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Li S, Wu G, Mao J, Chen A, Liu X, Zeng J, Wei Y, Wang J, Zhu H, Xia J, Wang X, Li G, Song Y, Dong X, Wei W, Chen W. Tensile-Strained Cu Penetration Electrode Boosts Asymmetric C-C Coupling for Ampere-Level CO 2-to-C 2+ Reduction in Acid. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202407612. [PMID: 39007237 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202407612] [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: 04/22/2024] [Revised: 06/14/2024] [Accepted: 07/14/2024] [Indexed: 07/16/2024]
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The synthesis of multicarbon (C2+) products remains a substantial challenge in sustainable CO2 electroreduction owing to the need for sufficient current density and faradaic efficiency alongside carbon efficiency. Herein, we demonstrate ampere-level high-efficiency CO2 electroreduction to C2+ products in both neutral and strongly acidic (pH=1) electrolytes using a hierarchical Cu hollow-fiber penetration electrode (HPE). High concentration of K+ could concurrently suppress hydrogen evolution reaction and facilitate C-C coupling, thereby promoting C2+ production in strong acid. By optimizing the K+ and H+ concentration and CO2 flow rate, a faradaic efficiency of 84.5 % and a partial current density as high as 3.1 A cm-2 for C2+ products, alongside a single-pass carbon efficiency of 81.5 % and stable electrolysis for 240 h were demonstrated in a strong acidic solution of H2SO4 and KCl (pH=1). Experimental measurements and density functional theory simulations suggested that tensile-strained Cu HPE enhances the asymmetric C-C coupling to steer the selectivity and activity of C2+ products.
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- Shoujie Li
- Low-Carbon Conversion Science and Engineering Center, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 201210, Shanghai, China
- State Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Catalysis and Carbon Dioxide Utilization, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 201210, Shanghai, China
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- Low-Carbon Conversion Science and Engineering Center, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 201210, Shanghai, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049, Beijing, China
- State Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Catalysis and Carbon Dioxide Utilization, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 201210, Shanghai, China
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- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049, Beijing, China
- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 201204, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 201204, Shanghai, China
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- Low-Carbon Conversion Science and Engineering Center, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 201210, Shanghai, China
- State Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Catalysis and Carbon Dioxide Utilization, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 201210, Shanghai, China
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- Low-Carbon Conversion Science and Engineering Center, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 201210, Shanghai, China
- State Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Catalysis and Carbon Dioxide Utilization, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 201210, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 201204, Shanghai, China
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- Low-Carbon Conversion Science and Engineering Center, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 201210, Shanghai, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049, Beijing, China
- State Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Catalysis and Carbon Dioxide Utilization, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 201210, Shanghai, China
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- Low-Carbon Conversion Science and Engineering Center, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 201210, Shanghai, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049, Beijing, China
- State Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Catalysis and Carbon Dioxide Utilization, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 201210, Shanghai, China
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- Low-Carbon Conversion Science and Engineering Center, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 201210, Shanghai, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049, Beijing, China
- State Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Catalysis and Carbon Dioxide Utilization, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 201210, Shanghai, China
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- Low-Carbon Conversion Science and Engineering Center, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 201210, Shanghai, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049, Beijing, China
- State Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Catalysis and Carbon Dioxide Utilization, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 201210, Shanghai, China
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- Low-Carbon Conversion Science and Engineering Center, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 201210, Shanghai, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049, Beijing, China
- State Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Catalysis and Carbon Dioxide Utilization, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 201210, Shanghai, China
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- Low-Carbon Conversion Science and Engineering Center, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 201210, Shanghai, China
- State Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Catalysis and Carbon Dioxide Utilization, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 201210, Shanghai, China
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- Low-Carbon Conversion Science and Engineering Center, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 201210, Shanghai, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049, Beijing, China
- State Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Catalysis and Carbon Dioxide Utilization, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 201210, Shanghai, China
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- Low-Carbon Conversion Science and Engineering Center, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 201210, Shanghai, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049, Beijing, China
- State Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Catalysis and Carbon Dioxide Utilization, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 201210, Shanghai, China
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- Low-Carbon Conversion Science and Engineering Center, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 201210, Shanghai, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049, Beijing, China
- State Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Catalysis and Carbon Dioxide Utilization, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 201210, Shanghai, China
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- Low-Carbon Conversion Science and Engineering Center, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 201210, Shanghai, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049, Beijing, China
- State Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Catalysis and Carbon Dioxide Utilization, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 201210, Shanghai, China
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Zhang W, Ai J, Ouyang T, Yu L, Liu A, Han L, Duan Y, Tian C, Chu C, Ma Y, Che S, Fang Y. Chiral Nanostructured Ag Films for Multicarbon Products from CO 2 Electroreduction. J Am Chem Soc 2024. [PMID: 39356497 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c08445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/03/2024]
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The formation of multicarbon products from CO2 electroreduction is challenging on materials other than Cu-based catalysts. Ag has been known to be a typical metal catalyst, producing CO in CO2 electroreduction. The formation of C2+ products by Ag has never been reported because the carbon-carbon (C-C) coupling is an unfavorable process due to the high reaction barrier energy of *OCCO. Here, we propose that the chirality-induced spin polarization of chiral nanostructured Ag films (CNAFs) can promote the formation of triplet OCCO by regulating its parallel electron spin alignment, and the helical lattice distortion of nanostructures can decrease the reaction energy of *OCCO, which triggers C-C coupling and promotes subsequent *OCCO hydrogenation to facilitate the generation of C2+ products. The CNAFs with helically lattice-distorted nanoflakes were fabricated via electrodeposition using phenylalanine as the symmetry-breaking agent. C2+ products (C2H4, C2H6, C3H8, C2H5OH, and CH3COOH) with a Faradaic efficiency of ∼4.7% and a current density of ∼22 mA/cm2 were generated in KHCO3 electrolytes under 12.5 atm of CO2 (g). Our findings propose that the chiral nanostructured materials can regulate the multifunctionality of catalytic performance in the catalytic reactions with triplet intermediates and products.
