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Li W, Jiang H, Zhang X, Lei B, Li L, Zhou H, Zhong M. Sustainable Electrosynthesis of N,N-Dimethylformamide via Relay Catalysis on Synergistic Active Sites. J Am Chem Soc 2024. [PMID: 39052048 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c07142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/27/2024]
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Electrified synthesis of high-value organonitrogen chemicals from low-cost carbon- and nitrogen-based feedstocks offers an economically and environmentally appealing alternative to traditional thermocatalytic methods. However, the intricate electrochemical reactions at electrode surfaces pose significant challenges in controlling selectivity and activity, especially for producing complex substances such as N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF). Herein, we tackle this challenge by developing relay catalysis for efficient DMF production using a composite WO2-NiOOH/Ni catalyst with two distinctive active sites. Specifically, WO2 selectively promotes dimethylamine (DMA) electrooxidation to produce strongly surface-bound (CH3)2N*, while nearby NiOOH facilitates methanol electrooxidation to yield more weakly bound *CHO. The disparity in binding energetics of the key C- and N-intermediates expedites C-N coupling at the WO2-NiOOH interface. In situ infrared spectroscopy with isotope-labeling experiments, quasi-in situ electron paramagnetic resonance trapping experiments, and electrochemical operating experiments revealed the C-N coupling mechanism and enhanced DMF-synthesis selectivity and activity. In situ X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) and postreaction transmission electron microscopy (TEM) studies verified the stability of WO2-NiOOH/Ni during extended electrochemical operation. A Faradaic efficiency of ∼50% and a production rate of 438 μmol cm-2 h-1 were achieved at an industrially relevant current density of 100 mA cm-2 over an 80 h DMF production period. This study introduces a new paradigm for developing electrothermo relay catalysis for the sustainable and efficient synthesis of valuable organic chemicals with industrial potential.
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- Weihang Li
- College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Collaborative Innovation Centre of Advanced Microstructures, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Frontiers Science Center for Critical Earth Material Cycling, Nanjing University, 163 Xianlin Avenue, Qixia District, Nanjing 210023, China
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- College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Collaborative Innovation Centre of Advanced Microstructures, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Frontiers Science Center for Critical Earth Material Cycling, Nanjing University, 163 Xianlin Avenue, Qixia District, Nanjing 210023, China
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- College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Collaborative Innovation Centre of Advanced Microstructures, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Frontiers Science Center for Critical Earth Material Cycling, Nanjing University, 163 Xianlin Avenue, Qixia District, Nanjing 210023, China
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- College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Collaborative Innovation Centre of Advanced Microstructures, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Frontiers Science Center for Critical Earth Material Cycling, Nanjing University, 163 Xianlin Avenue, Qixia District, Nanjing 210023, China
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- College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Collaborative Innovation Centre of Advanced Microstructures, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Frontiers Science Center for Critical Earth Material Cycling, Nanjing University, 163 Xianlin Avenue, Qixia District, Nanjing 210023, China
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- College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Collaborative Innovation Centre of Advanced Microstructures, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Frontiers Science Center for Critical Earth Material Cycling, Nanjing University, 163 Xianlin Avenue, Qixia District, Nanjing 210023, China
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- College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Collaborative Innovation Centre of Advanced Microstructures, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Frontiers Science Center for Critical Earth Material Cycling, Nanjing University, 163 Xianlin Avenue, Qixia District, Nanjing 210023, China
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Wang J, Jing X, Yang Y, Xu B, Jia R, Duan C. Enzymatic Activation and Continuous Electrochemical Production of Methane from Dilute CO 2 Sources with a Self-Healing Capsule. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:19951-19961. [PMID: 38963753 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c03367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/06/2024]
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Converting dilute CO2 source into value-added chemicals and fuels is a promising route to reduce fossil fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emission, but integrating electrocatalysis with CO2 capture still faced marked challenges. Herein, we show that a self-healing metal-organic macrocycle functionalized as an electrochemical catalyst to selectively produce methane from flue gas and air with the lowest applied potential so far (0.06 V vs reversible hydrogen electrode, RHE) through an enzymatic activation fashion. The capsule emulates the enzyme' pocket to abstract one in situ-formed CO2-adduct molecule with the commercial amino alcohols, forming an easy-to-reduce substrate-involving clathrate to combine the CO2 capture with electroreduction for a thorough CO2 reduction. We find that the self-healing system exhibited enzymatic kinetics for the first time with the Michaelis-Menten mechanism in the electrochemical reduction of CO2 and maintained a methane Faraday efficiency (FE) of 74.24% with a selectivity of over 99% for continuous operation over 200 h. A consecutive working lab at 50 mA·cm-2, in an eleven-for-one (10 h working and 1 h healing) electrolysis manner, gives a methane turnover number (TON) of more than 10,000 within 100 h. The integrated electrolysis with CO2 capture facilitates the thorough reduction of flue gas (ca. 13.0% of CO2) and first time of air (ca. 400 ppm of CO2 to 42.7 mL CH4 from 1.0 m3 air). The new self-healing strategy of molecular electrocatalyst with an enzymatic activation manner and anodic shifting of the applied potentials provided a departure from the existing electrochemical catalytic techniques.
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- Jinfeng Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210008, China
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Wu JH, Wang JW, Aramburu-Trošelj BM, Niu FJ, Guo LJ, Ouyang G. Recent progress on nickel phthalocyanine-based electrocatalysts for CO 2 reduction. NANOSCALE 2024; 16:11496-11512. [PMID: 38828611 DOI: 10.1039/d4nr01269k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2024]
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The electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 to high-value fuels by renewable electricity is a sustainable strategy, which can substitute for fossil fuels and circumvent climate changes induced by elevated CO2 emission levels, making the rational design of versatile electrocatalysts highly desirable. Among all the electrocatalytic materials used in the CO2 reduction reaction, nickel phthalocyanine (NiPc)-based electrocatalysts have attracted considerable attention recently because of their high CO selectivity and catalytic activity. Herein, we review the latest advances in CO2 electroreduction to CO catalyzed by immobilized NiPc and its derivatives on diverse surfaces. Specific strategies, the structure-performance relationship and the CO2-to-CO reaction mechanism of these NiPc-based electrocatalysts are analyzed. Future opportunities and challenges for this series of powerful heterogeneous electrocatalysts are also highlighted.
