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Tang YF, Liu LB, Yu M, Liu S, Sui PF, Sun W, Fu XZ, Luo JL, Liu S. Strong effect-correlated electrochemical CO 2 reduction. Chem Soc Rev 2024; 53:9344-9377. [PMID: 39162094 DOI: 10.1039/d4cs00229f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/21/2024]
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Electrochemical CO2 reduction (ECR) holds great potential to alleviate the greenhouse effect and our dependence on fossil fuels by integrating renewable energy for the electrosynthesis of high-value fuels from CO2. However, the high thermodynamic energy barrier, sluggish reaction kinetics, inadequate CO2 conversion rate, poor selectivity for the target product, and rapid electrocatalyst degradation severely limit its further industrial-scale application. Although numerous strategies have been proposed to enhance ECR performances from various perspectives, scattered studies fail to comprehensively elucidate the underlying effect-performance relationships toward ECR. Thus, this review presents a comparative summary and a deep discussion with respect to the effects strongly-correlated with ECR, including intrinsic effects of materials caused by various sizes, shapes, compositions, defects, interfaces, and ligands; structure-induced effects derived from diverse confinements, strains, and fields; electrolyte effects introduced by different solutes, solvents, cations, and anions; and environment effects induced by distinct ionomers, pressures, temperatures, gas impurities, and flow rates, with an emphasis on elaborating how these effects shape ECR electrocatalytic activities and selectivity and the underlying mechanisms. In addition, the challenges and prospects behind different effects resulting from various factors are suggested to inspire more attention towards high-throughput theoretical calculations and in situ/operando techniques to unlock the essence of enhanced ECR performance and realize its ultimate application.
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- Yu-Feng Tang
- School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410083, China.
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- School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410083, China.
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- School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410083, China.
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- School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410083, China.
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 1H9, Canada
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- School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410083, China.
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 1H9, Canada
- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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- School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410083, China.
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Wang T, Duan X, Bai R, Li H, Qin C, Zhang J, Duan Z, Chen KJ, Pan F. Ni-Electrocatalytic CO 2 Reduction Toward Ethanol. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024:e2410125. [PMID: 39267437 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202410125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2024] [Revised: 08/27/2024] [Indexed: 09/17/2024]
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The electroreduction of CO2 offers a sustainable route to generate synthetic fuels. Cu-based catalysts have been developed to produce value-added C2+ alcohols; however, the limited understanding of complex C-C coupling and reaction pathway hinders the development of efficient CO2-to-C2+ alcohols catalysts. Herein, a Cu-free, highly mesoporous NiO catalyst, derived from the microphase separation of a block copolymer, is reported, which achieves selective CO2 reduction toward ethanol with a Faradaic efficiency of 75.2% at -0.6 V versus RHE. The dense mesopores create a favorable local reaction environment with CO2-rich and H2O-deficient interfaces, suppressing hydrogen evolution and maximizing catalytic activity of NiO for CO2 reduction. Importantly, the C1-feeding experiments, in situ spectroscopy, and theoretical calculations consistently show that the direct coupling of *CO2 and *COOH is responsible for C-C bond formation on NiO, and subsequent reduction of *CO2-COOH to ethanol is energetically facile through the *COCOH and *OC2H5 pathway. The unconventional C-C coupling mechanism on NiO, in contrast to the *CO dimerization on Cu, is triggered by strong CO2 adsorption on the polarized Ni2+-O2- sites. The work not only demonstrates a highly selective Cu-free Ni-based alternative for CO2-to-C2+ alcohols transformation but also provides a new perspective on C-C coupling toward C2+ synthesis.
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- Ting Wang
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710072, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710072, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710072, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710072, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710072, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710072, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710072, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710072, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710072, China
- Chongqing Innovation Center, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Chongqing, 401135, China
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Guo QH, Zhang GL, Wu Y, Liang X, Li L, Yang JJ. Theoretical Study on the Electrocatalytic CO 2 Reduction Mechanism of Single-Atom Co Complexed Carbon-Based (Co-N χ@C) Catalysts Supported on Carbon Nanotubes. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2024; 16:46270-46279. [PMID: 39171457 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.4c08246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/23/2024]
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Electrocatalytic CO2 reduction serves as an effective strategy to tackle energy crises and mitigate greenhouse gas effects. The development of efficient and cost-effective electrocatalysts has been a research hotspot in the field. In this study, we designed four Co-doped single-atom catalysts (Co-Nχ@C) using carbon nanotubes as carriers, these catalysts included tri- and dicoordinated N-doped carbon nanoribbons, as well as tri- and dicoordinated N-doped graphene, respectively denoted as H3(H2)-Co/CNT and 3(2)-Co/CNT. The stable configurations of these Co-Nχ@C catalysts were optimized using the PBE+D3 method. Additionally, we explored the reaction mechanisms of these catalysts for the electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 into four C1 products, including CO, HCOOH, CH3OH and CH4, in detail. Upon comparing the limiting potentials (UL) across the Co-Nχ@C catalysts, the activity sequence for the electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 was H2-Co/CNT > 3-Co/CNT > H3-Co/CNT > 2-Co/CNT. Meanwhile, our investigation of the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) with four catalysts elucidated the influence of acidic conditions on the electrocatalytic CO2 reduction process. Specifically, controlling the acidity of the solution was crucial when using the H3-Co/CNT and H2-Co/CNT catalysts, while the 3-Co/CNT and 2-Co/CNT catalysts were almost unaffected by the solution's acidity. We hope that our research will provide a theoretical foundation for designing more effective CO2 reduction electrocatalysts.
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- Qian-Hong Guo
- College of Chemistry and Material Science, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu 610068, China
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- College of Chemistry and Material Science, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu 610068, China
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- College of Chemistry and Material Science, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu 610068, China
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- College of Chemistry and Material Science, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu 610068, China
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- College of Chemistry and Material Science, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu 610068, China
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- College of Chemistry and Material Science, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu 610068, China
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Krishnan M, Vijayaprabhakaran A, Kathiresan M. Improved electrochemical reduction of CO 2 to syngas with a highly exfoliated Ti 3C 2T x MXene-gold composite. NANOSCALE 2024; 16:16218-16226. [PMID: 39140346 DOI: 10.1039/d4nr01122h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/15/2024]
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Transforming carbon dioxide (CO2) into valuable chemicals via electroreduction presents a sustainable and viable approach to mitigating excess CO2 in the atmosphere. This report provides fresh insights into the design of a new titanium-based MXene composite as a catalyst for the efficient conversion of CO2 in a safe aqueous medium. Despite its excellent electrocatalytic activity towards CO2 reduction and high selectivity for CO production, the high cost of Au and the decline in catalytic activity on a larger scale hinder its large-scale CO2 conversion applications. In this research, we have successfully prepared an Au/Ti3C2Tx composite and tested its catalytic activity in the electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (ECRR). The as-prepared composite features strong interactions between gold atoms and the MXene support, achieved through the formation of metal-oxygen/carbon bonds. The Au/Ti3C2Tx electrode demonstrated a significant current density of 17.3 mA cm-2 at a potential of -0.42 V vs. RHE, in a CO2 saturated atmosphere (faradaic efficiency: CO = 48.3% and H2 = 25.6%). Nyquist plots further indicated a reduction in the charge-transfer resistance of the Au/Ti3C2Tx layer, signifying rapid charge transfer between the Au and Ti3C2Tx. Furthermore, it is known that liquid crossover through the Gas Diffusion Electrode (GDE) significantly improves CO2 diffusion to catalyst active sites, thereby enhancing CO2 conversion efficiency. The goal of this work is to design an interface between metal and MXene so that CO2 can be electroreduced to fuels and other useful chemical compounds with great selectivity.
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- Murugan Krishnan
- Electro Organic & Materials Electrochemistry Division, CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi - 630003, Tamil Nadu, India.
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- Electro Organic & Materials Electrochemistry Division, CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi - 630003, Tamil Nadu, India.
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad - 201002, India
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- Electro Organic & Materials Electrochemistry Division, CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi - 630003, Tamil Nadu, India.
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Dongare S, Zeeshan M, Aydogdu AS, Dikki R, Kurtoğlu-Öztulum SF, Coskun OK, Muñoz M, Banerjee A, Gautam M, Ross RD, Stanley JS, Brower RS, Muchharla B, Sacci RL, Velázquez JM, Kumar B, Yang JY, Hahn C, Keskin S, Morales-Guio CG, Uzun A, Spurgeon JM, Gurkan B. Reactive capture and electrochemical conversion of CO 2 with ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents. Chem Soc Rev 2024; 53:8563-8631. [PMID: 38912871 DOI: 10.1039/d4cs00390j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/25/2024]
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Ionic liquids (ILs) and deep eutectic solvents (DESs) have tremendous potential for reactive capture and conversion (RCC) of CO2 due to their wide electrochemical stability window, low volatility, and high CO2 solubility. There is environmental and economic interest in the direct utilization of the captured CO2 using electrified and modular processes that forgo the thermal- or pressure-swing regeneration steps to concentrate CO2, eliminating the need to compress, transport, or store the gas. The conventional electrochemical conversion of CO2 with aqueous electrolytes presents limited CO2 solubility and high energy requirement to achieve industrially relevant products. Additionally, aqueous systems have competitive hydrogen evolution. In the past decade, there has been significant progress toward the design of ILs and DESs, and their composites to separate CO2 from dilute streams. In parallel, but not necessarily in synergy, there have been studies focused on a few select ILs and DESs for electrochemical reduction of CO2, often diluting them with aqueous or non-aqueous solvents. The resulting electrode-electrolyte interfaces present a complex speciation for RCC. In this review, we describe how the ILs and DESs are tuned for RCC and specifically address the CO2 chemisorption and electroreduction mechanisms. Critical bulk and interfacial properties of ILs and DESs are discussed in the context of RCC, and the potential of these electrolytes are presented through a techno-economic evaluation.
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- Saudagar Dongare
- Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA.
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- Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA.
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Koç University, Rumelifeneri Yolu, Sariyer, 34450 Istanbul, Turkey
- Koç University TÜPRAŞ Energy Center (KUTEM), Koç University, Rumelifeneri Yolu, Sariyer, 34450 Istanbul, Turkey
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- Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA.
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Koç University, Rumelifeneri Yolu, Sariyer, 34450 Istanbul, Turkey
- Koç University TÜPRAŞ Energy Center (KUTEM), Koç University, Rumelifeneri Yolu, Sariyer, 34450 Istanbul, Turkey
- Department of Materials Science and Technology, Faculty of Science, Turkish-German University, Sahinkaya Cad., Beykoz, 34820 Istanbul, Turkey
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- Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA.
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- Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA.
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Conn Center for Renewable Energy Research, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292, USA
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- Materials Science Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, 94550, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Mathematics, Computer Science, & Engineering Technology, Elizabeth City State University, 1704 Weeksville Road, Elizabeth City, NC 27909, USA
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Mathematics, Computer Science, & Engineering Technology, Elizabeth City State University, 1704 Weeksville Road, Elizabeth City, NC 27909, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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- Materials Science Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, 94550, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Koç University, Rumelifeneri Yolu, Sariyer, 34450 Istanbul, Turkey
- Koç University TÜPRAŞ Energy Center (KUTEM), Koç University, Rumelifeneri Yolu, Sariyer, 34450 Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Koç University, Rumelifeneri Yolu, Sariyer, 34450 Istanbul, Turkey
- Koç University TÜPRAŞ Energy Center (KUTEM), Koç University, Rumelifeneri Yolu, Sariyer, 34450 Istanbul, Turkey
- Koç University Surface Science and Technology Center (KUYTAM), Koç University, Rumelifeneri Yolu, Sariyer, 34450 Istanbul, Turkey
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- Conn Center for Renewable Energy Research, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292, USA
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- Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA.
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Luo Q, Tapia J, Zhou L, Liu CH, Liaqat M, Duan H, Yang Z, Nieh MP, Emrick T, Bai P, He J. Fluorinated polymer zwitterions on gold nanoparticles: patterned catalyst surfaces guide interfacial transport and electrochemical CO 2 reduction. NANOSCALE 2024; 16:15558-15567. [PMID: 39101249 PMCID: PMC11340345 DOI: 10.1039/d4nr01484g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2024] [Accepted: 07/28/2024] [Indexed: 08/06/2024]
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We report the use of fluorinated polymer zwitterions to build hybrid systems for efficient CO2 electroreduction. The unique combination of hydrophilic phosphorylcholine and hydrophobic fluorinated moieties in these polymers creates a fractal structure with mixed branched cylinders on the surface of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs). In the presence of these polymers, the CO faradaic efficiency improves by 50-80% in the range of -0.7 V to -0.9 V. The fractal structures have a domain size of ∼3 nm, showing enhanced mass transfer kinetics of CO2 approaching the catalyst surfaces without limiting ion diffusion. The phase-separated hydrophilic and hydrophobic domains offer separated channeling to water and CO2, as confirmed by attenuated total reflectance surface-enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy (ATR-SEIRAS) and molecule dynamic (MD) simulations. H2O molecules permeate extensively into the polymer layer that adsorbs on zwitterions, forming continuous chains, while CO2 molecules strongly associate with the fluorinated tails of fluorinated polyzwitterions, with oxygen facing the positively charged amine groups. Overall, this coupling of zwitterion and fluorocarbon in a polymer material creates new opportunities for defining microenvironments of metallic nanocatalysts in hybrid structures.