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- Wanning Zhang
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Key Laboratory for Molecular Engineering of Chiral Drugs, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Sinopec Shanghai Research Institute of Petrochemical Technology, 1658 Pudong Beilu, Shanghai 201208, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Key Laboratory for Molecular Engineering of Chiral Drugs, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, China
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- High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 350 Shushanhu Road, Hefei, Anhui 230031, China
- Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, Anhui Engineering Laboratory of Peptide Drug, Anhui Laboratory of Advanced Photonic Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, 96 Jinzhai Road, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 350 Shushanhu Road, Hefei, Anhui 230031, China
- Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, Anhui Engineering Laboratory of Peptide Drug, Anhui Laboratory of Advanced Photonic Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, 96 Jinzhai Road, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, China
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- School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, China
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- High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 350 Shushanhu Road, Hefei, Anhui 230031, China
- Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, Anhui Engineering Laboratory of Peptide Drug, Anhui Laboratory of Advanced Photonic Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, 96 Jinzhai Road, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Centre for High Resolution Electron Microscopy & Shanghai Key Lab of High-Resolution Microscopy, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China
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- Centre for High Resolution Electron Microscopy & Shanghai Key Lab of High-Resolution Microscopy, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Key Laboratory for Molecular Engineering of Chiral Drugs, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Key Laboratory for Molecular Engineering of Chiral Drugs, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, China
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Xu Z, Yang Z, Lu H, Zhu J, Li J, Fan MH, Zhao Z, Kong X, Wang K, Geng Z. Atomic Defects Engineering Boosts Urea Synthesis toward Carbon Dioxide and Nitrate Coelectroreduction. NANO LETTERS 2024; 24:11730-11737. [PMID: 39248551 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c03451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/10/2024]
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The atomic defect engineering could feasibly decorate the chemical behaviors of reaction intermediates to regulate catalytic performance. Herein, we created oxygen vacancies on the surface of In(OH)3 nanobelts for efficient urea electrosynthesis. When the oxygen vacancies were constructed on the surface of the In(OH)3 nanobelts, the faradaic efficiency for urea reached 80.1%, which is 2.9 times higher than that (20.7%) of the pristine In(OH)3 nanobelts. At -0.8 V versus reversible hydrogen electrode, In(OH)3 nanobelts with abundant oxygen vacancies exhibited partial current density for urea of -18.8 mA cm-2. Such a value represents the highest activity for urea electrosynthesis among recent reports. Density functional theory calculations suggested that the unsaturated In sites adjacent to oxygen defects helped to optimize the adsorbed configurations of key intermediates, promoting both the C-N coupling and the activation of the adsorbed CO2NH2 intermediate. In-situ spectroscopy measurements further validated the promotional effect of the oxygen vacancies on urea electrosynthesis.
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- Zifan Xu
- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People's Republic of China
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- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People's Republic of China
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- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People's Republic of China
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- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People's Republic of China
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- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People's Republic of China
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- The Instruments Center for Physical Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People's Republic of China
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- The Instruments Center for Physical Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People's Republic of China
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- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People's Republic of China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Ionic Liquids Clean Process, CAS Key Laboratory of Green Process and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex Systems, Innovation Academy for Green Manufacture, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, People's Republic of China
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- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People's Republic of China
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Wang C, Sun Y, Chen Y, Zhang Y, Yue L, Han L, Zhao L, Zhu X, Zhan D. In Situ Electropolymerizing Toward EP-CoP/Cu Tandem Catalyst for Enhanced Electrochemical CO 2-to-Ethylene Conversion. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2024; 11:e2404053. [PMID: 38973357 PMCID: PMC11425910 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202404053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2024] [Revised: 05/29/2024] [Indexed: 07/09/2024]
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Electrochemical CO2 reduction has garnered significant interest in the conversion of sustainable energy to valuable fuels and chemicals. Cu-based bimetallic catalysts play a crucial role in enhancing *CO concentration on Cu sites for efficient C─C coupling reactions, particularly for C2 product generation. To enhance Cu's electronic structure and direct its selectivity toward C2 products, a novel strategy is proposed involving the in situ electropolymerization of a nano-thickness cobalt porphyrin polymeric network (EP-CoP) onto a copper electrode, resulting in the creation of a highly effective EP-CoP/Cu tandem catalyst. The even distribution of EP-CoP facilitates the initial reduction of CO2 to *CO intermediates, which then transition to Cu sites for efficient C─C coupling. DFT calculations confirm that the *CO enrichment from Co sites boosts *CO coverage on Cu sites, promoting C─C coupling for C2+ product formation. The EP-CoP/Cu gas diffusion electrode achieves an impressive current density of 726 mA cm-2 at -0.9 V versus reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE), with a 76.8% Faraday efficiency for total C2+ conversion and 43% for ethylene, demonstrating exceptional long-term stability in flow cells. These findings mark a significant step forward in developing a tandem catalyst system for the effective electrochemical production of ethylene.
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- Chao Wang
- Pen-Tung Sah Institute of Micro-Nano Science and Technology, State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Fujian Science & Technology Innovation Laboratory for Energy Materials of China, Engineering Research Center of Electrochemical Technologies of Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, China
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- Department of Chemistry and State Key Laboratory of Environmental and Biological Analysis, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, China
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- Pen-Tung Sah Institute of Micro-Nano Science and Technology, State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Fujian Science & Technology Innovation Laboratory for Energy Materials of China, Engineering Research Center of Electrochemical Technologies of Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China
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- Department of Chemistry and State Key Laboratory of Environmental and Biological Analysis, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, China
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- Pen-Tung Sah Institute of Micro-Nano Science and Technology, State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Fujian Science & Technology Innovation Laboratory for Energy Materials of China, Engineering Research Center of Electrochemical Technologies of Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, China
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- Department of Chemistry and State Key Laboratory of Environmental and Biological Analysis, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, China
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- Pen-Tung Sah Institute of Micro-Nano Science and Technology, State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Fujian Science & Technology Innovation Laboratory for Energy Materials of China, Engineering Research Center of Electrochemical Technologies of Ministry of Education, Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China
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He Q, Li H, Hu Z, Lei L, Wang D, Li TT. Highly Selective CO 2 Electroreduction to C 2H 4 Using a Dual-Sites Cu(II) Porphyrin Framework Coupled with Cu 2O Nanoparticles via a Synergetic-Tandem Strategy. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202407090. [PMID: 38840270 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202407090] [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: 04/14/2024] [Revised: 06/04/2024] [Accepted: 06/05/2024] [Indexed: 06/07/2024]
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Low *CO coverage on the active sites is a major hurdle in the tandem electrocatalysis, resulting in unsatisfied C2H4 production efficiencies. In this work, we developed a synergetic-tandem strategy to construct a copper-based composite catalyst for the electroreduction of CO2 to C2H4, which was constructed via the template-directed polymerization of ultrathin Cu(II) porphyrin organic framework incorporating atomically isolated Cu(II) porphyrin and Cu(II) bipyridine sites on a carbon nanotube (CNT) scaffold, and then Cu2O nanoparticles were uniformly dispersed on the CNT scaffold. The presence of dual active sites within the Cu(II) porphyrin organic framework create a synergetic effect, leading to an increase in local *CO availability to enhance the C-C coupling step implemented on the adjacent Cu2O nanoparticles for further C2H4 production. Accordingly, the resultant catalyst affords an exceptional CO2-to-C2H4 Faradaic efficiency (FEC2H4) of 71.0 % at -1.1 V vs reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE), making it one of the most effective copper-based tandem catalysts reported to date. The superior performance of the catalyst is further confirmed through operando infrared spectroscopy and theoretic calculations.
