan 171 2020 Antwerp Belgium
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- Applied Electrochemistry & Catalysis (ELCAT) University of Antwerp Universiteitsplein 1 2610 Wilrijk Belgium
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- Applied Electrochemistry & Catalysis (ELCAT) University of Antwerp Universiteitsplein 1 2610 Wilrijk Belgium
- Electron Microscopy for Materials research (EMAT) University of Antwerp Groenenborgerlaan 171 2020 Antwerp Belgium
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- Applied Electrochemistry & Catalysis (ELCAT) University of Antwerp Universiteitsplein 1 2610 Wilrijk Belgium
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- Applied Electrochemistry & Catalysis (ELCAT) University of Antwerp Universiteitsplein 1 2610 Wilrijk Belgium
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- Separation & Conversion Technology Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO) Boeretang 200 2400 Mol Belgium
- Center for Advanced Process Technology for Urban Resource Recovery (CAPTURE) Frieda Saeysstraat 1 9052 Zwijnaarde Belgium
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- Electron Microscopy for Materials research (EMAT) University of Antwerp Groenenborgerlaan 171 2020 Antwerp Belgium
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- Applied Electrochemistry & Catalysis (ELCAT) University of Antwerp Universiteitsplein 1 2610 Wilrijk Belgium
- Center for Advanced Process Technology for Urban Resource Recovery (CAPTURE) Frieda Saeysstraat 1 9052 Zwijnaarde Belgium
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Fang L, Lyu X, Xu JJ, Liu Y, Hu X, Reinhart BJ, Li T. Operando X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy Study of SnO 2 Nanoparticles for Electrochemical Reduction of CO 2 to Formate. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2022; 14:55636-55643. [PMID: 36508584 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c17481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Tin-based electrocatalysts exhibit a remarkable ability to catalyze CO2 to formate selectively. Understanding the size-property relationships and exploring the evolution of the active size still lack complete understanding. Herein, we prepared SnO2 nanoparticles (NPs) with a controllable size supported on commercial carbon spheres (SnO2/C-n, n = 1, 2, and 3) by a simple low-temperature annealing method. The transmission electron microscopy/scanning transmission electron microscopy images and fitting results of the small-angle X-ray scattering profile confirm the increased size of SnO2 NPs due to the increase of SnO2 loading. The catalytic performance of SnO2 has proved the size-dependent effect during the CO2 reduction reaction process. The as-prepared SnO2/C-1 displayed the maximum Faradic efficiency of formate (FEHCOO-) of 82.7% at -1.0 V versus reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE). In contrast, SnO2/C-2 and SnO2/C-3 with larger particle sizes achieved lower maximum FEHCOO- and larger overpotential. Moreover, we employed operando X-ray absorption spectroscopy to study the evolution of the oxidation state and local coordination environment of SnO2 under working conditions. In addition to the observed shifts of the rising edge of Sn K-edge X-ray absorption near-edge structure spectra to a lower energy side as the applied voltage decreases, the decreased coordination number of Sn in the Sn-O scattering path and the presence of Sn metal contribution in the extended X-ray absorption fine structure spectra verify the reduction of SnO2 to SnOx and metallic Sn.
