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Xi M, Wu Y, Li J, Wang H, Qin Y, Wang C, Hu L, Gu W, Zhu C. Pre-Adsorbed H-Mediated Electrochemiluminescence. NANO LETTERS 2024; 24:8809-8817. [PMID: 39008523 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c01093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/17/2024]
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In conventional electrochemiluminescence (ECL) systems, the presence of the competitive cathodic hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) in aqueous electrolytes is typically considered to be a side reaction, leading to a reduced ECL efficiency and stability due to H2 generation and aggregation at the electrode surface. However, the significant role of adsorbed hydrogen (H*) as a key intermediate, formed during the Volmer reaction in the HER process, has been largely overlooked. In this study, employing the luminol-H2O2 system as a model, we for the first time demonstrate a novel H*-mediated coreactant activation mechanism, which remarkably enhances the ECL intensity. H* facilitates cleavage of the O-O bond in H2O2, selectively generating highly reactive hydroxyl radicals for efficient ECL reactions. Experimental investigations and theoretical calculations demonstrate that this H*-mediated mechanism achieves superior coreactant activation compared to the conventional direct electron transfer pathway, which unveils a new pathway for coreactant activation in the ECL systems.
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- Mengzhen Xi
- State Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide, International Joint Research Center for Intelligent Biosensing Technology and Health, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide, International Joint Research Center for Intelligent Biosensing Technology and Health, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide, International Joint Research Center for Intelligent Biosensing Technology and Health, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide, International Joint Research Center for Intelligent Biosensing Technology and Health, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide, International Joint Research Center for Intelligent Biosensing Technology and Health, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Lanzhou 730000, P. R. China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Plasma Chemistry and Advanced Materials, Hubei Engineering Technology Research Center of Optoelectronic and New Energy Materials, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan 430205, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide, International Joint Research Center for Intelligent Biosensing Technology and Health, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide, International Joint Research Center for Intelligent Biosensing Technology and Health, College of Chemistry, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, P. R. China
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Clarke TB, Krushinski LE, Vannoy KJ, Colón-Quintana G, Roy K, Rana A, Renault C, Hill ML, Dick JE. Single Entity Electrocatalysis. Chem Rev 2024. [PMID: 39018111 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.3c00723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/19/2024]
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Making a measurement over millions of nanoparticles or exposed crystal facets seldom reports on reactivity of a single nanoparticle or facet, which may depart drastically from ensemble measurements. Within the past 30 years, science has moved toward studying the reactivity of single atoms, molecules, and nanoparticles, one at a time. This shift has been fueled by the realization that everything changes at the nanoscale, especially important industrially relevant properties like those important to electrocatalysis. Studying single nanoscale entities, however, is not trivial and has required the development of new measurement tools. This review explores a tale of the clever use of old and new measurement tools to study electrocatalysis at the single entity level. We explore in detail the complex interrelationship between measurement method, electrocatalytic material, and reaction of interest (e.g., carbon dioxide reduction, oxygen reduction, hydrazine oxidation, etc.). We end with our perspective on the future of single entity electrocatalysis with a key focus on what types of measurements present the greatest opportunity for fundamental discovery.
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- Thomas B Clarke
- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60660, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
- Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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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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Chu YC, Chen KH, Tung CW, Chen HC, Wang J, Kuo TR, Hsu CS, Lin KH, Tsai LD, Chen HM. Dynamic (Sub)surface-Oxygen Enables Highly Efficient Carbonyl-Coupling for Electrochemical Carbon Dioxide Reduction. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024; 36:e2400640. [PMID: 38621196 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202400640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2024] [Revised: 04/03/2024] [Indexed: 04/17/2024]
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Nowadays, high-valent Cu species (i.e., Cuδ +) are clarified to enhance multi-carbon production in electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR). Nonetheless, the inconsistent average Cu valence states are reported to significantly govern the product profile of CO2RR, which may lead to misunderstanding of the enhanced mechanism for multi-carbon production and results in ambiguous roles of high-valent Cu species. Dynamic Cuδ + during CO2RR leads to erratic valence states and challenges of high-valent species determination. Herein, an alternative descriptor of (sub)surface oxygen, the (sub)surface-oxygenated degree (κ), is proposed to quantify the active high-valent Cu species on the (sub)surface, which regulates the multi-carbon production of CO2RR. The κ validates a strong correlation to the carbonyl (*CO) coupling efficiency and is the critical factor for the multi-carbon enhancement, in which an optimized Cu2O@Pd2.31 achieves the multi-carbon partial current density of ≈330 mA cm-2 with a faradaic efficiency of 83.5%. This work shows a promising way to unveil the role of high-valent species and further achieve carbon neutralization.
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- You-Chiuan Chu
- Department of Chemistry and Center for Emerging Materials and Advanced Devices, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Emerging Materials and Advanced Devices, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- Center for Environmental Sustainability and Human Health, Ming Chi University of Technology, New Taipei, 24301, Taiwan
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- Center for Reliability Science and Technologies, Center for Sustainability and Energy Tecnhologies, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, 33302, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Emerging Materials and Advanced Devices, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Nanomedicine and Medical Engineering, College of Biomedical Engineering, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, 11031, Taiwan
- Precision Medicine and Translational Cancer Research Center, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Emerging Materials and Advanced Devices, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- Material and Chemical Research Laboratories, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Chutung, Hsinchu, 31040, Taiwan
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- Material and Chemical Research Laboratories, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Chutung, Hsinchu, 31040, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Emerging Materials and Advanced Devices, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
- Graduate Institute of Nanomedicine and Medical Engineering, College of Biomedical Engineering, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, 11031, Taiwan
- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu, 30076, Taiwan
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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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Gul S, Nasim F, Iqbal W, Waseem A, Nadeem MA. High performance electrochemical CO 2 reduction over Pd decorated cobalt containing nitrogen doped carbon. RSC Adv 2024; 14:13017-13026. [PMID: 38655488 PMCID: PMC11036173 DOI: 10.1039/d4ra01641f] [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: 03/02/2024] [Accepted: 04/15/2024] [Indexed: 04/26/2024] Open
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Efficient electrocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction (eCO2RR) to various products, such as carbon monoxide (CO), is crucial for mitigating greenhouse gas emissions and enabling renewable energy storage. In this article, we introduce Pd nanoparticles which are deposited over in-house synthesized nitrogen doped tubular carbon (NC) whose ends are blocked with cobalt oxide (CoOx). This composite material is denoted as Pd@CoOx/NC. Among the series of synthesized electrocatalysts, the optimum ratio (Pd@CoOx/NC1) within this category exhibits exceptional performance, manifesting an 81% faradaic efficiency (FE) for CO generation which was quantitatively measured using a gas chromatograph. This remarkable efficiency can be attributed to several scientific factors. Firstly, the presence of Pd nanoparticles provides active sites for CO2 reduction. Secondly, the NC offer enhanced electrical conductivity and facilitate charge transfer during the reaction. Thirdly, the CoOx capping at the ends of the NC serves to stabilize the catalyst, favoring the formation of CO. The remarkable selectivity of the catalyst is further confirmed by the qualitative CO detection method using PdCl2 strips. Pd@CoOx/NC1 exhibits a high current density of 55 mA cm-2 and a low overpotential of 251 mV, outperforming Pd decorated multiwalled carbon nanotubes (Pd@MWCNTs) which shows a higher overpotential of 481 mV. Pd@CoOx/NC1 shows long-term stability at different potentials and rapid reaction kinetics. These findings highlight Pd@CoOx/NC1 as promising CO2 reduction catalysts, with implications for sustainable energy conversion techniques.
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- Shayan Gul
- Catalysis and Nanomaterials Lab 27, Department of Chemistry, Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad 45320 Pakistan
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- Catalysis and Nanomaterials Lab 27, Department of Chemistry, Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad 45320 Pakistan
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- Catalysis and Nanomaterials Lab 27, Department of Chemistry, Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad 45320 Pakistan
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- Catalysis and Nanomaterials Lab 27, Department of Chemistry, Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad 45320 Pakistan
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- Catalysis and Nanomaterials Lab 27, Department of Chemistry, Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad 45320 Pakistan
- Pakistan Academy of Sciences 3-Constitution Avenue Sector G-5/2 Islamabad Pakistan
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Li Y, Wang H, Yang X, O'Carroll T, Wu G. Designing and Engineering Atomically Dispersed Metal Catalysts for CO 2 to CO Conversion: From Single to Dual Metal Sites. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202317884. [PMID: 38150410 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202317884] [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: 11/22/2023] [Revised: 12/22/2023] [Accepted: 12/27/2023] [Indexed: 12/29/2023]
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The electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (CO2 RR) is a promising approach to achieving sustainable electrical-to-chemical energy conversion and storage while decarbonizing the emission-heavy industry. The carbon-supported, nitrogen-coordinated, and atomically dispersed metal sites are effective catalysts for CO generation due to their high activity, selectivity, and earth abundance. Here, we discuss progress, challenges, and opportunities for designing and engineering atomic metal catalysts from single to dual metal sites. Engineering single metal sites using a nitrogen-doped carbon model was highlighted to exclusively study the effect of carbon particle sizes, metal contents, and M-N bond structures in the form of MN4 moieties on catalytic activity and selectivity. The structure-property correlation was analyzed by combining experimental results with theoretical calculations to uncover the CO2 to CO conversion mechanisms. Furthermore, dual-metal site catalysts, inheriting the merits of single-metal sites, have emerged as a new frontier due to their potentially enhanced catalytic properties. Designing optimal dual metal site catalysts could offer additional sites to alter the surface adsorption to CO2 and various intermediates, thus breaking the scaling relationship limitation and activity-stability trade-off. The CO2 RR electrolysis in flow reactors was discussed to provide insights into the electrolyzer design with improved CO2 utilization, reaction kinetics, and mass transport.
