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Xu YN, Mei B, Xu Q, Fu HQ, Zhang XY, Liu PF, Jiang Z, Yang HG. In situ/Operando Synchrotron Radiation Analytical Techniques for CO 2/CO Reduction Reaction: From Atomic Scales to Mesoscales. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202404213. [PMID: 38600431 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202404213] [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: 02/29/2024] [Revised: 04/09/2024] [Accepted: 04/10/2024] [Indexed: 04/12/2024]
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Electrocatalytic carbon dioxide/carbon monoxide reduction reaction (CO(2)RR) has emerged as a prospective and appealing strategy to realize carbon neutrality for manufacturing sustainable chemical products. Developing highly active electrocatalysts and stable devices has been demonstrated as effective approach to enhance the conversion efficiency of CO(2)RR. In order to rationally design electrocatalysts and devices, a comprehensive understanding of the intrinsic structure evolution within catalysts and micro-environment change around electrode interface, particularly under operation conditions, is indispensable. Synchrotron radiation has been recognized as a versatile characterization platform, garnering widespread attention owing to its high brightness, elevated flux, excellent directivity, strong polarization and exceptional stability. This review systematically introduces the applications of synchrotron radiation technologies classified by radiation sources with varying wavelengths in CO(2)RR. By virtue of in situ/operando synchrotron radiationanalytical techniques, we also summarize relevant dynamic evolution processes from electronic structure, atomic configuration, molecular adsorption, crystal lattice and devices, spanning scales from the angstrom to the micrometer. The merits and limitations of diverse synchrotron characterization techniques are summarized, and their applicable scenarios in CO(2)RR are further presented. On the basis of the state-of-the-art fourth-generation synchrotron facilities, a perspective for further deeper understanding of the CO(2)RR process using synchrotron radiation analytical techniques is proposed.
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- Yi Ning Xu
- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hierarchical Nanomaterials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, P. R. China
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- Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Science, Shanghai, 201800, P. R. China
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- Surface Physics and Catalysis (Surf Cat) Section, Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, 2800, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Center for Catalysis and Clean Energy, Gold Coast Campus, Griffith University, Gold Coast, QLD 4222, Australia
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- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hierarchical Nanomaterials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hierarchical Nanomaterials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, P. R. China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230029, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hierarchical Nanomaterials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, P. R. China
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Wei S, Liu W, Bai P, Yang C, Kong X, Xu L. Magnetic fields promote electrocatalytic CO 2 reduction via subtle modulations of magnetic moments and molecular bonding. ECO-ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH 2024; 3:247-255. [PMID: 38708006 PMCID: PMC11068524 DOI: 10.1016/j.eehl.2024.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2023] [Revised: 02/05/2024] [Accepted: 02/24/2024] [Indexed: 05/07/2024]
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Introducing a magnetic-field gradient into an electrically driven chemical reaction is expected to give rise to intriguing research possibilities. In this work, we elaborate on the modes and mechanisms of electrocatalytic activity (from the perspective of alignment of magnetic moments) and selectivity (at the molecular level) for the CO2 reduction reaction in response to external magnetic fields. We establish a positive correlation between magnetic field strengths and apparent current densities. This correlation can be rationalized by the formation of longer-range ordering of magnetic moments and the resulting decrease in the scattering of conduction electrons and charge-transfer resistances as the field strength increases. Furthermore, aided by the magnetic-field-equipped operando infrared spectroscopy, we find that applied magnetic fields are capable of weakening the C-O bond strength of the key intermediate ∗COOH and elongating the C-O bond length, thereby increasing the faradaic efficiency for the electroreduction of CO2 to CO.
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- Shilin Wei
- MOE Key Laboratory of Coal Processing and Efficient Utilization, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Coal Processing and Efficient Utilization, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Coal Processing and Efficient Utilization, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Coal Processing and Efficient Utilization, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Coal Processing and Efficient Utilization, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Coal Processing and Efficient Utilization, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China
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Patil R, Rajput A, Matsagar BM, Chen NCR, Ujihara M, Salunkhe RR, Yadav P, Wu KCW, Chakraborty B, Dutta S. Elevated temperature-driven coordinative reconstruction of an unsaturated single-Ni-atom structure with low valency on a polymer-derived matrix for the electrolytic oxygen evolution reaction. NANOSCALE 2024; 16:7467-7479. [PMID: 38511345 DOI: 10.1039/d4nr00337c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/22/2024]
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A high-temperature pyrolysis-controlled coordination reconstruction resulted in a single-Ni-atom structure with a Ni-Nx-C structural unit (x = N atom coordinated to Ni). Pyrolysis of Ni-phen@ZIF-8-RF at 700 °C resulted in NiNP-NC-700 with predominantly Ni nanoparticles. Upon elevating the pyrolysis temperature from 700 to 900 °C, a coordination reconstruction offers Ni-Nx atomic sites in NiSA-NC-900. A combined investigation with X-ray absorption spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and soft X-ray L3-edge spectroscopy suggests the stabilization of low-valent Niδ+ (0 < δ < 2) in the Ni-N-C structural units. The oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is a key process during water splitting in fuel cells. However, OER is a thermodynamically uphill reaction with multi-step proton-coupled electron transfer and sluggish kinetics, due to which there is a need for a catalyst that can lower the OER overpotentials. The adsorption energy of a multi-step reaction on a single metal atom with coordination unsaturation tunes the adsorption of each oxygenated intermediate. The promising OER activity of the NiSA-NC-900/NF anode on nickel foam was followed by the overall water splitting (OWS) using using NiSA-NC-900/NF as anode and Pt coil as the cathodic counterpart, wherein a cell potential of 1.75 V at 10 mA cm-2 was achieved. The cell potential recorded with Pt(-)/(+)NiSA-NC-900/NF was much lower than that obtained for other cells, i.e., Pt(-)/NF and NF(-)/(+)NF, which enhances the potentials of low-valent NiSAs for insightful understanding of the OER. At a constant applied potential of 1.61 V (vs. RHE) for 12 h, an small increase in current for initial 0.6 h followed by a constant current depicts the fair stability of catalyst for 12 h. Our results offer an insightful angle into the OER with a coordinatively reconstructed single-Ni-atom structure at lower valency (<+2).
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- Rahul Patil
- Electrochemical Energy & Sensor Research Laboratory, Amity Institute of Click Chemistry Research & Studies, Amity University, Noida, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
- Molecular Science and Technology Program, Taiwan International Graduate Program Academia Sinica, Taiwan
- International Graduate Program of Molecular Science and Technology (NTU-MST), National Taiwan University, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Applied Science and Technology, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Materials Research Laboratory Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, Jammu, India
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- Synchrotron X-ray Facility, Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology, Rajendra Nagar, Indore, Madhya Pradesh 452013, India
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Electrochemical Energy & Sensor Research Laboratory, Amity Institute of Click Chemistry Research & Studies, Amity University, Noida, India.
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Hua W, Liu T, Zheng Z, Yuan H, Xiao L, Feng K, Hui J, Deng Z, Ma M, Cheng J, Song D, Lyu F, Zhong J, Peng Y. Pulse Electrolysis Turns on CO 2 Methanation through N-Confused Cupric Porphyrin. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202315922. [PMID: 38287420 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202315922] [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: 10/20/2023] [Revised: 01/17/2024] [Accepted: 01/29/2024] [Indexed: 01/31/2024]
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Breaking the D4h symmetry in the square-planar M-N4 configuration of macrocycle molecular catalysts has witnessed enhanced electrocatalytic activity, but at the expense of electrochemical stability. Herein, we hypothesize that the lability of the active Cu-N3 motifs in the N-confused copper (II) tetraphenylporphyrin (CuNCP) could be overcome by applying pulsed potential electrolysis (PPE) during electrocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction. We find that applying PPE can indeed enhance the CH4 selectivity on CuNCP by 3 folds to reach the partial current density of 170 mA cm-2 at >60 % Faradaic efficiency (FE) in flow cell. However, combined ex situ X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscope (TEM), and in situ X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS), infrared (IR), Raman, scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM) characterizations reveal that, in a prolonged time scale, the decomplexation of CuNCP is unavoidable, and the promoted water dissociation under high anodic bias with lowered pH and enriched protons facilitates successive hydrogenation of *CO on the irreversibly reduced Cu nanoparticles, leading to the improved CH4 selectivity. As a key note, this study signifies the adaption of electrolytic protocol to the catalyst structure for tailoring local chemical environment towards efficient CO2 reduction.