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- Jian-Hao Wu
- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai 519082, China.
- School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai 519082, China.
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- CONICET-Universidad de Buenos Aires, Instituto de Química Física de los Materiales, Medio Ambiente y Energía (INQUIMAE), Pabellón 2, Ciudad Universitaria, C1428EHA Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- School of Advanced Energy, Sun Yat-sen University (Shenzhen), Shenzhen 518107, China.
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- School of Advanced Energy, Sun Yat-sen University (Shenzhen), Shenzhen 518107, China.
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai 519082, China.
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Newman-Stonebraker SH, Gerard TJ, Holland PL. Opportunities for Insight into the Mechanism of Efficient CO 2/CO Interconversion at a Nickel-Iron Cluster in CO Dehydrogenase. Chem 2024; 10:1655-1667. [PMID: 38966253 PMCID: PMC11221784 DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2024.04.012] [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] [Indexed: 07/06/2024]
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The reduction of CO2 with low overpotential and high selectivity is a crucial challenge in catalysis. Fortunately, natural systems have evolved enzymes that achieve this catalytic reaction very efficiently at a complex nickel-iron-sulfur cluster within carbon monoxide dehydrogenase (CODH). Extensive biochemical, crystallographic, and spectroscopic work has been done to understand the structures and mechanism involved in the catalytic cycle, which are summarized here from the perspective of mechanistic organometallic chemistry. We highlight the ambiguities in the data and suggest experiments that could lead to clearer understanding of the mechanism and structures of intermediates at the active-site cluster. These include parallel crystallography and spectroscopy, as well as the preparation of synthetic analogues that help to interpret structural and spectroscopic signatures.
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Li M, Zhang T, Shi Y, He C, Duan C. Modifying Proton Relay into Bioinspired Dye-Based Coordination Polymer for Photocatalytic Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024:e202406161. [PMID: 38864758 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202406161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2024] [Revised: 05/23/2024] [Accepted: 06/10/2024] [Indexed: 06/13/2024]
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Proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET) imparts an energetic advantage over single electron transfer in activating inert substances. Natural PCET enzyme catalysis generally requires tripartite preorganization of proton relay, substrate-bound active center, and redox mediator, making the processes efficient and precluding side reactions. Inspired by this, a heterogeneous photocatalytic PCET system was established to achieve higher PCET driving forces by modifying proton relays into anthraquinone-based anionic coordination polymers. The proximally separated proton relays and photoredox-mediating anthraquinone moiety allowed pre-assembly of inert substrate between them, merging proton and electron into unsaturated bonds by photoreductive PCET, which enhanced reaction kinetics compared with the counter catalyst without proton relay. This photocatalytic PCET method was applied to a broad-scoped reduction of aryl ketones, unsaturated carbonyls, and aromatic compounds. The distinctive regioselectivities for the reduction of isoquinoline derivatives were found to occur on the carbon-ring sides. PCET-generated radical intermediate of quinoline could be trapped by alkene for proton relay-assisted Minisci addition, forming the pharmaceutical aza-acenaphthene scaffold within one step. When using heteroatom(X)-H/C-H compounds as proton-electron donors, this protocol could activate these inert bonds through photooxidative PCET to afford radicals and trap them by electron-deficient unsaturated compounds, furnishing the direct X-H/C-H functionalization.
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- Mochen Li
- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Frontier Science Center for Smart Materials, School of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemistry, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Frontier Science Center for Smart Materials, School of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemistry, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Frontier Science Center for Smart Materials, School of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemistry, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Frontier Science Center for Smart Materials, School of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemistry, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, P. R. China
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Quiroz M, Jana M, Liu K, Bhuvanesh N, Hall MB, Darensbourg MY. Site specific redox properties in ligand differentiated di-nickel complexes inspired by the acetyl CoA synthase active site. Dalton Trans 2024; 53:7414-7423. [PMID: 38591102 DOI: 10.1039/d4dt00306c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/10/2024]
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Bimetallic transition metal complexes with site-specific redox properties offer a versatile platform for understanding electron polarization, intramolecular electron transfer processes, and customizing electronic and magnetic properties that might impact reactivity and catalyst design. Inspired by the dissymmetric nickel sites in the Acetyl CoA Synthase (ACS) Active Site, three new bimetallic Ni(N2S2)-Ni(S2C2R2) complexes based on Ni(N2S2) metalloligand donor synthons, Nid, in mimicry of the nickel site distal to the redox-active iron sulfur cluster of ACS, and nickel dithiolene receiver units, designated as Nip, the nickel proximal to the 4Fe4S cluster, were combined to explore the influence of ligand environment on electronic structure and redox properties of each unit. The combination of synthons gave a matrix of three S-bridged dinickel complexes, characterized by X-ray crystallography, and appropriate spectroscopies. Computational modeling is connected to the electronic characteristics of the nickel donor and receiver units. This study demonstrated the intricacies of identifying sites of electrochemical redox processes, within multi-metallic systems containing non-innocent ligands.
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- Manuel Quiroz
- Department of Chemistry, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA.