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- Qiang Luo
- Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA.
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- Polymer Science and Engineering Department, Conte Center for Polymer Research University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA.
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- Polymer Program, Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
- Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA.
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- Polymer Program, Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
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- Polymer Science and Engineering Department, Conte Center for Polymer Research University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA.
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- Polymer Program, Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
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- Polymer Science and Engineering Department, Conte Center for Polymer Research University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA.
- Polymer Program, Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
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Rodriguez-Olguin MA, Lipin R, Suominen M, Ruiz-Zepeda F, Castañeda-Morales E, Manzo-Robledo A, Gardeniers JGE, Flox C, Kallio T, Vandichel M, Susarrey-Arce A. Temperature promotes selectivity during electrochemical CO 2 reduction on NiO:SnO 2 nanofibers. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY. A 2024:d4ta04116j. [PMID: 39219709 PMCID: PMC11363033 DOI: 10.1039/d4ta04116j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2024] [Accepted: 08/08/2024] [Indexed: 09/04/2024]
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Electrolyzers operate over a range of temperatures; hence, it is crucial to design electrocatalysts that do not compromise the product distribution unless temperature can promote selectivity. This work reports a synthetic approach based on electrospinning to produce NiO:SnO2 nanofibers (NFs) for selectively reducing CO2 to formate above room temperature. The NFs comprise compact but disjoined NiO and SnO2 nanocrystals identified with STEM. The results are attributed to the segregation of NiO and SnO2 confirmed with XRD. The NFs are evaluated for the CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) over various temperatures (25, 30, 35, and 40 °C). The highest faradaic efficiencies to formate (FEHCOO- ) are reached by NiO:SnO2 NFs containing 50% of NiO and 50% SnO2 (NiOSnO50NF), and 25% of NiO and 75% SnO2 (NiOSnO75NF), at an electroreduction temperature of 40 °C. At 40 °C, product distribution is assessed with in situ differential electrochemical mass spectrometry (DEMS), recognizing methane and other species, like formate, hydrogen, and carbon monoxide, identified in an electrochemical flow cell. XPS and EELS unveiled the FEHCOO- variations due to a synergistic effect between Ni and Sn. DFT-based calculations reveal the superior thermodynamic stability of Ni-containing SnO2 systems towards CO2RR over the pure oxide systems. Furthermore, computational surface Pourbaix diagrams showed that the presence of Ni as a surface dopant increases the reduction of the SnO2 surface and enables the production of formate. Our results highlight the synergy between NiO and SnO2, which can promote the electroreduction of CO2 at temperatures above room temperature.
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- M A Rodriguez-Olguin
- Mesoscale Chemical Systems, MESA+ Institute, University of Twente P. O. Box 217 Enschede 7500AE The Netherlands
- Department of Chemical Engineering, MESA+ Institute, University of Twente P. O. Box 217 Enschede 7500AE The Netherlands
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- School of Chemical Sciences and Chemical Engineering, Bernal Institute, University of Limerick Limerick V94 T9PX Republic of Ireland
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- Department of Chemistry and Materials Science, Aalto University School of Chemical Engineering Kemistintie 1 02015 Espoo Finland
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- Department of Materials Chemistry, National Institute of Chemistry Hajdrihova 19 1000 Ljubljana Slovenia
- Department of Physics and Chemistry of Materials, Institute of Metals and Technology Lepi pot 11 Ljubljana Slovenia
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- Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Laboratorio de Electroquímica y Corrosión, Escuela Superior de Ingeniería Química e Industrias Extractivas Av. Instituto Politécnico Nacional S/N, Unidad Profesional Adolfo López Mateos CP 07708 CDMX Mexico
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- Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Laboratorio de Electroquímica y Corrosión, Escuela Superior de Ingeniería Química e Industrias Extractivas Av. Instituto Politécnico Nacional S/N, Unidad Profesional Adolfo López Mateos CP 07708 CDMX Mexico
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- Mesoscale Chemical Systems, MESA+ Institute, University of Twente P. O. Box 217 Enschede 7500AE The Netherlands
- Department of Chemical Engineering, MESA+ Institute, University of Twente P. O. Box 217 Enschede 7500AE The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemistry and Materials Science, Aalto University School of Chemical Engineering Kemistintie 1 02015 Espoo Finland
- Department of Electrical Energy Storage, Iberian Centre for Research in Energy Storage, Campus University of Extremadura Avda. de las Letras, s/n 10004 Cáceres Spain
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- Department of Chemistry and Materials Science, Aalto University School of Chemical Engineering Kemistintie 1 02015 Espoo Finland
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- School of Chemical Sciences and Chemical Engineering, Bernal Institute, University of Limerick Limerick V94 T9PX Republic of Ireland
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- Mesoscale Chemical Systems, MESA+ Institute, University of Twente P. O. Box 217 Enschede 7500AE The Netherlands
- Department of Chemical Engineering, MESA+ Institute, University of Twente P. O. Box 217 Enschede 7500AE The Netherlands
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Zhong W, Chi Y, Yu R, Kong C, Zhou S, Han C, Vongsvivut J, Mao G, Kalantar-Zadeh K, Amal R, Tang J, Lu X. Liquid Metal-Enabled Tunable Synthesis of Nanoporous Polycrystalline Copper for Selective CO 2-to-Formate Electrochemical Conversion. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024:e2403939. [PMID: 39078016 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202403939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2024] [Revised: 07/18/2024] [Indexed: 07/31/2024]
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Copper-based catalysts exhibit high activity in electrochemical CO2 conversion to value-added chemicals. However, achieving precise control over catalysts design to generate narrowly distributed products remains challenging. Herein, a gallium (Ga) liquid metal-based approach is employed to synthesize hierarchical nanoporous copper (HNP Cu) catalysts with tailored ligament/pore and crystallite sizes. The nanoporosity and polycrystallinity are generated by dealloying intermetallic CuGa2 formed after immersing pristine Cu foil in liquid Ga in a basic or acidic solution. The liquid metal-based approach allows for the transformation of monocrystalline Cu to the polycrystalline HNP Cu with enhanced CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) performance. The dealloyed HNP Cu catalyst with suitable crystallite size (22.8 nm) and nanoporous structure (ligament/pore size of 45 nm) exhibits a high Faradaic efficiency of 91% toward formate production under an applied potential as low as -0.3 VRHE. The superior CO2RR performance can be ascribed to the enlarged electrochemical catalytic surface area, the generation of preferred Cu facets, and the rich grain boundaries by polycrystallinity. This work demonstrates the potential of liquid metal-based synthesis for improving catalysts performance based on structural design, without increasing compositional complexity.
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- Wenyu Zhong
- School of Chemical Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- Electron Microscope Unit, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- Infrared Microspectroscopy (IRM) Beamline, ANSTO-Australian Synchrotron, Clayton, VIC, 3168, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Sydney, Darlington, NSW, 2008, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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Han SM, Park M, Kim J, Lee D. Boosting the Electroreduction of CO 2 to CO by Ligand Engineering of Gold Nanoclusters. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202404387. [PMID: 38757232 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202404387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2024] [Revised: 05/16/2024] [Accepted: 05/16/2024] [Indexed: 05/18/2024]
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The electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) has been widely studied as a promising means to convert anthropogenic CO2 into valuable chemicals and fuels. In this process, the alkali metal ions present in the electrolyte are known to significantly influence the CO2RR activity and selectivity. In this study, we report a strategy for preparing efficient electrocatalysts by introducing a cation-relaying ligand, namely 6-mercaptohexanoic acid (MHA), into atom-precise Au25 nanoclusters (NCs). The CO2RR activity of the synthesized Au25(MHA)18 NCs was compared with that of Au25(HT)18 NCs (HT=1-hexanethiolate). While both NCs selectively produced CO over H2, the CO2-to-CO conversion activity of the Au25(MHA)18 NCs was significantly higher than that of the Au25(HT)18 NCs when the catholyte pH was higher than the pKa of MHA, demonstrating the cation-relaying effect of the anionic terminal group. Mechanistic investigations into the CO2RR occurring on the Au25 NCs in the presence of different catholyte cations and concentrations revealed that the CO2-to-CO conversion activities of these Au25 NCs increased in the order Li+
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- Sang Myeong Han
- Department of Chemistry, Yonsei University, Seoul, 03722, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Yonsei University, Seoul, 03722, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Yonsei University, Seoul, 03722, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Yonsei University, Seoul, 03722, Republic of Korea
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Tang YF, Liu S, Yu M, Sui PF, Fu XZ, Luo JL, Liu S. Oxygen Vacancy-Driven Heterointerface Breaks the Linear-Scaling Relationship of Intermediates toward Electrocatalytic CO 2 Reduction. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2024. [PMID: 39044405 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.4c06513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/25/2024]
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Smart metal-metal oxide heterointerface construction holds promising potentials to endow an efficient electron redistribution for electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR). However, inhibited by the intrinsic linear-scaling relationship, the binding energies of competitive intermediates will simultaneously change due to the shifts of electronic energy level, making it difficult to exclusively tailor the binding energies to target intermediates and the final CO2RR performance. Nonetheless, creating specific adsorption sites selective for target intermediates probably breaks the linear-scaling relationship. To verify it, Ag nanoclusters were anchored onto oxygen vacancy-rich CeO2 nanorods (Ag/OV-CeO2) for CO2RR, and it was found that the oxygen vacancy-driven heterointerface could effectively promote CO2RR to CO across the entire potential window, where a maximum CO Faraday efficiency (FE) of 96.3% at -0.9 V and an impressively high CO FE of over 62.3% were achieved at a low overpotential of 390 mV within a flow cell. The experimental and computational results collectively suggested that the oxygen vacancy-driven heterointerfacial charge spillover conferred an optimal electronic structure of Ag and introduced additional adsorption sites exclusively recognizable for *COOH, which, beyond the linear-scaling relationship, enhanced the binding energy to *COOH without hindering *CO desorption, thus resulting in the efficient CO2RR to CO.
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- Yu-Feng Tang
- School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410083, China
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- School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410083, China
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- School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410083, China
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 1H9, Canada
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 1H9, Canada
- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410083, China
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Zang H, Liu C, Ji Q, Wang J, Lu H, Yu N, Geng B. Enhancing local K + adsorption by high-density cube corners for efficient electroreduction of CO 2 to C 2+ products. Chem Sci 2024; 15:10858-10866. [PMID: 39027287 PMCID: PMC11253177 DOI: 10.1039/d4sc02170c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2024] [Accepted: 06/10/2024] [Indexed: 07/20/2024] Open
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Reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) to high value-added chemicals using renewable electricity is a promising approach to reducing CO2 levels in the air and mitigating the greenhouse effect, which depends on high-efficiency electrocatalysts. Copper-based catalysts can be used for electroreduction of CO2 to produce C2+ products with high added value, but suffer from poor stability and low selectivity. Herein, we propose a strategy to enhance the field effect by varying the cubic corner density on the surface of Cu2O microspheres for improving the electrocatalytic performance of CO2 reduction to C2+ products. Finite element method (FEM) simulation results show that the high density of cubic corners helps to enhance the local electric field, which increases the K+ concentration on the catalyst surface. The results of CO2 electroreduction tests show that the FEC2+ of the Cu2O catalyst with high-density cubic corners is 71% at a partial current density of 497 mA cm-2. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations reveal that Cu2O (111) and Cu2O (110) can effectively reduce the energy barrier of C-C coupling and improve the FEC2+ at high K+ concentrations relative to Cu2O (100). This study provides a new perspective for the design and development of efficient CO2RR catalysts.
