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Liu F, Luo M, Wang K, Li Z, Liu F, Li M. Unveiling the role of silicon in boosting electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction via carbon nanotubes@bismuth silicates. J Colloid Interface Sci 2024; 678:311-321. [PMID: 39208759 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2024.08.163] [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: 04/23/2024] [Revised: 08/11/2024] [Accepted: 08/20/2024] [Indexed: 09/04/2024]
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Electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) is one of the most attractive measures to achieve the carbon neutral goal by converting CO2 into high-value chemicals such as formate. Si in Bi silicates is promising to enhance CO2 adsorption and activation due to its strong oxygenophilicity. Whereas, its role in boosting CO2RR via the cheap Bi-based catalysts is still not clear. Herein, we design CNT@Bi silicates catalyst, demonstrating the highest FEHCOOH of 96.3 % at -0.9 V vs. reversible hydrogen electrode with good stability. Through X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), in-situ Attenuated Total Reflectance-Fourier Transform Infrared (In-situ ATR-SEIRAS) experiments, and Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations, the role of Si in Bi silicates was unveiled: tuning the electronic structure of Bi, weakening the Bi-O bond, and strengthening electron transfer from Bi to CO2, thereby promoting the generation of CO2*- and *OCHO intermediates. Additionally, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) promote not only the conductivity but also the generation of abundant oxygen vacancies in CNT@Bi silicates evidenced by the electron transfer from CNT to Bi silicates from XPS results. Further, the CNT@Bi silicates endows it with the highest electrochemical activation area. These findings suggest the effectiveness of Si in Bi silicates and structure tuning to design highly selective CO2RR catalyst for HCOOH production.
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- Fuming Liu
- Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory of Green Chemical and Clean Energy Technology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
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- Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory of Green Chemical and Clean Energy Technology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
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- School of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Liupanshui Normal University, Liupanshui 553004, China
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- Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory of Green Chemical and Clean Energy Technology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China.
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- Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory of Green Chemical and Clean Energy Technology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China.
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- Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory of Green Chemical and Clean Energy Technology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China; School of Civil Engineering, Guizhou Institute of Technology, Guiyang 550003, China.
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Talukdar S, Montini T. Role of Facets and Morphologies of Different Bismuth-Based Materials for CO 2 Reduction to Fuels. MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2024; 17:3077. [PMID: 38998160 PMCID: PMC11242763 DOI: 10.3390/ma17133077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2024] [Revised: 06/18/2024] [Accepted: 06/19/2024] [Indexed: 07/14/2024]
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Carbon dioxide (CO2) emission has been a global concern over the past few decades due to the increase in the demand of energy, a major source of which is fossil fuels. To mitigate the emission issues, as well as to find a solution for the energy needs, an ample load of research has been carried out over the past few years in CO2 reduction by catalysis. Bismuth, being an active catalyst both photocatalytically and electrocatalytically, is an interesting material that can be formed into oxides, sulphides, oxyhalides, etc. Numerous works have been published based on bismuth-based materials as active catalysts for the reduction of CO2. However, a proper understanding of the behavior of the active facets and the dependence of morphology of the different bismuth-based catalysts is an interesting notion. In this review, various bismuth-based materials will be discussed regarding their activity and charge transfer properties, based on the active facets present in them. With regard to the available literature, a summarization, including photocatalysis, electrocatalysis as well as photoelectrocatalysis, will be detailed, considering various materials with different facets and morphologies. Product selectivity, varying on morphological difference, will also be realized photoelectrochemically.
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- Environment and Transport Giacomo Ciamician, Consortium INSTM, UdR Trieste and ICCOM-CNR Trieste Research Unit, Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Center for Energy, University of Trieste, Via L. Giorgieri 1, 34127 Trieste, Italy;
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Liu C, Mei B, Shi Z, Jiang Z, Ge J, Xing W, Song P, Xu W. Operando formation of highly efficient electrocatalysts induced by heteroatom leaching. Nat Commun 2024; 15:242. [PMID: 38172150 PMCID: PMC10764338 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-44480-9] [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: 04/26/2023] [Accepted: 12/14/2023] [Indexed: 01/05/2024] Open
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Heterogeneous nano-electrocatalysts doped with nonmetal atoms have been studied extensively based on the so-called dopant-based active sites, while little attention has been paid to the stability of these dopants under working conditions. In this work, we reveal significantly, when the redox working potential is too low negatively or too high positively, the active sites based on these dopants actually tend to collapse. It means that some previously observed "remarkable catalytic performance" actually originated from some unknown active sites formed in situ. Take the Bi-F for the CO2RR as an example, results show that the observed remarkable activity and stability were not directly from F-based active sites, but the defective Bi sites formed in situ after the dopant leaching. Such a fact is unveiled from several heteroatom-doped nanocatalysts for four typical reactions (CO2RR, HER, ORR, and OER). This work provides insight into the role of dopants in electrocatalysis.
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- Cong Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, & Jilin Province Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Chemical Power, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130022, China
- School of Applied Chemistry and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China
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- Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201204, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, & Jilin Province Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Chemical Power, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130022, China
- School of Applied Chemistry and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China
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- School of Applied Chemistry and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China
- Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201204, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, & Jilin Province Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Chemical Power, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130022, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, & Jilin Province Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Chemical Power, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130022, China
- School of Applied Chemistry and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, & Jilin Province Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Chemical Power, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130022, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, & Jilin Province Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Chemical Power, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130022, China.
- School of Applied Chemistry and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China.