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Mukhopadhyay S, Naeem MS, Shiva Shanker G, Ghatak A, Kottaichamy AR, Shimoni R, Avram L, Liberman I, Balilty R, Ifraemov R, Rozenberg I, Shalom M, López N, Hod I. Local CO 2 reservoir layer promotes rapid and selective electrochemical CO 2 reduction. Nat Commun 2024; 15:3397. [PMID: 38649389 PMCID: PMC11035706 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-47498-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2023] [Accepted: 04/04/2024] [Indexed: 04/25/2024] Open
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Electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction in aqueous electrolytes is a promising route to produce added-value chemicals and decrease carbon emissions. However, even in Gas-Diffusion Electrode devices, low aqueous CO2 solubility limits catalysis rate and selectivity. Here, we demonstrate that when assembled over a heterogeneous electrocatalyst, a film of nitrile-modified Metal-Organic Framework (MOF) acts as a remarkable CO2-solvation layer that increases its local concentration by ~27-fold compared to bulk electrolyte, reaching 0.82 M. When mounted on a Bi catalyst in a Gas Diffusion Electrode, the MOF drastically improves CO2-to-HCOOH conversion, reaching above 90% selectivity and partial HCOOH currents of 166 mA/cm2 (at -0.9 V vs RHE). The MOF also facilitates catalysis through stabilization of reaction intermediates, as identified by operando infrared spectroscopy and Density Functional Theory. Hence, the presented strategy provides new molecular means to enhance heterogeneous electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction, leading it closer to the requirements for practical implementation.
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- Subhabrata Mukhopadhyay
- Department of Chemistry and Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, 8410501, Israel
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- Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ-CERCA), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), 43007, Tarragona, Spain
- Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Pl. Imperial Tarraco 1, 43005, Tarragona, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry and Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, 8410501, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry and Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, 8410501, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry and Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, 8410501, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry and Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, 8410501, Israel
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- Department of Chemical Research Support Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry and Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, 8410501, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry and Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, 8410501, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry and Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, 8410501, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry and Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, 8410501, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry and Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, 8410501, Israel
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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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- Department of Chemistry and Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, 8410501, Israel.
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Chen S, Chung LH, Chen S, Jiang Z, Li N, Hu J, Liao WM, He J. Efficient Lead Removal by Assembly of Bio-Derived Ellagate Framework, Which Enables Electrocatalytic Reduction of CO 2 to Formate. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024:e2400978. [PMID: 38593307 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202400978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2024] [Revised: 03/19/2024] [Indexed: 04/11/2024]
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Lead (Pb) poisoning and CO2-induced global warming represent two exemplary environmental and energy issues threatening humanity. Various biomass-derived materials are reported to take up Pb and convert CO2 electrochemically into low-valent carbon species, but these works address the problems separately rather than settle the issues simultaneously. In this work, cheap, natural ellagic acid (EA) extracted from common plants is adopted to assemble a stable metal-organic framework (MOF), EA-Pb, by effective capture of Pb2+ ions in an aqueous medium (removal rate close to 99%). EA-Pb represents the first structurally well-defined Pb-based MOF showing selective electrocatalytic CO2-to-HCOO- conversion with Faradaic efficiency (FE) of 95.37% at -1.08 V versus RHE. The catalytic mechanism is studied by 13CO2 labeling, in situ diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy (DRIFTS), and theoretical calculation. The use of EA-Pb as an electrocatalyst for CO2 reduction represents a 2-in-1 solution of converting detrimental wastes (Pb2+) as well as natural resources (EA) into wealth (electrocatalytic EA-Pb) for addressing the global warming issue.
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- Song Chen
- School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510006, P. R. China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510006, P. R. China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510006, P. R. China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510006, P. R. China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510006, P. R. China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510006, P. R. China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510006, P. R. China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510006, P. R. China
- Guangdong Provincial Laboratory of Chemistry and Fine Chemical Engineering Jieyang Center, Jieyang, 515200, P. R. China
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Wang N, Shao C, Zhang R, Zhang Y, Min Z, Chang B, Fan M, Wang J. Metal-Organic Framework Derived Bi-O-Sn/C Nanostructure: Tailoring the Adsorption Site of Dominant Intermediate for Highly Efficient CO 2 Electroreduction to Formate. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024; 20:e2306129. [PMID: 37880905 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202306129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2023] [Revised: 09/29/2023] [Indexed: 10/27/2023]
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Electrochemical CO2 reduction into high-value-added formic acid/formate is an attractive strategy to mitigate global warming and achieve energy sustainability. However, the adsorption energy of most catalysts for the key intermediate *OCHO is usually weak, and how to rationally optimize the adsorption of *OCHO is challenging. Here, an effective Bi-Sn bimetallic electrocatalyst (Bi1 -O-Sn1 @C) where a Bi-O-Sn bridge-type nanostructure is constructed with O as an electron bridge is reported. The electronic structure of Sn is precisely tuned by electron transfer from Bi to Sn through O bridge, resulting in the optimal adsorption energy of intermediate *OCHO on the surface of Sn and the enhanced activity for formate production. Thus, the Bi1 -O-Sn1 @C exhibits an excellent Faradaic efficiency (FE) of 97.7% at -1.1 V (vs RHE) for CO2 reduction to formate (HCOO- ) and a high current density of 310 mA cm-2 at -1.5 V, which is one of the best results catalyzed by Bi- and Sn-based catalysts reported previously. Impressively, the FE exceeds 93% at a wide potential range from -0.9 to -1.4 V. In-situ ATR-FTIR, in-situ Raman, and DFT calculations confirm the unique role of the bridge-type structure of Bi-O-Sn in highly efficient electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 into formate.