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- Wei Hua
- Soochow Institute for Energy and Materials Innovations, Key Laboratory of Advanced Carbon Materials and Wearable Energy Technologies of Jiangsu Province, College of Energy, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, P. R. China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Negative Carbon Technologies, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, P. R. China
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- Soochow Institute for Energy and Materials Innovations, Key Laboratory of Advanced Carbon Materials and Wearable Energy Technologies of Jiangsu Province, College of Energy, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, P. R. China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Negative Carbon Technologies, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, P. R. China
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- Soochow Institute for Energy and Materials Innovations, Key Laboratory of Advanced Carbon Materials and Wearable Energy Technologies of Jiangsu Province, College of Energy, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, P. R. China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Negative Carbon Technologies, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, P. R. China
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- Soochow Institute for Energy and Materials Innovations, Key Laboratory of Advanced Carbon Materials and Wearable Energy Technologies of Jiangsu Province, College of Energy, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, P. R. China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Negative Carbon Technologies, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, P. R. China
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- Soochow Institute for Energy and Materials Innovations, Key Laboratory of Advanced Carbon Materials and Wearable Energy Technologies of Jiangsu Province, College of Energy, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, P. R. China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Negative Carbon Technologies, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, P. R. China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, P. R. China
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- Soochow Institute for Energy and Materials Innovations, Key Laboratory of Advanced Carbon Materials and Wearable Energy Technologies of Jiangsu Province, College of Energy, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, P. R. China
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- Soochow Institute for Energy and Materials Innovations, Key Laboratory of Advanced Carbon Materials and Wearable Energy Technologies of Jiangsu Province, College of Energy, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, P. R. China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Negative Carbon Technologies, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, P. R. China
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- Soochow Institute for Energy and Materials Innovations, Key Laboratory of Advanced Carbon Materials and Wearable Energy Technologies of Jiangsu Province, College of Energy, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, P. R. China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Negative Carbon Technologies, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, P. R. China
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- Soochow Institute for Energy and Materials Innovations, Key Laboratory of Advanced Carbon Materials and Wearable Energy Technologies of Jiangsu Province, College of Energy, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, P. R. China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Negative Carbon Technologies, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, P. R. China
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- Soochow Institute for Energy and Materials Innovations, Key Laboratory of Advanced Carbon Materials and Wearable Energy Technologies of Jiangsu Province, College of Energy, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, P. R. China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Negative Carbon Technologies, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, P. R. China
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- Soochow Institute for Energy and Materials Innovations, Key Laboratory of Advanced Carbon Materials and Wearable Energy Technologies of Jiangsu Province, College of Energy, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, P. R. China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Negative Carbon Technologies, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, P. R. China
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- Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, P. R. China
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- Soochow Institute for Energy and Materials Innovations, Key Laboratory of Advanced Carbon Materials and Wearable Energy Technologies of Jiangsu Province, College of Energy, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, P. R. China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Negative Carbon Technologies, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, P. R. China
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Wen M, Sun N, Jiao L, Zang SQ, Jiang HL. Microwave-Assisted Rapid Synthesis of MOF-Based Single-Atom Ni Catalyst for CO 2 Electroreduction at Ampere-Level Current. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202318338. [PMID: 38230982 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202318338] [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: 11/30/2023] [Revised: 01/16/2024] [Accepted: 01/16/2024] [Indexed: 01/18/2024]
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Carbon-based single-atom catalysts (SACs) have attracted tremendous interest in heterogeneous catalysis. However, the common electric heating techniques to produce carbon-based SACs usually suffer from prolonged heating time and tedious operations. Herein, a general and facile microwave-assisted rapid pyrolysis method is developed to afford carbon-based SACs within 3 min without inert gas protection. The obtained carbon-based SACs present high porosity and comparable carbonization degree to those obtained by electric heating techniques. Specifically, the single-atom Ni implanted N-doped carbon (Ni1 -N-C) derived from a Ni-doped metal-organic framework (Ni-ZIF-8) exhibits remarkable CO Faradaic efficiency (96 %) with a substantial CO partial current density (jCO ) up to 1.06 A/cm2 in CO2 electroreduction, far superior to the counterpart obtained by traditional pyrolysis with electric heating. Mechanism investigations reveal that the resulting Ni1 -N-C presents abundant defective sites and mesoporous structure, greatly facilitating CO2 adsorption and mass transfer. This work establishes a versatile approach to rapid and large-scale synthesis of SACs as well as other carbon-based materials for efficient catalysis.
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- Ming Wen
- Henan Key Laboratory of Crystalline Molecular Functional Materials, Henan International Joint Laboratory of Tumor Theranostical Cluster Materials, Green Catalysis Center, and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450001, P. R. China
- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Department of Chemistry, 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, Department of Chemistry, 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, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P. R. China
- Institute of Energy, Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center, Hefei, Anhui 230031, P. R. China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Crystalline Molecular Functional Materials, Henan International Joint Laboratory of Tumor Theranostical Cluster Materials, Green Catalysis Center, and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450001, P. R. China
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- Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P. R. China
- Institute of Energy, Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center, Hefei, Anhui 230031, P. R. China
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Li M, Wang J, Cong X, Sun Y, Liu Q, Miao Z, Li Z, Wang L. Confined Ni nanoparticles in N-doped carbon nanotubes for excellent pH-universal industrial-level electrocatalytic CO 2 reduction and Zn-CO 2 battery. J Colloid Interface Sci 2024; 657:738-747. [PMID: 38071822 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.11.174] [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: 09/19/2023] [Revised: 11/14/2023] [Accepted: 11/27/2023] [Indexed: 01/02/2024]
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Electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 (ECR) offers a promising approach to curbed carbon emissions and complete carbon cycles. However, the inevitable creation of carbonates and limited CO2 utilization efficiency in neutral or alkaline electrolytes result in low energy efficiency, carbon losses and its widespread commercial utilization. The advancement of CO2 reduction under acidic conditions offers a promising approach for their commercial utilization, but the inhibition of hydrogen evolution reaction and the corrosion of catalysts are still challenging. Herein, Ni nanoparticles (NPs) wrapped in N-doped carbon nanotubes (NixNC-a) are successfully prepared by a facile mixed-heating and freeze-drying method. Ni100NC-a achieves a high Faraday efficiency (FE) of near 100 % for CO under pH-universal conditions, coupled with a promising current density of CO (>100 mA cm-2). Especially in acidic conditions, Ni100NC-a exhibits an exceptional ECR performance with the high FECO of 97.4 % at -1.44 V and the turnover frequency (TOF) of 11 k h-1 at -1.74 V with a current density of 288.24 mA cm-2. This excellent performance is attributed to the synergistic effect of Ni NPs and N-doped carbon shells, which protects Ni NPs from etching, promotes CO2 adsorption and regulates local pH. Moreover, Ni100NC-a could drive the reversible Zn-CO2 battery with a high power-density of 4.68 mW cm-2 and a superior stability (98 h). This study presents a promising candidate for efficient pH-universal CO2 electroreduction and Zn-CO2 battery.
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- Meiyin Li
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo, Shandong 255049, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo, Shandong 255049, China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo, Shandong 255049, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo, Shandong 255049, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo, Shandong 255049, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo, Shandong 255049, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo, Shandong 255049, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo, Shandong 255049, China; Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, Shandong 266101, China.
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Chen Y, Shen Y, Dai L, Yao S, An C. Coordination Confined Thermolysis Synthesis of the Ni Single Atom Catalyst on the N-Doped Commercial Carbon for the Production of Syngas. Inorg Chem 2024; 63:2131-2137. [PMID: 38212991 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c03942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2024]
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The electrochemical conversion of CO2 into controllable syngas (CO/H2) over a wide potential range is challenging. The main electrocatalysts are based on the noble metals Au (Ag) or heavy metal Pb. The development of alternative nonprecious catalysts is of paramount importance for practice. In this work, a simple coordination confined thermal pyrolysis method has been developed for the synthesis of Ni single-atom catalyst loaded onto nitrogen-doped commercial carbon. The catalyst is in the form of NiN3-C, which exhibits a high-performance electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 toward producing syngas with Faraday efficiencies of 62.28% of CO and 36.7% of H2. The Gibbs free energies of COOH* and H* on the NiN3-C structure were estimated by using density functional theory (DFT). The formation of COOH* intermediate is the speed-limiting step in the process, with ΔG COOH* being 0.7 eV, while H* is the speed-limiting step in the hydrogen evolution, respectively. This work provides a feasible method for the achievement of nonprecious catalysts for the resourceful use of CO2.
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- Yuping Chen
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Organic Solar Cells and Photochemical Conversion, Institute for New Energy Materials & Low-Carbon Technologies, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Organic Solar Cells and Photochemical Conversion, Institute for New Energy Materials & Low-Carbon Technologies, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Organic Solar Cells and Photochemical Conversion, Institute for New Energy Materials & Low-Carbon Technologies, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Organic Solar Cells and Photochemical Conversion, Institute for New Energy Materials & Low-Carbon Technologies, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Organic Solar Cells and Photochemical Conversion, Institute for New Energy Materials & Low-Carbon Technologies, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, China
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Bari GAKMR, Jeong JH. Comprehensive Insights and Advancements in Gel Catalysts for Electrochemical Energy Conversion. Gels 2024; 10:63. [PMID: 38247786 PMCID: PMC10815738 DOI: 10.3390/gels10010063] [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: 12/25/2023] [Revised: 01/09/2024] [Accepted: 01/12/2024] [Indexed: 01/23/2024] Open
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Continuous worldwide demands for more clean energy urge researchers and engineers to seek various energy applications, including electrocatalytic processes. Traditional energy-active materials, when combined with conducting materials and non-active polymeric materials, inadvertently leading to reduced interaction between their active and conducting components. This results in a drop in active catalytic sites, sluggish kinetics, and compromised mass and electronic transport properties. Furthermore, interaction between these materials could increase degradation products, impeding the efficiency of the catalytic process. Gels appears to be promising candidates to solve these challenges due to their larger specific surface area, three-dimensional hierarchical accommodative porous frameworks for active particles, self-catalytic properties, tunable electronic and electrochemical properties, as well as their inherent stability and cost-effectiveness. This review delves into the strategic design of catalytic gel materials, focusing on their potential in advanced energy conversion and storage technologies. Specific attention is given to catalytic gel material design strategies, exploring fundamental catalytic approaches for energy conversion processes such as the CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR), oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), oxygen evolution reaction (OER), and more. This comprehensive review not only addresses current developments but also outlines future research strategies and challenges in the field. Moreover, it provides guidance on overcoming these challenges, ensuring a holistic understanding of catalytic gel materials and their role in advancing energy conversion and storage technologies.