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- Qizhe He
- School of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315211, China
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- School of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315211, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510275, China
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- Engineering Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315201, China
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- Engineering Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315201, China
- Research Center for Advanced Interdisciplinary Sciences, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315201, China
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- School of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315211, China
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Wang X, Lu R, Pan B, Yang C, Zhuansun M, Li J, Xu Y, Hung SF, Zheng G, Li Y, Wang Z, Wang Y. Enhanced Carbon-Carbon Coupling at Interfaces with Abrupt Coordination Number Changes. CHEMSUSCHEM 2024; 17:e202400150. [PMID: 38472126 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202400150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2024] [Revised: 03/07/2024] [Accepted: 03/11/2024] [Indexed: 03/14/2024]
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Cu-catalyzed electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) produces multi-carbon (C2+) chemicals with considerable selectivities and activities, yet required high overpotentials impede its practical application. Here, we design interfaces with abrupt coordination number (CN) changes that greatly reduce the applied potential for achieving high C2+ Faradaic efficiency (FE). Encouraged by the mechanistic finding that the coupling between *CO and *CO(H) is the most probable C-C bond formation path, we use Cu2O- and Cu-phthalocyanine-derived Cu (OD-Cu and PD-Cu) to build the interface. Using operando X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS), we find that the Cu CN of OD-Cu is ~11, favoring CO* adsorption, while the PD-Cu has a COH*-favorable CN of ~4. Operando Raman spectroscopy revealed that the interfaces with abrupt CN changes promote *OCCOH formation. As a result, the designed catalyst achieves a C2+ FE of 85±2 % at 220 mA cm-2 in a zero-gap CO2 electrolyzer. An improvement of C2+ FE by 3 times is confirmed at the low potential regime where the current density is 60-140 mA cm-2, compared to bare OD-Cu. We report a 45-h stable CO2RR operation at 220 mA cm-2, producing a C2+ product FE of ~80 %.
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- Xuan Wang
- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Advanced Negative Carbon Technologies, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- School of Chemical Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, 1010, New Zealand
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Advanced Negative Carbon Technologies, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Department of Chemistry, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Advanced Negative Carbon Technologies, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, 5 King's College Road, Toronto, ON, M5S 3G8, Canada
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, 300, Taiwan
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- Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Department of Chemistry, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Advanced Negative Carbon Technologies, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- School of Chemical Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, 1010, New Zealand
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Advanced Negative Carbon Technologies, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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Min S, Xu X, He J, Sun M, Lin W, Kang L. Construction of Cobalt Porphyrin-Modified Cu 2O Nanowire Array as a Tandem Electrocatalyst for Enhanced CO 2 Reduction to C 2 Products. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024; 20:e2400592. [PMID: 38501796 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202400592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2024] [Revised: 02/27/2024] [Indexed: 03/20/2024]
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Here, the molecule-modified Cu-based array is first constructed as the self-supporting tandem catalyst for electrocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) to C2 products. The modification of cuprous oxide nanowire array on copper mesh (Cu2O@CM) with cobalt(II) tetraphenylporphyrin (CoTPP) molecules is achieved via a simple liquid phase method. The systematical characterizations confirm that the formation of axial coordinated Co-O-Cu bond between Cu2O and CoTPP can significantly promote the dispersion of CoTPP molecules on Cu2O and the electrical properties of CoTPP-Cu2O@CM heterojunction array. Consequently, as compared to Cu2O@CM array, the optimized CoTPP-Cu2O@CM sample as electrocatalyst can realize the 2.08-fold C2 Faraday efficiency (73.2% vs 35.2%) and the 2.54-fold current density (‒52.9 vs ‒20.8 mA cm-2) at ‒1.1 V versus RHE in an H-cell. The comprehensive performance is superior to most of the reported Cu-based materials in the H-cell. Further study reveals that the CoTPP adsorption on Cu2O can restrain the hydrogen evolution reaction, improve the coverage of *CO intermediate, and maintain the existence of Cu(I) at low potential.
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- Shihao Min
- Key Laboratory of Design and Assembly of Functional Nanostructures, and Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100045, P. R. China
- Fujian Science & Technology Innovation Laboratory for Optoelectronic Information of China, Fuzhou, 350108, P. R. China
- University Chinese Academy of Science, Fujian College, Fuzhou, 350002, P. R. China
- College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350116, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Design and Assembly of Functional Nanostructures, and Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100045, P. R. China
- Fujian Science & Technology Innovation Laboratory for Optoelectronic Information of China, Fuzhou, 350108, P. R. China
- University Chinese Academy of Science, Fujian College, Fuzhou, 350002, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Design and Assembly of Functional Nanostructures, and Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100045, P. R. China
- Fujian Science & Technology Innovation Laboratory for Optoelectronic Information of China, Fuzhou, 350108, P. R. China
- University Chinese Academy of Science, Fujian College, Fuzhou, 350002, P. R. China
- College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350116, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Design and Assembly of Functional Nanostructures, and Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100045, P. R. China
- Fujian Science & Technology Innovation Laboratory for Optoelectronic Information of China, Fuzhou, 350108, P. R. China
- University Chinese Academy of Science, Fujian College, Fuzhou, 350002, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Design and Assembly of Functional Nanostructures, and Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100045, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Design and Assembly of Functional Nanostructures, and Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100045, P. R. China
- Fujian Science & Technology Innovation Laboratory for Optoelectronic Information of China, Fuzhou, 350108, P. R. China
- University Chinese Academy of Science, Fujian College, Fuzhou, 350002, P. R. China
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Zang Y, Wang S, Sang J, Wei P, Zhang X, Wang Q, Wang G. Illustration of the Intrinsic Mechanism of Reconstructed Cu Clusters for Enhanced CO 2 Electroreduction to Ethanol Production with Industrial Current Density. NANO LETTERS 2024. [PMID: 38856118 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c01239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2024]
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Copper-based catalysts have been attracting increasing attention for CO2 electroreduction into value-added multicarbon chemicals. However, most Cu-based catalysts are designed for ethylene production, while ethanol production with high Faradaic efficiency at high current density still remains a great challenge. Herein, Cu clusters supported on single-atom Cu dispersed nitrogen-doped carbon (Cux/Cu-N/C) show ethanol Faradaic efficiency of ∼40% and partial current density of ∼350 mA cm-2. Quasi in situ X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and operando X-ray absorption spectroscopy results suggest the generation of surface asymmetrical sites of Cu+ and Cu0 as well as Cu clusters by electrochemical reduction and reconstruction during the CO2 electroreduction process. Density functional theory calculations indicate that the interaction between Cu clusters and the Cu-N/C support enhances *CO adsorption, facilitates the C-C coupling step, and favors the hydrogenation rather than dehydroxylation of the critical intermediate *CHCOH toward ethanol in the bifurcation.
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- Yipeng Zang
- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, 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, 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, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101408, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, 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, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Dalian Jiaotong University, Dalian 116028, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
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Hu Y, Zhu J, Wang X, Zheng X, Zhang X, Wu C, Zhang J, Fu C, Sheng T, Wu Z. Mo 4+-Doped CuS Nanosheet-Assembled Hollow Spheres for CO 2 Electroreduction to Ethanol in a Flow Cell. Inorg Chem 2024; 63:9983-9991. [PMID: 38757519 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c01138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2024]
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Electrocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) to ethanol has been widely researched for potential commercial application. However, it still faces limited selectivity at a large current density. Herein, Mo4+-doped CuS nanosheet-assembled hollow spheres are constructed to address this issue. Mo4+ ion doping modifies the local electronic environments and diversifies the binding sites of CuS, which increases the coverage of linear *COL and produces bridge *COB for subsequent *COL-*COH coupling toward ethanol production. The optimal Mo9.0%-CuS can electrocatalyze CO2 to ethanol with a faradaic efficiency of 67.5% and a partial current density of 186.5 mA cm-2 at -0.6 V in a flow cell. This work clarifies that doping high valence transition metal ions into Cu-based sulfides can regulate the coverage and configuration of related intermediates for ethanol production during the CO2RR in a flow cell.