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- Nan Wang
- Collaborative Innovation Centre of Henan Province for Green Manufacturing of Fine Chemicals, Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Media and Reactions, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, Henan, 453007, P. R. China
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- Collaborative Innovation Centre of Henan Province for Green Manufacturing of Fine Chemicals, Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Media and Reactions, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, Henan, 453007, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Clean and Efficient Coal Utilization, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, Shanxi, 030024, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Clean and Efficient Coal Utilization, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, Shanxi, 030024, P. R. China
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- Collaborative Innovation Centre of Henan Province for Green Manufacturing of Fine Chemicals, Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Media and Reactions, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, Henan, 453007, P. R. China
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- School of Environment, Key Laboratory for Yellow River and Huai River Water Environment and Pollution Control, Ministry of Education, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, Henan, 453007, P. R. China
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- College of Engineering and Physical Sciences, and School of Energy Resources, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, 82071, USA
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- Collaborative Innovation Centre of Henan Province for Green Manufacturing of Fine Chemicals, Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Media and Reactions, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, Henan, 453007, P. R. China
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Li J, Chen Y, Yao B, Yang W, Cui X, Liu H, Dai S, Xi S, Sun Z, Chen W, Qin Y, Wang J, He Q, Ling C, Wang D, Zhang Z. Cascade Dual Sites Modulate Local CO Coverage and Hydrogen-Binding Strength to Boost CO 2 Electroreduction to Ethylene. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:5693-5701. [PMID: 38335459 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c00475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2024]
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Rationally modulating the binding strength of reaction intermediates on surface sites of copper-based catalysts could facilitate C-C coupling to generate multicarbon products in an electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction. Herein, theoretical calculations reveal that cascade Ag-Cu dual sites could synergistically increase local CO coverage and lower the kinetic barrier for CO protonation, leading to enhanced asymmetric C-C coupling to generate C2H4. As a proof of concept, the Cu3N-Ag nanocubes (NCs) with Ag located in partial Cu sites and a Cu3N unit center are successfully synthesized. The Faraday efficiency and partial current density of C2H4 over Cu3N-Ag NCs are 7.8 and 9.0 times those of Cu3N NCs, respectively. In situ spectroscopies combined with theoretical calculations confirm that Ag sites produce CO and Cu sites promote asymmetric C-C coupling to *COCHO, significantly enhancing the generation of C2H4. Our work provides new insights into the cascade catalysis strategy at the atomic scale for boosting CO2 to multicarbon products.
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- Junjun Li
- Department of Chemistry, School of Science; Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- Key Laboratory of Quantum Materials and Devices of Ministry of Education, School of Physics, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China
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- Department of Material Science and Engineering, College of Design and Engineering, National University of Singapore, 9 Engineering Drive 1, EA #03-09, Singapore 117575, Singapore
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- Julong College, Shenzhen Technology University, Shenzhen 518118, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Institute for New Energy Materials and Low-Carbon Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Porous Materials, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science & Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Institute of Sustainability for Chemicals, Energy and Environment (ISCE2), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), 1 Pesek Road Jurong Island, Singapore 627833, Republic of Singapore
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Construction Tailorable Advanced Functional Materials and Green Applications, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Construction Tailorable Advanced Functional Materials and Green Applications, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- College of Sciences, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450000, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Quantum Materials and Devices of Ministry of Education, School of Physics, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China
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- Department of Material Science and Engineering, College of Design and Engineering, National University of Singapore, 9 Engineering Drive 1, EA #03-09, Singapore 117575, Singapore
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- Key Laboratory of Quantum Materials and Devices of Ministry of Education, School of Physics, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science; Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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Cobb SJ, Rodríguez-Jiménez S, Reisner E. Connecting Biological and Synthetic Approaches for Electrocatalytic CO 2 Reduction. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202310547. [PMID: 37983571 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202310547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2023] [Revised: 11/07/2023] [Accepted: 11/20/2023] [Indexed: 11/22/2023]
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Electrocatalytic CO2 reduction has developed into a broad field, spanning fundamental studies of enzymatic 'model' catalysts to synthetic molecular catalysts and heterogeneous gas diffusion electrodes producing commercially relevant quantities of product. This diversification has resulted in apparent differences and a disconnect between seemingly related approaches when using different types of catalysts. Enzymes possess discrete and well understood active sites that can perform reactions with high selectivity and activities at their thermodynamic limit. Synthetic small molecule catalysts can be designed with desired active site composition but do not yet display enzyme-like performance. These properties of the biological and small molecule catalysts contrast with heterogeneous materials, which can contain multiple, often poorly understood active sites with distinct reactivity and therefore introducing significant complexity in understanding their activities. As these systems are being better understood and the continuously improving performance of their heterogeneous active sites closes the gap with enzymatic activity, this performance difference between heterogeneous and enzymatic systems begins to close. This convergence removes the barriers between using different types of catalysts and future challenges can be addressed without multiple efforts as a unified picture for the biological-synthetic catalyst spectrum emerges.
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- Samuel J Cobb
- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK
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- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK
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Sonea A, Crudo NR, Warren JJ. Understanding the Interplay of the Brønsted Acidity of Catalyst Ancillary Groups and the Solution Components in Iron-porphyrin-Mediated Carbon Dioxide Reduction. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:3721-3731. [PMID: 38307036 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c10127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2024]
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The rapid and efficient conversion of carbon dioxide (CO2) to carbon monoxide (CO) is an ongoing challenge. Catalysts based on iron-porphyrin cores have emerged as excellent electrochemical mediators of the two proton + two electron reduction of CO2 to CO, and many of the design features that promote function are known. Of those design features, the incorporation of Brønsted acids in the second coordination sphere of the iron ion has a significant impact on catalyst turnover kinetics. The Brønsted acids are often in the form of hydroxyphenyl groups. Herein, we explore how the acidity of an ancillary 2-hydroxyphenyl group affects the performance of CO2 reduction electrocatalysts. A series of meso-5,10,15,20-tetraaryl porphyrins were prepared where only the functional group at the 5-meso position has an ionizable proton. A series of cyclic voltammetry (CV) experiments reveal that the complex with -OMe positioned para to the ionizable -OH shows the largest CO2 reduction rate constants in acetonitrile solvent. This is the least acidic -OH of the compounds surveyed. The turnover frequency of the -OMe derivative can be further improved with the addition of 4-trifluoromethylphenol to the solution. In contrast, the iron-porphyrin complex with -CF3 positioned opposite the ionizable -OH shows the smallest CO2 reduction rate constants, and its turnover frequency is less enhanced with the addition of phenols to the reaction solutions. The origin of this effect is rationalized based on kinetic isotope effect experiments and density functional calculations. We conclude that catalysts with weaker internal acids coupled with stronger external acid additives provide superior CO2 reduction kinetics.