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- Yi Li
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA
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Ai C, Han S, Yang X, Vegge T, Hansen HA. Graph Neural Network-Accelerated Multitasking Genetic Algorithm for Optimizing Pd xTi 1-xH y Surfaces under Various CO 2 Reduction Reaction Conditions. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2024. [PMID: 38437157 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c18734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/06/2024]
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Palladium (Pd) hydride-based catalysts have been reported to have excellent performance in the CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Our previous work on doped PdH and Pd alloy hydrides showed that Ti-doped and Ti-alloyed Pd hydrides could improve the performance of the CO2 reduction reaction compared with pure Pd hydride. Compositions and chemical orderings of the surfaces with only one adsorbate under certain reaction conditions are linked to their stability, activity, and selectivity toward the CO2RR and HER, as shown in our previous work. In fact, various coverages, types, and mixtures of the adsorbates, as well as state variables such as temperature, pressure, applied potential, and chemical potential, could impact their stability, activity, and selectivity. However, these factors are usually fixed at common values to reduce the complexity of the structures and the complexity of the reaction conditions in most theoretical work. To address the complexities above and the huge search space, we apply a deep learning-assisted multitasking genetic algorithm to screen for PdxTi1-xHy surfaces containing multiple adsorbates for CO2RR under different reaction conditions. The ensemble deep learning model can greatly speed up the structure relaxations and retain a high accuracy and low uncertainty of the energy and forces. The multitasking genetic algorithm simultaneously finds globally stable surface structures under each reaction condition. Finally, 23 stable structures are screened out under different reaction conditions. Among these, Pd0.56Ti0.44H1.06 + 25%CO, Pd0.31Ti0.69H1.25 + 50%CO, Pd0.31Ti0.69H1.25 + 25%CO, and Pd0.88Ti0.12H1.06 + 25%CO are found to be very active for CO2RR and suitable to generate syngas consisting of CO and H2.
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- Changzhi Ai
- Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark, Anker Engelunds Vej, 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark, Anker Engelunds Vej, 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark, Anker Engelunds Vej, 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark, Anker Engelunds Vej, 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark, Anker Engelunds Vej, 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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Mei G, Lu Y, Yang X, Chen S, Yang X, Yang LM, Tang C, Sun Y, Xia BY, You B. Tandem Electro-Thermo-Catalysis for the Oxidative Aminocarbonylation of Arylboronic Acids to Amides from CO 2 and Water. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202314708. [PMID: 37991707 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202314708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2023] [Revised: 11/20/2023] [Accepted: 11/22/2023] [Indexed: 11/23/2023]
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Direct CO2 electroreduction to valuable chemicals is critical for carbon neutrality, while its main products are limited to simple C1 /C2 compounds, and traditionally, the anodic O2 byproduct is not utilized. We herein report a tandem electrothermo-catalytic system that fully utilizes both cathodic (i.e., CO) and anodic (i.e., O2 ) products during overall CO2 electrolysis to produce valuable organic amides from arylboronic acids and amines in a separate chemical reactor, following the Pd(II)-catalyzed oxidative aminocarbonylation mechanism. Hexamethylenetetramine (HMT)-incorporated silver and nickel hydroxide carbonate electrocatalysts were prepared for efficient coproduction of CO and O2 with Faradaic efficiencies of 99.3 % and 100 %, respectively. Systematic experiments, operando attenuated total reflection surface-enhanced Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy characterizations and theoretical studies reveal that HMT promotes *CO2 hydrogenation/*CO desorption for accelerated CO2 -to-CO conversion, and O2 inhibits reductive deactivation of the Pd(II) catalyst for enhanced oxidative aminocarbonylation, collectively leading to efficient synthesis of 10 organic amides with high yields of above 81 %. This work demonstrates the effectiveness of a tandem electrothermo-catalytic strategy for economically attractive CO2 conversion and amide synthesis, representing a new avenue to explore the full potential of CO2 utilization.
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- Guoliang Mei
- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage, Ministry of Education, Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430074, China
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- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage, Ministry of Education, Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430074, China
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- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage, Ministry of Education, Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430074, China
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- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage, Ministry of Education, Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430074, China
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- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage, Ministry of Education, Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430074, China
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- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage, Ministry of Education, Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430074, China
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- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage, Ministry of Education, Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430074, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage, Ministry of Education, Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430074, China
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- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage, Ministry of Education, Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430074, China
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Chung M, Maalouf JH, Adams JS, Jiang C, Román-Leshkov Y, Manthiram K. Direct propylene epoxidation via water activation over Pd-Pt electrocatalysts. Science 2024; 383:49-55. [PMID: 38175873 DOI: 10.1126/science.adh4355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2023] [Accepted: 11/29/2023] [Indexed: 01/06/2024]
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Direct electrochemical propylene epoxidation by means of water-oxidation intermediates presents a sustainable alternative to existing routes that involve hazardous chlorine or peroxide reagents. We report an oxidized palladium-platinum alloy catalyst (PdPtOx/C), which reaches a Faradaic efficiency of 66 ± 5% toward propylene epoxidation at 50 milliamperes per square centimeter at ambient temperature and pressure. Embedding platinum into the palladium oxide crystal structure stabilized oxidized platinum species, resulting in improved catalyst performance. The reaction kinetics suggest that epoxidation on PdPtOx/C proceeds through electrophilic attack by metal-bound peroxo intermediates. This work demonstrates an effective strategy for selective electrochemical oxygen-atom transfer from water, without mediators, for diverse oxygenation reactions.
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- Minju Chung
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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Li Z, Yao B, Cheng C, Song M, Qin Y, Wan Y, Du J, Zheng C, Xiao L, Li S, Yin PF, Guo J, Liu Z, Zhao M, Huang W. Versatile Structural Engineering of Metal-Organic Frameworks Enabling Switchable Catalytic Selectivity. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2023:e2308427. [PMID: 38109695 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202308427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2023] [Revised: 11/26/2023] [Indexed: 12/20/2023]
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The structure engineering of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) forms the cornerstone of their applications. Nonetheless, realizing the simultaneous versatile structure engineering of MOFs remains a significant challenge. Herein, a dynamically mediated synthesis strategy to simultaneously engineer the crystal structure, defect structure, and nanostructure of MOFs is proposed. These include amorphous Zr-ODB nanoparticles, crystalline Zr-ODB-hz (ODB = 4,4'-oxalyldibenzoate, hz = hydrazine) nanosheets, and defective d-Zr-ODB-hz nanosheets. Aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy combined with low-dose high-angle annular dark-field imaging technique vividly portrays these engineered structures. Concurrently, the introduced hydrazine moieties confer self-reduction properties to the respective MOF structures, allowing the in situ installation of catalytic Pd nanoparticles. Remarkably, in the hydrogenation of vanillin-like biomass derivatives, Pd/Zr-ODB-hz yields partially hydrogenated alcohols as the primary products, whereas Pd/d-Zr-ODB-hz exclusively produces fully hydrogenated alkanes. Density functional theory calculations, coupled with experimental evidence, uncover the catalytic selectivity switch triggered by the change in structure type. The proposed strategy of versatile structure engineering of MOFs introduces an innovative pathway for the development of high-performance MOF-based catalysts for various reactions.