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- Lingzhe Fang
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois 60115, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois 60115, United States
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- Naperville North High School, Naperville, Illinois 60563, United States
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- Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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- The NUANCE Center, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- X-ray Science Division and Joint Center for Energy Storage Research, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois 60115, United States
- X-ray Science Division and Joint Center for Energy Storage Research, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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Ali T, Wang H, Iqbal W, Bashir T, Shah R, Hu Y. Electro-Synthesis of Organic Compounds with Heterogeneous Catalysis. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2022; 10:e2205077. [PMID: 36398622 PMCID: PMC9811472 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202205077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2022] [Revised: 10/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Electro-organic synthesis has attracted a lot of attention in pharmaceutical science, medicinal chemistry, and future industrial applications in energy storage and conversion. To date, there has not been a detailed review on electro-organic synthesis with the strategy of heterogeneous catalysis. In this review, the most recent advances in synthesizing value-added chemicals by heterogeneous catalysis are summarized. An overview of electrocatalytic oxidation and reduction processes as well as paired electrocatalysis is provided, and the anodic oxidation of alcohols (monohydric and polyhydric), aldehydes, and amines are discussed. This review also provides in-depth insight into the cathodic reduction of carboxylates, carbon dioxide, CC, C≡C, and reductive coupling reactions. Moreover, the electrocatalytic paired electro-synthesis methods, including parallel paired, sequential divergent paired, and convergent paired electrolysis, are summarized. Additionally, the strategies developed to achieve high electrosynthesis efficiency and the associated challenges are also addressed. It is believed that electro-organic synthesis is a promising direction of organic electrochemistry, offering numerous opportunities to develop new organic reaction methods.
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- Tariq Ali
- Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis MaterialsDepartment of ChemistryZhejiang Normal UniversityJinhua321004China
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- Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis MaterialsDepartment of ChemistryZhejiang Normal UniversityJinhua321004China
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologie ChimicheUniversità della CalabriaRendeCS87036Italy
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- Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory for Advanced Carbon Materials and Wearable Energy TechnologiesSoochow UniversitySuzhou215006China
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- Institute of Chemical SciencesUniversity of SwatSwatKhyber Pakhtunkhwa19130Pakistan
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- Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis MaterialsDepartment of ChemistryZhejiang Normal UniversityJinhua321004China
- Hangzhou Institute of Advanced StudiesZhejiang Normal UniversityHangzhou311231China
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Wen J, Wan Z, Hu X, Huang J, Kang X. Restructuring of copper catalysts by potential cycling and enhanced two-carbon production for electroreduction of carbon dioxide. J CO2 UTIL 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcou.2021.101846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Li R, Nie S, Miao C, Xin Y, Mou H, Xu G, Xiao W. Heterostructural Sn/SnO 2 microcube powders coated by a nitrogen-doped carbon layer as good-performance anode materials for lithium ion batteries. J Colloid Interface Sci 2022; 606:1042-1054. [PMID: 34487927 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2021.08.112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2021] [Revised: 08/16/2021] [Accepted: 08/17/2021] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The nitrogen-doped carbon (NC) coating encapsulating heterostructural Sn/SnO2 microcube powders (Sn/SnO2@NC) are successfully fabricated through hydrothermal, polymerization of hydrogel, and carbonization processes, in which the SnO precursor powders exhibit regular microcube structure and uniform size distribution in the presence of optimized N2H4·H2O (3.0 mL of 1.0 mol/L). Interestingly, the precursor powders are easily subjected to a disproportionated reaction to yield the desirable heterostructural Sn/SnO2@NC microcube powders after being calcined at 600 °C in N2 atmosphere in the presence of home-made hydrogel. The coin cells assembled with the Sn/SnO2@NC electrode present a high initial discharge specific capacity (1058 mAh g-1 at 100 mA g-1), improved rate capability (an excellent DLi+ value of 2.82 × 10-15 cm2 s-1) and enhanced cycling stability (a reversible discharge specific capacity of 486.5 mAh g-1 after 100 cycles at 100 mA g-1). The enhanced electrochemical performance can be partly ascribed to the heterostructural microcube that can accelerate the transfer rate of lithium ions by shortening the transmission paths, and be partly to the NC coating that can accommodate the volume effect and contribute to partial lithium storage capacity. Therefore, the strategy may be able to extend the fabrication of Sn/SnO2 heterostructural microcube powders and further application as promising anode materials in lithium ion batteries.
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- Rui Li
- College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, 434023, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, 434023, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, 434023, P. R. China.
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- College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, 434023, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, 434023, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, 434023, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, 434023, P. R. China.