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- Yan Hu
- Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Engineering Research Center of Carbon Neutrality, Anhui Key Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, Anhui 241002, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Engineering Research Center of Carbon Neutrality, Anhui Key Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, Anhui 241002, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Engineering Research Center of Carbon Neutrality, Anhui Key Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, Anhui 241002, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Engineering Research Center of Carbon Neutrality, Anhui Key Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, Anhui 241002, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Engineering Research Center of Carbon Neutrality, Anhui Key Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, Anhui 241002, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Engineering Research Center of Carbon Neutrality, Anhui Key Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, Anhui 241002, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Engineering Research Center of Carbon Neutrality, Anhui Key Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, Anhui 241002, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Engineering Research Center of Carbon Neutrality, Anhui Key Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, Anhui 241002, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Engineering Research Center of Carbon Neutrality, Anhui Key Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, Anhui 241002, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Engineering Research Center of Carbon Neutrality, Anhui Key Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, Anhui 241002, China
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Jiang M, Wang H, Zhu M, Luo X, He Y, Wang M, Wu C, Zhang L, Li X, Liao X, Jiang Z, Jin Z. Review on strategies for improving the added value and expanding the scope of CO 2 electroreduction products. Chem Soc Rev 2024; 53:5149-5189. [PMID: 38566609 DOI: 10.1039/d3cs00857f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/04/2024]
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The electrochemical reduction of CO2 into value-added chemicals has been explored as a promising solution to realize carbon neutrality and inhibit global warming. This involves utilizing the electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) to produce a variety of single-carbon (C1) and multi-carbon (C2+) products. Additionally, the electrolyte solution in the CO2RR system can be enriched with nitrogen sources (such as NO3-, NO2-, N2, or NO) to enable the synthesis of organonitrogen compounds via C-N coupling reactions. However, the electrochemical conversion of CO2 into valuable chemicals still faces challenges in terms of low product yield, poor faradaic efficiency (FE), and unclear understanding of the reaction mechanism. This review summarizes the promising strategies aimed at achieving selective production of diverse carbon-containing products, including CO, formate, hydrocarbons, alcohols, and organonitrogen compounds. These approaches involve the rational design of electrocatalysts and the construction of coupled electrocatalytic reaction systems. Moreover, this review presents the underlying reaction mechanisms, identifies the existing challenges, and highlights the prospects of the electrosynthesis processes. The aim is to offer valuable insights and guidance for future research on the electrocatalytic conversion of CO2 into carbon-containing products of enhanced value-added potential.
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- Minghang Jiang
- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Xihua University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610039, China.
- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, MOE Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry, MOE Key Laboratory of High Performance Polymer Materials and Technology, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Organic Materials, Tianchang New Materials and Energy Technology Research Center, Institute of Green Chemistry and Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, MOE Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry, MOE Key Laboratory of High Performance Polymer Materials and Technology, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Organic Materials, Tianchang New Materials and Energy Technology Research Center, Institute of Green Chemistry and Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, MOE Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry, MOE Key Laboratory of High Performance Polymer Materials and Technology, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Organic Materials, Tianchang New Materials and Energy Technology Research Center, Institute of Green Chemistry and Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Xihua University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610039, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Xihua University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610039, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Xihua University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610039, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Xihua University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610039, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Xihua University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610039, China.
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- College of Chemistry and Food Science, Yulin Normal University, Yulin, Guangxi, 537000, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Xihua University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610039, China.
- School of Food and Biological Engineering, Xihua University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610039, China
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Xihua University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610039, China.
- School of Food and Biological Engineering, Xihua University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610039, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, MOE Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry, MOE Key Laboratory of High Performance Polymer Materials and Technology, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Organic Materials, Tianchang New Materials and Energy Technology Research Center, Institute of Green Chemistry and Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, China.
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Yamaguchi S, Ebe H, Minegishi T, Sugiyama M. Introduction of a Conductive Layer into Flood-Resistant Gas Diffusion Electrodes with Polymer Substrate for an Efficient Electrochemical CO 2 Reduction with Copper Oxide. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2024; 16:17371-17376. [PMID: 38533998 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c14568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/28/2024]
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Conversion of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) into valuable feedstocks is a crucial technology, and electrochemical reduction of CO2 is a promising approach that can provide a useful source of ethylene (C2H4). Gas diffusion electrodes (GDEs) placed at the interface of the CO2 gas and electrolyte can achieve high current density through a sufficient supply of dissolved CO2 to the reaction site, making them indispensable in industrial applications. However, conventional GDEs with carbon substrate have suffered from electrolyte flooding and consequent loss of efficiency, posing an obstacle for practical application. While flood-resistant GDEs with hydrophobic polymer substrate have been proposed recently, only conductive materials can be employed as electrocatalysts because of their insulative properties, despite the high activities of oxide materials such as copper oxide. Here, we introduce an aluminum conductive layer in GDE with polymer substrate to enable the use of electrically resistive catalysts. Cuprous oxide (Cu2O) with silver particles was tested as a model material and has shown prolonged stability (>17 h) with high C2H4 Faraday efficiency (>50%) while suppressing flooding. A thorough characterization revealed that the conductive layer makes Cu2O an efficient electrocatalyst, even on the polymer substrate, by providing sufficient electrons through its conduction path. This research significantly expands the scope of electrode design by enabling the incorporation of a wide range of nonelectrically conductive materials on GDEs with polymer substrate.
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- Shingi Yamaguchi
- Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8904, Japan
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- Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8904, Japan
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- Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8904, Japan
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- Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8904, Japan
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Chen W, Jin X, Zhang L, Wang L, Shi J. Modulating the Structure and Composition of Single-Atom Electrocatalysts for CO 2 reduction. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2024; 11:e2304424. [PMID: 38044311 PMCID: PMC10916602 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202304424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2023] [Revised: 10/05/2023] [Indexed: 12/05/2023]
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Electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (eCO2 RR) is a promising strategy to achieve carbon cycling by converting CO2 into value-added products under mild reaction conditions. Recently, single-atom catalysts (SACs) have shown enormous potential in eCO2 RR due to their high utilization of metal atoms and flexible coordination structures. In this work, the recent progress in SACs for eCO2 RR is outlined, with detailed discussions on the interaction between active sites and CO2 , especially the adsorption/activation behavior of CO2 and the effects of the electronic structure of SACs on eCO2 RR. Three perspectives form the starting point: 1) Important factors of SACs for eCO2 RR; 2) Typical SACs for eCO2 RR; 3) eCO2 RR toward valuable products. First, how different modification strategies can change the electronic structure of SACs to improve catalytic performance is discussed; Second, SACs with diverse supports and how supports assist active sites to undergo catalytic reaction are introduced; Finally, according to various valuable products from eCO2 RR, the reaction mechanism and measures which can be taken to improve the selectivity of eCO2 RR are discussed. Hopefully, this work can provide a comprehensive understanding of SACs for eCO2 RR and spark innovative design and modification ideas to develop highly efficient SACs for CO2 conversion to various valuable fuels/chemicals.