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- Zhixi Li
- Department of Chemistry, Institute of Molecular Aggregation Science, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 30007, China
- Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics, Xi'an Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE), Xi'an Institute of Biomedical Materials and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, 710129, P. R. China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117575, Singapore
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- Institute of New-Energy Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute of Molecular Aggregation Science, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 30007, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute of Molecular Aggregation Science, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 30007, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute of Molecular Aggregation Science, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 30007, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute of Molecular Aggregation Science, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 30007, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute of Molecular Aggregation Science, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 30007, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute of Molecular Aggregation Science, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 30007, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute of Molecular Aggregation Science, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 30007, China
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- Institute of New-Energy Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Separation Membranes and Membrane Processes, School of Chemistry, Tiangong University, Tianjin, 300387, China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics, Xi'an Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE), Xi'an Institute of Biomedical Materials and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, 710129, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute of Molecular Aggregation Science, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 30007, China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Flexible Electronics, Xi'an Institute of Flexible Electronics (IFE), Xi'an Institute of Biomedical Materials and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, 710129, P. R. China
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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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Lin F, Li M, Zeng L, Luo M, Guo S. Intermetallic Nanocrystals for Fuel-Cells-Based Electrocatalysis. Chem Rev 2023; 123:12507-12593. [PMID: 37910391 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.3c00382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2023]
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Electrocatalysis underpins the renewable electrochemical conversions for sustainability, which further replies on metallic nanocrystals as vital electrocatalysts. Intermetallic nanocrystals have been known to show distinct properties compared to their disordered counterparts, and been long explored for functional improvements. Tremendous progresses have been made in the past few years, with notable trend of more precise engineering down to an atomic level and the investigation transferring into more practical membrane electrode assembly (MEA), which motivates this timely review. After addressing the basic thermodynamic and kinetic fundamentals, we discuss classic and latest synthetic strategies that enable not only the formation of intermetallic phase but also the rational control of other catalysis-determinant structural parameters, such as size and morphology. We also demonstrate the emerging intermetallic nanomaterials for potentially further advancement in energy electrocatalysis. Then, we discuss the state-of-the-art characterizations and representative intermetallic electrocatalysts with emphasis on oxygen reduction reaction evaluated in a MEA setup. We summarize this review by laying out existing challenges and offering perspective on future research directions toward practicing intermetallic electrocatalysts for energy conversions.
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- Fangxu Lin
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- Beijing Innovation Centre for Engineering Science and Advanced Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- Beijing Innovation Centre for Engineering Science and Advanced Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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Li J, Zhang L, Gao S, Chen X, Wu R, Wang X, Wang Q. N-doped carbon nanocage-anchored bismuth atoms for efficient CO 2 reduction. Chem Commun (Camb) 2023; 59:11991-11994. [PMID: 37727123 DOI: 10.1039/d3cc02806b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/21/2023]
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Electrochemical CO2 reduction (CO2RR) is a prospective but challenging method to decrease the CO2 concentration in the current atmosphere; in particular, the poor selectivity of the target product CO and large overpotentials limit its efficiency. Herein, we propose a top-down route to synthesize Bi single atoms (SAs) anchored by N-doped carbon (NCbox) nanoboxes starting from BiOCl nanoplates as the hard templates. In the CO2RR, the obtained Bi single-atom catalyst possesses remarkably-enhanced catalytic performance, achieving a maximal Faraday efficiency (FE) of 91.7% at -0.6 V, which is much higher than that of NCbox-supported Bi nanoparticles (NPs). Further investigations point out that the enhancement can be attributed to the unique coordination structure of the Bi SAs, as well as the fascinating properties of NCbox that can efficiently promote the electron transfer during the electro-catalysis.
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- Jiayi Li
- Department of Chemistry and College of Elementary Education, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China.
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- Department of Chemistry and College of Elementary Education, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China.
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- College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China
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- Department of Chemistry and College of Elementary Education, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China.
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- Department of Chemistry and College of Elementary Education, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China.
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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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Ye C, Dattila F, Chen X, López N, Koper MTM. Influence of Cations on HCOOH and CO Formation during CO 2 Reduction on a Pd MLPt(111) Electrode. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:19601-19610. [PMID: 37651736 PMCID: PMC10510319 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c03786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2023] [Indexed: 09/02/2023]
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Understanding the role of cations in the electrochemical CO2 reduction (CO2RR) process is of fundamental importance for practical application. In this work, we investigate how cations influence HCOOH and CO formation on PdMLPt(111) in pH 3 electrolytes. While only (a small amount of adsorbed) CO forms on PdMLPt(111) in the absence of metal cations, the onset potential of HCOOH and CO decreases with increasing cation concentrations. The cation effect is stronger on HCOOH formation than that on CO formation on PdMLPt(111). Density functional theory simulations indicate that cations facilitate both hydride formation and CO2 activation by polarizing the electronic density at the surface and stabilizing *CO2-. Although the upshift of the metal work function caused by high coverage of adsorbates limits hydride formation, the cation-induced electric field counterbalances this effect in the case of *H species, sustaining HCOOH production at mild negative potentials. Instead, at the high *CO coverages observed at very negative potentials, surface hydrides do not form, preventing the HCOOH route both in the absence and presence of cations. Our results open the way for a consistent evaluation of cationic electrolyte effects on both activity and selectivity in CO2RR on Pd-Pt catalysts.
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- Chunmiao Ye
- Leiden
Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Institute
of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ-CERCA), The Barcelona Institute
of Science and Technology (BIST), 43007 Tarragona, Spain
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- Leiden
Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Institute
of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ-CERCA), The Barcelona Institute
of Science and Technology (BIST), 43007 Tarragona, Spain
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- Leiden
Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
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Liu L, Wu X, Wang F, Zhang L, Wang X, Song S, Zhang H. Dual-Site Metal Catalysts for Electrocatalytic CO 2 Reduction Reaction. Chemistry 2023; 29:e202300583. [PMID: 37367498 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202300583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2023] [Revised: 06/25/2023] [Accepted: 06/25/2023] [Indexed: 06/28/2023]
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Electrocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction (CO2 RR) is a promising and green approach for reducing atmospheric CO2 concentration and achieving high-valued conversion of CO2 under the carbon-neutral policy. In CO2 RR, the dual-site metal catalysts (DSMCs) have received wide attention for their ingenious design strategies, abundant active sites, and excellent catalytic performance attributed to the synergistic effect between dual-site in terms of activity, selectivity and stability, which plays a key role in catalytic reactions. This review provides a systematic summary and detailed classification of DSMCs for CO2 RR, describes the mechanism of synergistic effects in catalytic reactions, and also introduces in situ characterization techniques commonly used in CO2 RR. Finally, the main challenges and prospects of dual-site metal catalysts and even multi-site catalysts for CO2 recycling are analyzed. It is believed that based on the understanding of bimetallic site catalysts and synergistic effects in CO2 RR, well-designed high-performance, low-cost electrocatalysts are promising for achieving CO2 conversion, electrochemical energy conversion and storage in the future.
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- Li Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 5265, Renmin Street, Chaoyang District, Changchun, Jilin, 130022, P.R. China
- University of Science and Technology of China, 96, Jinzhai Road, Baohe District, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 5265, Renmin Street, Chaoyang District, Changchun, Jilin, 130022, P.R. China
- University of Science and Technology of China, 96, Jinzhai Road, Baohe District, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 5265, Renmin Street, Chaoyang District, Changchun, Jilin, 130022, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 5265, Renmin Street, Chaoyang District, Changchun, Jilin, 130022, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 5265, Renmin Street, Chaoyang District, Changchun, Jilin, 130022, P.R. China
- University of Science and Technology of China, 96, Jinzhai Road, Baohe District, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 5265, Renmin Street, Chaoyang District, Changchun, Jilin, 130022, P.R. China
- University of Science and Technology of China, 96, Jinzhai Road, Baohe District, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 5265, Renmin Street, Chaoyang District, Changchun, Jilin, 130022, P.R. China
- University of Science and Technology of China, 96, Jinzhai Road, Baohe District, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, P. R. China
- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, 30, Shuangqing Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100084, P. R. China
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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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Zhang K, Wang J, Zhang W, Yin H, Han J, Yang X, Fan W, Zhang Y, Zhang P. Regulated Surface Electronic States of CuNi Nanoparticles through Metal-Support Interaction for Enhanced Electrocatalytic CO 2 Reduction to Ethanol. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023; 19:e2300281. [PMID: 37072894 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202300281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2023] [Revised: 02/16/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Developing stable catalysts with higher selectivity and activity within a wide potential range is critical for efficiently converting CO2 to ethanol. Here, the carbon-encapsulated CuNi nanoparticles anchored on nitrogen-doped nanoporous graphene (CuNi@C/N-npG) composite are designedly prepared and display the excellent CO2 reduction performance with the higher ethanol Faradaic effiency (FEethanol ≥ 60%) in a wide potential window (600 mV). The optimal cathodic energy efficiency (47.6%), Faradaic efficiency (84%), and selectivity (96.6%) are also obtained at -0.78 V versus reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE). Combining with the density functional theory (DFT) calculations, it is demonstrated that the stronger metal-support interaction (Ni-N-C) can regulate the surface electronic structure effectively, boosting the electron transfer and stabilizing the active sites (Cu0 -Cuδ+ ) on the surface of CuNi@C/N-npG, finally realizing the controllable transition of reaction intermediates. This work may guide the designs of electrocatalysts with highly catalytic performance for CO2 reduction to C2+ products.