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- Gazi A. K. M. Rafiqul Bari
- School of Mechanical Smart and Industrial Engineering, Gachon University, 1342 Seongnam-daero, Sujeong-gu, Seongnam-si 13120, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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- School of Mechanical Smart and Industrial Engineering, Gachon University, 1342 Seongnam-daero, Sujeong-gu, Seongnam-si 13120, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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Hursán D, Timoshenko J, Ortega E, Jeon HS, Rüscher M, Herzog A, Rettenmaier C, Chee SW, Martini A, Koshy D, Roldán Cuenya B. Reversible Structural Evolution of Metal-Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Catalysts During CO 2 Electroreduction: An Operando X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy Study. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024; 36:e2307809. [PMID: 37994692 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202307809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2023] [Revised: 11/09/2023] [Indexed: 11/24/2023]
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Electrochemical CO2 reduction (CO2 RR) is a rising technology, aiming to reduce the energy sector dependence on fossil fuels and to produce carbon-neutral raw materials. Metal-nitrogen-doped carbons (M-N-C) are emerging, cost-effective catalysts for this reaction; however, their long-term stability is a major issue. To overcome this, understanding their structural evolution is crucial, requiring systematic in-depth operando studies. Here a series of M-N-C catalysts (M = Fe, Sn, Cu, Co, Ni, Zn) is investigated using operando X-ray absorption spectroscopy. It is found that the Fe-N-C and Sn-N-C are prone to oxide clusters formation even before CO2 RR. In contrast, the respective metal cations are singly dispersed in the as-prepared Cu-N-C, Co-N-C, Ni-N-C, and (Zn)-N-C. During CO2 RR, metallic clusters/nanoparticles reversibly formed in all catalysts, except for the Ni-N-C. This phenomenon, previously observed only in Cu-N-C, thus is ubiquitous in M-N-C catalysts. The competition between M-O and M-N interactions is an important factor determining the mobility of metal species in M-N-C. Specifically, the strong interaction between the Ni centers and the N-functional groups of the carbon support results in higher stability of the Ni single-sites, leading to the excellent performance of Ni-N-C in the CO2 to CO conversion, in comparison to other transition metals.
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- Dorottya Hursán
- Department of Interface Science, Fritz-Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Interface Science, Fritz-Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Interface Science, Fritz-Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Interface Science, Fritz-Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Interface Science, Fritz-Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Interface Science, Fritz-Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Interface Science, Fritz-Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Interface Science, Fritz-Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Interface Science, Fritz-Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Interface Science, Fritz-Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Interface Science, Fritz-Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195, Berlin, Germany
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Wu T, Zhang L, Zhan Y, Dong Y, Tan Z, Zhou B, Wei F, Zhang D, Long X. Recent Progress on Perovskite-Based Electrocatalysts for Efficient CO 2 Reduction. Molecules 2023; 28:8154. [PMID: 38138642 PMCID: PMC10745798 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28248154] [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: 11/28/2023] [Revised: 12/15/2023] [Accepted: 12/16/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023] Open
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An efficient carbon dioxide reduction reaction (CO2RR), which reduces CO2 to low-carbon fuels and high-value chemicals, is a promising approach for realizing the goal of carbon neutrality, for which effective but low-cost catalysts are critically important. Recently, many inorganic perovskite-based materials with tunable chemical compositions have been applied in the electrochemical CO2RR, which exhibited advanced catalytic performance. Therefore, a timely review of this progress, which has not been reported to date, is imperative. Herein, the physicochemical characteristics, fabrication methods and applications of inorganic perovskites and their derivatives in electrochemical CO2RR are systematically reviewed, with emphasis on the structural evolution and product selectivity of these electrocatalysts. What is more, the current challenges and future directions of perovskite-based materials regarding efficient CO2RR are proposed, to shed light on the further development of this prospective research area.
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- Low Carbon College, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 201306, China; (T.W.); (L.Z.); (Y.Z.); (Y.D.); (Z.T.); (B.Z.); (F.W.); (D.Z.)
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Kita Y, Kato K, Takeuchi S, Oyoshi T, Kamata K, Hara M. Air-Stable Ni Catalysts Prepared by Liquid-Phase Reduction Using Hydrosilanes for Reactions with Hydrogen. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2023; 15:55659-55668. [PMID: 38010144 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c11487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2023]
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The liquid-phase reduction method for the preparation of metal nanoparticles (NPs) by the reduction of metal salts or metal complexes in a solvent with a reducing agent is widely used to prepare Ni NPs that exhibit high catalytic activity in various organic transformations. Intensive research has been conducted on control of the morphology and size of Ni NPs by the addition of polymers and long-chain compounds as protective agents; however, these agents typically cause a decrease in catalytic activity. Here, we report on the preparation of Ni NPs using hydrosilane (Ni-Si) as a reducing agent and a size-controlling agent. The substituents on silicon can control not only the size but also the crystal phase of the Ni NPs. The prepared Ni NPs exhibited high catalytic performance for the hydrogenation of unsaturated compounds, aromatics, and heteroaromatics to give the corresponding hydrogenated products in high yields. The unique feature of Ni catalysts prepared by the hydrosilane-assisted method is that the catalysts can be handled under air as opposed to conventional Ni catalysts such as Raney Ni. Characterization studies indicated that the surface hydroxide was reduced under the catalytic reaction conditions with H2 at around 100 °C and with the assistance of organosilicon compounds deposited on the catalyst surface. The hydrosilane-assisted method presented here could be applied to the preparation of supported Ni catalysts (Ni-Si/support). The interaction between the Ni NPs and a metal oxide support enabled the direct amination of alcohols with ammonia to afford the primary amine selectively.
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- Yusuke Kita
- Department of Chemistry and Bioengineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Metropolitan University, 3-3-138 Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
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- Laboratory for Materials and Structures, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nagatsuta-cho 4259, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
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- Laboratory for Materials and Structures, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nagatsuta-cho 4259, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
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- Laboratory for Materials and Structures, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nagatsuta-cho 4259, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
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- Laboratory for Materials and Structures, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nagatsuta-cho 4259, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
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- Laboratory for Materials and Structures, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nagatsuta-cho 4259, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
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Liu L, Wu X, Wang F, Zhang L, Wang X, Song S, Zhang H. Dual-Site Metal Catalysts for Electrocatalytic CO 2 Reduction Reaction. Chemistry 2023; 29:e202300583. [PMID: 37367498 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202300583] [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: 02/22/2023] [Revised: 06/25/2023] [Accepted: 06/25/2023] [Indexed: 06/28/2023]
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Electrocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction (CO2 RR) is a promising and green approach for reducing atmospheric CO2 concentration and achieving high-valued conversion of CO2 under the carbon-neutral policy. In CO2 RR, the dual-site metal catalysts (DSMCs) have received wide attention for their ingenious design strategies, abundant active sites, and excellent catalytic performance attributed to the synergistic effect between dual-site in terms of activity, selectivity and stability, which plays a key role in catalytic reactions. This review provides a systematic summary and detailed classification of DSMCs for CO2 RR, describes the mechanism of synergistic effects in catalytic reactions, and also introduces in situ characterization techniques commonly used in CO2 RR. Finally, the main challenges and prospects of dual-site metal catalysts and even multi-site catalysts for CO2 recycling are analyzed. It is believed that based on the understanding of bimetallic site catalysts and synergistic effects in CO2 RR, well-designed high-performance, low-cost electrocatalysts are promising for achieving CO2 conversion, electrochemical energy conversion and storage in the future.
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- Li Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 5265, Renmin Street, Chaoyang District, Changchun, Jilin, 130022, P.R. China
- University of Science and Technology of China, 96, Jinzhai Road, Baohe District, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 5265, Renmin Street, Chaoyang District, Changchun, Jilin, 130022, P.R. China
- University of Science and Technology of China, 96, Jinzhai Road, Baohe District, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 5265, Renmin Street, Chaoyang District, Changchun, Jilin, 130022, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 5265, Renmin Street, Chaoyang District, Changchun, Jilin, 130022, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 5265, Renmin Street, Chaoyang District, Changchun, Jilin, 130022, P.R. China
- University of Science and Technology of China, 96, Jinzhai Road, Baohe District, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 5265, Renmin Street, Chaoyang District, Changchun, Jilin, 130022, P.R. China
- University of Science and Technology of China, 96, Jinzhai Road, Baohe District, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 5265, Renmin Street, Chaoyang District, Changchun, Jilin, 130022, P.R. China
- University of Science and Technology of China, 96, Jinzhai Road, Baohe District, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, P. R. China
- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, 30, Shuangqing Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China
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Huang X, Kong D, Ma Y, Luo B, Wang B, Zhi L. An orientated mass transfer in Ni-Cu tandem nanofibers for highly selective reduction of CO 2 to ethanol. FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH 2023; 3:786-795. [PMID: 38933297 PMCID: PMC11197807 DOI: 10.1016/j.fmre.2021.08.021] [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: 05/30/2021] [Revised: 08/13/2021] [Accepted: 08/30/2021] [Indexed: 10/19/2022] Open
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Electrochemically reducing CO2 to ethanol is attractive but suffers from poor selectivity. Tandem catalysis that integrates the activation of CO2 to an intermediate using one active site and the subsequent formation of hydrocarbons on the other site offers a promising approach, where the control of the intermediate transfer between different catalytic sites is challenging. We propose an internally self-feeding mechanism that relies on the orientation of the mass transfer in a hierarchical structure and demonstrate it using a one-dimensional (1D) tandem core-shell catalyst. Specifically, the carbon-coated Ni-core (Ni/C) catalyzes the transformation of CO2-to-CO, after which the CO intermediates are guided to diffuse to the carbon-coated Cu-shell (Cu/C) and experience the selective reduction to ethanol, realizing the orientated key intermediate transfer. Results show that the Faradaic efficiency for ethanol was 18.2% at -1 V vs. RHE (VRHE) for up to 100 h. The following mechanism study supports the hypothesis that the CO2 reduction on Ni/C generates CO, which is further reduced to ethanol on Cu/C sites. Density functional theory calculations suggest a combined effect of the availability of CO intermediate in Ni/C core and the dimerization of key *CO intermediates, as well as the subsequent proton-electron transfer process on the Cu/C shell.