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- Weiren Chen
- Shanghai Institute of CeramicsChinese Academy of Sciences1295 Dingxi RoadShanghai200050P. R. China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics EngineeringUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences19A Yuquan RoadBeijing100049P. R. China
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- Shanghai Institute of CeramicsChinese Academy of Sciences1295 Dingxi RoadShanghai200050P. R. China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics EngineeringUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences19A Yuquan RoadBeijing100049P. R. China
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- Shanghai Institute of CeramicsChinese Academy of Sciences1295 Dingxi RoadShanghai200050P. R. China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics EngineeringUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences19A Yuquan RoadBeijing100049P. R. China
- School of Chemistry and Materials ScienceHangzhou Institute for Advanced StudyUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences1 Sub‐lane XiangshanHangzhou310024P. R. China
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- Nanomaterials CentreSchool of Chemical Engineering and Australian Institute for Bioengineering and NanotechnologyThe University of QueenslandSt LuciaQLD4072Australia
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- Shanghai Institute of CeramicsChinese Academy of Sciences1295 Dingxi RoadShanghai200050P. R. China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics EngineeringUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences19A Yuquan RoadBeijing100049P. R. China
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Kim C, Govindarajan N, Hemenway S, Park J, Zoraster A, Kong CJ, Prabhakar RR, Varley JB, Jung HT, Hahn C, Ager JW. Importance of Site Diversity and Connectivity in Electrochemical CO Reduction on Cu. ACS Catal 2024; 14:3128-3138. [PMID: 38449526 PMCID: PMC10913037 DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.3c05904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2023] [Revised: 01/23/2024] [Accepted: 01/31/2024] [Indexed: 03/08/2024]
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Electrochemical CO2 reduction on Cu is a promising approach to produce value-added chemicals using renewable feedstocks, yet various Cu preparations have led to differences in activity and selectivity toward single and multicarbon products. Here, we find, surprisingly, that the effective catalytic activity toward ethylene improves when there is a larger fraction of less active sites acting as reservoirs of *CO on the surface of Cu nanoparticle electrocatalysts. In an adaptation of chemical transient kinetics to electrocatalysis, we measure the dynamic response of a gas diffusion electrode (GDE) cell when the feed gas is abruptly switched between Ar (inert) and CO. When switching from Ar to CO, CO reduction (COR) begins promptly, but when switching from CO to Ar, COR can be maintained for several seconds (delay time) despite the absence of the CO reactant in the gas phase. A three-site microkinetic model captures the observed dynamic behavior and shows that Cu catalysts exhibiting delay times have a less active *CO reservoir that exhibits fast diffusion to active sites. The observed delay times and the estimated *CO reservoir sizes are affected by catalyst preparation, applied potential, and microenvironment (electrolyte cation identity, electrolyte pH, and CO partial pressure). Notably, we estimate that the *CO reservoir surface coverage can be as high as 88 ± 7% on oxide-derived Cu (OD-Cu) at high overpotentials (-1.52 V vs SHE) and this increases in reservoir coverage coincide with increased turnover frequencies to ethylene. We also estimate that *CO can travel substantial distances (up to 10s of nm) prior to desorption or reaction. It appears that active C-C coupling sites by themselves do not control selectivity to C2+ products in electrochemical COR; the supply of CO to those sites is also a crucial factor. More generally, the overall activity of Cu electrocatalysts cannot be approximated from linear combinations of individual site activities. Future designs must consider the diversity of the catalyst network and account for intersite transportation pathways.
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- Chansol Kim
- Chemical
Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Department
of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 291 Daehak-ro,
Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34141, South Korea
- Clean
Energy Research Center, Korea Institute
of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul 02792, South Korea
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- Materials
Science Division, Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, United States
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- Chemical
Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, University
of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Chemical
Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, University
of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Chemical
Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Department
of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Chemical
Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, University
of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Chemical
Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Materials
Science Division, Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, United States
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- Department
of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 291 Daehak-ro,
Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34141, South Korea
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- Materials
Science Division, Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, United States
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- Chemical
Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, University
of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Materials
Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Zhang Y, Zhao Y, Sendeku MG, Li F, Fang J, Wang Y, Zhuang Z, Kuang Y, Liu B, Sun X. Tuning Intermediates Adsorption and C─N Coupling for Efficient Urea Electrosynthesis Via Doping Ni into Cu. SMALL METHODS 2024; 8:e2300811. [PMID: 37997184 DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202300811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2023] [Revised: 09/06/2023] [Indexed: 11/25/2023]
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Simultaneous electrochemical reduction of nitrite and carbon dioxide (CO2 ) under mild reaction conditions offers a new sustainable and low-cost approach for urea synthesis. However, the development of urea electrosynthesis thus far still suffers from low selectivity due to the high energy barrier of * CO formation and the subsequent C─N coupling. In this work, a highly active dendritic Cu99 Ni1 catalyst is developed to enable the highly selective electrosynthesis of urea from co-reduction of nitrite and CO2 , reaching a urea Faradaic efficiency (FE) and production rate of 39.8% and 655.4 µg h-1 cm-2 , respectively, at -0.7 V versus reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE). In situ Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) measurements together with density functional theory (DFT) calculations demonstrate that Ni doping into Cu can significantly enhance the adsorption energetics of the key reaction intermediates and facilitate the C─N coupling. This work not only provides a new strategy to design efficient electrocatalysts for urea synthesis but also offers deep insights into the mechanism of C─N coupling during the co-reduction of nitrite and CO2 .
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- Yangyang Zhang
- State Key Lab of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, P. R. China
- School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Nanyang Technological University, 62 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 639798, Singapore
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- State Key Lab of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, P. R. China
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- Ocean Hydrogen Energy R&D Center, Research Institute of Tsinghua University in Shenzhen, Shenzhen, 518057, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Nanyang Technological University, 62 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 639798, Singapore
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- State Key Lab of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, P. R. China
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- State Key Lab of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, P. R. China
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- State Key Lab of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, P. R. China
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- State Key Lab of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, P. R. China
- Ocean Hydrogen Energy R&D Center, Research Institute of Tsinghua University in Shenzhen, Shenzhen, 518057, P. R. China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong SAR, 999077, P. R. China
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- State Key Lab of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, P. R. China
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Cousins LS, Creissen CE. Multiscale effects in tandem CO 2 electrolysis to C 2+ products. NANOSCALE 2024; 16:3915-3925. [PMID: 38099592 DOI: 10.1039/d3nr05547g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2024]
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CO2 electrolysis is a sustainable technology capable of accelerating global decarbonisation through the production of high-value alternatives to fossil-derived products. CO2 conversion can generate critical multicarbon (C2+) products such as drop-in chemicals ethylene and ethanol, however achieving high selectivity from single-component catalysts is often limited by the competitive formation of C1 products. Tandem catalysis can overcome C2+ selectivity limitations through the incorporation of a component that generates a high concentration of CO, the primary reactant involved in the C-C coupling step to form C2+ products. A wide range of approaches to promote tandem CO2 electrolysis have been presented in recent literature that span atomic-scale manipulation to device-scale engineering. Therefore, an understanding of multiscale effects that contribute to selectivity alterations are required to develop effective tandem systems. In this review, we use relevant examples to highlight the complex and interlinked contributions to selectivity and provide an outlook for future development of tandem CO2 electrolysis systems.
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- Lewis S Cousins
- School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Keele University, Staffordshire, ST5 5BG, UK.