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- Kaiyue Zhang
- School of Physics and Physical Engineering, Qufu Normal University, Qufu, 273165, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, China
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- School of Physics and Physical Engineering, Qufu Normal University, Qufu, 273165, China
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- School of Physics and Physical Engineering, Qufu Normal University, Qufu, 273165, China
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- Institute for New Energy Materials and Low-Carbon Technologies, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin, 300384, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, SE-10044, Sweden
- State Key Laboratory of Environment-friendly Energy Materials, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, 621010, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, China
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- School of Physics and Physical Engineering, Qufu Normal University, Qufu, 273165, China
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- School of Physics and Physical Engineering, Qufu Normal University, Qufu, 273165, China
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Abraham BM, Piqué O, Khan MA, Viñes F, Illas F, Singh JK. Machine Learning-Driven Discovery of Key Descriptors for CO 2 Activation over Two-Dimensional Transition Metal Carbides and Nitrides. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2023. [PMID: 37334697 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c02821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/20/2023]
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Fusing high-throughput quantum mechanical screening techniques with modern artificial intelligence strategies is among the most fundamental ─yet revolutionary─ science activities, capable of opening new horizons in catalyst discovery. Here, we apply this strategy to the process of finding appropriate key descriptors for CO2 activation over two-dimensional transition metal (TM) carbides/nitrides (MXenes). Various machine learning (ML) models are developed to screen over 114 pure and defective MXenes, where the random forest regressor (RFR) ML scheme exhibits the best predictive performance for the CO2 adsorption energy, with a mean absolute error ± standard deviation of 0.16 ± 0.01 and 0.42 ± 0.06 eV for training and test data sets, respectively. Feature importance analysis revealed d-band center (εd), surface metal electronegativity (χM), and valence electron number of metal atoms (MV) as key descriptors for CO2 activation. These findings furnish a fundamental basis for designing novel MXene-based catalysts through the prediction of potential indicators for CO2 activation and their posterior usage.
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- B Moses Abraham
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur 208016, India
- Departament de Ciència de Materials i Química Física, Institut de Química Teòrica i Computacional (IQTCUB), Universitat de Barcelona, c/ Martí i Franquès 1-11, Barcelona 08028, Spain
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- Departament de Ciència de Materials i Química Física, Institut de Química Teòrica i Computacional (IQTCUB), Universitat de Barcelona, c/ Martí i Franquès 1-11, Barcelona 08028, Spain
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur 208016, India
- Prescience Insilico Private Limited, Bangalore 560049, India
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- Departament de Ciència de Materials i Química Física, Institut de Química Teòrica i Computacional (IQTCUB), Universitat de Barcelona, c/ Martí i Franquès 1-11, Barcelona 08028, Spain
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- Departament de Ciència de Materials i Química Física, Institut de Química Teòrica i Computacional (IQTCUB), Universitat de Barcelona, c/ Martí i Franquès 1-11, Barcelona 08028, Spain
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur 208016, India
- Prescience Insilico Private Limited, Bangalore 560049, India
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Zhao Y, Liu X, Chen J, Chen J, Chen J, Fan L, Yang H, Xi S, Shen L, Wang L. Promote electroreduction of CO 2 via catalyst valence state manipulation by surface-capping ligand. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2023; 120:e2218040120. [PMID: 37216512 PMCID: PMC10235936 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2218040120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2022] [Accepted: 04/10/2023] [Indexed: 05/24/2023] Open
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Electrochemical CO2 reduction provides a potential means for synthesizing value-added chemicals over the near equilibrium potential regime, i.e., formate production on Pd-based catalysts. However, the activity of Pd catalysts has been largely plagued by the potential-depended deactivation pathways (e.g., [Formula: see text]-PdH to [Formula: see text]-PdH phase transition, CO poisoning), limiting the formate production to a narrow potential window of 0 V to -0.25 V vs. reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE). Herein, we discovered that the Pd surface capped with polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) ligand exhibits effective resistance to the potential-depended deactivations and can catalyze formate production at a much extended potential window (beyond -0.7 V vs. RHE) with significantly improved activity (~14-times enhancement at -0.4 V vs. RHE) compared to that of the pristine Pd surface. Combined results from physical and electrochemical characterizations, kinetic analysis, and first-principle simulations suggest that the PVP capping ligand can effectively stabilize the high-valence-state Pd species (Pdδ+) resulted from the catalyst synthesis and pretreatments, and these Pdδ+ species are responsible for the inhibited phase transition from [Formula: see text]-PdH to [Formula: see text]-PdH, and the suppression of CO and H2 formation. The present study confers a desired catalyst design principle, introducing positive charges into Pd-based electrocatalyst to enable efficient and stable CO2 to formate conversion.
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- Yilin Zhao
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore117585, Singapore
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore117575, Singapore
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore117585, Singapore
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore117585, Singapore
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore117585, Singapore
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore117585, Singapore
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore117585, Singapore
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- Institute of Sustainability for Chemicals, Energy and Environment, A*STAR, Jurong Island, Singapore627833, Singapore
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore117575, Singapore
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore117585, Singapore
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Serafini M, Mariani F, Basile F, Scavetta E, Tonelli D. From Traditional to New Benchmark Catalysts for CO 2 Electroreduction. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 13:nano13111723. [PMID: 37299627 DOI: 10.3390/nano13111723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2023] [Revised: 05/21/2023] [Accepted: 05/23/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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In the last century, conventional strategies pursued to reduce or convert CO2 have shown limitations and, consequently, have been pushing the development of innovative routes. Among them, great efforts have been made in the field of heterogeneous electrochemical CO2 conversion, which boasts the use of mild operative conditions, compatibility with renewable energy sources, and high versatility from an industrial point of view. Indeed, since the pioneering studies of Hori and co-workers, a wide range of electrocatalysts have been designed. Starting from the performances achieved using traditional bulk metal electrodes, advanced nanostructured and multi-phase materials are currently being studied with the main goal of overcoming the high overpotentials usually required for the obtainment of reduction products in substantial amounts. This review reports the most relevant examples of metal-based, nanostructured electrocatalysts proposed in the literature during the last 40 years. Moreover, the benchmark materials are identified and the most promising strategies towards the selective conversion to high-added-value chemicals with superior productivities are highlighted.
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- Martina Serafini
- Department of Industrial Chemistry "Toso Montanari", Viale del Risorgimento 4, 40136 Bologna, Italy
- Center for Chemical Catalysis-C3, University of Bologna, Viale del Risorgimento 4, 40136 Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Industrial Chemistry "Toso Montanari", Viale del Risorgimento 4, 40136 Bologna, Italy
- Center for Chemical Catalysis-C3, University of Bologna, Viale del Risorgimento 4, 40136 Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Industrial Chemistry "Toso Montanari", Viale del Risorgimento 4, 40136 Bologna, Italy
- Center for Chemical Catalysis-C3, University of Bologna, Viale del Risorgimento 4, 40136 Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Industrial Chemistry "Toso Montanari", Viale del Risorgimento 4, 40136 Bologna, Italy
- Center for Chemical Catalysis-C3, University of Bologna, Viale del Risorgimento 4, 40136 Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Industrial Chemistry "Toso Montanari", Viale del Risorgimento 4, 40136 Bologna, Italy
- Center for Chemical Catalysis-C3, University of Bologna, Viale del Risorgimento 4, 40136 Bologna, Italy
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Jing XT, Zhu Z, Chen LW, Liu D, Huang HZ, Tian WJ, Yin AX. Boosting CO 2 Electroreduction on Bismuth Nanoplates with a Three-Dimensional Nitrogen-Doped Graphene Aerogel Matrix. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2023; 15:20317-20324. [PMID: 37057844 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c02578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR), which uses renewable electricity to produce high-value-added chemicals, offers an alternative clean path to the carbon cycle. However, bismuth-based catalysts show great potential for the conversion of CO2 and water to formate, but their overall efficiency is still hampered by the weak CO2 adsorption, low electrical conductivity, and slow mass transfer of CO2 molecules. Herein, we report that a rationally modulated nitrogen-doped graphene aerogel matrix (NGA) can significantly enhance the CO2RR performance of bismuth nanoplates (BiNPs) by both modulating the electronic structure of bismuth and regulating the interface for chemical reaction and mass transfer environments. In particular, the NGA prepared by reducing graphene oxide (GO) with hydrazine hydrate (denoted as NGAhdrz) exhibits significantly enhanced strong metal-support interaction (SMSI), increased specific surface area, strengthened CO2 adsorption, and modulated wettability. As a result, the Bi/NGAhdrz exhibits significantly boosted CO2RR properties, with a Faradaic efficiency (FE) of 96.4% at a current density of 51.4 mA cm-2 for formate evolution at a potential of -1.0 V versus reversible hydrogen electrode (vs RHE) in aqueous solution under ambient conditions.