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- Xiaoxiong Huang
- CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, China
- Institute of New Energy, College of Chemical Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, China
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- Nanomaterials Centre, School of Chemical Engineering and Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- Institute of New Energy, College of Chemical Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, China
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Zhou Y, Zhou Q, Liu H, Xu W, Wang Z, Qiao S, Ding H, Chen D, Zhu J, Qi Z, Wu X, He Q, Song L. Asymmetric dinitrogen-coordinated nickel single-atomic sites for efficient CO 2 electroreduction. Nat Commun 2023; 14:3776. [PMID: 37355748 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-39505-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2022] [Accepted: 06/16/2023] [Indexed: 06/26/2023] Open
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Developing highly efficient, selective and low-overpotential electrocatalysts for carbon dioxide (CO2) reduction is crucial. This study reports an efficient Ni single-atom catalyst coordinated with pyrrolic nitrogen and pyridinic nitrogen for CO2 reduction to carbon monoxide (CO). In flow cell experiments, the catalyst achieves a CO partial current density of 20.1 mA cmgeo-2 at -0.15 V vs. reversible hydrogen electrode (VRHE). It exhibits a high turnover frequency of over 274,000 site-1 h-1 at -1.0 VRHE and maintains high Faradaic efficiency of CO (FECO) exceeding 90% within -0.15 to -0.9 VRHE. Operando synchrotron-based infrared and X-ray absorption spectra, and theoretical calculations reveal that mono CO-adsorbed Ni single sites formed during electrochemical processes contribute to the balance between key intermediates formation and CO desorption, providing insights into the catalyst's origin of catalytic activity. Overall, this work presents a Ni single-atom catalyst with good selectivity and activity for CO2 reduction while shedding light on its underlying mechanism.
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- Yuzhu Zhou
- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230029, China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230029, China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230029, China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230029, China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230029, China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230029, China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230029, China
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- Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230029, China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230029, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Science at the Microscale, Collaborative Innovation of Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), School of Chemistry and Materials Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230029, China.
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230029, China.
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Zhou F, Gan M, Yan D, Chen X, Peng X. Hydrogen-Rich Pyrolysis from Ni-Fe Heterometallic Schiff Base Centrosymmetric Cluster Facilitates NiFe Alloy for Efficient OER Electrocatalysts. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023; 19:e2208276. [PMID: 36922744 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202208276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2022] [Revised: 02/12/2023] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Binary metal nickel-iron alloys have been proven to have great potential in oxygen evolution reaction (OER) electrocatalysis, but there are still certain challenges in how to construct more efficient nickel-iron alloy electrocatalysts and maximize their own advantages. In this work, a heterometallic nickel-iron cluster (L = C64 H66 Fe4 N8 Ni2 O19 ) of Schiff base (LH3 = 2-amino-1,3-propanediol salicylaldehyde) is designed as a precursor to explore its behavior in the pyrolysis process under inert atmosphere. The combination of TG-MS, morphology, and X-ray characterization techniques shows that the Schiff base ligands in the heterometallic clusters produces a strong reductive atmosphere during pyrolysis, which enable the two 3d metals Ni and Fe to form NiFe alloys. Moreover, Fe2 O3 /Fe0.64 Ni0.36 @Cs carbon nanomaterials are formed, in which Fe2 O3 /Fe0.64 Ni0.36 is the potential active material for OER. It is also found that the centrosymmetric structure of the heterometallic Schiff base precursor is potentially related to the formation of the Fe2 O3 /Fe0.64 Ni0.36 alloy@carbon structures. The Fe2 O3 /Fe0.64 Ni0.36 @C-800 provides 274 mV overpotential in 1 m KOH solution at 10 mA cm-2 in OER. This work provides an effective basis for further research on Schiff base bimetallic doping-derived carbon nanomaterials as excellent OER electrocatalysts.
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- Fanglei Zhou
- Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Organic Chemical Materials Co-constructed by the Province and Ministry, College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Hubei University, Youyi Avenue 368#, Wuhan, 430062, P. R. China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Organic Chemical Materials Co-constructed by the Province and Ministry, College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Hubei University, Youyi Avenue 368#, Wuhan, 430062, P. R. China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Organic Chemical Materials Co-constructed by the Province and Ministry, College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Hubei University, Youyi Avenue 368#, Wuhan, 430062, P. R. China
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- Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Low-Carbon Solid Waste Recycling, School of Geography and Environmental Engineering, Gannan Normal University, Ganzhou, 341000, P. R. China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Organic Chemical Materials Co-constructed by the Province and Ministry, College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Hubei University, Youyi Avenue 368#, Wuhan, 430062, P. R. China
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Bai S, Tan L, Ning C, Liu G, Wu Z, Shen T, Zheng L, Song YF. Revealing the Kinetic Balance between Proton-Feeding and Hydrogenation in CO 2 Electroreduction. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023; 19:e2300581. [PMID: 36823447 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202300581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2023] [Revised: 02/09/2023] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 to high-value-added chemicals provides a feasible path for global carbon balance. Herein, the fabrication of NiNP x @NiSA y -NG (x,y = 1, 2, 3; NG = nitrogen-doped graphite) is reported, in which Ni single atom sites (NiSA ) and Ni nanoparticles (NiNP ) coexist. These NiNP x @NiSA y -NG presented a volcano-like trend for maximum CO Faradaic efficiency (FECO ) with the highest point at NiNP2 @NiSA2 -NG in CO2 RR. NiNP2 @NiSA2 -NG exhibited ≈98% of maximum FECO and a large current density of -264 mA cm-2 at -0.98 V (vs. RHE) in the flow cell. In situ experiment and density functional theory (DFT) calculations confirmed that the proper content of NiSA and NiNP balanced kinetic between proton-feeding and CO2 hydrogenation. The NiNP in NiNP2 @NiSA2 -NG promoted the formation of H* and reduced the energy barrier of *CO2 hydrogenation to *COOH, and CO desorption can be efficiently facilitated by NiSA sites, thereby resulting in enhanced CO2 RR performance.
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- Sha Bai
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, P. R. China
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, P. R. China
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He ZH, Shi JJ, Wei YY, Yang SY, Wang K, Wang W, Yang Y, Wang H, Wang C, Liu ZT. Boosting electrocatalytic CO2 reduction over Ni/CN catalysts derived from metal-triazolate-framework by doping with chlorine. MOLECULAR CATALYSIS 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mcat.2023.113083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/28/2023]
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Sun JW, Wu X, Liu PF, Chen J, Liu Y, Lou ZX, Zhao JY, Yuan HY, Chen A, Wang XL, Zhu M, Dai S, Yang HG. Scalable synthesis of coordinatively unsaturated metal-nitrogen sites for large-scale CO 2 electrolysis. Nat Commun 2023; 14:1599. [PMID: 37072410 PMCID: PMC10113237 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-36688-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2022] [Accepted: 02/10/2023] [Indexed: 04/20/2023] Open
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Practical electrochemical CO2-to-CO conversion requires a non-precious catalyst to react at high selectivity and high rate. Atomically dispersed, coordinatively unsaturated metal-nitrogen sites have shown great performance in CO2 electroreduction; however, their controllable and large-scale fabrication still remains a challenge. Herein, we report a general method to fabricate coordinatively unsaturated metal-nitrogen sites doped within carbon nanotubes, among which cobalt single-atom catalysts can mediate efficient CO2-to-CO formation in a membrane flow configuration, achieving a current density of 200 mA cm-2 with CO selectivity of 95.4% and high full-cell energy efficiency of 54.1%, outperforming most of CO2-to-CO conversion electrolyzers. By expanding the cell area to 100 cm2, this catalyst sustains a high-current electrolysis at 10 A with 86.8% CO selectivity and the single-pass conversion can reach 40.4% at a high CO2 flow rate of 150 sccm. This fabrication method can be scaled up with negligible decay in CO2-to-CO activity. In situ spectroscopy and theoretical results reveal the crucial role of coordinatively unsaturated metal-nitrogen sites, which facilitate CO2 adsorption and key *COOH intermediate formation.