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- School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Keele University, Staffordshire, ST5 5BG, UK.
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Liu M, Wang Q, Luo T, Herran M, Cao X, Liao W, Zhu L, Li H, Stefancu A, Lu YR, Chan TS, Pensa E, Ma C, Zhang S, Xiao R, Cortés E. Potential Alignment in Tandem Catalysts Enhances CO 2-to-C 2H 4 Conversion Efficiencies. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:468-475. [PMID: 38150583 PMCID: PMC10785799 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c09632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2023] [Revised: 12/05/2023] [Accepted: 12/06/2023] [Indexed: 12/29/2023]
Abstract
The in-tandem catalyst holds great promise for addressing the limitation of low *CO coverage on Cu-based materials for selective C2H4 generation during CO2 electroreduction. However, the potential mismatch between the CO-formation catalyst and the favorable C-C coupling Cu catalyst represents a bottleneck in these types of electrocatalysts, resulting in low tandem efficiencies. In this study, we propose a robust solution to this problem by introducing a wide-CO generation-potential window nickel single atom catalyst (Ni SAC) supported on a Cu catalyst. The selection of Ni SAC was based on theoretical calculations, and its excellent performance was further confirmed by using in situ IR spectroscopy. The facilitated carbon dimerization in our tandem catalyst led to a ∼370 mA/cm2 partial current density of C2H4, corresponding to a faradic efficiency of ∼62%. This performance remained stable and consistent for at least ∼14 h at a high current density of 500 mA/cm2 in a flow-cell reactor, outperforming most tandem catalysts reported so far.
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- Min Liu
- Hunan
Joint International Research Center for Carbon Dioxide Resource Utilization,
State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, School of Physics and Electronics, Central South University, Changsha 410083, Hunan, China
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- Hunan
Joint International Research Center for Carbon Dioxide Resource Utilization,
State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, School of Physics and Electronics, Central South University, Changsha 410083, Hunan, China
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- Hunan
Joint International Research Center for Carbon Dioxide Resource Utilization,
State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, School of Physics and Electronics, Central South University, Changsha 410083, Hunan, China
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- Nanoinstitute
Munich, Faculty of Physics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
München, 80539 München, Germany
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- College
of Materials Science and Engineering, Linyi
University, Linyi 276000, Shandong, China
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- Hunan
Joint International Research Center for Carbon Dioxide Resource Utilization,
State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, School of Physics and Electronics, Central South University, Changsha 410083, Hunan, China
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- Nanoinstitute
Munich, Faculty of Physics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
München, 80539 München, Germany
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- Hunan
Joint International Research Center for Carbon Dioxide Resource Utilization,
State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, School of Physics and Electronics, Central South University, Changsha 410083, Hunan, China
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- Nanoinstitute
Munich, Faculty of Physics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
München, 80539 München, Germany
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- National
Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, 30092 Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- National
Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, 30092 Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- Nanoinstitute
Munich, Faculty of Physics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
München, 80539 München, Germany
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- College of
Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan
University, Changsha 410082, China
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- College of
Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan
University, Changsha 410082, China
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- Institute
of Environmental Engineering, School of Metallurgy and Environment, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
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- Nanoinstitute
Munich, Faculty of Physics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
München, 80539 München, Germany
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Zheng W, Yang X, Li Z, Yang B, Zhang Q, Lei L, Hou Y. Designs of Tandem Catalysts and Cascade Catalytic Systems for CO 2 Upgrading. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202307283. [PMID: 37338736 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202307283] [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: 05/24/2023] [Revised: 06/16/2023] [Accepted: 06/19/2023] [Indexed: 06/21/2023]
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Upgrading CO2 into multi-carbon (C2+) compounds through the CO2 reduction reaction (CO2 RR) offers a practical approach to mitigate atmospheric CO2 while simultaneously producing high value chemicals. The reaction pathways for C2+ production involve multi-step proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET) and C-C coupling processes. By increasing the surface coverage of adsorbed protons (*Had ) and *CO intermediates, the reaction kinetics of PCET and C-C coupling can be accelerated, thereby promoting C2+ production. However, *Had and *CO are competitively adsorbed intermediates on monocomponent catalysts, making it difficult to break the linear scaling relationship between the adsorption energies of the *Had /*CO intermediate. Recently, tandem catalysts consisting of multicomponents have been developed to improve the surface coverage of *Had or *CO by enhancing water dissociation or CO2 -to-CO production on auxiliary sites. In this context, we provide a comprehensive overview of the design principles of tandem catalysts based on reaction pathways for C2+ products. Moreover, the development of cascade CO2 RR catalytic systems that integrate CO2 RR with downstream catalysis has expanded the range of potential CO2 upgrading products. Therefore, we also discuss recent advancements in cascade CO2 RR catalytic systems, highlighting the challenges and perspectives in these systems.
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- Wanzhen Zheng
- Key Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310027, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310027, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310027, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310027, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310027, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310027, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310027, China
- Institute of Zhejiang University, Quzhou, Quzhou, Zhejiang, 324000, China
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Liu J, Yu K, Qiao Z, Zhu Q, Zhang H, Jiang J. Integration of Cobalt Phthalocyanine, Acetylene Black and Cu 2 O Nanocubes for Efficient Electroreduction of CO 2 to C 2 H 4. CHEMSUSCHEM 2023; 16:e202300601. [PMID: 37488969 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202300601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2023] [Revised: 07/18/2023] [Accepted: 07/24/2023] [Indexed: 07/26/2023]
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Suppressing side reactions and simultaneously enriching key intermediates during CO2 reduction reaction (CO2 RR) has been a challenge. Here, we propose a tandem catalyst (Cu2 O NCs-C-Copc) consisting of acetylene black, cobalt phthalocyanine (Copc) and cuprous oxide nanocubes (Cu2 O NCs) for efficient CO2 -to-ethylene conversion. Density-functional theory (DFT) calculation combined with experimental verification demonstrated that Copc can provide abundant CO to nearby copper sites while acetylene black successfully reduces the formation energies of key intermediates, leading to enhanced C2 H4 selectivity. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and potentiostatic tests indicated that the catalytic stability of Cu2 O NCs-C-Copc was significantly enhanced compared with Cu2 O NCs. Finally, the industrial application prospect of the catalyst was evaluated using gas diffusion electrolyzers. TheF E C 2 H 4 ${{\rm { F}}{{\rm { E}}}_{{{\rm { C}}}_{{\rm { 2}}}{{\rm { H}}}_{{\rm { 4}}}}}$ of Cu2 O NCs-C-Copc can reach to 58.4 % at -1.1 V vs. RHE in 0.1 M KHCO3 and 70.3 % at -0.76 V vs. RHE in 1.0 M KOH. This study sheds new light on the design and development of highly efficient CO2 RR tandem catalytic systems.