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- Ana Sonea
- Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada
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Zhang S, Xu C, Ren R, Qiao J, Wang Z, Sun W, Sun K. Self-Assembly Dual Active Site Nanocomposite Anode Ce 0.6Mn 0.3Fe 0.1O 2-δ/NiFe/MnO x for Electrooxidative Dehydrogenation of Ethane to Ethylene. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2024; 16:3451-3459. [PMID: 38194627 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c16107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2024]
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As the demand for ethylene grows continuously in industry, conversion of ethane to ethylene has become more and more important; however, it still faces fundamental challenges of low ethane conversion, low ethylene selectivity, overoxidation, and instability of catalysts. Electrooxidative dehydrogenation of ethane (EODHE) in a solid oxide electrolysis cell (SOEC) is an alternative process. Here, a multiphase oxide Ce0.6Mn0.3Fe0.1O2-δ-NiFe-MnOx has been fabricated by a self-assembly process and utilized as the SOEC anode material for EODHE. The highest ethane conversions reached 52.23% with 94.11% ethylene selectivity at the anode side and CO with 10.9 mL min-1 cm-2 at the cathode side, at 1.8 V at 700 °C. The remarkable electrooxidative performance of CMF-NiFe-MnOx is ascribed to the NiFe alloy and MnOx nanoparticles and improvement of the concentration of oxygen vacancies within the fluorite substrate, generating dual active sites for C2H6 adsorption, dehydrogenation, and selective transformation of hydrogen without overoxidizing the ethylene generated. Such a tailored strategy achieves no significant degradation observed after 120 h of operation and constitutes a promising basis for EODHE.
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- Shixian Zhang
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, People's Republic of China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Chemical Power Source and Green Catalysis, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, People's Republic of China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Chemical Power Source and Green Catalysis, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, People's Republic of China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Chemical Power Source and Green Catalysis, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, People's Republic of China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Chemical Power Source and Green Catalysis, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, People's Republic of China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Chemical Power Source and Green Catalysis, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, People's Republic of China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Chemical Power Source and Green Catalysis, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, People's Republic of China
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Bysani VR, Alam AS, Bar-Even A, Machens F. Engineering and evolution of the complete Reductive Glycine Pathway in Saccharomyces cerevisiae for formate and CO 2 assimilation. Metab Eng 2024; 81:167-181. [PMID: 38040111 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2023.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2023] [Revised: 11/08/2023] [Accepted: 11/25/2023] [Indexed: 12/03/2023]
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Using captured CO2 and C1-feedstocks like formate and methanol derived from electrochemical activation of CO2 are key solutions for transforming industrial processes towards a circular carbon economy. Engineering formate and CO2-based growth in the biotechnologically relevant yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae could boost the emergence of a formate-mediated circular bio-economy. This study adopts a growth-coupled selection scheme for modular implementation of the Reductive Glycine Pathway (RGP) and subsequent Adaptive Laboratory Evolution (ALE) to enable formate and CO2 assimilation for biomass formation in yeast. We first constructed a serine biosensor strain and then implemented the serine synthesis module of the RGP into yeast, establishing glycine and serine synthesis from formate and CO2. ALE improved the RGP-dependent growth by 8-fold. 13C-labeling experiments reveal glycine, serine, and pyruvate synthesis via the RGP, demonstrating the complete pathway activity. Further, we re-established formate and CO2-dependent growth in non-evolved biosensor strains via reverse-engineering a mutation in GDH1 identified from ALE. This mutation led to significantly more 13C-formate assimilation than in WT without any selection or overexpression of the RGP. Overall, we demonstrated the activity of the complete RGP, showing evidence for carbon transfer from formate to pyruvate coupled with CO2 assimilation.
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- Viswanada R Bysani
- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476, Potsdam-Golm, Germany.
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476, Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476, Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476, Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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Wang X, Guo A, Wang Y, Chen Z, Guo Y, Xie H, Shan W, Zhang J. Br-doped Cu nanoparticle formed by in situ restructuring for highly efficient electrochemical reduction of CO 2 to formate. J Colloid Interface Sci 2024; 653:238-245. [PMID: 37716303 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.09.072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2023] [Revised: 08/29/2023] [Accepted: 09/10/2023] [Indexed: 09/18/2023]
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Electrochemical conversion of CO2 into chemical feedstock, such as an energy-dense liquid product (formate), is desirable to address the excessive emission of greenhouse gases and store energy. Cu-based catalysts exhibit great advantages in electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (eCO2RR) due to their low cost and high abundance, but suffer from low selectivity of formate. In this work, a facile one-pot approach is developed to synthesize CuBr nanoparticle (CuBr NP) that can conduct in situ dynamic restructuring during eCO2RR to generate Br-doped Cu NP. The in situ-formed Br-doped Cu NP can afford up to 91.6% Faradaic efficiency (FE) for formate production with a partial current density of 15.1 mA·cm-2 at -0.94 V vs. reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE) in an H-type cell. Moreover, Br-doped Cu NP can deliver excellent long-term stability for up to 25 h. The first-principles density functional theory (DFT) calculations show that the doped Br can regulate the electronic structure of Cu active sites to optimize the adsorption of the HCOO* intermediate, greatly hindering the formation of CO and H2. This work provides a strategy for electronic modulation of metal active site and suggests new opportunities in high selectivity for electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 to formate over Cu-based catalysts.