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- Xiao-Ting Jing
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), Frontiers Science Center for High Energy Material, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, P. R. China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), Frontiers Science Center for High Energy Material, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, P. R. China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), Frontiers Science Center for High Energy Material, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, P. R. China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), Frontiers Science Center for High Energy Material, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, P. R. China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), Frontiers Science Center for High Energy Material, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, P. R. China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), Frontiers Science Center for High Energy Material, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, P. R. China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, Advanced Technology Research Institute (Jinan), Frontiers Science Center for High Energy Material, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, P. R. China
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Jeyachandran N, Yuan W, Giordano C. Cutting-Edge Electrocatalysts for CO 2RR. Molecules 2023; 28:molecules28083504. [PMID: 37110739 PMCID: PMC10144160 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28083504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2023] [Revised: 03/30/2023] [Accepted: 04/11/2023] [Indexed: 04/29/2023] Open
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A world-wide growing concern relates to the rising levels of CO2 in the atmosphere that leads to devastating consequences for our environment. In addition to reducing emissions, one alternative strategy is the conversion of CO2 (via the CO2 Reduction Reaction, or CO2RR) into added-value chemicals, such as CO, HCOOH, C2H5OH, CH4, and more. Although this strategy is currently not economically feasible due to the high stability of the CO2 molecule, significant progress has been made to optimize this electrochemical conversion, especially in terms of finding a performing catalyst. In fact, many noble and non-noble metal-based systems have been investigated but achieving CO2 conversion with high faradaic efficiency (FE), high selectivity towards specific products (e.g., hydrocarbons), and maintaining long-term stability is still challenging. The situation is also aggravated by a concomitant hydrogen production reaction (HER), together with the cost and/or scarcity of some catalysts. This review aims to present, among the most recent studies, some of the best-performing catalysts for CO2RR. By discussing the reasons behind their performances, and relating them to their composition and structural features, some key qualities for an "optimal catalyst" can be defined, which, in turn, will help render the conversion of CO2 a practical, as well as economically feasible process.
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- Nivetha Jeyachandran
- Department of Chemistry, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK
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Wang S, Li Q, Xin Y, Hu S, Guo X, Zhang Y, Zhang L, Chen B, Zhang W, Wang L. Constructing imine groups on the surface of Cu 1/Pd(111) as a novel strategy for CO 2 hydrogenation to methanol. NANOSCALE 2023; 15:6999-7005. [PMID: 36942678 DOI: 10.1039/d2nr05874j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Developing a promising strategy to improve the limited selectivity and activity of traditional Pd-Cu bimetallic catalysts for CO2 hydrogenation to methanol (CH3OH) remains a grand challenge. By using density functional theory calculations, we discovered that introducing imine groups on the Cu1/Pd(111) surface through a condensation reaction of aldehydes and amines is an intriguing approach for simultaneously enhancing the selectivity and activity of Cu1/Pd(111) for CO2 hydrogenation to CH3OH. The imine groups formed by amino reactions with acrolein on the Cu1/Pd(111) surface (C3H4O@NH2-Cu1/Pd(111)) improved the turnover frequency (TOF). The imine group optimized the electronic structure of active sites and increased electron transfer to the anti-bonding orbital of CO2, facilitating the activity of C3H4O@NH2-Cu1/Pd(111) for CO2 hydrogenation to CH3OH. Besides, the inhibition of CO by-products and the low desorption energy of CH3OH were responsible for the high selectivity of C3H4O@NH2-Cu1/Pd(111) for CH3OH. This work advances our understanding of the role of imines in catalysis and provides a new strategy for designing excellent functional group-modified catalysts for the hydrogenation of CO2 to CH3OH.
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- Sanmei Wang
- State Key Laboratory for Powder Metallurgy, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410083, China.
- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Synergetic Innovation Centre of Quantum Information & Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Powder Metallurgy, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410083, China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Powder Metallurgy, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410083, China.
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Synergetic Innovation Centre of Quantum Information & Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Powder Metallurgy, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410083, China.
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- Qinghai Oilfield New Energy Division, Dunhuang, Gansu, 736202, China
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- Ningbo Fengcheng Advanced Energy Materials Research Institute Co., Ltd, Fenghua District, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315500, China.
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- Ningbo Fengcheng Advanced Energy Materials Research Institute Co., Ltd, Fenghua District, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315500, China.
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Synergetic Innovation Centre of Quantum Information & Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Powder Metallurgy, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410083, China.
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Li M, Hu Y, Dong G, Wu T, Geng D. Achieving Tunable Selectivity and Activity of CO 2 Electroreduction to CO via Bimetallic Silver-Copper Electronic Engineering. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023; 19:e2207242. [PMID: 36631289 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202207242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2022] [Revised: 12/29/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Limited comprehension of the reaction mechanism has hindered the development of catalysts for CO2 reduction reactions (CO2 RR). Here, the bimetallic AgCu nanocatalyst platform is employed to understand the effect of the electronic structure of catalysts on the selectivity and activity for CO2 electroreduction to CO. The atomic arrangement and electronic state structure vary with the atomic ratio of Ag and Cu, enabling tunable d-band centers to optimize the binding strength of key intermediates. Density functional theory calculations confirm that the variation of Cu content greatly affects the free energy of *COOH, *CO (intermediate of CO), and *H (intermediates of H2 ), which leads to the change of the rate-determining step. Specifically, Ag96 Cu4 reduces the free energy of the formation of *COOH while maintaining a relatively high theoretical overpotential for hydrogen evolution reaction(HER), thus achieving the best CO selectivity. While Ag70 Cu30 shows relatively low formation energy of both *COOH and *H, the compromised thermodynamic barrier and product selectivity allows Ag70 Cu30 the best CO partial current density. This study realizes the regulation of the selectivity and activity of electrocatalytic CO2 to CO, which provides a promising way to improve the intrinsic performance of CO2 RR on bimetallic AgCu.
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- Meng Li
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, Beijing Key Laboratory for Magneto-Photoelectrical Composite and Interface Science, School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, P. R. China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, Beijing Key Laboratory for Magneto-Photoelectrical Composite and Interface Science, School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, P. R. China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, Beijing Key Laboratory for Magneto-Photoelectrical Composite and Interface Science, School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, P. R. China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, Beijing Key Laboratory for Magneto-Photoelectrical Composite and Interface Science, School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, P. R. China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, Beijing Key Laboratory for Magneto-Photoelectrical Composite and Interface Science, School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, P. R. China
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Yu W, Chen S, Zhu J, He Z, Song S. A highly dispersed and surface-active Ag-BTC catalyst with state-of-the-art selectivity in CO2 electroreduction towards CO. J CO2 UTIL 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcou.2023.102457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/12/2023]
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Sun JW, Wu X, Liu PF, Chen J, Liu Y, Lou ZX, Zhao JY, Yuan HY, Chen A, Wang XL, Zhu M, Dai S, Yang HG. Scalable synthesis of coordinatively unsaturated metal-nitrogen sites for large-scale CO 2 electrolysis. Nat Commun 2023; 14:1599. [PMID: 37072410 PMCID: PMC10113237 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-36688-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2022] [Accepted: 02/10/2023] [Indexed: 04/20/2023] Open
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Practical electrochemical CO2-to-CO conversion requires a non-precious catalyst to react at high selectivity and high rate. Atomically dispersed, coordinatively unsaturated metal-nitrogen sites have shown great performance in CO2 electroreduction; however, their controllable and large-scale fabrication still remains a challenge. Herein, we report a general method to fabricate coordinatively unsaturated metal-nitrogen sites doped within carbon nanotubes, among which cobalt single-atom catalysts can mediate efficient CO2-to-CO formation in a membrane flow configuration, achieving a current density of 200 mA cm-2 with CO selectivity of 95.4% and high full-cell energy efficiency of 54.1%, outperforming most of CO2-to-CO conversion electrolyzers. By expanding the cell area to 100 cm2, this catalyst sustains a high-current electrolysis at 10 A with 86.8% CO selectivity and the single-pass conversion can reach 40.4% at a high CO2 flow rate of 150 sccm. This fabrication method can be scaled up with negligible decay in CO2-to-CO activity. In situ spectroscopy and theoretical results reveal the crucial role of coordinatively unsaturated metal-nitrogen sites, which facilitate CO2 adsorption and key *COOH intermediate formation.
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- Ji Wei Sun
- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hierarchical Nanomaterials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hierarchical Nanomaterials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hierarchical Nanomaterials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hierarchical Nanomaterials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hierarchical Nanomaterials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hierarchical Nanomaterials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hierarchical Nanomaterials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hierarchical Nanomaterials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Physics Department and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance, School of Physics and Electronic Science, East China Normal University, 3663 North Zhongshan Road, Shanghai, 200062, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China.
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- Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hierarchical Nanomaterials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China.
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Ren C, Ni W, Li H. Recent Progress in Electrocatalytic Reduction of CO2. Catalysts 2023. [DOI: 10.3390/catal13040644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/03/2023] Open
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A stable life support system in the spacecraft can greatly promote long-duration, far-distance, and multicrew manned space flight. Therefore, controlling the concentration of CO2 in the spacecraft is the main task in the regeneration system. The electrocatalytic CO2 reduction can effectively treat the CO2 generated by human metabolism. This technology has potential application value and good development prospect in the utilization of CO2 in the space station. In this paper, recent research progress for the electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 was reviewed. Although numerous promising accomplishments have been achieved in this field, substantial advances in electrocatalyst, electrolyte, and reactor design are yet needed for CO2 utilization via an electrochemical conversion route. Here, we summarize the related works in the fields to address the challenge technology that can help to promote the electrocatalytic CO2 reduction. Finally, we present the prospective opinions in the areas of the electrocatalytic CO2 reduction, especially for the space station and spacecraft life support system.