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- Jilin Liu
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150001, P.R. China
- School of Environment, School of Marine Science and Technology (Weihai), Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin, Heilongjiang, 150090, P.R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150090, P.R. China
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- School of Environment, School of Marine Science and Technology (Weihai), Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin, Heilongjiang, 150090, P.R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150090, P.R. China
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- School of Environment, School of Marine Science and Technology (Weihai), Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin, Heilongjiang, 150090, P.R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150090, P.R. China
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- School of Environment, School of Marine Science and Technology (Weihai), Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin, Heilongjiang, 150090, P.R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150090, P.R. China
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- School of Environment, School of Marine Science and Technology (Weihai), Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin, Heilongjiang, 150090, P.R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150090, P.R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150001, P.R. China
- School of Environment, School of Marine Science and Technology (Weihai), Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin, Heilongjiang, 150090, P.R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150090, P.R. China
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Wu M, Huang D, Lai F, Yang R, Liu Y, Fang J, Zhai T, Liu Y. Sequential *CO management via controlling in situ reconstruction for efficient industrial-current-density CO 2-to-C 2+ electroreduction. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2023; 120:e2302851120. [PMID: 37748076 PMCID: PMC10556611 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2302851120] [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: 02/24/2023] [Accepted: 08/10/2023] [Indexed: 09/27/2023] Open
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Sequentially managing the coverage and dimerization of *CO on the Cu catalysts is desirable for industrial-current-density CO2 reduction (CO2R) to C2+, which required the multiscale design of the surface atom/architecture. However, the oriented design is colossally difficult and even no longer valid due to unpredictable reconstruction. Here, we leverage the synchronous leaching of ligand molecules to manipulate the seeding-growth process during CO2R reconstruction and construct Cu arrays with favorable (100) facets. The gradient diffusion in the reconstructed array guarantees a higher *CO coverage, which can continuously supply the reactant to match its high-rate consumption for high partial current density for C2+. Sequentially, the lower energy barriers of *CO dimerization on the (100) facets contribute to the high selectivity of C2+. Profiting from this sequential *CO management, the reconstructed Cu array delivers an industrial-relevant FEC2+ of 86.1% and an FEC2H4 of 60.8% at 700 mA cm-2. Profoundly, the atomic-molecular scale delineation for the evolution of catalysts and reaction intermediates during CO2R can undoubtedly facilitate various electrocatalytic reactions.
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- Mao Wu
- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei430074, People’s Republic of China
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei430074, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Lab of Advanced Electromagnetic Engineering and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei430074, People’s Republic of China
- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei430074, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven3001, Belgium
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei430074, People’s Republic of China
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei430074, People’s Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, Anhui241000, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Lab of Advanced Electromagnetic Engineering and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei430074, People’s Republic of China
- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei430074, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei430074, People’s Republic of China
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei430074, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei430074, People’s Republic of China
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei430074, People’s Republic of China
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Vos R, Kolmeijer KE, Jacobs TS, van der Stam W, Weckhuysen BM, Koper MTM. How Temperature Affects the Selectivity of the Electrochemical CO 2 Reduction on Copper. ACS Catal 2023; 13:8080-8091. [PMID: 37342834 PMCID: PMC10278069 DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.3c00706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2023] [Revised: 05/22/2023] [Indexed: 06/23/2023]
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Copper is a unique catalyst for the electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) as it can produce multi-carbon products, such as ethylene and propanol. As practical electrolyzers will likely operate at elevated temperatures, the effect of reaction temperature on the product distribution and activity of CO2RR on copper is important to elucidate. In this study, we have performed electrolysis experiments at different reaction temperatures and potentials. We show that there are two distinct temperature regimes. From 18 up to ∼48 °C, C2+ products are produced with higher Faradaic efficiency, while methane and formic acid selectivity decreases and hydrogen selectivity stays approximately constant. From 48 to 70 °C, it was found that HER dominates and the activity of CO2RR decreases. Moreover, the CO2RR products produced in this higher temperature range are mainly the C1 products, namely, CO and HCOOH. We argue that CO surface coverage, local pH, and kinetics play an important role in the lower-temperature regime, while the second regime appears most likely to be related to structural changes in the copper surface.
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- Rafaël
E. Vos
- Leiden
Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, P.O.Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Leiden
Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, P.O.Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Inorganic
Chemistry and Catalysis group, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science
and Institute for Sustainable and Circular Chemistry, Utrecht University, Universiteitsweg 99, 3584 CG Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Inorganic
Chemistry and Catalysis group, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science
and Institute for Sustainable and Circular Chemistry, Utrecht University, Universiteitsweg 99, 3584 CG Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Inorganic
Chemistry and Catalysis group, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science
and Institute for Sustainable and Circular Chemistry, Utrecht University, Universiteitsweg 99, 3584 CG Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Leiden
Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, P.O.Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
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Wang M, Loiudice A, Okatenko V, Sharp ID, Buonsanti R. The spatial distribution of cobalt phthalocyanine and copper nanocubes controls the selectivity towards C 2 products in tandem electrocatalytic CO 2 reduction. Chem Sci 2023; 14:1097-1104. [PMID: 36756336 PMCID: PMC9891351 DOI: 10.1039/d2sc06359j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2022] [Accepted: 01/03/2023] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
Abstract
The coupling of CO-generating molecular catalysts with copper electrodes in tandem schemes is a promising strategy to boost the formation of multi-carbon products in the electrocatalytic reduction of CO2. While the spatial distribution of the two components is important, this aspect remains underexplored for molecular-based tandem systems. Herein, we address this knowledge gap by studying tandem catalysts comprising Co-phthalocyanine (CoPc) and Cu nanocubes (Cucub). In particular, we identify the importance of the relative spatial distribution of the two components on the performance of the tandem catalyst by preparing CoPc-Cucub/C, wherein the CoPc and Cucub share an interface, and CoPc-C/Cucub, wherein the CoPc is loaded first on carbon black (C) before mixing with the Cucub. The electrocatalytic measurements of these two catalysts show that the faradaic efficiency towards C2 products almost doubles for the CoPc-Cucub/C, whereas it decreases by half for the CoPc-C/Cucub, compared to the Cucub/C. Our results highlight the importance of a direct contact between the CO-generating molecular catalyst and the Cu to promote C-C coupling, which hints at a surface transport mechanism of the CO intermediate between the two components of the tandem catalyst instead of a transfer via CO diffusion in the electrolyte followed by re-adsorption.