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Senthilkumar P, Mohapatra M, Basu S. The inchoate horizon of electrolyzer designs, membranes and catalysts towards highly efficient electrochemical reduction of CO2 to formic acid. RSC Adv 2022; 12:1287-1309. [PMID: 35425201 PMCID: PMC8979072 DOI: 10.1039/d1ra05062a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2021] [Accepted: 10/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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This review explores the recent advances in CO2 reactor configurations, components, membranes and electrocatalysts for HCOOH generation and draw readers attention to construct the economic, scalable and energy efficient CO2R electrolyzers.
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- P. Senthilkumar
- CSIR-Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India-751013
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- CSIR-Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India-751013
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- CSIR-Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India-751013
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Li L, Yang J, Li L, Huang Y, Zhao J. Electrolytic reduction of CO2 in KHCO3 and alkanolamine solutions with layered double hydroxides intercalated with gold or copper. Electrochim Acta 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2021.139523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Li C, Yan S, Fang J. Construction of Lattice Strain in Bimetallic Nanostructures and Its Effectiveness in Electrochemical Applications. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2021; 17:e2102244. [PMID: 34363320 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202102244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2021] [Revised: 06/09/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Bimetallic nanocrystals (NCs), associated with various surface functions such as ligand effect, ensemble effect, and strain effect, exhibit superior electrocatalytic properties. The stress-induced surface strain effect can alter binding strength between the surface active sites and reactants as well as their intermediates, and the electrochemical performance of bimetallic NCs can be significantly facilitated by the lattice-strain modification via their morphologies, sizes, shell-thickness, surface defectiveness as well as compositions. In this review, an overview of fundamental principles, characterization techniques, and quantitative determination of the surface lattice strain is provided. Various strategies and synthesis efforts on creating lattice-strain-engineered bimetallic NCs, including the de-alloying process, atomic layer-by-layer deposition, thermal treatment evolution, one-pot synthesis, and other efforts are also discussed. It is further outlined how the lattice strain effect promotes electrochemical catalysis through the selected case studies. The reactions on oxygen reduction reaction, small molecular oxidation, water splitting reaction, and electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction reactions are focused. In particular, studies of lattice strain arisen from core-shell nanostructure and defectiveness are highlighted. Lastly, the potential challenges are summarized and the prospects of lattice-strain-based engineering on bimetallic nanocatalysts with suggestion and guidance of the future electrocatalyst design are envisioned.
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- Can Li
- Department of Chemistry, State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, NY, 13902, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, NY, 13902, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, NY, 13902, USA
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Wu D, Chen P, Feng D, Song J, Tong Y. Highly efficient electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide to formate on Sn modified Bi 2O 3 heterostructure. Dalton Trans 2021; 50:14120-14124. [PMID: 34611683 DOI: 10.1039/d1dt02586d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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In this work, Sn species are deposited onto the surface of a Bi2O3 material by a facile disproportionated reaction and the prepared catalyst shows a superior electrocatalytic performance towards CO2 reduction. The deposition of Sn atoms can donate electrons to the Bi2O3 material and increase its electrical conductivity. The SnM-Bi2O3 catalyst with the optimal Sn content delivers a high faradaic efficiency of 95.8% at -1.0 V for formate production. In addition, the partial current density of formate can reach 41.8 mA cm-2. The SnM-Bi2O3 catalyst also exhibits superior stability towards long-term electrolysis. The modification of Sn species not only helps to stabilize the reaction intermediate but also inhibits the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) pathway, achieving the synergetic enhancement of catalytic activity.
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- Doufeng Wu
- Department of Chemistry, School of Sciences, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, 928 Second Avenue, Xiasha Higher Education Zone, Hangzhou, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Sciences, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, 928 Second Avenue, Xiasha Higher Education Zone, Hangzhou, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Sciences, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, 928 Second Avenue, Xiasha Higher Education Zone, Hangzhou, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Sciences, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, 928 Second Avenue, Xiasha Higher Education Zone, Hangzhou, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Sciences, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, 928 Second Avenue, Xiasha Higher Education Zone, Hangzhou, China.
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