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- Xiaoxiao Wang
- Biochemical Engineering Research Center, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anhui University of Technology, Ma'anshan 243032, PR China.
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- Biochemical Engineering Research Center, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anhui University of Technology, Ma'anshan 243032, PR China
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- Biochemical Engineering Research Center, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anhui University of Technology, Ma'anshan 243032, PR China
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- Biochemical Engineering Research Center, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anhui University of Technology, Ma'anshan 243032, PR China
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- Biochemical Engineering Research Center, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anhui University of Technology, Ma'anshan 243032, PR China
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- Hangzhou Yanqu Information Technology Co.,Ltd, Y2, 2nd Floor, Building 2, Xixi Legu Creative Pioneering Park, No. 712 Wen'er West Road, Xihu District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province 310003, PR China
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- Biochemical Engineering Research Center, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anhui University of Technology, Ma'anshan 243032, PR China
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- School of Fundamental Sciences, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu 233030, PR China.
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Wan M, Yang Z, Morgan H, Shi J, Shi F, Liu M, Wong HW, Gu Z, Che F. Enhanced CO 2 Reactive Capture and Conversion Using Aminothiolate Ligand-Metal Interface. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:26038-26051. [PMID: 37973169 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c06888] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2023]
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Metallic catalyst modification by organic ligands is an emerging catalyst design in enhancing the activity and selectivity of electrocatalytic carbon dioxide (CO2) reactive capture and reduction to value-added fuels. However, a lack of fundamental science on how these ligand-metal interfaces interact with CO2 and key intermediates under working conditions has resulted in a trial-and-error approach for experimental designs. With the aid of density functional theory calculations, we provided a comprehensive mechanism study of CO2 reduction to multicarbon products over aminothiolate-coated copper (Cu) catalysts. Our results indicate that the CO2 reduction performance was closely related to the alkyl chain length, ligand coverage, ligand configuration, and Cu facet. The aminothiolate ligand-Cu interface significantly promoted initial CO2 activation and lowered the activation barrier of carbon-carbon coupling through the organic (nitrogen (N)) and inorganic (Cu) interfacial active sites. Experimentally, the selectivity and partial current density of the multicarbon products over aminothiolate-coated Cu increased by 1.5-fold and 2-fold, respectively, as compared to the pristine Cu at -1.16 VRHE, consistent with our theoretical findings. This work highlights the promising strategy of designing the ligand-metal interface for CO2 reactive capture and conversion to multicarbon products.
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- Mingyu Wan
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, Massachusetts 01854, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, Massachusetts 01854, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, Massachusetts 01854, United States
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States
- Energy Sciences Institute, Yale University, West Haven, Connecticut 06520, United States
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- National Energy Technology Laboratory, P.O. Box 10940, 626 Cochrans Mill Road, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15236, United States
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States
- Energy Sciences Institute, Yale University, West Haven, Connecticut 06520, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, Massachusetts 01854, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, Massachusetts 01854, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, Massachusetts 01854, United States
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Velasco-Garcia L, Casadevall C. Bioinspired photocatalytic systems towards compartmentalized artificial photosynthesis. Commun Chem 2023; 6:263. [PMID: 38049562 PMCID: PMC10695942 DOI: 10.1038/s42004-023-01069-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2023] [Accepted: 11/21/2023] [Indexed: 12/06/2023] Open
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Artificial photosynthesis aims to produce fuels and chemicals from simple building blocks (i.e. water and carbon dioxide) using sunlight as energy source. Achieving effective photocatalytic systems necessitates a comprehensive understanding of the underlying mechanisms and factors that control the reactivity. This review underscores the growing interest in utilizing bioinspired artificial vesicles to develop compartmentalized photocatalytic systems. Herein, we summarize different scaffolds employed to develop artificial vesicles, and discuss recent examples where such systems are used to study pivotal processes of artificial photosynthesis, including light harvesting, charge transfer, and fuel production. These systems offer valuable lessons regarding the appropriate choice of membrane scaffolds, reaction partners and spatial arrangement to enhance photocatalytic activity, selectivity and efficiency. These studies highlight the pivotal role of the membrane to increase the stability of the immobilized reaction partners, generate a suitable local environment, and force proximity between electron donor and acceptor molecules (or catalysts and photosensitizers) to increase electron transfer rates. Overall, these findings pave the way for further development of bioinspired photocatalytic systems for compartmentalized artificial photosynthesis.
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- Laura Velasco-Garcia
- Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Avinguda dels Països Catalans, 16, 43007, Tarragona, Spain
- Department of Physical and Inorganic Chemistry, University Rovira i Virgili (URV), C/ Marcel.lí Domingo, 1, 43007, Tarragona, Spain
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- Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Avinguda dels Països Catalans, 16, 43007, Tarragona, Spain.
- Department of Physical and Inorganic Chemistry, University Rovira i Virgili (URV), C/ Marcel.lí Domingo, 1, 43007, Tarragona, Spain.