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- Min Wang
- Laboratory of Nanochemistry for Energy (LNCE), Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering (ISIC), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne CH-1950 Sion Switzerland
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- Walter Schottky Institute and Physics Department, Technische Universität MünchenAm Coulombwall 485748 GarchingGermany
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- Laboratory of Nanochemistry for Energy (LNCE), Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering (ISIC), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne CH-1950 Sion Switzerland
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- Walter Schottky Institute and Physics Department, Technische Universität MünchenAm Coulombwall 485748 GarchingGermany
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- Laboratory of Nanochemistry for Energy (LNCE), Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering (ISIC), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne CH-1950 Sion Switzerland
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Liu Q, Zhang XG, Du ZY, Zou CJ, Chen HY, Zhao Y, Dong JC, Fang PP, Li JF. Converting CO2 to ethanol on Ag nanowires with high selectivity investigated by operando Raman spectroscopy. Sci China Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s11426-022-1460-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Wang M, Nikolaou V, Loiudice A, Sharp ID, Llobet A, Buonsanti R. Tandem electrocatalytic CO 2 reduction with Fe-porphyrins and Cu nanocubes enhances ethylene production. Chem Sci 2022; 13:12673-12680. [PMID: 36519057 PMCID: PMC9645407 DOI: 10.1039/d2sc04794b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2022] [Accepted: 10/18/2022] [Indexed: 08/23/2024] Open
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Copper-based tandem schemes have emerged as promising strategies to promote the formation of multi-carbon products in the electrocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction. In such approaches, the CO-generating component of the tandem catalyst increases the local concentration of CO and thereby enhances the intrinsic carbon-carbon (C-C) coupling on copper. However, the optimal characteristics of the CO-generating catalyst for maximizing the C2 production are currently unknown. In this work, we developed tunable tandem catalysts comprising iron porphyrin (Fe-Por), as the CO-generating component, and Cu nanocubes (Cucub) to understand how the turnover frequency for CO (TOFCO) of the molecular catalysts impacts the C-C coupling on the Cu surface. First, we tuned the TOFCO of the Fe-Por by varying the number of orbitals involved in the π-system. Then, we coupled these molecular catalysts with the Cucub and assessed the current densities and faradaic efficiencies. We discovered that all of the designed Fe-Por boost ethylene production. The most efficient Cucub/Fe-Por tandem catalyst was the one including the Fe-Por with the highest TOFCO and exhibited a nearly 22-fold increase in the ethylene selectivity and 100 mV positive shift of the onset potential with respect to the pristine Cucub. These results reveal that coupling the TOFCO tunability of molecular catalysts with copper nanocatalysts opens up new possibilities towards the development of Cu-based catalysts with enhanced selectivity for multi-carbon product generation at low overpotential.
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- Min Wang
- Laboratory of Nanochemistry for Energy (LNCE), Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering (ISIC), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne CH-1950 Sion Switzerland
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- Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST) 43007 Tarragona Spain
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- Laboratory of Nanochemistry for Energy (LNCE), Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering (ISIC), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne CH-1950 Sion Switzerland
- Walter Schottky Institute and Physics Department, Technische Universität München Am Coulombwall 4 85748 Garching Germany
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- Walter Schottky Institute and Physics Department, Technische Universität München Am Coulombwall 4 85748 Garching Germany
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- Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST) 43007 Tarragona Spain
- Departament de Química, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) Cerdanyola del Vallès 08193 Barcelona Spain
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- Laboratory of Nanochemistry for Energy (LNCE), Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering (ISIC), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne CH-1950 Sion Switzerland
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Wei Y, You F, Zhao D, Wan J, Gu L, Wang D. Heterogeneous Hollow Multi‐Shelled Structures with Amorphous‐Crystalline Outer‐Shells for Sequentially Photoreduction of CO
2. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202212049. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202212049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Yanze Wei
- State Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering Institute of Process Engineering Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering Institute of Process Engineering Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering Institute of Process Engineering Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering Institute of Process Engineering Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics Institute of Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering Institute of Process Engineering Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 P. R. China
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Kong X, Wang C, Xu Z, Zhong Y, Liu Y, Qin L, Zeng J, Geng Z. Enhancing CO 2 Electroreduction Selectivity toward Multicarbon Products via Tuning the Local H 2O/CO 2 Molar Ratio. NANO LETTERS 2022; 22:8000-8007. [PMID: 36083633 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c02668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Mass transfer plays an important role in controlling the surface coverage of reactants and the kinetics of surface reactions, thus significantly adjusting the catalytic performance. Herein, we reported that H2O diffusion was modulated by controlling the thicknesses of the carbon black (CB) layer between the gas diffusion electrode (GDE) of Cu and the electrolyte. As a consequence, the product distribution over the GDE of Cu was effectively regulated during CO2 electroreduction. Interestingly, a volcano-type relationship between the thickness of the CB layer and the faradaic efficiency (FE) for multicarbon (C2+) products was observed over the GDE of Cu. Especially, when the applied total current density was set as 800 mA cm-2, the FE for the C2+ products over the GDE of Cu coated by a CB layer with a thickness of 6.6 μm reached 63.2%, which was 2.8 times higher than that (16.8%) over the GDE of Cu without a CB layer.
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- Xiangdong Kong
- Hefei National Research Center 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 Research Center 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 Research Center 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 Research Center 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 Research Center 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 Research Center 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 Research Center 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 Research Center 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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Yao K, Li J, Wang H, Lu R, Yang X, Luo M, Wang N, Wang Z, Liu C, Jing T, Chen S, Cortés E, Maier SA, Zhang S, Li T, Yu Y, Liu Y, Kang X, Liang H. Mechanistic Insights into OC-COH Coupling in CO 2 Electroreduction on Fragmented Copper. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:14005-14011. [PMID: 35904545 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c01044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The carbon-carbon (C-C) bond formation is essential for the electroconversion of CO2 into high-energy-density C2+ products, and the precise coupling pathways remain controversial. Although recent computational investigations have proposed that the OC-COH coupling pathway is more favorable in specific reaction conditions than the well-known CO dimerization pathway, the experimental evidence is still lacking, partly due to the separated catalyst design and mechanistic/spectroscopic exploration. Here, we employ density functional theory calculations to show that on low-coordinated copper sites, the *CO bindings are strengthened, and the adsorbed *CO coupling with their hydrogenation species, *COH, receives precedence over CO dimerization. Experimentally, we construct a fragmented Cu catalyst with abundant low-coordinated sites, exhibiting a 77.8% Faradaic efficiency for C2+ products at 300 mA cm-2. With a suite of in situ spectroscopic studies, we capture an *OCCOH intermediate on the fragmented Cu surfaces, providing direct evidence to support the OC-COH coupling pathway. The mechanistic insights of this research elucidate how to design materials in favor of OC-COH coupling toward efficient C2+ production from CO2 reduction.
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- Kaili Yao
- School of Materials Science and Engineering and Key Laboratory of Efficient Utilization of Low and Medium Grade Energy, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, People's Republic of China.,School of Chemical Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunmin 650500, People's Republic of China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, People's Republic of China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering and Key Laboratory of Efficient Utilization of Low and Medium Grade Energy, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemical Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, 1010, New Zealand
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, People's Republic of China
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, 2333 CC Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto, 35 St George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A4, Canada
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- School of Chemical Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, 1010, New Zealand
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- Department of Mathematics, Physics and Electrical Engineering, Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 8ST, United Kingdom.,Chair in Hybrid Nanosystems, Nanoinstitute Munich, Faculty of Physics, Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich, 80539 Munich, Germany
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- College of Chemistry and Material Science, Longyan University, Longyan 364012, People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry and Material Science, Longyan University, Longyan 364012, People's Republic of China
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- Chair in Hybrid Nanosystems, Nanoinstitute Munich, Faculty of Physics, Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich, 80539 Munich, Germany
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- Chair in Hybrid Nanosystems, Nanoinstitute Munich, Faculty of Physics, Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich, 80539 Munich, Germany.,Department of Physics, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom.,School of Physics and Astronomy, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, People's Republic of China
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- School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, People's Republic of China
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- School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Lab of Hydraulic Engineering Simulation and Safety, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300354, People's Republic of China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface and Thermodynamics, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, People's Republic of China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering and Key Laboratory of Efficient Utilization of Low and Medium Grade Energy, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, People's Republic of China
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