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- Hu Zang
- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, The Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, The Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Clean Energy of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Anhui Provincial Engineering Laboratory for New-Energy Vehicle Battery Energy-Storage Materials, Anhui Normal University Jiuhua Road 189 Wuhu 241002 China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, The Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, The Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Clean Energy of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Anhui Provincial Engineering Laboratory for New-Energy Vehicle Battery Energy-Storage Materials, Anhui Normal University Jiuhua Road 189 Wuhu 241002 China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, The Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, The Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Clean Energy of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Anhui Provincial Engineering Laboratory for New-Energy Vehicle Battery Energy-Storage Materials, Anhui Normal University Jiuhua Road 189 Wuhu 241002 China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, The Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, The Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Clean Energy of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Anhui Provincial Engineering Laboratory for New-Energy Vehicle Battery Energy-Storage Materials, Anhui Normal University Jiuhua Road 189 Wuhu 241002 China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, The Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, The Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Clean Energy of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Anhui Provincial Engineering Laboratory for New-Energy Vehicle Battery Energy-Storage Materials, Anhui Normal University Jiuhua Road 189 Wuhu 241002 China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, The Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, The Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Clean Energy of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Anhui Provincial Engineering Laboratory for New-Energy Vehicle Battery Energy-Storage Materials, Anhui Normal University Jiuhua Road 189 Wuhu 241002 China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, The Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, The Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Clean Energy of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Anhui Provincial Engineering Laboratory for New-Energy Vehicle Battery Energy-Storage Materials, Anhui Normal University Jiuhua Road 189 Wuhu 241002 China
- Institute of Energy, Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center Hefei 230031 China
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Zhou J, Liang Q, Huang P, Xu J, Niu T, Wang Y, Dong Y, Zhang J. Efficient CO 2 electroreduction to ethanol enabled by tip-curvature-induced local electric fields. NANOSCALE 2024; 16:13011-13018. [PMID: 38912545 DOI: 10.1039/d4nr01173b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/25/2024]
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Electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 into multicarbon (C2+) products offers a promising pathway for CO2 utilization. However, achieving high selectivity towards multicarbon alcohols, such as ethanol, remains a challenge. In this work, we present a novel CuO nanoflower catalyst with engineered tip curvature, achieving remarkable selectivity and efficiency in the electroreduction of CO2 to ethanol. This catalyst exhibits an ethanol faradaic efficiency (FEethanol) of 47% and a formation rate of 320 μmol h-1 cm-2, with an overall C2+ product faradaic efficiency (FEC2+) reaching ∼77.8%. We attribute this performance to the catalyst's sharp tip, which generates a strong local electric field, thereby accelerating CO2 activation and facilitating C-C coupling for deep CO2 reduction. In situ Raman spectroscopy reveals an increased *OH coverage under operating conditions, where the enhanced *OH adsorption facilitates the stabilization of *CHCOH intermediates through hydrogen bonding interaction, thus improving ethanol selectivity. Our findings demonstrate the pivotal role of local electric fields in altering reaction kinetics for CO2 electroreduction, presenting a new avenue for catalyst design aiming at converting CO2 to ethanol.
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- Jing Zhou
- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China.
- International Joint Research Center for Photoresponsive Molecules and Materials, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China.
- International Joint Research Center for Photoresponsive Molecules and Materials, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China.
- International Joint Research Center for Photoresponsive Molecules and Materials, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China.
- International Joint Research Center for Photoresponsive Molecules and Materials, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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Lu X, Yuan B, Liu Y, Liu LX, Zhu JJ. Bioinspired molecule-functionalized Cu with high CO adsorption for efficient CO electroreduction to acetate. Dalton Trans 2024; 53:10919-10927. [PMID: 38888145 DOI: 10.1039/d4dt01293c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/20/2024]
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Electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) or carbon monoxide (CO) to valuable multi-carbon (C2+) products like acetate is a promising approach for a sustainable energy economy. However, it is still challenging to achieve high activity and selectivity for acetate production, especially in neutral electrolytes. Herein, a bioinspired hemin/Cu hybrid catalyst was developed to enhance the surface *CO coverage for highly efficient electroreduction of CO to acetate fuels. The hemin/Cu electrocatalyst exhibits a remarkable faradaic efficiency of 45.2% for CO-to-acetate electroreduction and a high acetate partial current density of 152.3 mA cm-2. Furthermore, the developed hybrid catalyst can operate stably at 200 mA cm-2 for 14.6 hours, producing concentrated acetate aqueous solutions (0.235 M, 2.1 wt%). The results of in situ Raman spectroscopy and theoretical calculations proved that the Fe-N4 structure of hemin could enhance the CO adsorption and enrich the local concentration of CO, thereby improving C-C coupling for acetate production. In addition, compared to the unmodified Cu catalysts, the Cu catalysts functionalized with cobalt phthalocyanine with a Co-N4 structure also exhibit improved acetate performance, proving the universality of this bioinspired molecule-enhanced strategy. This work paves a new way to designing bioinspired electrolysis systems for producing specific C2+ products from CO2 or CO electroreduction.
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- Xuanzhao Lu
- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China.
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Green Synthetic Chemistry for Functional Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221116, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China.
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Amer MS, AlOraij HA, Huang KW, Al-Mayouf AM. Gray mesoporous SnO 2 catalyst for CO 2 electroreduction with high partial current density and formate selectivity. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2024; 252:118897. [PMID: 38621631 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2024.118897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2023] [Revised: 03/21/2024] [Accepted: 04/07/2024] [Indexed: 04/17/2024]
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The mesoporous metal oxide semiconductors exhibit unique chemical and physical characteristics, making them highly desirable for catalysis, electrochemistry, energy conversion, and energy storage applications. Here, we report the facial fabrication of mesoporous gray SnO2 (MGS) electrocatalysts employing an evaporation-induced co-assembly (EICA) approach, utilizing poly(ethylene oxide)-poly(propylene oxide)-poly(ethylene oxide) triblock copolymers Pluronic P123 (PEO-PPO-PEO) triblock copolymer as a template for electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (eCO2RR). By sustaining the co-assembly conditions and utilizing a thermal treatment technique based on carbon, gray mesoporous SnO2 materials with a high density of active sites and oxygen vacancies can be constructed. The MGS materials were employed in eCO2RR in a flow cell type, which exhibits excellent catalytic activity and selectivity toward formate with a high partial current density of -234 mA cm-2 and Faradaic efficiency (FE) of 93.60 % at -1.3 V vs. reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE). Interestingly, the mesoporous SnO2 with a 1.5 wt% ratio of Sn precursor to P123 surfactant (MS-1.5@350N-400A) electrode exhibits a high level of Faradaic efficiency (FE) of (98%) at a low overpotential of -0.6 VRHE, which is a seldom recorded performance for similar systems. A stable FE of 96 ± 1% was observed in the range of -0.6 to -1.2 VRHE, which is the result of a large surface area (184 m2/g) and a high number of active sites and oxygen vacancies within the mesostructured framework.
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- Mabrook S Amer
- Electrochemical Sciences Research Chair (ESRC), Chemistry Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia.
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- Electrochemical Sciences Research Chair (ESRC), Chemistry Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia.
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- Chemistry Program, Physical Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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- Electrochemical Sciences Research Chair (ESRC), Chemistry Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia.
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Chauhan P, Georgi M, Herranz J, Müller G, Diercks JS, Eychmüller A, Schmidt TJ. Impact of Surface Composition Changes on the CO 2-Reduction Performance of Au-Cu Aerogels. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2024; 40:12288-12300. [PMID: 38805399 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.4c01511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2024]
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Over the past decades, the electrochemical CO2-reduction reaction (CO2RR) has emerged as a promising option for facilitating intermittent energy storage while generating industrial raw materials of economic relevance such as CO. Recent studies have reported that Au-Cu bimetallic nanocatalysts feature a superior CO2-to-CO conversion as compared with the monometallic components, thus improving the noble metal utilization. Under this premise and with the added advantage of a suppressed H2-evolution reaction due to absence of a carbon support, herein, we employ bimetallic Au3Cu and AuCu aerogels (with a web thickness ≈7 nm) as CO2-reduction electrocatalysts in 0.5 M KHCO3 and compare their performance with that of a monometallic Au aerogel. We supplement this by investigating how the CO2RR-performance of these materials is affected by their surface composition, which we modified by systematically dissolving a part of their Cu-content using cyclic voltammetry (CV). To this end, the effect of this CV-driven composition change on the electrochemical surface area is quantified via Pb underpotential deposition, and the local structural and compositional changes are visually assessed by employing identical-location transmission electron microscopy and energy-dispersive X-ray analyses. When compared to the pristine aerogels, the CV-treated samples displayed superior CO Faradaic efficiencies (≈68 vs ≈92% for Au3Cu and ≈34 vs ≈87% for AuCu) and CO partial currents, with the AuCu aerogel outperforming the Au3Cu and Au counterparts in terms of Au-mass normalized CO currents among the CV-treated samples.
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- Piyush Chauhan
- Electrochemistry Laboratory, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Physical Chemistry, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany
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- Electrochemistry Laboratory, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Electrochemistry Laboratory, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Electrochemistry Laboratory, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Electrochemistry Laboratory, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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Ding J, Wei T, Hou T, Liu W, Liu Q, Zhang H, Luo J, Liu X. Easily constructed porous silver films for efficient catalytic CO 2 reduction and Zn-CO 2 batteries. NANOSCALE 2024; 16:10628-10636. [PMID: 38695774 DOI: 10.1039/d4nr00340c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2024]
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For the electroreduction of carbon dioxide into high value-added chemicals, highly active and selective catalysts are crucial, and metallic silver is one of the most intriguing candidate materials available at a reasonable cost. Herein, through a novel two-step operation of Ag paste/SBA-15 coating and HF etching, porous silver films on a commercial carbon paper with a waterproofer (p-Ag/CP) could be easily fabricated on a large scale as highly efficient carbon dioxide reduction reaction (CO2RR) electrocatalysts with a CO Faraday efficiency (FECO) as high as 96.7% at -1.0 V vs. the reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE), and it still reaches up to 90% FECO over applied potentials ranging from -0.8 to -1.1 V vs. the RHE. Meanwhile, the membrane electrode assembly (MEA) utilizing the p-Ag/CP catalyst has achieved a current density, FECO, and stability of ∼60 mA cm-2, >91%, and 11 h, respectively. Furthermore, the assembled aqueous Zn-CO2 battery using p-Ag/CP cathode yielded a peak power density of 0.34 mW cm-2, 75 charge-discharge cycles for 25 h, and 64% FECO at 2.5 mA cm-2. Compared with flat Ag/CP, the significant enhancement in the CO2RR activity of p-Ag/CP was mainly attributed to the distinctive porous structure and an improved three-phase boundary, which is capable of inducing the stabilization of *COOH intermediates, increased active specific surface areas, fast electron transfer kinetic and mass transportation. Further, theoretical calculations revealed that p-Ag/CP possessed an optimized energy barrier for *COOH intermediates.
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- Junyang Ding
- Institute for New Energy Materials & Low-Carbon Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Featured Metal Materials and Life-cycle Safety for Composite Structures, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Processing for Non-ferrous Metals and Featured Materials, MOE Key Laboratory of New Processing Technology for Nonferrous Metals and Materials, School of Resources, Environment and Materials, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004 Guangxi, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Featured Metal Materials and Life-cycle Safety for Composite Structures, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Processing for Non-ferrous Metals and Featured Materials, MOE Key Laboratory of New Processing Technology for Nonferrous Metals and Materials, School of Resources, Environment and Materials, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004 Guangxi, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Featured Metal Materials and Life-cycle Safety for Composite Structures, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Processing for Non-ferrous Metals and Featured Materials, MOE Key Laboratory of New Processing Technology for Nonferrous Metals and Materials, School of Resources, Environment and Materials, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004 Guangxi, China.
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- Institute for Advanced Study, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, Sichuan, China
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- Institute for New Energy Materials & Low-Carbon Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, China.
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- ShenSi Lab, Shenzhen Institute for Advanced Study, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Longhua District, Shenzhen 518110, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Featured Metal Materials and Life-cycle Safety for Composite Structures, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Processing for Non-ferrous Metals and Featured Materials, MOE Key Laboratory of New Processing Technology for Nonferrous Metals and Materials, School of Resources, Environment and Materials, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004 Guangxi, China.
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Olowoyo JO, Gharahshiran VS, Zeng Y, Zhao Y, Zheng Y. Atomic/molecular layer deposition strategies for enhanced CO 2 capture, utilisation and storage materials. Chem Soc Rev 2024; 53:5428-5488. [PMID: 38682880 DOI: 10.1039/d3cs00759f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/01/2024]
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Elevated levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere and the diminishing reserves of fossil fuels have raised profound concerns regarding the resulting consequences of global climate change and the future supply of energy. Hence, the reduction and transformation of CO2 not only mitigates environmental pollution but also generates value-added chemicals, providing a dual remedy to address both energy and environmental challenges. Despite notable advancements, the low conversion efficiency of CO2 remains a major obstacle, largely attributed to its inert chemical nature. It is imperative to engineer catalysts/materials that exhibit high conversion efficiency, selectivity, and stability for CO2 transformation. With unparalleled precision at the atomic level, atomic layer deposition (ALD) and molecular layer deposition (MLD) methods utilize various strategies, including ultrathin modification, overcoating, interlayer coating, area-selective deposition, template-assisted deposition, and sacrificial-layer-assisted deposition, to synthesize numerous novel metal-based materials with diverse structures. These materials, functioning as active materials, passive materials or modifiers, have contributed to the enhancement of catalytic activity, selectivity, and stability, effectively addressing the challenges linked to CO2 transformation. Herein, this review focuses on ALD and MLD's role in fabricating materials for electro-, photo-, photoelectro-, and thermal catalytic CO2 reduction, CO2 capture and separation, and electrochemical CO2 sensing. Significant emphasis is dedicated to the ALD and MLD designed materials, their crucial role in enhancing performance, and exploring the relationship between their structures and catalytic activities for CO2 transformation. Finally, this comprehensive review presents the summary, challenges and prospects for ALD and MLD-designed materials for CO2 transformation.
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- Joshua O Olowoyo
- Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Thompson Engineering Building, Western University, London, ON N6A 5B9, Canada.