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Einsle O. Catalysis and structure of nitrogenases. Curr Opin Struct Biol 2023; 83:102719. [PMID: 37802004 DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2023.102719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2023] [Revised: 09/03/2023] [Accepted: 09/06/2023] [Indexed: 10/08/2023]
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In providing bioavailable nitrogen as building blocks for all classes of biomacromolecules, biological nitrogen fixation is an essential process for all organismic life. Only a single enzyme, nitrogenase, performs this task at ambient conditions and with ATP as an energy source. The assembly of the complex iron-sulfur enzyme nitrogenase and its catalytic mechanism remains a matter of intense study. Recent progress in the structural analysis of the three known isoforms of nitrogenase-differentiated primarily by the heterometal in their active site cofactor-has revealed a degree of structural plasticity of these clusters that suggest two distinct binding sites for substrates and reaction intermediates. A mechanistic proposal based on this finding integrates most of the available experimental data. Furthermore, the first applications of high-resolution cryo-electron microscopy have highlighted further dynamic conformational changes. Structures obtained under turnover conditions support the proposed alternating half-site reactivity in the C2-symmetric nitrogenase complex.
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- Oliver Einsle
- Institut für Biochemie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Albertstrasse 21, 79104 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.
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Chu N, Jiang Y, Wang D, Li D, Zeng RJ. Super-fast Charging Biohybrid Batteries through a Power-to-formate-to-bioelectricity Process by Combining Microbial Electrochemistry and CO 2 Electrolysis. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202312147. [PMID: 37801326 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202312147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2023] [Revised: 09/24/2023] [Accepted: 10/06/2023] [Indexed: 10/07/2023]
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Extensive study on renewable energy storage has been sparked by the growing worries regarding global warming. In this study, incorporating the latest advancements in microbial electrochemistry and electrochemical CO2 reduction, a super-fast charging biohybrid battery was introduced by using pure formic acid as an energy carrier. CO2 electrolyser with a slim-catholyte layer and a solid electrolyte layer was built, which made it possible to use affordable anion exchange membranes and electrocatalysts that are readily accessible. The biohybrid battery only required a 3-minute charging to accomplish an astounding 25-hour discharging phase. In the power-to-formate-to-bioelectricity process, bioconversion played a vital role in restricting both the overall Faradaic efficiency and Energy efficiency. The CO2 electrolyser was able to operate continuously for an impressive total duration of 164 hours under Gas Stand-By model, by storing N2 gas in the extraction chamber during stand-by periods. Additionally, the electric signal generated during the discharging phase was utilized for monitoring water biotoxicity. Functional genes related to formate metabolism were identified in the bioanode and electrochemically active bacteria were discovered. On the other hand, Paracoccus was predominantly found in the used air cathode. These results advance our current knowledge of exploiting biohybrid technology.
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- Na Chu
- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Soil Environmental Health and Regulation, College of Resources and Environment, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China
- CAS Key Laboratory of Environmental and Applied Microbiology, Environmental Microbiology Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, 610041, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Soil Environmental Health and Regulation, College of Resources and Environment, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China
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- Key Laboratory of Drinking Water Science and Technology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Environmental and Applied Microbiology, Environmental Microbiology Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, 610041, China
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- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Soil Environmental Health and Regulation, College of Resources and Environment, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China
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Guria S, Dolui D, Das C, Ghorai S, Vishal V, Maiti D, Lahiri GK, Dutta A. Energy-efficient CO 2/CO interconversion by homogeneous copper-based molecular catalysts. Nat Commun 2023; 14:6859. [PMID: 37891216 PMCID: PMC10611766 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-42638-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2023] [Accepted: 10/16/2023] [Indexed: 10/29/2023] Open
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Facile conversion of CO2 to commercially viable carbon feedstocks offer a unique way to adopt a net-zero carbon scenario. Synthetic CO2-reducing catalysts have rarely exhibited energy-efficient and selective CO2 conversion. Here, the carbon monoxide dehydrogenase (CODH) enzyme blueprint is imitated by a molecular copper complex coordinated by redox-active ligands. This strategy has unveiled one of the rarest examples of synthetic molecular complex-driven reversible CO2 reduction/CO oxidation catalysis under regulated conditions, a hallmark of natural enzymes. The inclusion of a proton-exchanging amine groups in the periphery of the copper complex provides the leeway to modulate the biases of catalysts toward CO2 reduction and CO oxidation in organic and aqueous media. The detailed spectroelectrochemical analysis confirms the synchronous participation of copper and redox-active ligands along with the peripheral amines during this energy-efficient CO2 reduction/CO oxidation. This finding can be vital in abating the carbon footprint-free in multiple industrial processes.
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- Somnath Guria
- Chemistry Department, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, 400076, India
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- Chemistry Department, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, 400076, India
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- Chemistry Department, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, 400076, India
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- Chemistry Department, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, 400076, India
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- Earth Sciences Department, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, 400076, India
- Interdisciplinary Program in Climate Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, 400076, India
- National Center of Excellence in Carbon Capture and Utilization, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, 400076, India
- UrjanovaC Private Limited, Powai, Mumbai, 400076, India
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- Chemistry Department, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, 400076, India
- Interdisciplinary Program in Climate Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, 400076, India
- National Center of Excellence in Carbon Capture and Utilization, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, 400076, India
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- Chemistry Department, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, 400076, India
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- Chemistry Department, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, 400076, India.
- Interdisciplinary Program in Climate Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, 400076, India.
- National Center of Excellence in Carbon Capture and Utilization, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, 400076, India.
- UrjanovaC Private Limited, Powai, Mumbai, 400076, India.
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Jin H, Xu J, Liu H, Shen H, Yu H, Jaroniec M, Zheng Y, Qiao SZ. Emerging materials and technologies for electrocatalytic seawater splitting. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2023; 9:eadi7755. [PMID: 37851797 PMCID: PMC10584342 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adi7755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2023] [Accepted: 09/15/2023] [Indexed: 10/20/2023]
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The limited availability of freshwater in renewable energy-rich areas has led to the exploration of seawater electrolysis for green hydrogen production. However, the complex composition of seawater presents substantial challenges such as electrode corrosion and electrolyzer failure, calling into question the technological and economic feasibility of direct seawater splitting. Despite many efforts, a comprehensive overview and analysis of seawater electrolysis, including electrochemical fundamentals, materials, and technologies of recent breakthroughs, is still lacking. In this review, we systematically examine recent advances in electrocatalytic seawater splitting and critically evaluate the obstacles to optimizing water supply, materials, and devices for stable hydrogen production from seawater. We demonstrate that robust materials and innovative technologies, especially selective catalysts and high-performance devices, are critical for efficient seawater electrolysis. We then outline and discuss future directions that could advance the techno-economic feasibility of this emerging field, providing a roadmap toward the design and commercialization of materials that can enable efficient, cost-effective, and sustainable seawater electrolysis.