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- Ji Wei Sun
- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hierarchical Nanomaterials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hierarchical Nanomaterials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hierarchical Nanomaterials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hierarchical Nanomaterials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hierarchical Nanomaterials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hierarchical Nanomaterials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hierarchical Nanomaterials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hierarchical Nanomaterials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Physics Department and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance, School of Physics and Electronic Science, East China Normal University, 3663 North Zhongshan Road, Shanghai, 200062, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China.
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- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hierarchical Nanomaterials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China.
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Wang C, Lv Z, Yang W, Feng X, Wang B. A rational design of functional porous frameworks for electrocatalytic CO 2 reduction reaction. Chem Soc Rev 2023; 52:1382-1427. [PMID: 36723190 DOI: 10.1039/d2cs00843b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The electrocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction (ECO2RR) is considered one of the approaches with the most potential to achieve lower carbon emissions in the future, but a huge gap still exists between the current ECO2RR technology and industrial applications. Therefore, the design and preparation of catalysts with satisfactory activity, selectivity and stability for the ECO2RR have attracted extensive attention. As a classic type of functional porous framework, crystalline porous materials (e.g., metal organic frameworks (MOFs) and covalent organic frameworks (COFs)) and derived porous materials (e.g., MOF/COF composites and pyrolysates) have been regarded as superior catalysts for the ECO2RR due to their advantages such as designable porosity, modifiable skeleton, flexible active site structure, regulable charge transfer pathway and controllable morphology. Meanwhile, with the rapid development of nano-characterization and theoretical calculation technologies, the structure-activity relationships of functional porous frameworks have been comprehensively considered, i.e., metallic element type, local coordination environment, and microstructure, corresponding to selectivity, activity and mass transfer efficiency for the ECO2RR, respectively. In this review, the rational design strategy for functional porous frameworks is briefly but precisely generalized based on three key factors including metallic element type, local coordination environment, and microstructure. Then, details about the structure-activity relationships for functional porous frameworks are illustrated in the order of MOFs, COFs, composites and pyrolysates to analyze the effect of the above-mentioned three factors on their ECO2RR performance. Finally, the challenges and perspectives of functional porous frameworks for the further development of the ECO2RR are reasonably proposed, aiming to offer insights for future studies in this intriguing and significant research field.
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- Changli Wang
- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science Ministry of Education, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science, School of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Beijing Institute of Technology No. 5, South Street, Zhongguancun, Haidian District, Beijing 100081, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science Ministry of Education, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science, School of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Beijing Institute of Technology No. 5, South Street, Zhongguancun, Haidian District, Beijing 100081, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science Ministry of Education, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science, School of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Beijing Institute of Technology No. 5, South Street, Zhongguancun, Haidian District, Beijing 100081, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science Ministry of Education, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science, School of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Beijing Institute of Technology No. 5, South Street, Zhongguancun, Haidian District, Beijing 100081, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science Ministry of Education, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science, School of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Beijing Institute of Technology No. 5, South Street, Zhongguancun, Haidian District, Beijing 100081, China.
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Sun Y, Liu F, Wang X, Lu K, Liu X, Huang Y, Yu F, Chen Y. Highly selective CO 2 electroreduction to CO by the synergy between Ni-N-C and encapsulated Ni nanoparticles. Dalton Trans 2023; 52:928-935. [PMID: 36594627 DOI: 10.1039/d2dt03680k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Efficient catalysts are highly desirable for the selective electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR). Ni single-atom catalysts are known as promising CO2RR catalysts, while Ni NPs are expected to catalyze the competing HER. In this work, we have modified the Ni NPs by encapsulating them into porous Ni-N-C nanosheets (Ni@Ni-N-C), to boost the synergy between Ni NPs and dispersed Ni-N species towards CO2RR. The CO faradaic efficiency (FECO) reached 96.4% at -0.9 V and retained over 90% in a wide potential window. More importantly, FECO values of over 94% have been obtained from -50 to -170 mA cm-2 with a peak FECO of 99% in a flow cell. Our work demonstrates that the surface modification of Ni NPs can inhibit the unexpected HER and activate the surface sites, offering a practical design strategy for CO2RR catalysts.
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- Yidan Sun
- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 211816, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 211816, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 211816, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 211816, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 211816, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 211816, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 211816, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 211816, China.
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Li WJ, Lou ZX, Zhao JY, Liu PF, Yuan HY, Yang HG. Positive Valent Metal Sites in Electrochemical CO 2 Reduction Reaction. Chemphyschem 2023; 24:e202200657. [PMID: 36646629 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202200657] [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: 08/30/2022] [Revised: 12/08/2022] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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The discovery of high-performance catalysts for the electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (CO2 RR) has faced an enormous challenge for years. The lack of cognition about the surface active structures or centers of catalysts in complex conditions limits the development of advanced catalysts for CO2 RR. Recently, the positive valent metal sites (PVMS) are demonstrated as a kind of potential active sites, which can facilitate carbon dioxide (CO2 ) activation and conversation but are always unstable under reduction potentials. Many advanced technologies in theory and experiment have been utilized to understand and develop excellent catalysts with PVMS for CO2 RR. Here, we present an introduction of some typical catalysts with PVMS in CO2 RR and give some understanding of the activity and stability for these related catalysts.
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- Wen Jing Li
- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hierarchical Nanomaterials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hierarchical Nanomaterials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hierarchical Nanomaterials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hierarchical Nanomaterials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hierarchical Nanomaterials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hierarchical Nanomaterials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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Adegoke KA, Adegoke OR, Adigun RA, Maxakato NW, Bello OS. Two-dimensional metal-organic frameworks: From synthesis to biomedical, environmental, and energy conversion applications. Coord Chem Rev 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2022.214817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Carbon dioxide (CO2) electroreduction offers an attractive pathway for converting CO2 to valuable fuels and chemicals. Despite the existence of some excellent electrocatalysts with superior selectivity for specific products, these reactions are conducted at low current densities ranging from several mA cm−2 to tens of mA cm−2, which are far from commercially desirable values. To extend the applications of CO2 electroreduction technology to an industrial scale, long-term operations under high current densities (over 200 mA cm−2) are desirable. In this paper, we review recent major advances toward higher current density in CO2 reduction, including: (1) innovations in electrocatalysts (engineering the morphology, modulating the electronic structure, increasing the active sites, etc.); (2) the design of electrolyzers (membrane electrode assemblies, flow cells, microchannel reactors, high-pressure cells, etc.); and (3) the influence of electrolytes (concentration, pH, anion and cation effects). Finally, we discuss the current challenges and perspectives for future development toward high current densities.
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Liang X, Ji S, Chen Y, Wang D. Synthetic strategies for MOF-based single-atom catalysts for photo- and electro-catalytic CO 2 reduction. iScience 2022; 25:104177. [PMID: 35434562 PMCID: PMC9010762 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.104177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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The excessive CO2 emission has resulted in climate changes, which has threatened human existence. Photocatalytic and electrocatalytic CO2 reduction, driven by wind electricity and solar energy, are feasible ways of tackling carbon dioxide emission, as both energies are clean and renewable. Single-atom catalyst (SAC) is a candidate owing to excellent electrocatalytic and photocatalytic performance. Methods for preparing an SAC by using metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) as support or precursors are summarized. Also, applications in energy conversion are exhibited. However, the real challenge is to improve the selectivity of catalytic reactions to yield higher value products, which is to be discussed.
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- Xiao Liang
- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S3H6, Canada
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S3G4, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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Li C, Ju W, Vijay S, Timoshenko J, Mou K, Cullen DA, Yang J, Wang X, Pachfule P, Brückner S, Jeon HS, Haase FT, Tsang S, Rettenmaier C, Chan K, Cuenya BR, Thomas A, Strasser P. Covalent Organic Framework (COF) Derived Ni‐N‐C Catalysts for Electrochemical CO
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Reduction: Unraveling Fundamental Kinetic and Structural Parameters of the Active Sites. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202114707. [PMID: 35102658 PMCID: PMC9306911 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202114707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Electrochemical CO2 reduction is a potential approach to convert CO2 into valuable chemicals using electricity as feedstock. Abundant and affordable catalyst materials are needed to upscale this process in a sustainable manner. Nickel‐nitrogen‐doped carbon (Ni‐N‐C) is an efficient catalyst for CO2 reduction to CO, and the single‐site Ni−Nx motif is believed to be the active site. However, critical metrics for its catalytic activity, such as active site density and intrinsic turnover frequency, so far lack systematic discussion. In this work, we prepared a set of covalent organic framework (COF)‐derived Ni‐N‐C catalysts, for which the Ni−Nx content could be adjusted by the pyrolysis temperature. The combination of high‐angle annular dark‐field scanning transmission electron microscopy and extended X‐ray absorption fine structure evidenced the presence of Ni single‐sites, and quantitative X‐ray photoemission addressed the relation between active site density and turnover frequency.