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- Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Thompson Engineering Building, Western University, London, ON N6A 5B9, Canada.
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- Natural Resources Canada - CanmetMaterials, Hamilton, Canada
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- Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Western University, London, ON N6A 5B9, Canada.
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- Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Thompson Engineering Building, Western University, London, ON N6A 5B9, Canada.
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Fusco Z, Koenig D, Smith SC, Beck FJ. Ab initio investigation of hot electron transfer in CO 2 plasmonic photocatalysis in the presence of hydroxyl adsorbate. NANOSCALE HORIZONS 2024; 9:1030-1041. [PMID: 38623705 DOI: 10.1039/d4nh00046c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/17/2024]
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Photoreduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) on plasmonic structures is of great interest in photocatalysis to aid selectivity. While species commonly found in reaction environments and associated intermediates can steer the reaction down different pathways by altering the potential energy landscape of the system, they are often not addressed when designing efficient plasmonic catalysts. Here, we perform an atomistic study of the effect of the hydroxyl group (OH) on CO2 activation and hot electron generation and transfer using first-principles calculations. We show that the presence of OH is essential in breaking the linear symmetry of CO2, which leads to a charge redistribution and a decrease in the OCO angle to 134°, thereby activating CO2. Analysis of the partial density of states (pDOS) demonstrates that the OH group mediates the orbital hybridization between Au and CO2 resulting in more accessible states, thus facilitating charge transfer. By employing time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT), we quantify the fraction of hot electrons directly generated into hybridized molecular states at resonance, demonstrating a broader energy distribution and an 11% increase in charge-transfer in the presence of OH groups. We further show that the spectral overlap between excitation energy and plasmon resonance plays a critical role in efficiently modulating electron transfer processes. These findings contribute to the mechanistic understanding of plasmon-mediated reactions and demonstrate the importance of co-adsorbed species in tailoring the electron transfer processes, opening new avenues for enhancing selectivity.
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- Zelio Fusco
- Renewable Fuel Group, School of Engineering, College of Engineering, Computing and Cybernetics, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.
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- Integrated Materials Design Lab, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- Integrated Materials Design Lab, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- Renewable Fuel Group, School of Engineering, College of Engineering, Computing and Cybernetics, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.
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Dupont J, Leal BC, Lozano P, Monteiro AL, Migowski P, Scholten JD. Ionic Liquids in Metal, Photo-, Electro-, and (Bio) Catalysis. Chem Rev 2024; 124:5227-5420. [PMID: 38661578 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.3c00379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/26/2024]
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Ionic liquids (ILs) have unique physicochemical properties that make them advantageous for catalysis, such as low vapor pressure, non-flammability, high thermal and chemical stabilities, and the ability to enhance the activity and stability of (bio)catalysts. ILs can improve the efficiency, selectivity, and sustainability of bio(transformations) by acting as activators of enzymes, selectively dissolving substrates and products, and reducing toxicity. They can also be recycled and reused multiple times without losing their effectiveness. ILs based on imidazolium cation are preferred for structural organization aspects, with a semiorganized layer surrounding the catalyst. ILs act as a container, providing a confined space that allows modulation of electronic and geometric effects, miscibility of reactants and products, and residence time of species. ILs can stabilize ionic and radical species and control the catalytic activity of dynamic processes. Supported IL phase (SILP) derivatives and polymeric ILs (PILs) are good options for molecular engineering of greener catalytic processes. The major factors governing metal, photo-, electro-, and biocatalysts in ILs are discussed in detail based on the vast literature available over the past two and a half decades. Catalytic reactions, ranging from hydrogenation and cross-coupling to oxidations, promoted by homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts in both single and multiphase conditions, are extensively reviewed and discussed considering the knowledge accumulated until now.
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- Jairton Dupont
- Institute of Chemistry - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS, Avenida Bento Gonçalves, 9500, Porto Alegre 91501-970 RS, Brasil
- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular B e Inmunología, Facultad de Química, Universidad de Murcia, P.O. Box 4021, E-30100 Murcia, Spain
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- Institute of Chemistry - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS, Avenida Bento Gonçalves, 9500, Porto Alegre 91501-970 RS, Brasil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular B e Inmunología, Facultad de Química, Universidad de Murcia, P.O. Box 4021, E-30100 Murcia, Spain
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- Institute of Chemistry - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS, Avenida Bento Gonçalves, 9500, Porto Alegre 91501-970 RS, Brasil
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- Institute of Chemistry - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS, Avenida Bento Gonçalves, 9500, Porto Alegre 91501-970 RS, Brasil
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- Institute of Chemistry - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS, Avenida Bento Gonçalves, 9500, Porto Alegre 91501-970 RS, Brasil
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Yadav AK, Basavegowda N, Shirin S, Raju S, Sekar R, Somu P, Uthappa UT, Abdi G. Emerging Trends of Gold Nanostructures for Point-of-Care Biosensor-Based Detection of COVID-19. Mol Biotechnol 2024:10.1007/s12033-024-01157-y. [PMID: 38703305 DOI: 10.1007/s12033-024-01157-y] [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: 01/16/2024] [Accepted: 03/26/2024] [Indexed: 05/06/2024]
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In 2019, a worldwide pandemic caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) emerged. SARS-CoV-2 is the deadly microorganism responsible for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which has caused millions of deaths and irreversible health problems worldwide. To restrict the spread of SARS-CoV-2, accurate detection of COVID-19 is essential for the identification and control of infected cases. Although recent detection technologies such as the real-time polymerase chain reaction delivers an accurate diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2, they require a long processing duration, expensive equipment, and highly skilled personnel. Therefore, a rapid diagnosis with accurate results is indispensable to offer effective disease suppression. Nanotechnology is the backbone of current science and technology developments including nanoparticles (NPs) that can biomimic the corona and develop deep interaction with its proteins because of their identical structures on the nanoscale. Various NPs have been extensively applied in numerous medical applications, including implants, biosensors, drug delivery, and bioimaging. Among them, point-of-care biosensors mediated with gold nanoparticles (GNPSs) have received great attention due to their accurate sensing characteristics, which are widely used in the detection of amino acids, enzymes, DNA, and RNA in samples. GNPS have reconstructed the biomedical application of biosensors because of its outstanding physicochemical characteristics. This review provides an overview of emerging trends in GNP-mediated point-of-care biosensor strategies for diagnosing various mutated forms of human coronaviruses that incorporate different transducers and biomarkers. The review also specifically highlights trends in gold nanobiosensors for coronavirus detection, ranging from the initial COVID-19 outbreak to its subsequent evolution into a pandemic.
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- Akhilesh Kumar Yadav
- Department of Environmental Engineering and Management, Chaoyang University of Technology, Taichung, 413310, Taiwan
- Department of Mining Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi, 221005, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, 38451, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Mining Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi, 221005, India
- Department of Environmental Science, School of Vocational Studies and Applied Sciences, Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida, 201312, India
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- Bioengineering and Nano Medicine Group, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, 33720, Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Chemistry, Karpaga Vinayaga College of Engineering and Technology, GST Road, Chinna Kolambakkam, Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu, 603308, India
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- Department of Biotechnology and Chemical Engineering, School of Civil, Biotechnology and Chemical Engineering, Manipal University Jaipur, Dehmi Kalan, Off. Jaipur-Ajmeer Expressway, Jaipur, Rajasthan, 303007, India.
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- College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518055, China
- Department of Bioengineering, Saveetha School of Engineering, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai, 602105, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Persian Gulf Research Institute, Persian Gulf University, Bushehr, 75169, Iran.
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Wang J, Wang G, Wu H, Liu F, Ren X, Wang Y, Cao Y, Lu Q, Zheng X, Han X, Deng Y, Hu W. Correlating the crystal structure and facet of indium oxides with their activities for CO 2 electroreduction. FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH 2024; 4:635-641. [PMID: 38933190 PMCID: PMC11197480 DOI: 10.1016/j.fmre.2022.04.022] [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: 12/31/2021] [Revised: 04/20/2022] [Accepted: 04/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Constructing structure-function relationships is critical for the rational design and development of efficient catalysts for CO2 electroreduction reaction (CO2RR). In2O3 is well-known for its specific ability to produce formic acid. However, how the crystal phase and surface affect the CO2RR activity is still unclear, making it difficult to further improve the intrinsic activity and screen for the most active structure. In this work, cubic and hexagonal In2O3 with different stable surfaces ((111) and (110) for cubic, (120) and (104) for hexagonal) are investigated for CO2RR. Theoretical results demonstrate that the adsorption of reactants on cubic In2O3 is stronger than that on hexagonal In2O3, with the cubic (111) surface being the most active for CO2RR. In experiments, synthesized cubic In2O3 nanosheets with predominantly exposed (111) surfaces exhibited a high HCOO- Faradaic efficiency (87.5%) and HCOO- current density (-16.7 mA cm-2) at -0.9 V vs RHE. In addition, an aqueous Zn-CO2 battery based on a cubic In2O3 cathode was assembled. Our work correlates the phases and surfaces with the CO2RR activity, and provides a fundamental understanding of the structure-function relationship of In2O3, thereby contributing to further improvements in its CO2RR activity. Moreover, the results provide a principle for the directional preparation of materials with optimal phases and surfaces for efficient electrocatalysis.
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- Jiajun Wang
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology of Ministry of Education, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- School of Materials Science and Energy Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan 528000, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology of Ministry of Education, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology of Ministry of Education, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology of Ministry of Education, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology of Ministry of Education, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology of Ministry of Education, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology of Ministry of Education, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology of Ministry of Education, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology of Ministry of Education, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
- Joint School of National University of Singapore and Tianjin University, International Campus of Tianjin University, Binhai New City, Fuzhou 350207, China
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Ma J, Huang F, Xu A, Wei D, Chen X, Zhao W, Chen Z, Yin X, Zhu J, He H, Xu J. Three-Phase-Heterojunction Cu/Cu 2O-Sb 2O 3 Catalyst Enables Efficient CO 2 Electroreduction to CO and High-Performance Aqueous Zn-CO 2 Battery. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2024; 11:e2306858. [PMID: 38414314 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202306858] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2023] [Revised: 11/30/2023] [Indexed: 02/29/2024]
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Zn-CO2 batteries are excellent candidates for both electrical energy output and CO2 utilization, whereas the main challenge is to design electrocatalysts for electrocatalytic CO2 reduction reactions with high selectivity and low cost. Herein, the three-phase heterojunction Cu-based electrocatalyst (Cu/Cu2O-Sb2O3-15) is synthesized and evaluated for highly selective CO2 reduction to CO, which shows the highest faradaic efficiency of 96.3% at -1.3 V versus reversible hydrogen electrode, exceeding the previously reported best values for Cu-based materials. In situ spectroscopy and theoretical analysis indicate that the Sb incorporation into the three-phase heterojunction Cu/Cu2O-Sb2O3-15 nanomaterial promotes the formation of key *COOH intermediates compared with the normal Cu/Cu2O composites. Furthermore, the rechargeable aqueous Zn-CO2 battery assembled with Cu/Cu2O-Sb2O3-15 as the cathode harvests a peak power density of 3.01 mW cm-2 as well as outstanding cycling stability of 417 cycles. This research provides fresh perspectives for designing advanced cathodic electrocatalysts for rechargeable Zn-CO2 batteries with high-efficient electricity output together with CO2 utilization.
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- Junjie Ma
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Petrochemical Resource Processing and Process Intensification Technology, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Materials, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Petrochemical Resource Processing and Process Intensification Technology, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Materials, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Petrochemical Resource Processing and Process Intensification Technology, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Materials, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Petrochemical Resource Processing and Process Intensification Technology, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Materials, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Petrochemical Resource Processing and Process Intensification Technology, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Materials, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Petrochemical Resource Processing and Process Intensification Technology, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Materials, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Petrochemical Resource Processing and Process Intensification Technology, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Materials, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Petrochemical Resource Processing and Process Intensification Technology, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Materials, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, P. R. China
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- School of Resources, Environment, and Materials, Collaborative Innovation Center of Sustainable Energy Materials, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Processing for Non-Ferrous Metals and Featured Materials, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Petrochemical Resource Processing and Process Intensification Technology, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Materials, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Petrochemical Resource Processing and Process Intensification Technology, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Materials, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, P. R. China
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Jiao L, Mao C, Xu F, Cheng X, Cui P, Wang X, Yang L, Wu Q, Hu Z. Constructing Gold Single-Atom Catalysts on Hierarchical Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanocages for Carbon Dioxide Electroreduction to Syngas. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024; 20:e2305513. [PMID: 38032150 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202305513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2023] [Revised: 11/12/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023]
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Precious-metal single-atom catalysts (SACs), featured by high metal utilization and unique coordination structure for catalysis, demonstrate distinctive performances in the fields of heterogeneous and electrochemical catalysis. Herein, gold SACs are constructed on hierarchical nitrogen-doped carbon nanocages (hNCNC) via a simple impregnation-drying process and first exploited for electrocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction reaction (CO2RR) to produce syngas. The as-constructed Au SAC exhibits the high mass activity of 3319 A g-1 Au at -1.0 V (vs reversible hydrogen electrode, RHE), much superior to the Au nanoparticles supported on hNCNC. The ratio of H2/CO can be conveniently regulated in the range of 0.4-2.2 by changing the applied potential. Theoretical study indicates such a potential-dependent H2/CO ratio is attributed to the different responses of HER and CO2RR on Au single-atom sites coordinating with one N atom at the edges of micropores across the nanocage shells. The catalytic mechanism of the Au active sites is associated with the smooth switch between twofold and fourfold coordination during CO2RR, which much decreases the free energy changes of the rate-determining steps and promotes the reaction activity.