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Liang L, Feng Q, Wang X, Hübner J, Gernert U, Heggen M, Wu L, Hellmann T, Hofmann JP, Strasser P. Electroreduction of CO 2 on Au(310)@Cu High-index Facets. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202218039. [PMID: 36656994 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202218039] [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: 12/07/2022] [Revised: 01/13/2023] [Accepted: 01/17/2023] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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The chemical selectivity and faradaic efficiency of high-index Cu facets for the CO2 reduction reaction (CO2 RR) is investigated. More specifically, shape-controlled nanoparticles enclosed by Cu {hk0} facets are fabricated using Cu multilayer deposition at three distinct layer thicknesses on the surface facets of Au truncated ditetragonal nanoprisms (Au DTPs). Au DTPs are shapes enclosed by 12 high-index {310} facets. Facet angle analysis confirms DTP geometry. Elemental mapping analysis shows Cu surface layers are uniformly distributed on the Au {310} facets of the DTPs. The 7 nm Au@Cu DTPs high-index {hk0} facets exhibit a CH4 : CO product ratio of almost 10 : 1 compared to a 1 : 1 ratio for the reference 7 nm Au@Cu nanoparticles (NPs). Operando Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy spectra disclose reactive adsorbed *CO as the main intermediate, whereas CO stripping experiments reveal the high-index facets enhance the *CO formation followed by rapid desorption or hydrogenation.
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- Liang Liang
- Department of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering Division, Technical University Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 124, 10623, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering Division, Technical University Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 124, 10623, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering Division, Technical University Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 124, 10623, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering Division, Technical University Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 124, 10623, Berlin, Germany
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- Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Center for Electron Microscopy (ZELMI), Technical University Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 124, 10623, Berlin, Germany
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- Ernst Ruska-Centre for Microscopy and Spectroscopy with Electrons, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425, Jülich, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering Division, Technical University Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 124, 10623, Berlin, Germany
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- Surface Science Laboratory, Department of Materials and Earth Sciences, Technical University of Darmstadt, Otto-Berndt-Straße 3, 64287, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Surface Science Laboratory, Department of Materials and Earth Sciences, Technical University of Darmstadt, Otto-Berndt-Straße 3, 64287, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering Division, Technical University Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 124, 10623, Berlin, Germany
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Dodge HM, Natinsky BS, Jolly BJ, Zhang H, Mu Y, Chapp SM, Tran TV, Diaconescu PL, Do LH, Wang D, Liu C, Miller AJM. Polyketones from Carbon Dioxide and Ethylene by Integrating Electrochemical and Organometallic Catalysis. ACS Catal 2023. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.3c00769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/12/2023]
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- Henry M. Dodge
- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Merkert Chemistry Center, Boston College, 2609 Beacon Street, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Merkert Chemistry Center, Boston College, 2609 Beacon Street, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Houston, 4800 Calhoun Road, Houston, Texas 77004, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Houston, 4800 Calhoun Road, Houston, Texas 77004, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Merkert Chemistry Center, Boston College, 2609 Beacon Street, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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Tan L, Sun X, Bai S, Song Z, Song YF. Dual Engineering of Lattice Strain and Valence State of NiAl-LDHs for Photoreduction of CO 2 to Highly Selective CH 4. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023; 19:e2205770. [PMID: 36635004 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202205770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2022] [Revised: 12/11/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Converting CO2 to clean-burning fuel such as natural gas (CH4 ) with high activity and selectivity remains to be a grand challenge due to slow kinetics of multiple electron transfer processes and competitive hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Herein, the fabrication of surfactants (C11 H23 COONa, C12 H25 SO4 Na, C16 H33 SO4 Na) intercalated NiAl-layered double hydroxides (NiAl-LDH) is reported, resulting in the formation of LDH-S1 (S1 = C11 H23 COO- ), LDH-S2 (S2 = C12 H25 SO4 - ) and LDH-S3 (S3 = C16 H33 SO4 - ) with curved morphology. Compared with NiAl-LDH with a 1.53% selectivity of CH4 , LDH-S2 shows higher selectivity of CH4 (83.07%) and lower activity of HER (3.84%) in CO2 photoreduction reaction (CO2 PR). Detailed characterizations and DFT calculation indicates that the inherent lattice strain in LDH-S2 leads to the structural distortion with the presence of VNi/Al defects and compressed MOM bonds, and thereby reduces the overall energy barrier of CO2 to CH4 . Moreover, the lower oxidation states of Ni in LDH-S2 enhances the adsorption of intermediates such as OCOH* and *CO, promoting the hydrogenation of CO to CH4 . Therefore, the coupling effect of both lattice strain and electronic structure of the LDH-S2 significantly improves the activity and selectivity for CO2 PR.
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- Ling Tan
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, P. R. China
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Conte A, Baron M, Bonacchi S, Antonello S, Aliprandi A. Copper and silver nanowires for CO 2 electroreduction. NANOSCALE 2023; 15:3693-3703. [PMID: 36727608 PMCID: PMC9949578 DOI: 10.1039/d2nr06687d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2022] [Accepted: 01/18/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Copper and silver nanowires have been extensively investigated as the next generation of transparent conductive electrodes (TCEs) due to their ability to form percolating networks. Recently, they have been exploited as electrocatalysts for CO2 reduction. In this review, we present the most recent advances in this field summarizing different strategies used for the synthesis and functionalization/activation of copper and silver nanowires, as well as, the state of the art of their electrochemical performance with particular emphasis on the effect of the nanowire morphology. Novel perspectives for the development of highly efficient, selective, and stable electrocatalysts for CO2 reduction arise from the translation of NW-based TCEs in this challenging field.
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- Andrea Conte
- University of Padova, Department of Chemistry, Via Marzolo 1, I-35131 Padova, Italy.
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- University of Padova, Department of Chemistry, Via Marzolo 1, I-35131 Padova, Italy.
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- University of Padova, Department of Chemistry, Via Marzolo 1, I-35131 Padova, Italy.
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- University of Padova, Department of Chemistry, Via Marzolo 1, I-35131 Padova, Italy.
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- University of Padova, Department of Chemistry, Via Marzolo 1, I-35131 Padova, Italy.
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Li Q, Wang Y, Si W, Peng Y, Li J. Novel Insights on the Metal-Support Interactions of Pd/ZrO 2 Catalysts on CH 4 Oxidation. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2023; 15:7959-7968. [PMID: 36744966 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c18716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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With the environmental harm of unburnt CH4 in natural gas vehicle exhaust, oxidizing CH4 to CO2 over catalysts at low temperatures becomes an exigent issue. Supported Pd catalysts possess higher CH4 activity than other noble metal catalysts. A series of Pd/ZrO2 catalysts were synthesized to research the potential relationship among Pd particle morphology, electron transfer, CH4 oxidation mechanism, and catalytic activity. Characterizations show that the ratio of PdOx facets to edge/corner sites on four catalysts increases in the order of PZ85 ≈ PZ40 < PZ55 < PZ70 because of the difference in content of surface -OH groups, and this order turns out to be the same as that of electron transfer intensity, revealing the degree of metal-support interactions. This kind of metal-support interaction in PZ70 can be helpful to accelerate CH4 combustion via promoting the break of the C-H bond and dissociation of CO3* according to density functional theory studies. T90 of the PZ70 catalyst with optimum catalytic activity reaches 331 °C.
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- Qi Li
- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing100084, People's Republic of China
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- School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing100083, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing100084, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing100084, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing100084, People's Republic of China
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Ma X, Xing L, Yao X, Zhang X, Liu L. Effect of Halide Anions on the Electroreduction of CO 2 to C 2 H 4 : A Density Functional Theory Study. Chemphyschem 2023; 24:e202200502. [PMID: 36117144 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202200502] [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: 07/11/2022] [Revised: 09/16/2022] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The halide anions present in the electrolyte improve the Faradaic efficiencies (FEs) of the multi-hydrocarbon (C2+ ) products for the electrochemical reduction of CO2 over copper (Cu) catalysts. However, the mechanism behind the increased yield of C2+ products with the addition of halide anions remains indistinct. In this study, we analysed the mechanism by investigating the electronic structures and computing the relative free energies of intermediates formed from CO2 to C2 H4 on the Cu (100) facet based on density functional theory (DFT) calculations. The results show that formyl *CHO from the hydrogenation reaction of the adsorbed *CO acts as the key intermediate, and the C-C coupling reaction occurs preferentially between *CHO and *CO with the formation of a *CHO-CO intermediate. We then propose a free-energy pathway of C2 H4 formation. We find that the presence of halide anions significantly decreases the free energy of the *CHOCH intermediate, and enhances desorption of C2 H4 in the order of I- >Cl- >Br- >F- . Lastly, the obtained results are rationalized through Bader charge analysis.