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- Changxia Li
- Department of Chemistry Division of Functional Materials Technical University Berlin Berlin 10623 Germany
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- Department of Chemistry Chemical Engineering Division Technical University Berlin Berlin 10623 Germany
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- CatTheory Department of Physics Technical University of Denmark 2800 Kongens Lyngby Denmark
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- Interface Science Department Fritz-Haber Institute of Max-Planck Society Berlin 14195 Germany
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- Department of Chemistry Chemical Engineering Division Technical University Berlin Berlin 10623 Germany
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- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge TN USA
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- Department of Chemistry Division of Functional Materials Technical University Berlin Berlin 10623 Germany
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- Department of Chemistry Chemical Engineering Division Technical University Berlin Berlin 10623 Germany
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- Department of Chemistry Division of Functional Materials Technical University Berlin Berlin 10623 Germany
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- Department of Chemistry Chemical Engineering Division Technical University Berlin Berlin 10623 Germany
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- Interface Science Department Fritz-Haber Institute of Max-Planck Society Berlin 14195 Germany
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- Interface Science Department Fritz-Haber Institute of Max-Planck Society Berlin 14195 Germany
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- CatTheory Department of Physics Technical University of Denmark 2800 Kongens Lyngby Denmark
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- Interface Science Department Fritz-Haber Institute of Max-Planck Society Berlin 14195 Germany
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- CatTheory Department of Physics Technical University of Denmark 2800 Kongens Lyngby Denmark
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- Interface Science Department Fritz-Haber Institute of Max-Planck Society Berlin 14195 Germany
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- Department of Chemistry Division of Functional Materials Technical University Berlin Berlin 10623 Germany
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- Department of Chemistry Chemical Engineering Division Technical University Berlin Berlin 10623 Germany
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Li C, Ju W, Vijay S, Timoshenko J, Mou K, Cullen DA, Yang J, Wang X, Pachfule P, Brückner S, Jeon HS, Haase FT, Tsang S, Rettenmaier C, Chan K, Cuenya BR, Thomas A, Strasser P. Covalent Organic Framework (COF) Derived Ni‐N‐C Catalysts for Electrochemical CO
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Reduction: Unraveling Fundamental Kinetic and Structural Parameters of the Active Sites. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202114707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Changxia Li
- Department of Chemistry Division of Functional Materials Technical University Berlin Berlin 10623 Germany
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- Department of Chemistry Chemical Engineering Division Technical University Berlin Berlin 10623 Germany
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- CatTheory Department of Physics Technical University of Denmark 2800 Kongens Lyngby Denmark
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- Interface Science Department Fritz-Haber Institute of Max-Planck Society Berlin 14195 Germany
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- Department of Chemistry Chemical Engineering Division Technical University Berlin Berlin 10623 Germany
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- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge TN USA
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- Department of Chemistry Division of Functional Materials Technical University Berlin Berlin 10623 Germany
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- Department of Chemistry Chemical Engineering Division Technical University Berlin Berlin 10623 Germany
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- Department of Chemistry Division of Functional Materials Technical University Berlin Berlin 10623 Germany
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- Department of Chemistry Chemical Engineering Division Technical University Berlin Berlin 10623 Germany
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- Interface Science Department Fritz-Haber Institute of Max-Planck Society Berlin 14195 Germany
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- Interface Science Department Fritz-Haber Institute of Max-Planck Society Berlin 14195 Germany
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- CatTheory Department of Physics Technical University of Denmark 2800 Kongens Lyngby Denmark
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- Interface Science Department Fritz-Haber Institute of Max-Planck Society Berlin 14195 Germany
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- CatTheory Department of Physics Technical University of Denmark 2800 Kongens Lyngby Denmark
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- Interface Science Department Fritz-Haber Institute of Max-Planck Society Berlin 14195 Germany
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- Department of Chemistry Division of Functional Materials Technical University Berlin Berlin 10623 Germany
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- Department of Chemistry Chemical Engineering Division Technical University Berlin Berlin 10623 Germany
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Wen CF, Zhou M, Liu PF, Liu Y, Wu X, Mao F, Dai S, Xu B, Wang XL, Jiang Z, Hu P, Yang S, Wang HF, Yang HG. Highly Ethylene‐Selective Electrocatalytic CO
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Reduction Enabled by Isolated Cu−S Motifs in Metal–Organic Framework Based Precatalysts. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202111700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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- Chun Fang Wen
- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education School of Materials Science and Engineering East China University of Science and Technology 130 Meilong Road Shanghai 200237 China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering East China University of Science and Technology 130 Meilong Road Shanghai 200237 China
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- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education School of Materials Science and Engineering East China University of Science and Technology 130 Meilong Road Shanghai 200237 China
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- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education School of Materials Science and Engineering East China University of Science and Technology 130 Meilong Road Shanghai 200237 China
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- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education School of Materials Science and Engineering East China University of Science and Technology 130 Meilong Road Shanghai 200237 China
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- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education School of Materials Science and Engineering East China University of Science and Technology 130 Meilong Road Shanghai 200237 China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center Institute of Fine Chemicals School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering East China University of Science and Technology 130 Meilong Road Shanghai 200237 China
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- Physics Department and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance School of Physics and Materials Science East China Normal University 3663 North Zhongshan Road Shanghai 200062 China
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- Physics Department and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance School of Physics and Materials Science East China Normal University 3663 North Zhongshan Road Shanghai 200062 China
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- Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai 201204 China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering East China University of Science and Technology 130 Meilong Road Shanghai 200237 China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering The Queen's University of Belfast Belfast BT9 5AG UK
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- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education School of Materials Science and Engineering East China University of Science and Technology 130 Meilong Road Shanghai 200237 China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering East China University of Science and Technology 130 Meilong Road Shanghai 200237 China
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- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education School of Materials Science and Engineering East China University of Science and Technology 130 Meilong Road Shanghai 200237 China
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Zhan T, Zou Y, Yang Y, Ma X, Zhang Z, Xiang S. Two‐dimensional Metal‐organic Frameworks for Electrochemical CO
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Reduction Reaction. ChemCatChem 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/cctc.202101453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Tingting Zhan
- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials College of Chemistry and Materials Science Fujian Normal University Fuzhou 350007 P. R. China
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- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials College of Chemistry and Materials Science Fujian Normal University Fuzhou 350007 P. R. China
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- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials College of Chemistry and Materials Science Fujian Normal University Fuzhou 350007 P. R. China
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- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials College of Chemistry and Materials Science Fujian Normal University Fuzhou 350007 P. R. China
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- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials College of Chemistry and Materials Science Fujian Normal University Fuzhou 350007 P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter Chinese Academy of Sciences Fuzhou Fujian 350002 P. R. China
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- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials College of Chemistry and Materials Science Fujian Normal University Fuzhou 350007 P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter Chinese Academy of Sciences Fuzhou Fujian 350002 P. R. China
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Liang S, Huang L, Gao Y, Wang Q, Liu B. Electrochemical Reduction of CO 2 to CO over Transition Metal/N-Doped Carbon Catalysts: The Active Sites and Reaction Mechanism. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2021; 8:e2102886. [PMID: 34719862 PMCID: PMC8693035 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202102886] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2021] [Revised: 08/31/2021] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Electrochemical CO2 reduction to value-added chemicals/fuels provides a promising way to mitigate CO2 emission and alleviate energy shortage. CO2 -to-CO conversion involves only two-electron/proton transfer and thus is kinetically fast. Among the various developed CO2 -to-CO reduction electrocatalysts, transition metal/N-doped carbon (M-N-C) catalysts are attractive due to their low cost and high activity. In this work, recent progress on the development of M-N-C catalysts for electrochemical CO2 -to-CO conversion is reviewed in detail. The regulation of the active sites in M-N-C catalysts and their related adjustable electrocatalytic CO2 reduction performance is discussed. A visual performance comparison of M-N-C catalysts for CO2 reduction reaction (CO2 RR) reported over the recent years is given, which suggests that Ni and Fe-N-C catalysts are the most promising candidates for large-scale reduction of CO2 to produce CO. Finally, outlooks and challenges are proposed for future research of CO2 -to-CO conversion.
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- Shuyu Liang
- College of Environmental Science and EngineeringBeijing Forestry University35 Qinghua East Road, Haidian DistrictBeijing100083P. R. China
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- College of Environmental Science and EngineeringBeijing Forestry University35 Qinghua East Road, Haidian DistrictBeijing100083P. R. China
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- College of Environmental Science and EngineeringBeijing Forestry University35 Qinghua East Road, Haidian DistrictBeijing100083P. R. China
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- College of Environmental Science and EngineeringBeijing Forestry University35 Qinghua East Road, Haidian DistrictBeijing100083P. R. China
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical EngineeringNanyang Technological University62 Nanyang DriveSingapore637459Singapore
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Wen CF, Zhou M, Liu PF, Liu Y, Wu X, Mao F, Dai S, Xu B, Wang XL, Jiang Z, Hu P, Yang S, Wang HF, Yang HG. Highly Ethylene-Selective Electrocatalytic CO 2 Reduction Enabled by Isolated Cu-S Motifs in Metal-Organic Framework Based Precatalysts. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 61:e202111700. [PMID: 34687123 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202111700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Copper-based materials are efficient electrocatalysts for the conversion of CO2 to C2+ products, and most these materials are reconstructed in situ to regenerate active species. It is a challenge to precisely design precatalysts to obtain active sites for the CO2 reduction reaction (CO2 RR). Herein, we develop a strategy based on local sulfur doping of a Cu-based metal-organic framework precatalyst, in which the stable Cu-S motif is dispersed in the framework of HKUST-1 (S-HKUST-1). The precatalyst exhibits a high ethylene selectivity in an H-type cell with a maximum faradaic efficiency (FE) of 60.0 %, and delivers a current density of 400 mA cm-2 with an ethylene FE up to 57.2 % in a flow cell. Operando X-ray absorption results demonstrate that Cuδ+ species stabilized by the Cu-S motif exist in S-HKUST-1 during CO2 RR. Density functional theory calculations indicate the partially oxidized Cuδ+ at the Cu/Cux Sy interface is favorable for coupling of the *CO intermediate due to the modest distance between coupling sites and optimized adsorption energy.