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- Liu Jiao
- Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of MOE and Jiangsu Provincial Laboratory for Nanotechnology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of MOE and Jiangsu Provincial Laboratory for Nanotechnology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of MOE and Jiangsu Provincial Laboratory for Nanotechnology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of MOE and Jiangsu Provincial Laboratory for Nanotechnology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China
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- Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of MOE and Jiangsu Provincial Laboratory for Nanotechnology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of MOE and Jiangsu Provincial Laboratory for Nanotechnology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of MOE and Jiangsu Provincial Laboratory for Nanotechnology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of MOE and Jiangsu Provincial Laboratory for Nanotechnology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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Cho J, Medina A, Saih I, Il Choi J, Drexler M, Goddard WA, Alamgir FM, Jang SS. 2D Metal/Graphene and 2D Metal/Graphene/Metal Systems for Electrocatalytic Conversion of CO 2 to Formic Acid. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202320268. [PMID: 38271278 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202320268] [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: 12/31/2023] [Accepted: 01/24/2024] [Indexed: 01/27/2024]
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Efficiently transforming CO2 into renewable energy sources is crucial for decarbonization efforts. Formic acid (HCOOH) holds great promise as a hydrogen storage compound due to its high hydrogen density, non-toxicity, and stability under ambient conditions. However, the electrochemical reduction of CO2 (CO2 RR) on conventional carbon black-supported metal catalysts faces challenges such as low stability through dissolution and agglomeration, as well as suffering from high overpotentials and the necessity to overcome the competitive hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). In this study, we modify the physical/chemical properties of metal surfaces by depositing metal monolayers on graphene (M/G) to create highly active and stable electrocatalysts. Strong covalent bonding between graphene and metal is induced by the hybridization of sp and d orbitals, especially the sharpd z 2 ${{d}_{{z}^{2}}}$ ,d y z ${{d}_{yz}}$ , andd x z ${{d}_{xz}}$ orbitals of metals near the Fermi level, playing a decisive role. Moreover, charge polarization on graphene in M/G enables the deposition of another thin metallic film, forming metal/graphene/metal (M/G/M) structures. Finally, evaluating overpotentials required for CO2 reduction to HCOOH, CO, and HER, we find that Pd/G, Pt/G/Ag, and Pt/G/Au exhibit excellent activity and selectivity toward HCOOH production. Our novel 2D hybrid catalyst design methodology may offer insights into enhanced electrochemical reactions through the electronic mixing of metal and other p-block elements.
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- Jinwon Cho
- School of materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 771 Ferst Dr., Atlanta, GA 30332-0245, USA
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- School of materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 771 Ferst Dr., Atlanta, GA 30332-0245, USA
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- School of materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 771 Ferst Dr., Atlanta, GA 30332-0245, USA
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- School of materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 771 Ferst Dr., Atlanta, GA 30332-0245, USA
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- School of materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 771 Ferst Dr., Atlanta, GA 30332-0245, USA
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- Materials and Process Simulation Center, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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- School of materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 771 Ferst Dr., Atlanta, GA 30332-0245, USA
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- School of materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 771 Ferst Dr., Atlanta, GA 30332-0245, USA
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Sredojević DN, Vukoje I, Trpkov Đ, Brothers EN. A DFT study of CO 2 electroreduction catalyzed by hexagonal boron-nitride nanosheets with vacancy defects. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2024; 26:8356-8365. [PMID: 38391270 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp06186h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/24/2024]
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In addition to providing a sustainable route to green alternative energy and chemical supplies from a cheap and abundant carbon source, recycling CO2 offers an excellent way to reduce net anthropogenic global CO2 emissions. This can be achieved via catalysis on 2D materials. These materials are atomically thin and have unique electrical and catalytic properties compared to bigger nanoparticles and conventional bulk catalysts, opening a new arena in catalysis. This paper examines the efficacy of hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) lattices with vacancy defects for CO2 electroreduction (CO2RR). We conducted in-depth investigations on different CO2RR electrocatalytic reaction pathways on various h-BN vacancy sites using a computational hydrogen model (CHE). It was shown that CO binds to h-BN vacancies sufficiently to ensure additional electron transfer processes, leading to higher-order reduction products. For mono-atomic defects VN (removed nitrogen), the electrochemical path of (H+ + e-) pair transfers that would lead to the formation of methanol is most favorable with a limiting potential of 1.21 V. In contrast, the reaction pathways via VB (removed boron) imposes much higher thermodynamic barriers for the formation of all relevant species. With a divacancy VBN, the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) would be the most probable process due to the low rate-determining barrier of 0.69 eV. On the tetravacancy defects VB3N the pathways toward the formation of both CH4 and CH3OH impose a limiting potential of 0.85 V. At the same time, the HER is suppressed by requiring much higher energy (2.15 eV). Modeling the edges of h-BN reveals that N-terminated zigzag conformation would impose the same limiting potential for the formation of methanol and methane (1.73 V), simultaneously suppressing the HER (3.47 V). At variance, the armchair conformation favors the HER, with a rate-determining barrier of 1.70 eV. Hence, according to our calculations, VB3N and VN are the most appropriate vacancy defects for catalyzing CO2 electroreduction reactions.
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- Dušan N Sredojević
- Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences, National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, 11001 Belgrade, Serbia.
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- Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences, National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, 11001 Belgrade, Serbia.
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- Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences, National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, 11001 Belgrade, Serbia.
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Masuda S, Sakamoto K, Tsukuda T. Atomically precise Au and Ag nanoclusters doped with a single atom as model alloy catalysts. NANOSCALE 2024; 16:4514-4528. [PMID: 38294320 DOI: 10.1039/d3nr05857c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2024]
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Gold and silver nanoclusters (NCs) composed of <200 atoms are novel catalysts because their catalytic properties differ significantly from those of the corresponding bulk surface and can be dramatically tuned by the size (number of atoms). Doping with other metals is a promising approach for improving the catalytic performance of Au and Ag NCs. However, elucidation of the origin of the doping effects and optimization of the catalytic performance are hampered by the technical challenge of controlling the number and location of the dopants. In this regard, atomically precise Au or Ag (Au/Ag) NCs protected by ligands or polymers have recently emerged as an ideal platform because they allow regioselective substitution of single Au/Ag constituent atoms while retaining the size and morphology of the NC. Heterogeneous Au/Ag NC catalysts doped with a single atom can also be prepared by controlled calcination of ligand-protected NCs on solid supports. Comparison of thermal catalysis, electrocatalysis, and photocatalysis between the single-atom-doped and undoped Au/Ag NCs has revealed that the single-atom doping effect can be attributed to an electronic or geometric origin, depending on the dopant element and position. This minireview summarizes the recent progress of the synthesis and catalytic application of single-atom-doped, atomically precise Au/Ag NC catalysts and provides future prospects for the rational development of active and selective metal NC catalysts.
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- Shinya Masuda
- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
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Feng S, Wang X, Cheng D, Luo Y, Shen M, Wang J, Zhao W, Fang S, Zheng H, Ji L, Zhang X, Xu W, Liang Y, Sautet P, Zhu J. Stabilizing *CO 2 Intermediates at the Acidic Interface using Molecularly Dispersed Cobalt Phthalocyanine as Catalysts for CO 2 Reduction. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202317942. [PMID: 38179820 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202317942] [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: 11/23/2023] [Revised: 12/21/2023] [Accepted: 01/03/2024] [Indexed: 01/06/2024]
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CO2 electroreduction (CO2 R) operating in acidic media circumvents the problems of carbonate formation and CO2 crossover in neutral/alkaline electrolyzers. Alkali cations have been universally recognized as indispensable components for acidic CO2 R, while they cause the inevitable issue of salt precipitation. It is therefore desirable to realize alkali-cation-free CO2 R in pure acid. However, without alkali cations, stabilizing *CO2 intermediates by catalyst itself at the acidic interface poses as a challenge. Herein, we first demonstrate that a carbon nanotube-supported molecularly dispersed cobalt phthalocyanine (CoPc@CNT) catalyst provides the Co single-atom active site with energetically localized d states to strengthen the adsorbate-surface interactions, which stabilizes *CO2 intermediates at the acidic interface (pH=1). As a result, we realize CO2 conversion to CO in pure acid with a faradaic efficiency of 60 % at pH=2 in flow cell. Furthermore, CO2 is successfully converted in cation exchanged membrane-based electrode assembly with a faradaic efficiency of 73 %. For CoPc@CNT, acidic conditions also promote the intrinsic activity of CO2 R compared to alkaline conditions, since the potential-limiting step, *CO2 to *COOH, is pH-dependent. This work provides a new understanding for the stabilization of reaction intermediates and facilitates the designs of catalysts and devices for acidic CO2 R.
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- Shijia Feng
- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210023, P. R. China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210023, P. R. China
- School of Sustainable Energy and Resources, Nanjing University, Suzhou, 215163, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, P. R. China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210023, P. R. China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210023, P. R. China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210023, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, P. R. China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210023, P. R. China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210023, P. R. China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210023, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, P. R. China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Energy Materials for Electric Power, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210023, P. R. China
- School of Sustainable Energy and Resources, Nanjing University, Suzhou, 215163, P. R. China
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Hua Y, Zhu C, Zhang L, Dong F. Designing Surface and Interface Structures of Copper-Based Catalysts for Enhanced Electrochemical Reduction of CO 2 to Alcohols. MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2024; 17:600. [PMID: 38592003 PMCID: PMC10856707 DOI: 10.3390/ma17030600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2023] [Revised: 01/17/2024] [Accepted: 01/23/2024] [Indexed: 04/10/2024]
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Electrochemical CO2 reduction (ECR) has emerged as a promising solution to address both the greenhouse effect caused by CO2 emissions and the energy shortage resulting from the depletion of nonrenewable fossil fuels. The production of multicarbon (C2+) products via ECR, especially high-energy-density alcohols, is highly desirable for industrial applications. Copper (Cu) is the only metal that produces alcohols with appreciable efficiency and kinetic viability in aqueous solutions. However, poor product selectivity is the main technical problem for applying the ECR technology in alcohol production. Extensive research has resulted in the rational design of electrocatalyst architectures using various strategies. This design significantly affects the adsorption energetics of intermediates and the reaction pathways for alcohol production. In this review, we focus on the design of effective catalysts for ECR to alcohols, discussing fundamental principles, innovative strategies, and mechanism understanding. Furthermore, the challenges and prospects in utilizing Cu-based materials for alcohol production via ECR are discussed.
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- Yanbo Hua
- Yangtze Delta Region Institute (Huzhou), University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Huzhou 313001, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Department of Chemistry, iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), Fudan University Shanghai, Shanghai 200438, China
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- Yangtze Delta Region Institute (Huzhou), University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Huzhou 313001, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Department of Chemistry, iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials), Fudan University Shanghai, Shanghai 200438, China
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- Yangtze Delta Region Institute (Huzhou), University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Huzhou 313001, China
- Research Center for Environmental and Energy Catalysis, Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China
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Sedano Varo E, Egeberg Tankard R, Kryger-Baggesen J, Jinschek J, Helveg S, Chorkendorff I, Damsgaard CD, Kibsgaard J. Gold Nanoparticles for CO 2 Electroreduction: An Optimum Defined by Size and Shape. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:2015-2023. [PMID: 38196113 PMCID: PMC10811675 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c10610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2023] [Revised: 12/19/2023] [Accepted: 12/19/2023] [Indexed: 01/11/2024]
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Understanding the size-dependent behavior of nanoparticles is crucial for optimizing catalytic performance. We investigate the differences in selectivity of size-selected gold nanoparticles for CO2 electroreduction with sizes ranging from 1.5 to 6.5 nm. Our findings reveal an optimal size of approximately 3 nm that maximizes selectivity toward CO, exhibiting up to 60% Faradaic efficiency at low potentials. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy reveals different shapes for the particles and suggests that multiply twinned nanoparticles are favorable for CO2 reduction to CO. Our analysis shows that twin boundaries pin 8-fold coordinated surface sites and in turn suggests that a variation of size and shape to optimize the abundance of 8-fold coordinated sites is a viable path for optimizing the CO2 electrocatalytic reduction to CO. This work contributes to the advancement of nanocatalyst design for achieving tunable selectivity for CO2 conversion into valuable products.