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- Xifei Ma
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Ionic Liquids Clean Process, State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex Systems, CAS Key Laboratory of Green Process and Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Science, School of Chemical Engineering, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Ionic Liquids Clean Process, State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex Systems, CAS Key Laboratory of Green Process and Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Science, School of Chemical Engineering, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Ionic Liquids Clean Process, State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex Systems, CAS Key Laboratory of Green Process and Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Ionic Liquids Clean Process, State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex Systems, CAS Key Laboratory of Green Process and Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Ionic Liquids Clean Process, State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex Systems, CAS Key Laboratory of Green Process and Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China.,Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian, 116023, China.,Center for Computational Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan, 430200, China
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Wang H, Zhang Y, Zhang Y, Li Y, Wang X, Wang H, Wu WD, Bao X, Wu Z. Aerosol Spray Drying Guided Synthesis of Ultrasmall Alloyed Bimetallic Nanoparticles Supported on Silica for Catalytic Semihydrogenation. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023; 19:e2204744. [PMID: 36494189 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202204744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2022] [Revised: 11/03/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Supported bimetallic nanoparticles (NPs) with ultrasmall sizes and homogeneous alloying are attractive for catalysis. However, facile synthesis of this type of material remains very challenging. Here, the aerosol drying impregnation method for rapid, scalable, and general synthesis of silica-supported bimetallic NPs is proposed. The method relies on aerosol spray drying to promote the mixing and dispersing of binary metal precursors on SiO2 . It is capable of controlling the composition and size of bimetallic NPs and avoids the use of expensive metal complex salts and complicated experiment procedures. Twelve permutations combining a noble metal (Pd, Ru, and Pt) and a base one (Fe, Co, Ni, and Cu) with ultrasmall sizes (1.4-2.2 nm in average size), uniform dispersion, and good alloying are synthesized. Interesting activity and selectivity trends in catalytic semihydrogenation of phenylacetylene over the supported Pd-based NPs can be observed. The silica-supported PdNi NPs deliver both high activity and styrene selectivity. Spectroscopic and density functional theory calculation results reveal the improved chemoselectivity originated from the suitably down-shifted d-band center of the PdNi NPs inducing an increased energy barrier for overhydrogenation and a weakened styrene adsorption.
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- Hao Wang
- Particle Engineering Laboratory, School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, and Suzhou Key Laboratory of Novel Semiconductor-optoelectronics Materials and Devices, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, No. 199, Ren-Ai Road, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, No. 199, Ren-Ai Road, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123, P. R. China
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- Particle Engineering Laboratory, School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, and Suzhou Key Laboratory of Novel Semiconductor-optoelectronics Materials and Devices, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, No. 199, Ren-Ai Road, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123, P. R. China
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- Particle Engineering Laboratory, School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, and Suzhou Key Laboratory of Novel Semiconductor-optoelectronics Materials and Devices, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, No. 199, Ren-Ai Road, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123, P. R. China
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- Particle Engineering Laboratory, School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, and Suzhou Key Laboratory of Novel Semiconductor-optoelectronics Materials and Devices, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, No. 199, Ren-Ai Road, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, No. 199, Ren-Ai Road, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123, P. R. China
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- Particle Engineering Laboratory, School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, and Suzhou Key Laboratory of Novel Semiconductor-optoelectronics Materials and Devices, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, No. 199, Ren-Ai Road, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, No. 199, Ren-Ai Road, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123, P. R. China
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- Particle Engineering Laboratory, School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, and Suzhou Key Laboratory of Novel Semiconductor-optoelectronics Materials and Devices, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, No. 199, Ren-Ai Road, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123, P. R. China
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Electrochemical CO2 reduction to ethanol: Synergism of (n-Bu4N)3SVMo11O40 and an In catalyst. Electrochim Acta 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2023.142067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/21/2023]
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Losada-Garcia N, Santos AS, Marques MMB, Palomo JM. Temperature-induced formation of Pd nanoparticles in heterogeneous nanobiohybrids: application in C-H activation catalysis. NANOSCALE ADVANCES 2023; 5:513-521. [PMID: 36756272 PMCID: PMC9846520 DOI: 10.1039/d2na00742h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2022] [Accepted: 12/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The effect of the temperature in the synthesis of Pd nanoparticles in the metal-enzyme biohybrids is evaluated. The effect on the formation, size, and morphology of nanoparticles was evaluated using C. antarctica B lipase as the protein scaffold. XRD analyses confirmed the formation of crystalline Pd(0) as the metal species in all cases. TEM analyses revealed spherical crystalline nanoparticles with average diameter size from 2 nm at 4 °C synthesis to 10 nm obtained at 50 °C synthesis. The thermal phenomenon was also critical in the final hybrid formation using more complex enzymes, where the relation of the protein structure and temperature and the influence of the latter has been demonstrated to be critical in the reducing efficiency of the enzyme in the final Pd nanoparticle formation, in the metal species, or even in the final size of the nanoparticles. Different Pd biohybrids were evaluated as catalysts in the C-H activation of protected l-tryptophan under mild conditions. Pd@CALB4 showed the best results, with >99% conversion for C-2 arylation in methanol at room temperature with a TOF value of 64 min-1, being 2 or 4 times higher than that of the other synthesized hybrids. This catalyst showed a very high stability and recyclability, maintaining >95% activity after three cycles of use.
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- Noelia Losada-Garcia
- Instituto de Catálisis y Petroleoquímica (ICP), CSIC C/Marie Curie 2 28049 Madrid Spain
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- Instituto de Catálisis y Petroleoquímica (ICP), CSIC C/Marie Curie 2 28049 Madrid Spain
- LAQV@REQUIMTE, Department of Chemistry, NOVA School of Science and Techonology. Universidade Nova de Lisboa 2829-516 Caparica Portugal
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- LAQV@REQUIMTE, Department of Chemistry, NOVA School of Science and Techonology. Universidade Nova de Lisboa 2829-516 Caparica Portugal
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- Instituto de Catálisis y Petroleoquímica (ICP), CSIC C/Marie Curie 2 28049 Madrid Spain
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Lodh J, Paul S, Sun H, Song L, Schöfberger W, Roy S. Electrochemical organic reactions: A tutorial review. Front Chem 2023; 10:956502. [PMID: 36704620 PMCID: PMC9871948 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2022.956502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2022] [Accepted: 12/07/2022] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Although the core of electrochemistry involves simple oxidation and reduction reactions, it can be complicated in real electrochemical organic reactions. The principles used in electrochemical reactions have been derived using physical organic chemistry, which drives other organic/inorganic reactions. This review mainly comprises two themes: the first discusses the factors that help optimize an electrochemical reaction, including electrodes, supporting electrolytes, and electrochemical cell design, and the second outlines studies conducted in the field over a period of 10 years. Electrochemical reactions can be used as a versatile tool for synthetically important reactions by modifying the constant electrolysis current.
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- Joyeeta Lodh
- Eco-Friendly Applied Materials Laboratory (EFAML), Materials Science Centre, Department of Chemical Sciences, Mohanpur Campus, Indian Institute of Science, Education and Research, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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- Eco-Friendly Applied Materials Laboratory (EFAML), Materials Science Centre, Department of Chemical Sciences, Mohanpur Campus, Indian Institute of Science, Education and Research, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Laboratory for Sustainable Chemistry and Catalysis (LSusCat), Johannes Kepler University (JKU), Linz, Austria
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Laboratory for Sustainable Chemistry and Catalysis (LSusCat), Johannes Kepler University (JKU), Linz, Austria
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Laboratory for Sustainable Chemistry and Catalysis (LSusCat), Johannes Kepler University (JKU), Linz, Austria,*Correspondence: Wolfgang Schöfberger, ; Soumyajit Roy,
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- Eco-Friendly Applied Materials Laboratory (EFAML), Materials Science Centre, Department of Chemical Sciences, Mohanpur Campus, Indian Institute of Science, Education and Research, Kolkata, West Bengal, India,*Correspondence: Wolfgang Schöfberger, ; Soumyajit Roy,
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Hu Y, Kang Y. Surface and Interface Engineering for the Catalysts of Electrocatalytic CO 2 Reduction. Chem Asian J 2023; 18:e202201001. [PMID: 36461703 DOI: 10.1002/asia.202201001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2022] [Revised: 11/04/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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The massive use of fossil fuels releases a great amount of CO2 , which substantially contributes to the global warming. For the global goal of putting CO2 emission under control, effective utilization of CO2 is particularly meaningful. Electrocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction (eCO2 RR) has great potential in CO2 utilization, because it can convert CO2 into valuable carbon-containing chemicals and feedstock using renewable electricity. The catalyst design for eCO2 RR is a key challenge to achieving efficient conversion of CO2 to fuels and useful chemicals. For a typical heterogeneous catalyst, surface and interface engineering is an effective approach to enhance reaction activity. Herein, the development and research progress in CO2 catalysts with focus on surface and interface engineering are reviewed. First, the fundaments of eCO2 RR is briefly discussed from the reaction mechanism to performance evaluation methods, introducing the role of the surface and interface engineering of electrocatalyst in eCO2 RR. Then, several routes to optimize the surface and interface of CO2 electrocatalysts, including morphology, dopants, atomic vacancies, grain boundaries, surface modification, etc., are reviewed and representative examples are given. At the end of this review, we share our personal views in future research of eCO2 RR.