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- Chun Fang Wen
- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Physics Department and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance, School of Physics and Materials Science, East China Normal University, 3663 North Zhongshan Road, Shanghai, 200062, China
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- Physics Department and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance, School of Physics and Materials Science, East China Normal University, 3663 North Zhongshan Road, Shanghai, 200062, China
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- Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201204, China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China.,School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, The Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, BT9 5AG, UK
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- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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Zhu ZH, Zhao BH, Hou SL, Jiang XL, Liang ZL, Zhang B, Zhao B. A Facile Strategy for Constructing a Carbon-Particle-Modified Metal-Organic Framework for Enhancing the Efficiency of CO 2 Electroreduction into Formate. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:23394-23402. [PMID: 34406687 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202110387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 by metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) has been widely investigated, but insufficient conductivity limits application. Herein, a porous 3D In-MOF {(Me2 NH2 )[In(BCP)]⋅2 DMF}n (V11) with good stability was constructed with two types of channels (1.6 and 1.2 nm diameter). V11 exhibits moderate catalytic activity in CO2 electroreduction with 76.0 % of Faradaic efficiency for formate (FEHCOO- ). Methylene blue molecules of suitable size and pyrolysis temperature were introduced and transformed into carbon particles (CPs) after calcination. The performance of the obtained CPs@V11 is significantly improved both in FEHCOO- (from 76.0 % to 90.1 %) and current density (2.2 times). Control experiments show that introduced CPs serve as accelerant to promote the charges and mass transfer in framework, and benefit to sufficiently expose active sites. This strategy can also work on other In-MOFs, demonstrating the universality of this method for electroreduction of CO2 .
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- Zi-Hao Zhu
- Department of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Material Chemistry, (Ministry of Education), Renewable Energy Conversion and Storage Center, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- School of Science, Institute of Molecular Plus, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Material Chemistry, (Ministry of Education), Renewable Energy Conversion and Storage Center, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Material Chemistry, (Ministry of Education), Renewable Energy Conversion and Storage Center, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Material Chemistry, (Ministry of Education), Renewable Energy Conversion and Storage Center, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- School of Science, Institute of Molecular Plus, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Material Chemistry, (Ministry of Education), Renewable Energy Conversion and Storage Center, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China
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Zhu Z, Zhao B, Hou S, Jiang X, Liang Z, Zhang B, Zhao B. A Facile Strategy for Constructing a Carbon‐Particle‐Modified Metal–Organic Framework for Enhancing the Efficiency of CO
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Electroreduction into Formate. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202110387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Zi‐Hao Zhu
- Department of Chemistry Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Material Chemistry (Ministry of Education) Renewable Energy Conversion and Storage Center Nankai University Tianjin 300071 China
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- School of Science, Institute of Molecular Plus Tianjin University Tianjin 300072 China
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- Department of Chemistry Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Material Chemistry (Ministry of Education) Renewable Energy Conversion and Storage Center Nankai University Tianjin 300071 China
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- Department of Chemistry Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Material Chemistry (Ministry of Education) Renewable Energy Conversion and Storage Center Nankai University Tianjin 300071 China
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- Department of Chemistry Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Material Chemistry (Ministry of Education) Renewable Energy Conversion and Storage Center Nankai University Tianjin 300071 China
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- School of Science, Institute of Molecular Plus Tianjin University Tianjin 300072 China
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- Department of Chemistry Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Material Chemistry (Ministry of Education) Renewable Energy Conversion and Storage Center Nankai University Tianjin 300071 China
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Wu C, Chen X, Tang L, Wei Q, Wei X, Liang J, Wang L. Rationally Constructing A Nano MOF-Derived Ni and CQD Embedded N-Doped Carbon Nanosphere for the Hydrogenation of Petroleum Resin at Low Temperature. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2021; 13:10855-10869. [PMID: 33621040 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c20288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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A key issue in attaining highly efficient supported catalysts for the hydrogenation of unsaturated polymers arises from the entanglement between the number of exposed active sites and the severe internal mass transfer limitation caused by their large molecular size. Hence, an ultrasmall N-doped carbon nanosphere with Ni NPs and CQDs embedded (Ni-CQDs/NCNs) was reasonably constructed by low-temperature (400 °C) pyrolysis of the precursor CQDs@Nano-Ni-ZIFs. As-prepared Ni-CQDs/NCNs exhibited superior catalytic activity to a commercial 10% Pd/C catalyst in petroleum resin hydrogenation under a low temperature of 150 °C, which is 100 and 60 °C lower than that of previously reported Ni- and Pd-based catalysts, respectively. The excellent catalytic activity of Ni-CQDs/NCNs mainly contributes to the following factors: first, its ultrasmall structure (ca. 50 nm) eliminates the internal mass transfer limitation; second, the CQDs and N-doped carbon matrix stabilize the 53.1 wt % high-loading Ni NPs at a small size of 5.6 nm, providing abundant active sites; and third, the electronic regulation of N-doped carbon enhances the intrinsic activity of Ni, which was revealed by the experiments and DFT calculations. Besides, Ni-CQDs/NCNs exhibits long-term stability and appreciable magnetic separation performance, making it a considerable candidate for industrial application. This work not only offers a facile approach to prepare nano MOF-derived catalysts but also gives helpful instruction to the rational design of heterogeneous catalysts for the reaction involving large molecules.
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- Chenghong Wu
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Petrochemical Resource Processing and Process Intensification Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, PR China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Petrochemical Resource Processing and Process Intensification Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, PR China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Petrochemical Resource Processing and Process Intensification Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, PR China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Petrochemical Resource Processing and Process Intensification Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, PR China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Petrochemical Resource Processing and Process Intensification Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, PR China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Petrochemical Resource Processing and Process Intensification Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, PR China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Petrochemical Resource Processing and Process Intensification Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, PR China
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Qu Q, Ji S, Chen Y, Wang D, Li Y. The atomic-level regulation of single-atom site catalysts for the electrochemical CO 2 reduction reaction. Chem Sci 2021; 12:4201-4215. [PMID: 34168747 PMCID: PMC8179652 DOI: 10.1039/d0sc07040h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2020] [Accepted: 02/17/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) is viewed as a promising way to remove the greenhouse gas CO2 from the atmosphere and convert it into useful industrial products such as methane, methanol, formate, ethanol, and so forth. Single-atom site catalysts (SACs) featuring maximum theoretical atom utilization and a unique electronic structure and coordination environment have emerged as promising candidates for use in the CO2RR. The electronic properties and atomic structures of the central metal sites in SACs will be changed significantly once the types or coordination environments of the central metal sites are altered, which appears to provide new routes for engineering SACs for CO2 electrocatalysis. Therefore, it is of great importance to discuss the structural regulation of SACs at the atomic level and their influence on CO2RR activity and selectivity. Despite substantial efforts being made to fabricate various SACs, the principles of regulating the intrinsic electrocatalytic performances of the single-atom sites still needs to be sufficiently emphasized. In this perspective article, we present the latest progress relating to the synthesis and catalytic performance of SACs for the electrochemical CO2RR. We summarize the atomic-level regulation of SACs for the electrochemical CO2RR from five aspects: the regulation of the central metal atoms, the coordination environments, the interface of single metal complex sites, multi-atom active sites, and other ingenious strategies to improve the performance of SACs. We highlight synthesis strategies and structural design approaches for SACs with unique geometric structures and discuss how the structure affects the catalytic properties.
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- Qingyun Qu
- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 China
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 China
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 China
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 China
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 China
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Niu Y, Zhang C, Wang Y, Fang D, Zhang L, Wang C. Confining Chainmail-Bearing Ni Nanoparticles in N-doped Carbon Nanotubes for Robust and Efficient Electroreduction of CO 2. CHEMSUSCHEM 2021; 14:1140-1154. [PMID: 33464697 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202002596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2020] [Revised: 12/09/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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It still remains challenging to simultaneously achieve high stability, selectivity, and activity in CO2 reduction. Herein, a dual chainmail-bearing nickel-based catalyst (Ni@NC@NCNT) was fabricated via a solvothermal-evaporation-calcination approach. In situ encapsulated N-doped carbon layers (NCs) and nanotubes (NCNTs) gave a dual protection to the metallic core. The confined space well maintained the local alkaline pH value and suppressed hydrogen evolution. Large surface area and abundant pyridinic N and Niδ+ sites ensured high CO2 adsorption capacity and strength. Benefitting from these, it delivered a CO faradaic efficiency of 94.1 % and current density of 48.0 mA cm-2 at -0.75 and -1.10 V, respectively. Moreover, the performance remained unchanged after continuous electrolysis for 43 h, far exceeding Ni@NC with single chainmail, Ni@NC/NCNT with Ni@NC sitting on the walls of NCNT, bare NCNT and most state-of-the-art catalysts, demonstrating structural superiority of Ni@NC@NCNT. This work sheds light on designing unique architectures to improve electrochemical performances.