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- Esperanza Sedano Varo
- Department
of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department
of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Center
for Visualizing Catalytic Processes (VISION), Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Center
for Visualizing Catalytic Processes (VISION), Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
- National
Centre for Nano Fabrication and Characterization, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Center
for Visualizing Catalytic Processes (VISION), Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department
of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department
of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
- Center
for Visualizing Catalytic Processes (VISION), Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
- National
Centre for Nano Fabrication and Characterization, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department
of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
- Center
for Visualizing Catalytic Processes (VISION), Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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Singh NK, Kumar P, Yadav A, Srivastava VC. Multi-doped borophene catalysts with engineered defects for CO 2 reduction: A DFT study. J Colloid Interface Sci 2024; 654:895-905. [PMID: 37898073 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.10.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2023] [Revised: 10/09/2023] [Accepted: 10/11/2023] [Indexed: 10/30/2023]
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Carbon dioxide reduction reaction (CO2RR) to convert carbon dioxide (CO2) into value-added products via the electrochemical method is a conducive way to tackle the hazard of high CO2 emissions. The present DFT study reports a novel dual chromium-anchored tri-vacancy borophene (Cr2/TV-β12) electrocatalyst, which showed high selectivity and stability for CO2RR. A tri-vacancy defect was introduced in β12 borophene to create an 11-membered ring borophene sheet (TV-β12), and 28 different electrocatalysts were explored via doping various transition metals (Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Zn). Density functional theory simulation results revealed that the Cr2/TV-β12 electrocatalyst adsorbs and activates CO2 efficiently, which was validated by the partial density of states, charge density difference, Bader charge, and crystal orbital Hamilton population analyses. The limiting potential for CO2RR was evaluated to be -0.45 V, against hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) (0.57 V), with the main product being formaldehyde. The catalyst showed selectivity towards CO2 reduction and suppressed HER. The usual problem of carbon monoxide poisoning encountered in CO2 reduction was also assessed and a high resistance against the same was established. At the outset, the research revealed that dual atom-doped tri-vacancy β12 borophene has tremendous potential to be utilized as an efficient catalyst for CO2RR.
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- Naval Kishor Singh
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee 247667, Uttarakhand, India
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee 247667, Uttarakhand, India
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee 247667, Uttarakhand, India.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee 247667, Uttarakhand, India.
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Trogadas P, Xu L, Coppens M. From Biomimicking to Bioinspired Design of Electrocatalysts for CO 2 Reduction to C 1 Products. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202314446. [PMID: 37795670 PMCID: PMC10962605 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202314446] [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: 09/26/2023] [Revised: 10/03/2023] [Accepted: 10/04/2023] [Indexed: 10/06/2023]
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The electrochemical reduction of CO2 (CO2 RR) is a promising approach to maintain a carbon cycle balance and produce value-added chemicals. However, CO2 RR technology is far from mature, since the conventional CO2 RR electrocatalysts suffer from low activity (leading to currents <10 mA cm-2 in an H-cell), stability (<120 h), and selectivity. Hence, they cannot meet the requirements for commercial applications (>200 mA cm-2 , >8000 h, >90 % selectivity). Significant improvements are possible by taking inspiration from nature, considering biological organisms that efficiently catalyze the CO2 to various products. In this minireview, we present recent examples of enzyme-inspired and enzyme-mimicking CO2 RR electrocatalysts enabling the production of C1 products with high faradaic efficiency (FE). At present, these designs do not typically follow a methodical approach, but rather focus on isolated features of biological systems. To achieve disruptive change, we advocate a systematic design methodology that leverages fundamental mechanisms associated with desired properties in nature and adapts them to the context of engineering applications.
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- Panagiotis Trogadas
- EPSRC “Frontier Engineering” Centre for Nature Inspired EngineeringDepartment of Chemical EngineeringUniversity College LondonTorrington PlaceLondonWC1E 7JEUnited Kingdom
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- EPSRC “Frontier Engineering” Centre for Nature Inspired EngineeringDepartment of Chemical EngineeringUniversity College LondonTorrington PlaceLondonWC1E 7JEUnited Kingdom
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- EPSRC “Frontier Engineering” Centre for Nature Inspired EngineeringDepartment of Chemical EngineeringUniversity College LondonTorrington PlaceLondonWC1E 7JEUnited Kingdom
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Chen R, Chen S, Wang L, Wang D. Nanoscale Metal Particle Modified Single-Atom Catalyst: Synthesis, Characterization, and Application. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024; 36:e2304713. [PMID: 37439396 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202304713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2023] [Revised: 07/04/2023] [Accepted: 07/07/2023] [Indexed: 07/14/2023]
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Single-atom catalysts (SACs) have attracted considerable attention in heterogeneous catalysis because of their well-defined active sites, maximum atomic utilization efficiency, and unique unsaturated coordinated structures. However, their effectiveness is limited to reactions requiring active sites containing multiple metal atoms. Furthermore, the loading amounts of single-atom sites must be restricted to prevent aggregation, which can adversely affect the catalytic performance despite the high activity of the individual atoms. The introduction of nanoscale metal particles (NMPs) into SACs (NMP-SACs) has proven to be an efficient approach for improving their catalytic performance. A comprehensive review is urgently needed to systematically introduce the synthesis, characterization, and application of NMP-SACs and the mechanisms behind their superior catalytic performance. This review first presents and classifies the different mechanisms through which NMPs enhance the performance of SACs. It then summarizes the currently reported synthetic strategies and state-of-the-art characterization techniques of NMP-SACs. Moreover, their application in electro/thermo/photocatalysis, and the reasons for their superior performance are discussed. Finally, the challenges and perspectives of NMP-SACs for the future design of advanced catalysts are addressed.
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- Runze Chen
- School of Material Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450001, P. R. China
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- National Innovation Platform (Center) for Industry-Education Integration of Energy Storage Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shanxi, 710049, P. R. China
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- School of Material Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450001, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China
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Song M, Kim Y, Baek DS, Kim HY, Gu DH, Li H, Cunning BV, Yang SE, Heo SH, Lee S, Kim M, Lim JS, Jeong HY, Yoo JW, Joo SH, Ruoff RS, Kim JY, Son JS. 3D microprinting of inorganic porous materials by chemical linking-induced solidification of nanocrystals. Nat Commun 2023; 14:8460. [PMID: 38123571 PMCID: PMC10733400 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-44145-7] [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: 09/07/2023] [Accepted: 12/01/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023] Open
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Three-dimensional (3D) microprinting is considered a next-generation manufacturing process for the production of microscale components; however, the narrow range of suitable materials, which include mainly polymers, is a critical issue that limits the application of this process to functional inorganic materials. Herein, we develop a generalised microscale 3D printing method for the production of purely inorganic nanocrystal-based porous materials. Our process is designed to solidify all-inorganic nanocrystals via immediate dispersibility control and surface linking-induced interconnection in the nonsolvent linker bath and thereby creates multibranched gel networks. The process works with various inorganic materials, including metals, semiconductors, magnets, oxides, and multi-materials, not requiring organic binders or stereolithographic equipment. Filaments with a diameter of sub-10 μm are printed into designed complex 3D microarchitectures, which exhibit full nanocrystal functionality and high specific surface areas as well as hierarchical porous structures. This approach provides the platform technology for designing functional inorganics-based porous materials.
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- Minju Song
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, 44919, 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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- Hydrogen·Fuel Cell Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), 14-gil 5 Hwarang-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, 02792, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Gyeongsangbuk-do, 37673, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Multidimensional Carbon Materials (CMCM), Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Ulsan, 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Gyeongsangbuk-do, 37673, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Graduate School of Semiconductor Materials and Devices Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, 44919, Republic of Korea
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- School of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, 44919, Republic of Korea
- Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Graduate School of Semiconductor Materials and Devices Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, 44919, Republic of Korea
- Department of Chemistry, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, 44919, Republic of Korea
- Center for Multidimensional Carbon Materials (CMCM), Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Ulsan, 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Hydrogen·Fuel Cell Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), 14-gil 5 Hwarang-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, 02792, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Gyeongsangbuk-do, 37673, Republic of Korea.
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Shi G, Guo D, Wang JT, Luo Y, Hou Z, Fan Z, Wang M, Yuan M. Promoting CO 2 electroreduction to CO by a graphdiyne-stabilized Au nanoparticle catalyst. Dalton Trans 2023; 53:245-250. [PMID: 38037871 DOI: 10.1039/d3dt03432a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2023]
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The electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) gives an ideal approach for producing valuable chemicals, offering dual benefits in terms of environmental preservation and carbon recycling. In this work, a strong synergistic effect is constructed by adopting electron-rich graphdiyne (GDY) as the supporting matrix, which significantly stabilizes the Au active sites and boosts the CO2RR process. The as-prepared GDY-supported Au nanoparticles (Au/GDY) exhibit excellent CO2RR performance, with an extremely high faradaic efficiency of 94.6% for CO as well as good stability with continuous electrolysis for 36 hours. The superior activity and stability of the Au/GDY catalyst can be attributed to the electronic interaction between Au nanoparticles and the GDY substrate, resulting in enhanced electron transfer rates and a stable network of catalytically active sites that ultimately promote the CO2RR.
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- Guodong Shi
- College of Science, Henan University of Technology, Zhengzhou 450001, China.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Institute for New Energy Materials & Low Carbon Technologies, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, China
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- College of Science, Henan University of Technology, Zhengzhou 450001, China.
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- College of Science, Henan University of Technology, Zhengzhou 450001, China.
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- College of Science, Henan University of Technology, Zhengzhou 450001, China.
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- Key Lab of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry (Ministry of Education), Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Institute for New Energy Materials & Low Carbon Technologies, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, China
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- Key Lab of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry (Ministry of Education), Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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Baek S, Jeong S, Ban HW, Ryu J, Kim Y, Gu DH, Son C, Yoon TS, Lee J, Son JS. Nanoscale Vertical Resolution in Optical Printing of Inorganic Nanoparticles. ACS NANO 2023. [PMID: 38044586 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c09787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/05/2023]
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Direct optical printing of functional inorganics shows tremendous potential as it enables the creation of intricate two-dimensional (2D) patterns and affordable design and production of various devices. Although there have been recent advancements in printing processes using short-wavelength light or pulsed lasers, the precise control of the vertical thickness in printed 3D structures has received little attention. This control is vital to the diverse functionalities of inorganic thin films and their devices, as they rely heavily on their thicknesses. This lack of research is attributed to the technical intricacy and complexity involved in the lithographic processes. Herein, we present a generalized optical 3D printing process for inorganic nanoparticles using maskless digital light processing. We develop a range of photocurable inorganic nanoparticle inks encompassing metals, semiconductors, and oxides, combined with photolinkable ligands and photoacid generators, enabling the direct solidification of nanoparticles in the ink medium. Our process creates complex and large-area patterns with a vertical resolution of ∼50 nm, producing 50-nm-thick 2D films and several micrometer-thick 3D architectures with no layer height difference via layer-by-layer deposition. Through fabrication and operation of multilayered switching devices with Au electrodes and Ag-organic resistive layers, the feasibility of our process for cost-effective manufacturing of multilayered devices is demonstrated.
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- Seongheon Baek
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea
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- School of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Graduate School of Semiconductor Materials and Devices Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea
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- School of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Graduate School of Semiconductor Materials and Devices Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea
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- School of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Gyeongsangbuk-do, 37673, Republic of Korea
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Takagi K, Suzuki N, Hunge YM, Kuriyama H, Hayakawa T, Serizawa I, Terashima C. Synergistic effect of Ag decorated in-liquid plasma treated titanium dioxide catalyst for efficient electrocatalytic CO 2 reduction application. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 902:166018. [PMID: 37543324 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2023] [Revised: 07/12/2023] [Accepted: 08/01/2023] [Indexed: 08/07/2023]
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Recently, the conversion of carbon dioxide (CO2) into a useful resource and its byproducts by electrocatalytic reduction has been studied. It is well known that CO2 can be selectively reduced by gold, lead, etc. supported on conductive carbon. However, the high pH in the vicinity of the electrode raises concerns about the catalyst and catalyst support degradation. Therefore, we considered that using chemically stable TiO2 (titanium dioxide) powder as an alternative to carbon. Surface treatment using in-liquid plasma was used to improve the electrochemical properties of TiO2. TiO2 maintained its particle shape and crystalline structure after in-liquid plasma treatment. Electrochemical properties were evaluated and the disappearance of Ti4+ and Ti3+ redox peaks derived from TiO2 and a decrease in hydrogen overvoltage were observed. The hydrogen overvoltage relationship suggested that tungsten coating or doping on a portion of the reduced TiO2 surface. Electrocatalytic CO2 reduction using the silver nanoparticle-supported in-liquid plasma treated TiO2 showed increased hydrogen production. In electrocatalytic CO2 reduction, the ratio of hydrogen to carbon monoxide gas is important. Therefore, in-liquid plasma treated TiO2 is useful for the electrocatalytic CO2 reduction application.