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- Yiping Hu
- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, P. R. China
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610054, P. R. China
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Yutomo EB, Noor FA, Winata T. Effect of Ni atomic fraction on active species of graphene growth on Cu–Ni alloy catalysts: a density functional theory study. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023; 25:708-723. [DOI: 10.1039/d2cp04621k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The CH and C monomers on the surface are the active species on Cu–Ni catalysts with low Ni atomic fractions. In contrast, the C monomer species on the subsurface acts as an active species on a Cu–Ni catalyst with a high Ni atomic fraction.
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- Erik Bhekti Yutomo
- Physics of Electronic Materials Research Division, Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Bandung, 40132, Indonesia
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- Physics of Electronic Materials Research Division, Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Bandung, 40132, Indonesia
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- Physics of Electronic Materials Research Division, Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Bandung, 40132, Indonesia
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Koolen CD, Luo W, Züttel A. From Single Crystal to Single Atom Catalysts: Structural Factors Influencing the Performance of Metal Catalysts for CO 2 Electroreduction. ACS Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c03842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- Cedric David Koolen
- Laboratory of Materials for Renewable Energy (LMER), Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering (ISIC), Basic Science Faculty (SB), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) Valais/Wallis, Energypolis, Sion 1951, Switzerland
- Empa Materials Science & Technology, Dübendorf 8600, Switzerland
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- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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- Laboratory of Materials for Renewable Energy (LMER), Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering (ISIC), Basic Science Faculty (SB), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) Valais/Wallis, Energypolis, Sion 1951, Switzerland
- Empa Materials Science & Technology, Dübendorf 8600, Switzerland
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Guo J, Jiao S, Ya X, Zheng H, Wang R, Yu J, Wang H, Zhang Z, Liu W, He C, Fu X. Intermetallic Nanocrystals: Seed-Mediated Synthesis and Applications in Electrocatalytic Reduction Reactions. Chemistry 2022; 28:e202202221. [PMID: 36066483 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202202221] [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: 07/15/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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In recent years, intermetallic nanocrystals (IMNCs) have attracted extensive attention in the field of electrocatalysis. However, precise control over the size, shape, composition, structure, and exposed crystal facet of IMNCs seems to be a challenge to the traditional method of high-temperature annealing although these parameters have a significant effect on the electrocatalytic performance. Controllable synthesis of IMNCs by the wet chemistry method in the liquid phase shows great potential compared with the traditional high-temperature annealing method. In this Review, we attempt to summarize the preparation of IMNCs by the seed-mediated synthesis in the liquid phase, as well as their applications in electrocatalytic reduction reactions. Several representative examples are purposely selected for highlighting the huge potential of the seed-mediated synthesis approach in chemical synthesis. Specifically, we personally perceive the seed-mediated synthesis approach as a promising tool in the future for precise control over the size, shape, composition, structure, and exposed crystal facet of IMNCs.
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- Jingchun Guo
- Department of Experimental and Practical Teaching Management, West Anhui University, Lu'an, Anhui, 237012, P.R. China
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- Department School of Materials, Key Lab for Special Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, Henan University, Kaifeng, Henan, 475001, P.R. China
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- Department of Experimental and Practical Teaching Management, West Anhui University, Lu'an, Anhui, 237012, P.R. China
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- Department of Experimental and Practical Teaching Management, West Anhui University, Lu'an, Anhui, 237012, P.R. China
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- Department of Experimental and Practical Teaching Management, West Anhui University, Lu'an, Anhui, 237012, P.R. China
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- Department of Experimental and Practical Teaching Management, West Anhui University, Lu'an, Anhui, 237012, P.R. China
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- Department of Experimental and Practical Teaching Management, West Anhui University, Lu'an, Anhui, 237012, P.R. China
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- Department of Experimental and Practical Teaching Management, West Anhui University, Lu'an, Anhui, 237012, P.R. China
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- Department of Experimental and Practical Teaching Management, West Anhui University, Lu'an, Anhui, 237012, P.R. China
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- Department of Experimental and Practical Teaching Management, West Anhui University, Lu'an, Anhui, 237012, P.R. China
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- Department of Experimental and Practical Teaching Management, West Anhui University, Lu'an, Anhui, 237012, P.R. China
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Zhang M, Zhang K, Ai X, Liang X, Zhang Q, Chen H, Zou X. Theory-guided electrocatalyst engineering: From mechanism analysis to structural design. CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/s1872-2067(22)64103-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Critical role of hydrogen sorption kinetics in electrocatalytic CO2 reduction revealed by on-chip in situ transport investigations. Nat Commun 2022; 13:6911. [PMCID: PMC9663515 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-34685-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2022] [Accepted: 10/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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AbstractPrecise understanding of interfacial metal−hydrogen interactions, especially under in operando conditions, is crucial to advancing the application of metal catalysts in clean energy technologies. To this end, while Pd-based catalysts are widely utilized for electrochemical hydrogen production and hydrogenation, the interaction of Pd with hydrogen during active electrochemical processes is complex, distinct from most other metals, and yet to be clarified. In this report, the hydrogen surface adsorption and sub-surface absorption (phase transition) features of Pd and its alloy nanocatalysts are identified and quantified under operando electrocatalytic conditions via on-chip electrical transport measurements, and the competitive relationship between electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction (CO2RR) and hydrogen sorption kinetics is investigated. Systematic dynamic and steady-state evaluations reveal the key impacts of local electrolyte environment (such as proton donors with different pKa) on the hydrogen sorption kinetics during CO2RR, which offer additional insights into the electrochemical interfaces and optimization of the catalytic systems.
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Li X, Xu P, Zhou Y, Chen Y, Jia H, Yu H, Li X. In Situ Hydrogen Temperature-Programmed Reduction Technology Based on the Integrated Microcantilever for Metal Oxide Catalyst Analysis. Anal Chem 2022; 94:16502-16509. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.2c04156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Xinyu Li
- State Key Lab of Transducer Technology, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Lab of Transducer Technology, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Lab of Transducer Technology, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Lab of Transducer Technology, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China
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- State Key Lab of Transducer Technology, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China
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- State Key Lab of Transducer Technology, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China
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- State Key Lab of Transducer Technology, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Zang Y, Wei P, Li H, Gao D, Wang G. Catalyst Design for Electrolytic CO2 Reduction Toward Low-Carbon Fuels and Chemicals. ELECTROCHEM ENERGY R 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s41918-022-00140-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Metal oxides for the electrocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide: Mechanism of active sites, composites, interface and defect engineering strategies. Coord Chem Rev 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2022.214716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Ren G, Dai T, Tang Y, Su Z, Xu N, Du W, Dai C, Ma X. Preparation of hydrophobic three-dimensional hierarchical porous zinc oxide for the promotion of electrochemical CO2 reduction. J CO2 UTIL 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcou.2022.102256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Li XQ, Duan GY, Yang XX, Han LJ, Xu BH. Electroreduction of carbon dioxide to multi-electron reduction products using poly(ionic liquid)-based Cu-Pd catalyst. FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH 2022; 2:937-945. [PMID: 38933384 PMCID: PMC11197817 DOI: 10.1016/j.fmre.2021.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2021] [Revised: 12/18/2021] [Accepted: 12/21/2021] [Indexed: 10/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 (CO2RR) to multi-electron (> 2e-) products provides a green and sustainable route for producing fuels and chemicals. Introducing the second metal element is a feasible strategy for "managing" the key intermediate on Cu-based materials to further improve the CO2RR catalytic performance. In this work, palladium, which promises the generation of CO, was introduced into the poly(ionic liquid)-based copper hybrid (Cu@PIL) to construct a novel Cu-Pd bimetallic electrocatalyst (Cu@PIL@Pd). Remarkably, with a small dosage of palladium (2.0 mol% compared with Cu), a high faradaic efficiency (FE) for C2+ products (68.7%) was achieved at -1.01 V (with respect to the reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE), the same below) with a high partial current density of 178.3 mA cm-2. Meanwhile, high selectivity towards CH4 (FE = 42.5%) and corresponding partial current density of 172.8 mA cm-2 were obtained on the same catalyst at -1.24 V, signifying a significant potential-dependent selectivity. Mechanistic studies reveal that both copper and palladium oxides are reduced to metallic states during the CO2RR. The presence of the adjoint copper phase and the highly dispersed electrostatic layer promote the generation of CO on the palladium components (both the PdO2 phase and the Pd(II) site). Besides, the local CO* was enriched by the significant diffusion resistance of CO in the PIL layer. The spillover of CO* from Pd sites to the adjoint Cu sites, accompanied by the increased local concentration of CO* around Cu sites, accounted for the observed good CO2RR catalytic performance, especially the high C2+ product selectivity.
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- Xiao-Qiang Li
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Ionic Liquids Clean Process, CAS Key Laboratory of Green Process and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex Systems, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- School of Chemical Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Ionic Liquids Clean Process, CAS Key Laboratory of Green Process and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex Systems, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- National Fundamental Research Laboratory of New Hazardous Chemicals Assessment and Accident Analysis, Institute of Applied Electrochemistry, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Ionic Liquids Clean Process, CAS Key Laboratory of Green Process and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex Systems, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Ionic Liquids Clean Process, CAS Key Laboratory of Green Process and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex Systems, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- School of Chemical Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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