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- Yongjian Niu
- Institute for New Energy Materials and Low-Carbon Technologies, School of Material Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin, 300384, P. R. China
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- Unilever Co., Ltd., 88# Jinxiu Avenue, Economy & Technology Dev. Zone, Hefei, 230000, P. R. China
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- Institute for New Energy Materials and Low-Carbon Technologies, School of Material Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin, 300384, P. R. China
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- Institute for New Energy Materials and Low-Carbon Technologies, School of Material Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin, 300384, P. R. China
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- Institute for New Energy Materials and Low-Carbon Technologies, School of Material Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin, 300384, P. R. China
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- Institute for New Energy Materials and Low-Carbon Technologies, School of Material Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin, 300384, P. R. China
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Timoshenko J, Roldan Cuenya B. In Situ/ Operando Electrocatalyst Characterization by X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy. Chem Rev 2021; 121:882-961. [PMID: 32986414 PMCID: PMC7844833 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c00396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 184] [Impact Index Per Article: 61.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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During the last decades, X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) has become an indispensable method for probing the structure and composition of heterogeneous catalysts, revealing the nature of the active sites and establishing links between structural motifs in a catalyst, local electronic structure, and catalytic properties. Here we discuss the fundamental principles of the XAS method and describe the progress in the instrumentation and data analysis approaches undertaken for deciphering X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) and extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) spectra. Recent usages of XAS in the field of heterogeneous catalysis, with emphasis on examples concerning electrocatalysis, will be presented. The latter is a rapidly developing field with immense industrial applications but also unique challenges in terms of the experimental characterization restrictions and advanced modeling approaches required. This review will highlight the new insight that can be gained with XAS on complex real-world electrocatalysts including their working mechanisms and the dynamic processes taking place in the course of a chemical reaction. More specifically, we will discuss applications of in situ and operando XAS to probe the catalyst's interactions with the environment (support, electrolyte, ligands, adsorbates, reaction products, and intermediates) and its structural, chemical, and electronic transformations as it adapts to the reaction conditions.
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- Janis Timoshenko
- Department of Interface Science, Fritz-Haber Institute of the Max-Planck Society, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Interface Science, Fritz-Haber Institute of the Max-Planck Society, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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Chen S, Cui M, Yin Z, Xiong J, Mi L, Li Y. Single-Atom and Dual-Atom Electrocatalysts Derived from Metal Organic Frameworks: Current Progress and Perspectives. CHEMSUSCHEM 2021; 14:73-93. [PMID: 33089643 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202002098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2020] [Revised: 10/20/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Single-atom catalysts (SACs) have attracted increasing research interests owing to their unique electronic structures, quantum size effects and maximum utilization rate of atoms. Metal organic frameworks (MOFs) are good candidates to prepare SACs owing to the atomically dispersed metal nodes in MOFs and abundant N and C species to stabilize the single atoms. In addition, the distance of adjacent metal atoms can be turned by adjusting the size of ligands and adding volatile metal centers to promote the formation of isolated metal atoms. Moreover, the diverse metal centers in MOFs can promote the preparation of dual-atom catalysts (DACs) to improve the metal loading and optimize the electronic structures of the catalysts. The applications of MOFs derived SACs and DACs for electrocatalysis, including oxygen reduction reaction, oxygen evolution reaction, hydrogen evolution reaction, carbon dioxide reduction reaction and nitrogen reduction reaction are systematically summarized in this Review. The corresponding synthesis strategies, atomic structures and electrocatalytic performances of the catalysts are discussed to provide a deep understanding of MOFs-based atomic electrocatalysts. The catalytic mechanisms of the catalysts are presented, and the crucial challenges and perspectives are proposed to promote further design and applications of atomic electrocatalysts.
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- Siru Chen
- Henan Key Laboratory of Functional Salt Materials, Center for Advanced Materials Research, Zhongyuan University of Technology, Zhengzhou, 450007, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, School of Petroleum and Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Panjin Campus, Panjin, 124221, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, School of Petroleum and Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Panjin Campus, Panjin, 124221, P. R. China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Functional Salt Materials, Center for Advanced Materials Research, Zhongyuan University of Technology, Zhengzhou, 450007, P. R. China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Functional Salt Materials, Center for Advanced Materials Research, Zhongyuan University of Technology, Zhengzhou, 450007, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, School of Petroleum and Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Panjin Campus, Panjin, 124221, P. R. China
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Prslja P, López N. Stability and Redispersion of Ni Nanoparticles Supported on N-Doped Carbons for the CO2 Electrochemical Reduction. ACS Catal 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c01909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Paulina Prslja
- Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia, ICIQ, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Av. Països Catalans, 16, 43007 Tarragona, Spain
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- Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia, ICIQ, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Av. Països Catalans, 16, 43007 Tarragona, Spain
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Ma DD, Zhu QL. MOF-based atomically dispersed metal catalysts: Recent progress towards novel atomic configurations and electrocatalytic applications. Coord Chem Rev 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2020.213483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Jiang J, Jiang P, Wang D, Li Y. The synthetic strategies for single atomic site catalysts based on metal-organic frameworks. NANOSCALE 2020; 12:20580-20589. [PMID: 33029606 DOI: 10.1039/d0nr05907b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are a good platform for the fabrication of single atomic site catalysts (SACs) due to their large specific surface area, rich pore structure, large number of unsaturated coordination metal sites and their intriguing and controllable structures. The influencing factors of each strategy used to synthesize SACs based on MOFs, such as the finetuning ligand strategy, heteroatom doping (N, P, S) strategy, space restriction strategy, bimetallic strategy, metal cluster defect strategy, substrate to capture strategy, and various post-treatment strategies have not been discussed. Here, we will discuss the influencing factors of each strategy and the relationship between the different methods, which are used to synthesize SACs based on MOFs.
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- Jingjing Jiang
- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
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Sa YJ, Jung H, Shin D, Jeong HY, Ringe S, Kim H, Hwang YJ, Joo SH. Thermal Transformation of Molecular Ni2+–N4 Sites for Enhanced CO2 Electroreduction Activity. ACS Catal 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c02325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Young Jin Sa
- Department of Chemistry, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea
- Clean Energy Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea
- Department of Chemistry, Kwangwoon University, Seoul 01897, Republic of Korea
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- Clean Energy Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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- UNIST Central Research Facilities, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Energy Science and Engineering, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Daegu 42988, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Clean Energy Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea
- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Engineering, Yonsei-KIST Convergence Research Institute, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea
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Mao F, Liu PF, Yang P, Gu J, Yang HG. One-step coating of commercial Ni nanoparticles with a Ni, N-co-doped carbon shell towards efficient electrocatalysts for CO 2 reduction. Chem Commun (Camb) 2020; 56:7495-7498. [PMID: 32500898 DOI: 10.1039/d0cc02188a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Commercial nickel nanoparticles (Ni NPs) were directly converted to efficient electrocatalysts for CO2 reduction by urea-Ni solid powder pyrolysis, in which a Ni, N-co-doped graphite carbon shell wraps the Ni NPs in situ. 98.3% CO selectivity was realized with a current density of -20.2 mA cm-2 and an overpotential of 0.69 V.
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- Fangxin Mao
- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hierarchical Nanomaterials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, China.
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Huang ZQ, Wang B, Pan DS, Zhou LL, Guo ZH, Song JL. Rational Design of a N,S Co-Doped Supermicroporous CoFe-Organic Framework Platform for Water Oxidation. CHEMSUSCHEM 2020; 13:2564-2570. [PMID: 32196953 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202000376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2020] [Revised: 03/20/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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It remains a challenge to rational design of a new metal-organic framework (MOF) as highly efficient direct electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Herein, we developed a simple and effective method to explore a new pillared-layered MOF with syringic acid as a promising OER electrocatalyst. The isostructural mono-, heterobimetallic MOF and N,S co-doped MOF by mixing thiourea were quickly synthesized in a high yield under solvothermal condition. Moreover, the optimized N,S co-doped MOF exhibits the lowest overpotential of 254 mV at 10 mA cm-2 on a glass carbon electrode and a small Tafel slope of 50 mV dec-1 , especially, this catalyst also possesses long-term electrochemical durability for at least 16 h. According to the characterization, the incorporation of N and S atoms into this heterobimetallic CoFe-based MOF could modify its pore structure, tune the electronic structure, accordingly, improve the mass and electron transportation, and facilitate the formation of active species, as a consequence, the improved activity of this new N,S co-doped MOF for OER should be mainly be ascribed to higher electrochemical activation toward the active species via in situ surface modification during the OER process.
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- Zhao-Qian Huang
- International Joint Research Center for Photoresponsive Molecules and Materials, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Lihu Street 1800, Wuxi, 214122, P.R. China
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- International Joint Research Center for Photoresponsive Molecules and Materials, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Lihu Street 1800, Wuxi, 214122, P.R. China
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- International Joint Research Center for Photoresponsive Molecules and Materials, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Lihu Street 1800, Wuxi, 214122, P.R. China
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- International Joint Research Center for Photoresponsive Molecules and Materials, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Lihu Street 1800, Wuxi, 214122, P.R. China
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- International Joint Research Center for Photoresponsive Molecules and Materials, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Lihu Street 1800, Wuxi, 214122, P.R. China
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- International Joint Research Center for Photoresponsive Molecules and Materials, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Lihu Street 1800, Wuxi, 214122, P.R. China
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