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- Kai Takagi
- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan; ORC Manufacturing Co., Ltd., 4896 Tamagawa, Chino, Nagano 391-0011, Japan
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- Research institute for Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan
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- Research institute for Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan
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- ORC Manufacturing Co., Ltd., 4896 Tamagawa, Chino, Nagano 391-0011, Japan
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- ORC Manufacturing Co., Ltd., 4896 Tamagawa, Chino, Nagano 391-0011, Japan
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- ORC Manufacturing Co., Ltd., 4896 Tamagawa, Chino, Nagano 391-0011, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan; Research institute for Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan.
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Shen M, Rackers WH, Sadtler B. Getting the Most Out of Fluorogenic Probes: Challenges and Opportunities in Using Single-Molecule Fluorescence to Image Electro- and Photocatalysis. CHEMICAL & BIOMEDICAL IMAGING 2023; 1:692-715. [PMID: 38037609 PMCID: PMC10685636 DOI: 10.1021/cbmi.3c00075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2023] [Revised: 10/04/2023] [Accepted: 10/07/2023] [Indexed: 12/02/2023]
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Single-molecule fluorescence microscopy enables the direct observation of individual reaction events at the surface of a catalyst. It has become a powerful tool to image in real time both intra- and interparticle heterogeneity among different nanoscale catalyst particles. Single-molecule fluorescence microscopy of heterogeneous catalysts relies on the detection of chemically activated fluorogenic probes that are converted from a nonfluorescent state into a highly fluorescent state through a reaction mediated at the catalyst surface. This review article describes challenges and opportunities in using such fluorogenic probes as proxies to develop structure-activity relationships in nanoscale electrocatalysts and photocatalysts. We compare single-molecule fluorescence microscopy to other microscopies for imaging catalysis in situ to highlight the distinct advantages and limitations of this technique. We describe correlative imaging between super-resolution activity maps obtained from multiple fluorogenic probes to understand the chemical origins behind spatial variations in activity that are frequently observed for nanoscale catalysts. Fluorogenic probes, originally developed for biological imaging, are introduced that can detect products such as carbon monoxide, nitrite, and ammonia, which are generated by electro- and photocatalysts for fuel production and environmental remediation. We conclude by describing how single-molecule imaging can provide mechanistic insights for a broader scope of catalytic systems, such as single-atom catalysts.
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- Meikun Shen
- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University
of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
- Institute
of Materials Science & Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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Zhang K, Wang W, Wang Y, Wang W, Wang N, Pu J, Li Q, Yao Y. Organic molecule-assisted intermediate adsorption for conversion of CO 2 to CO by electrocatalysis. Chem Commun (Camb) 2023. [PMID: 38009219 DOI: 10.1039/d3cc04916g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2023]
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Currently, Zn-based catalysts for electrochemical CO2 reduction reactions are limited by their moderate carbophilicity, resulting in low catalytic activity and CO selectivity. To this end, we selected 5-mercapto-1-methylimidazole, a small molecule that possesses the ability to both coordinate to Zn and interact with the intermediates, to modify electrochemically deposited Zn nanosheets. The interaction between them effectively enhances intermediate adsorption by lowering the Gibbs free energy, which leads to an increase of the Faraday efficiency to 1.9 times and the CO partial current density to 3.0 times that of the pristine sample (-1.0 V vs. RHE).
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- Kai Zhang
- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China.
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China.
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China.
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China.
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China.
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China.
- Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Provincial Engineering Laboratory for New-Energy Vehicle Battery Energy-Storage Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241002, Anhui, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China.
- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China.
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Zeng X, Liao L, Yu Q, Wang M, Wang H. Theoretical Prediction of Electrocatalytic Reduction of CO 2 Using a 2D Catalyst Composed of 3 d Transition Metal and Hexaamine Dipyrazino Quinoxaline. Chemistry 2023; 29:e202302232. [PMID: 37583085 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202302232] [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: 07/13/2023] [Revised: 08/03/2023] [Accepted: 08/13/2023] [Indexed: 08/17/2023]
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Transition metals and organic ligands combine to form metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), which possess distinct active sites, large specific surface areas and stable porous structures, giving them considerable promise for CO2 reduction electrocatalysis. In the present study, using spin polarisation density-functional theory, a series of 2D MOFs constructed from 3d transition metal and hexamethylene dipyrazoline quinoxaline(HADQ) were investigated. The calculated binding energies between HADQ and metal atoms for the ten TM-HADQ monolayers were strong sufficient to stably disperse the metal atoms in the HADQ monolayers. Of the ten catalysts tested, seven (Sc, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ti, V and Cr) exhibited high CO2 reduction selectivity, while Mn, Fe and Co required pH values above 2.350, 6.461 and 6.363, respectively, to exhibit CO2 reduction selectivity. HCOOH was the most important producer for Sc, Zn, Ni and Mn, while CH4 was the main producer for Ti, Cr, Fe and V. Cu and Co were less selective, producing HCHO, CH3 OH, and CH4 simultaneously at the same rate-determining step and limiting potential. The Cu-HADQ catalyst had a high overpotential for the HCHO product (1.022 V), while the other catalysts had lower overpotentials between 0.016 V and 0.792 V. Thus, these results predict TM-HADQ to show excellent activity in CO2 electrocatalytic reduction and to become a promising electrocatalyst for CO2 reduction.
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- Xianshi Zeng
- Institute for Advanced Study, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330031, China
- School of Physics and Materials Science, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330031, China
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- Institute for Advanced Study, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330031, China
- School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Xinyu University, Xinyu, 338004, China
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- Institute for Advanced Study, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330031, China
- School of Physics and Materials Science, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330031, China
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- School of Integrated Circuits, Ludong University, Yantai, 264025, China
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- Institute for Advanced Study, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330031, China
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Dieterich E, Herrmann L, Dzhyginas O, Binnenböse L, Steimecke M, Kinkelin SJ, Bron M. Multimethod Approach to the Low-Overpotential Region of Micro- to Macro-Scale Working Electrodes of Sub-10 nm Gold Nanoparticles in the CO 2 Reduction Reaction. Anal Chem 2023; 95:16522-16530. [PMID: 37910605 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.3c02338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2023]
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The electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction reaction (CO2RR) over carbon-supported gold nanoparticles (AuNP) was investigated using a broad variety of (electro)analytical methods, including linear sweep voltammetry with a rotating disk electrode (LSV-RDE), sample-generation tip-collection mode of scanning electrochemical microscopy (SG/TC-SECM), as well as full cell tests with highly sensitive online gas chromatography (GC). In contrast to most other studies, this work focuses on the low-overpotential region (0 to -0.4 V vs RHE) where initial product formation is already detected and addresses micro- to macro-sized electrodes. The sub-10 nm AuNPs supported on three different carbon supports (CNTs and carbon blacks) were pretreated in H2/Ar to remove the stabilizer used during AuNP synthesis. LSV-RDE points toward different CO2RR mechanisms at the samples, additionally confirmed by the SG/TC-SECM and full cell tests with online GC. Besides H2 and CO, the AuNP supported on carbon nanotubes showed significant evolution of H2CO in contrast to the other two samples, which was additionally confirmed by accumulating the product during chronoamperometric RDE experiments followed by mass spectroscopic analysis. Surface analysis indicated a complete removal of residual thiolate stabilizer molecules exclusively at the AuNPs supported on carbon nanotubes, which may result in a change in the adsorption geometry or reaction mechanism at this sample. The results demonstrate the effectiveness of the combination of these multiple methods to investigate the CO2RR in the low-overpotential region.
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- Emil Dieterich
- Institut für Chemie, Technische Chemie I, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Von-Danckelmann-Platz 4, 06120 Halle, Germany
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- Institut für Chemie, Technische Chemie I, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Von-Danckelmann-Platz 4, 06120 Halle, Germany
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- Institut für Chemie, Technische Chemie I, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Von-Danckelmann-Platz 4, 06120 Halle, Germany
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- Institut für Chemie, Technische Chemie I, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Von-Danckelmann-Platz 4, 06120 Halle, Germany
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- Institut für Chemie, Technische Chemie I, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Von-Danckelmann-Platz 4, 06120 Halle, Germany
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- Institut für Chemie, Technische Chemie I, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Von-Danckelmann-Platz 4, 06120 Halle, Germany
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- Institut für Chemie, Technische Chemie I, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Von-Danckelmann-Platz 4, 06120 Halle, Germany
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Mok DH, Li H, Zhang G, Lee C, Jiang K, Back S. Data-driven discovery of electrocatalysts for CO 2 reduction using active motifs-based machine learning. Nat Commun 2023; 14:7303. [PMID: 37952012 PMCID: PMC10640609 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-43118-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2023] [Accepted: 11/01/2023] [Indexed: 11/14/2023] Open
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The electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction reaction (CO2RR) is an attractive approach for mitigating CO2 emissions and generating value-added products. Consequently, discovery of promising CO2RR catalysts has become a crucial task, and machine learning (ML) has been utilized to accelerate catalyst discovery. However, current ML approaches are limited to exploring narrow chemical spaces and provide only fragmentary catalytic activity, even though CO2RR produces various chemicals. Here, by merging pre-developed ML model and a CO2RR selectivity map, we establish high-throughput virtual screening strategy to suggest active and selective catalysts for CO2RR without being limited to a database. Further, this strategy can provide guidance on stoichiometry and morphology of the catalyst to researchers. We predict the activity and selectivity of 465 metallic catalysts toward four expected reaction products. During this process, we discover previously unreported and promising behavior of Cu-Ga and Cu-Pd alloys. These findings are then validated through experimental methods.
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- Dong Hyeon Mok
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Institute of Emergent Materials, Sogang University, Seoul, 04107, Republic of Korea
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- Interdisciplinary Research Center, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- Interdisciplinary Research Center, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Institute of Emergent Materials, Sogang University, Seoul, 04107, Republic of Korea
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- Interdisciplinary Research Center, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China.
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Institute of Emergent Materials, Sogang University, Seoul, 04107, Republic of Korea.
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Jin N, Sun Y, Shi W, Wang P, Nagaoka Y, Cai T, Wu R, Dube L, Nyiera HN, Liu Y, Mani T, Wang X, Zhao J, Chen O. Type-I CdS/ZnS Core/Shell Quantum Dot-Gold Heterostructural Nanocrystals for Enhanced Photocatalytic Hydrogen Generation. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:21886-21896. [PMID: 37768875 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c06065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/30/2023]
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Developing Type-I core/shell quantum dots is of great importance toward fabricating stable and sustainable photocatalysts. However, the application of Type-I systems has been limited due to the strongly confined photogenerated charges by the energy barrier originating from the wide-bandgap shell material. In this project, we found that through the decoration of Au satellite-type domains on the surface of Type-I CdS/ZnS core/shell quantum dots, such an energy barrier can be effectively overcome and an over 400-fold enhancement of photocatalytic H2 evolution rate was achieved compared to bare CdS/ZnS quantum dots. Transient absorption spectroscopic studies indicated that the charges can be effectively extracted and subsequently transferred to surrounding molecular substrates in a subpicosecond time scale in such hybrid nanocrystals. Based on density functional theory calculations, the ultrafast charge separation rates were ascribed to the formation of intermediate Au2S layer at the semiconductor-metal interface, which can successfully offset the energy confinement introduced by the ZnS shell. Our findings not only provide insightful understandings on charge carrier dynamics in semiconductor-metal heterostructural materials but also pave the way for the future design of quantum dot-based hybrid photocatalytic systems.
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- Na Jin
- Department of Chemistry, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, United States
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- Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs Mansfield, Connecticut 06269, United States
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, People's Republic of China
- Institute of Information Technology, Shenzhen Institute of Information Technology, Shenzhen 518172, China
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- Key Laboratory of Preparation and Applications of Environmental Friendly Materials of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Jilin Normal University, Changchun 130103, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, Storrs Mansfield, Connecticut 06269, United States
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- Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, Storrs Mansfield, Connecticut 06269, United States
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- Institute of Information Technology, Shenzhen Institute of Information Technology, Shenzhen 518172, China
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- Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs Mansfield, Connecticut 06269, United States
- Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, Storrs Mansfield, Connecticut 06269, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, United States
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Cho JH, Ma J, Kim SY. Toward high-efficiency photovoltaics-assisted electrochemical and photoelectrochemical CO 2 reduction: Strategy and challenge. EXPLORATION (BEIJING, CHINA) 2023; 3:20230001. [PMID: 37933280 PMCID: PMC10582615 DOI: 10.1002/exp.20230001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2023] [Accepted: 04/30/2023] [Indexed: 11/08/2023]
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The realization of a complete techno-economy through a significant carbon dioxide (CO2) reduction in the atmosphere has been explored to promote a low-carbon economy in various ways. CO2 reduction reactions (CO2RRs) can be induced using sustainable energy, including electric and solar energy, using systems such as electrochemical (EC) CO2RR and photoelectrochemical (PEC) systems. This study summarizes various fabrication strategies for non-noble metal, copper-based, and metal-organic framework-based catalysts with excellent Faradaic efficiency (FE) for target carbon compounds, and for noble metals with low overvoltage. Although EC and PEC systems achieve high energy conversion efficiency with excellent catalysts, they still require external power and lack complete bias-free operation. Therefore, photovoltaics, which can overcome the limitations of these systems, have been introduced. The utilization of silicon and perovskite-based solar cells for photovoltaics-assisted EC (PV-EC) and photovoltaics-assisted PEC (PV-PEC) CO2RR systems are cost-efficient, and the III-V semiconductor photoabsorbers achieved high solar-to-carbon efficiency. This work focuses on PV-EC and PV-PEC CO2RR systems and their components and then summarizes the special cell configurations, including the tandem and stacked structures. Additionally, the study discusses current issues, such as low energy conversion, expensive PV, theoretical limits, and industrial scale-up, along with proposed solutions.
