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Yuan CY, Feng L, Qin X, Liu JX, Li X, Sun XC, Chang XX, Xu BJ, Li WX, Ma D, Dong H, Zhang YW. Constructing Metal(II)-Sulfate Site Catalysts toward Low Overpotential Carbon Dioxide Electroreduction to Fuel Chemicals. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202405255. [PMID: 38682659 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202405255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2024] [Revised: 04/27/2024] [Accepted: 04/29/2024] [Indexed: 05/01/2024]
Abstract
Precise regulation of the active site structure is an important means to enhance the activity and selectivity of catalysts in CO2 electroreduction. Here, we creatively introduce anionic groups, which can not only stabilize metal sites with strong coordination ability but also have rich interactions with protons at active sites to modify the electronic structure and proton transfer process of catalysts. This strategy helps to convert CO2 into fuel chemicals at low overpotentials. As a typical example, a composite catalyst, CuO/Cu-NSO4/CN, with highly dispersed Cu(II)-SO4 sites has been reported, in which CO2 electroreduction to formate occurs at a low overpotential with a high Faradaic efficiency (-0.5 V vs. RHE, FEformate=87.4 %). Pure HCOOH is produced with an energy conversion efficiency of 44.3 % at a cell voltage of 2.8 V. Theoretical modeling demonstrates that sulfate promotes CO2 transformation into a carboxyl intermediate followed by HCOOH generation, whose mechanism is significantly different from that of the traditional process via a formate intermediate for HCOOH production.
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- Chen-Yue Yuan
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications, PKU-HKU Joint Laboratory in Rare Earth Materials and Bioinorganic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, No. 5 Yiheyuan Road Haidian District, 100871, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, 230026, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, No. 5 Yiheyuan Road Haidian District, 100871, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, 230026, Hefei, Anhui, China
- Hefei National Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, 230088, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications, PKU-HKU Joint Laboratory in Rare Earth Materials and Bioinorganic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, No. 5 Yiheyuan Road Haidian District, 100871, Beijing, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications, PKU-HKU Joint Laboratory in Rare Earth Materials and Bioinorganic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, No. 5 Yiheyuan Road Haidian District, 100871, Beijing, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, No. 5 Yiheyuan Road Haidian District, 100871, Beijing, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, No. 5 Yiheyuan Road Haidian District, 100871, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, 230026, Hefei, Anhui, China
- Hefei National Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, 230088, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, No. 5 Yiheyuan Road Haidian District, 100871, Beijing, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications, PKU-HKU Joint Laboratory in Rare Earth Materials and Bioinorganic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, No. 5 Yiheyuan Road Haidian District, 100871, Beijing, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications, PKU-HKU Joint Laboratory in Rare Earth Materials and Bioinorganic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, No. 5 Yiheyuan Road Haidian District, 100871, Beijing, China
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Paul A, Radinović K, Hazra S, Mladenović D, Šljukić B, Khan RA, Guedes da Silva MFC, Pombeiro AJL. Electrocatalytic Behavior of an Amide Functionalized Mn(II) Coordination Polymer on ORR, OER and HER. Molecules 2022; 27:7323. [PMID: 36364154 PMCID: PMC9655238 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27217323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2022] [Revised: 10/17/2022] [Accepted: 10/24/2022] [Indexed: 10/29/2023] Open
Abstract
The new 3D coordination polymer (CP) [Mn(L)(HCOO)]n (Mn-CP) [L = 4-(pyridin-4-ylcarbamoyl)benzoate] was synthesised via a hydrothermal reaction using the pyridyl amide functionalized benzoic acid HL. It was characterized by elemental, FT-IR spectroscopy, single-crystal and powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) analyses. Its structural features were disclosed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis, which revealed a 3D structure with the monoclinic space group P21/c. Its performance as an electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction (ORR), oxygen evolution (OER), and hydrogen evolution (HER) reactions was tested in both acidic (0.5 M H2SO4) and alkaline (0.1 M KOH) media. A distinct reduction peak was observed at 0.53 V vs. RHE in 0.1 M KOH, which corresponds to the oxygen reduction, thus clearly demonstrating the material's activity for the ORR. Tafel analysis revealed a Tafel slope of 101 mV dec-1 with mixed kinetics of 2e- and 4e- pathways indicated by the Koutecky-Levich analysis. Conversely, the ORR peak was not present in 0.5 M H2SO4 indicating no activity of Mn-CP for this reaction in acidic media. In addition, Mn-CP demonstrated a noteworthy activity toward OER and HER in acidic media, in contrast to what was observed in 0.1 M KOH.
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- Anup Paul
- Centro de Química Estrutura, Institute of Molecular Sciences, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal
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- University of Belgrade, Faculty of Physical Chemistry, Studentski Trg 12-16, 11158 Belgrade, Serbia
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- Centro de Química Estrutura, Institute of Molecular Sciences, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal
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- University of Belgrade, Faculty of Physical Chemistry, Studentski Trg 12-16, 11158 Belgrade, Serbia
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- University of Belgrade, Faculty of Physical Chemistry, Studentski Trg 12-16, 11158 Belgrade, Serbia
- Center of Physics and Engineering of Advanced Materials, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Centro de Química Estrutura, Institute of Molecular Sciences, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal
- Departamento de Engenharia Química, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Centro de Química Estrutura, Institute of Molecular Sciences, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal
- Research Institute of Chemistry, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University), 6 Miklukho-Maklaya Street, 117198 Moscow, Russia
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