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Tang Z, Wang Y, Qian W, Piao Z, Wang H, Zhang Y. Two-way rushing travel: Cathodic-anodic coupling of Bi 2O 3-SnO@CuO nanowires, a bifunctional catalyst with excellent CO 2RR and MOR performance for the efficient production of formate. J Colloid Interface Sci 2023; 652:1653-1664. [PMID: 37666197 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.08.196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2023] [Revised: 08/03/2023] [Accepted: 08/30/2023] [Indexed: 09/06/2023]
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Electrocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction reaction (CO2RR) generates high value-added products and simultaneously reduces excess atmospheric CO2 concentrations, is regarded as a potential approach to achieve carbon neutrality. However, the kinetic process of the anode oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is slow, resulting in a poor electrochemical efficiency of CO2RR. It is a breakthrough to replace OER with methanol oxidation reaction (MOR), which has more advantageous reaction kinetics. Herein, this work proposed a bifunctional catalyst Bi2O3-SnO modified CuO nanowires (Bi2O3-SnO@CuO NWs) with excellent CO2RR and MOR performance. For CO2RR, Bi2O3-SnO@CuO NWs achieved more than 90% formate selectivity at wide potential windows from -0.88 to -1.08 V (vs. reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE)), peaking at 96.6%. Meanwhile, anodic Bi2O3-SnO@CuO NWs achieved 100 mA cm-2 at a low potential of 1.53 V (vs. RHE), possessing nearly 100% formate selectivity ranging from 1.6 to 1.8 V (vs. RHE). Impressively, by coupling cathodic CO2RR and anodic MOR, the integrated electrolytic cell realized co-production of formate (cathode: 94.7% and anode: 97.5%), minimizing the energy input by approximately 69%, compared with CO2RR. This work provided a meaningful perspective for the design of bifunctional catalysts and coupling reaction systems in CO2RR.
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- Zheng Tang
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, 225127, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, 225127, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, 225127, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, 225127, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, 225127, China.
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, 225127, China.
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Jia X, Qi K, Yang J, Fan Z, Hua Z, Wan X, Zhao Y, Mao Y, Yang D. Cd/Cd(OH) 2 Nanosheets Enhancing the Electrocatalytic Activity of CO 2 Reduction to CO. Chemistry 2023; 29:e202302613. [PMID: 37837322 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202302613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2023] [Revised: 10/10/2023] [Accepted: 10/12/2023] [Indexed: 10/16/2023]
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Electric-driven conversion of carbon dioxide (CO2 ) to carbon monoxide (CO) under mild reaction conditions offers a promising approach to mitigate the greenhouse effect and the energy crisis. Surface engineering is believed to be one of the prospective methods for enhancing the electrocatalytic activity of CO2 reduction. Herein, hydroxyl (OH) groups were successfully introduced to cadmium nanosheets to form cadmium and cadmium hydroxide nanocomposites (i. e. Cd/Cd(OH)2 nanosheets) via a facile two-step method. The as-prepared Cd/Cd(OH)2 /CP (CP indicates carbon paper) electrode displays excellent electrocatalytic activity for CO2 reduction to produce CO. The Faradaic efficiency of CO reaches 98.3 % and the current density achieves 23.8 mA cm-2 at -2.0 V vs. Ag/Ag+ in a CO2 -saturated 30 wt% 1-butyl-3-methylimidazole hexafluorophosphate ([Bmim]PF6 )-65 wt% acetonitrile (CH3 CN)-5 wt% water (H2 O) electrolyte. And the CO partial current density can reach up to 71.6 mA cm-2 with the CO Faradaic efficiency of more than 85 % at -2.3 V vs. Ag/Ag+ , which stands out against Cd/CP, Cd(OH)2 /CP, and Cd/CdO/CP electrodes. The excellent electrocatalytic performance of the Cd/Cd(OH)2 /CP electrode can be attributed to its unique structural properties, suitable OH groups, perfect interaction with electrolyte, abundant active sites and fast electron transfer rate.
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- Xiaoyan Jia
- Green Catalysis Center, and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450001, China
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- Green Catalysis Center, and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450001, China
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- Green Catalysis Center, and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450001, China
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- Henan Institute of Advanced Technology, Zhengzhou University Zhengzhou, Henan, 450053, China
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- Green Catalysis Center, and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450001, China
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- Green Catalysis Center, and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450001, China
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- Green Catalysis Center, and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450001, China
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- Henan Institute of Advanced Technology, Zhengzhou University Zhengzhou, Henan, 450053, China
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- Green Catalysis Center, and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450001, China
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Zhang B, Wu Y, Zhai P, Wang C, Sun L, Hou J. Rational design of bismuth-based catalysts for electrochemical CO2 reduction. CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/s1872-2067(22)64132-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Jang HJ, Maeng JY, Kim YJ, Yoon I, Myung CW, Rhee CK, Sohn Y. Electrocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction over group 15 bismuth and antimony film electrodes: What makes difference? J CO2 UTIL 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcou.2022.102202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Boosting the Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction Reaction by Nanostructured Metal Materials via Defects Engineering. NANOMATERIALS 2022; 12:nano12142389. [PMID: 35889615 PMCID: PMC9324018 DOI: 10.3390/nano12142389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2022] [Revised: 07/08/2022] [Accepted: 07/09/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Electrocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) is one of the most effective methods to convert CO2 into useful fuels. Introducing defects into metal nanostructures can effectively improve the catalytic activity and selectivity towards CO2RR. This review provides the recent progress on the use of metal nanomaterials with defects towards electrochemical CO2RR and defects engineering methods. Accompanying these ideas, we introduce the structure of defects characterized by electron microscopy techniques as the characterization and analysis of defects are relatively difficult. Subsequently, we present the intrinsic mechanism of how the defects affect CO2RR performance. Finally, to promote a wide and deep study in this field, the perspectives and challenges concerning defects engineering in metal nanomaterials towards CO2RR are put forward.
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