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- Jin Hyuk Cho
- Department of Materials Science and EngineeringKorea UniversitySeoulRepublic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and EngineeringKorea UniversitySeoulRepublic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and EngineeringKorea UniversitySeoulRepublic of Korea
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Luo Q, Duan H, McLaughlin MC, Wei K, Tapia J, Adewuyi JA, Shuster S, Liaqat M, Suib SL, Ung G, Bai P, Sun S, He J. Why surface hydrophobicity promotes CO 2 electroreduction: a case study of hydrophobic polymer N-heterocyclic carbenes. Chem Sci 2023; 14:9664-9677. [PMID: 37736633 PMCID: PMC10510627 DOI: 10.1039/d3sc02658b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2023] [Accepted: 07/31/2023] [Indexed: 09/23/2023] Open
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We report the use of polymer N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) to control the microenvironment surrounding metal nanocatalysts, thereby enhancing their catalytic performance in CO2 electroreduction. Three polymer NHC ligands were designed with different hydrophobicity: hydrophilic poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO-NHC), hydrophobic polystyrene (PS-NHC), and amphiphilic block copolymer (BCP) (PEO-b-PS-NHC). All three polymer NHCs exhibited enhanced reactivity of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) during CO2 electroreduction by suppressing proton reduction. Notably, the incorporation of hydrophobic PS segments in both PS-NHC and PEO-b-PS-NHC led to a twofold increase in the partial current density for CO formation, as compared to the hydrophilic PEO-NHC. While polymer ligands did not hinder ion diffusion, their hydrophobicity altered the localized hydrogen bonding structures of water. This was confirmed experimentally and theoretically through attenuated total reflectance surface-enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy and molecular dynamics simulation, demonstrating improved CO2 diffusion and subsequent reduction in the presence of hydrophobic polymers. Furthermore, NHCs exhibited reasonable stability under reductive conditions, preserving the structural integrity of AuNPs, unlike thiol-ended polymers. The combination of NHC binding motifs with hydrophobic polymers provides valuable insights into controlling the microenvironment of metal nanocatalysts, offering a bioinspired strategy for the design of artificial metalloenzymes.
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- Qiang Luo
- Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut Storrs CT 06269 USA
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- Polymer Program, Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut Storrs CT 06269 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Brown University Providence Rhode Island 02912 USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst Massachusetts 01003 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut Storrs CT 06269 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut Storrs CT 06269 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut Storrs CT 06269 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut Storrs CT 06269 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut Storrs CT 06269 USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst Massachusetts 01003 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Brown University Providence Rhode Island 02912 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut Storrs CT 06269 USA
- Polymer Program, Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut Storrs CT 06269 USA
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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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Chen S, Liu W, Mei Z, Li H, Zhao W, Zhao J, Tao H. The synthesis of copper-modified biochar from Elsholtzia Harchowensis and its electrochemical activity towards the reduction of carbon dioxide. Front Chem 2023; 11:1238424. [PMID: 37711316 PMCID: PMC10499400 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2023.1238424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2023] [Accepted: 08/17/2023] [Indexed: 09/16/2023] Open
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Phytoremediation techniques have been widely used in the treatment of heavy metal contaminated soils in recent years, but there is no effective post-treatment method for plant tissues containing heavy metals after remediation. Elsholtzia Harchowensis is a copper hyperaccumulator, commonly distributed in copper mining areas and often used for soil remediation of mine tailings. Moreover, copper-based catalysts are widely used in electrocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide, which aims to convert carbon dioxide into useful fuels or chemicals. In this study, copper-modified biochar was prepared from Elsholtzia Harchowensis. Its specific surface area can reach as high as 1202.9 m2/g, with a certain porous structure and even distribution of copper on the amorphous carbon. Various products (such as carbon monoxide, methane, ethanol, and formic acid) could be obtained from the electrolytic reduction of carbon dioxide by using the as-prepared catalyst. Instantaneous current density of up to 15.3 mA/cm2 were achieved in 1.0 M KHCO3 solution at a potential of -0.82 V (vs. RHE). Electrolysis at a potential of -0.32 V (vs. RHE) for 8 h resulted in a stable current of about 0.25 mA/cm2, and the Faraday efficiency (FE) of carbon monoxide can reach as high as 74.6%. In addition, electrolysis at a potential of -0.52 V (vs. RHE) for 8 h led to a stable current of about 2.2 mA/cm2 and a FE of 8.7% for the C2 product. The rich variety of elements in plants leads to catalysts with complex structural and elemental characteristics as well, which facilitates the electrolytic reduction of carbon dioxide with a variety of useful products.
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- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
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Chaudhuri S, Logsdail AJ, Maurer RJ. Stability of Single Gold Atoms on Defective and Doped Diamond Surfaces. THE JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY. C, NANOMATERIALS AND INTERFACES 2023; 127:16187-16203. [PMID: 37609382 PMCID: PMC10440818 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c03900] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2023] [Revised: 07/20/2023] [Indexed: 08/24/2023]
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Polycrystalline boron-doped diamond (BDD) is widely used as a working electrode material in electrochemistry, and its properties, such as its stability, make it an appealing support material for nanostructures in electrocatalytic applications. Recent experiments have shown that electrodeposition can lead to the creation of stable small nanoclusters and even single gold adatoms on the BDD surfaces. We investigate the adsorption energy and kinetic stability of single gold atoms adsorbed onto an atomistic model of BDD surfaces by using density functional theory. The surface model is constructed using hybrid quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics embedding techniques and is based on an oxygen-terminated diamond (110) surface. We use the hybrid quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics method to assess the ability of different density functional approximations to predict the adsorption structure, energy, and barrier for diffusion on pristine and defective surfaces. We find that surface defects (vacancies and surface dopants) strongly anchor adatoms on vacancy sites. We further investigated the thermal stability of gold adatoms, which reveals high barriers associated with lateral diffusion away from the vacancy site. The result provides an explanation for the high stability of experimentally imaged single gold adatoms on BDD and a starting point to investigate the early stages of nucleation during metal surface deposition.
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- Shayantan Chaudhuri
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
- Centre
for Doctoral Training in Diamond Science and Technology, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- Cardiff
Catalysis Institute, School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3AT, United
Kingdom
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
- Department
of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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Chen Z, Wang C, Zhong X, Lei H, Li J, Ji Y, Liu C, Ding M, Dai Y, Li X, Zheng T, Jiang Q, Peng HJ, Xia C. Achieving Efficient CO 2 Electrolysis to CO by Local Coordination Manipulation of Nickel Single-Atom Catalysts. NANO LETTERS 2023; 23:7046-7053. [PMID: 37470490 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c01808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/21/2023]
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Selective electroreduction of CO2 to C1 feed gas provides an attractive avenue to store intermittent renewable energy. However, most of the CO2-to-CO catalysts are designed from the perspective of structural reconstruction, and it is challenging to precisely design a meaningful confining microenvironment for active sites on the support. Herein, we report a local sulfur doping method to precisely tune the electronic structure of an isolated asymmetric nickel-nitrogen-sulfur motif (Ni1-NSC). Our Ni1-NSC catalyst presents >99% faradaic efficiency for CO2-to-CO under a high current density of -320 mA cm-2. In situ attenuated total reflection surface-enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy and differential electrochemical mass spectrometry indicated that the asymmetric sites show a significantly weaker binding strength of *CO and a lower kinetic overpotential for CO2-to-CO. Further theoretical analysis revealed that the enhanced CO2 reduction reaction performance of Ni1-NSC was mainly due to the effectively decreased intermediate activation energy.
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- Zhaoyang Chen
- School of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, P. R. China
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- School of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, P. R. China
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- School of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, P. R. China
- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yancheng Institute of Technology, Yancheng, Jiangsu 224051, P. R. China
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- School of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, P. R. China
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- School of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, P. R. China
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- School of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, P. R. China
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- School of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, P. R. China
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- School of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, P. R. China
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- School of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, P. R. China
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- School of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, P. R. China
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- School of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, P. R. China
- Yangtze Delta Region Institute (Huzhou), University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Huzhou, Zhejiang 313001, P. R. China
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, P. R. China
- Yangtze Delta Region Institute (Huzhou), University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Huzhou, Zhejiang 313001, P. R. China
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- School of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, P. R. China
- Yangtze Delta Region Institute (Huzhou), University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Huzhou, Zhejiang 313001, P. R. China
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Liang C, Ye N, Li W, Dai X, Huang Y, Chen J, Liu Y. Polydopamine-Derived Carbon Catalysts with Optimized Structure-Activity Design towards Electrochemical CO 2 Reduction to CO. Chempluschem 2023; 88:e202300281. [PMID: 37449471 DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202300281] [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: 06/09/2023] [Revised: 07/12/2023] [Accepted: 07/13/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023]
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Electrochemical reduction of CO2 into chemical feedstocks has been regarded as an attractive way to reconstruct the carbon cycle. In this work, nitrogen-doped carbon was prepared by high temperature pyrolysis using polydopamine (PDA) microspheres as precursors. The effects of doped nitrogen units, surface hydrophilicity and pore structures of the N-Carbon catalysts on the CO2 reduction reaction (CO2 RR) activities were systematically investigated. It was demonstrated that the competition between the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and the CO2 RR under reduction potentials was modified by the nature of surface hydrophilicity/hydrophobicity and the doped nitrogen units. The CO2 RR activities were further optimized via the pore structures regulation. Results showed that pore structure with size below 1 nm was favorable for CO2 RR and the developed N-Carbon catalysts with optimized nitrogen units, hydrophilicity, and pore structure achieved a high CO2 to CO Faradaic efficiency of 95 % in the H-cell.
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- Chenglu Liang
- Center for Advanced Energy and Functional Materials Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Fujian University of Technology, Fuzhou, 350118, P. R. China
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- Center for Advanced Energy and Functional Materials Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Fujian University of Technology, Fuzhou, 350118, P. R. China
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- Center for Advanced Energy and Functional Materials Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Fujian University of Technology, Fuzhou, 350118, P. R. China
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- Center for Advanced Energy and Functional Materials Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Fujian University of Technology, Fuzhou, 350118, P. R. China
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- Center for Advanced Energy and Functional Materials Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Fujian University of Technology, Fuzhou, 350118, P. R. China
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- Center for Advanced Energy and Functional Materials Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Fujian University of Technology, Fuzhou, 350118, P. R. China
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- Center for Advanced Energy and Functional Materials Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Fujian University of Technology, Fuzhou, 350118, P. R. China
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Saprudin MH, Jiwanti PK, Saprudin D, Sanjaya AR, Putri YMTA, Einaga Y, Ivandini TA. Electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide to acetic acid on a Cu-Au modified boron-doped diamond electrode with a flow-cell system. RSC Adv 2023; 13:22061-22069. [PMID: 37483677 PMCID: PMC10360371 DOI: 10.1039/d3ra03836j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2023] [Accepted: 07/01/2023] [Indexed: 07/25/2023] Open
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Boron-doped diamond (BDD) was modified with copper and gold particles by using an electrodeposition technique to improve its catalytic effect on CO2 reduction in a flow system. The system was optimized based on the production of formic acid by the electroreduction process. At the optimum applied potential of -1.0 V (vs. Ag/AgCl) and flow rate of 50 mL min-1, the copper-gold-modified BDD produced formic acid at the highest rate of 4.88 mol m-2 s-1 and a concentration of 15.93 ppm, while acetic acid was produced with a rate of 0.11 mol m-2 s-1 and a concentration of 0.47 ppm. An advantage of the flow system using the modified BDD was that it was found to accelerate the production rate of acetic acid as well as to decrease the reduction potential of CO2. Furthermore, better stability of the metal particles was observed when using mixed copper-gold modification on the BDD surface than single modification by either metal. The results indicated that a flow system is suitable to be employed for electroreduction of CO2 using the bimetal-modified BDD electrodes, especially with copper and gold as the modifying particles.
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- Millati H Saprudin
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Indonesia Kampus UI Depok Jakarta 16424 Indonesia
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- Nanotechnology Engineering, Faculty of Advanced Technology and Multidiscipline, Universitas Airlangga Surabaya 60115 Indonesia
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, IPB University Jl. Tanjung Kampus IPB Dramaga Bogor 16680 Indonesia
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Indonesia Kampus UI Depok Jakarta 16424 Indonesia
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Indonesia Kampus UI Depok Jakarta 16424 Indonesia
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University Yokohama 223-8522 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Indonesia Kampus UI Depok Jakarta 16424 Indonesia
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