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- Huanyu Jin
- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
- Institute for Sustainability, Energy and Resources, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
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- Future Industries Institute, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes Campus, Adelaide, SA 5095, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242, USA
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- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
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- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
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Li K, Ge S, Wei X, Zou W, Wang X, Qian Q, Gao B, Dong L. Asymmetric Ligands of a Metal-Organic Framework on Enhanced Photocatalytic CO 2 Reduction. Inorg Chem 2023; 62:15824-15828. [PMID: 37721412 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c02272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/19/2023]
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Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have been studied extensively in the catalytic field. However, the role of ligands in catalysis has been less well investigated. Here, an asymmetric ligand photocatalytic strategy for CO2 reduction in MOFs is first proposed. MOF-303(Al) with asymmetric ligands (pyrazolyldicarboxylic acid) exhibits synergistic catalytic effects. Specifically, pyrazoles participate in CO2 activation; i.e., pyrazole and μ2-OH form hydrogen bonds with CO2 to polarize C═O bonds. Furthermore, the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO; A pyrazole) and highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO; B pyrazole) act as the electron donor and acceptor to spatially separate the excited electron-hole, with A and B pyrazoles for CO2 and H2O adsorption to avoid competition, respectively. Owing to its advantages, MOF-303-modified g-C3N4 achieves nonsacrificial and transition-metal-free photocatalytic CO2 reduction to CO of 16.19 μmol·g-1·h-1, significantly higher than that of g-C3N4. This work provides fresh insights into asymmetric ligands in photocatalytic CO2 reduction.
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- Ke Li
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Vehicle Emissions Control, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Vehicle Emissions Control, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Vehicle Emissions Control, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Vehicle Emissions Control, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, P. R. China
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- Center for Microscopy and Analysis, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Jiangjun Road 29, Jiangning, Nanjing 211106, P. R. China
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- National and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Municipal Sewage Resource Utilization Technology, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou 215009, China
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180, United States
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Vehicle Emissions Control, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, P. R. China
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De La Torre P, An L, Chang CJ. Porosity as a Design Element for Developing Catalytic Molecular Materials for Electrochemical and Photochemical Carbon Dioxide Reduction. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2023; 35:e2302122. [PMID: 37144618 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202302122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2023] [Revised: 04/14/2023] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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The catalytic reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2 ) using sustainable energy inputs is a promising strategy for upcycling of atmospheric carbon into value-added chemical products. This goal has inspired the development of catalysts for selective and efficient CO2 conversion using electrochemical and photochemical methods. Among the diverse array of catalyst systems designed for this purpose, 2D and 3D platforms that feature porosity offer the potential to combine carbon capture and conversion. Included are covalent organic frameworks (COFs), metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), porous molecular cages, and other hybrid molecular materials developed to increase active site exposure, stability, and water compatibility while maintaining precise molecular tunability. This mini-review showcases catalysts for the CO2 reduction reaction (CO2 RR) that incorporate well-defined molecular elements integrated into porous materials structures. Selected examples provide insights into how different approaches to this overall design strategy can augment their electrocatalytic and/or photocatalytic CO2 reduction activity.
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- Patricia De La Torre
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720-1460, USA
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720-1460, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720-1460, USA
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720-1460, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720-1460, USA
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720-1460, USA
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720-1460, USA
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Tan X, Jia S, Song X, Ma X, Feng J, Zhang L, Wu L, Du J, Chen A, Zhu Q, Sun X, Han B. Zn-induced electron-rich Sn catalysts enable highly efficient CO 2 electroreduction to formate. Chem Sci 2023; 14:8214-8221. [PMID: 37538823 PMCID: PMC10395268 DOI: 10.1039/d3sc02790b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2023] [Accepted: 07/08/2023] [Indexed: 08/05/2023] Open
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Renewable-energy-driven CO2 electroreduction provides a promising way to address the growing greenhouse effect issue and produce value-added chemicals. As one of the bulk chemicals, formic acid/formate has the highest revenue per mole of electrons among various products. However, the scaling up of CO2-to-formate for practical applications with high faradaic efficiency (FE) and current density is constrained by the difficulty of precisely reconciling the competing intermediates (*COOH and HCOO*). Herein, a Zn-induced electron-rich Sn electrocatalyst was reported for CO2-to-formate with high efficiency. The faradaic efficiency of formate (FEformate) could reach 96.6%, and FEformate > 90% was maintained at formate partial current density up to 625.4 mA cm-1. Detailed study indicated that catalyst reconstruction occurred during electrolysis. With appropriate electron accumulation, the electron-rich Sn catalyst could facilitate the adsorption and activation of CO2 molecules to form a intermediate and then promoted the carbon protonation of to yield a HCOO* intermediate. Afterwards, the HCOO* → HCOOH* proceeded via another proton-coupled electron transfer process, leading to high activity and selectivity for formate production.
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- Xingxing Tan
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface and Thermodynamics, Center for Carbon Neutral Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 P. R. China
- School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface and Thermodynamics, Center for Carbon Neutral Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 P. R. China
- School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface and Thermodynamics, Center for Carbon Neutral Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 P. R. China
- School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface and Thermodynamics, Center for Carbon Neutral Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 P. R. China
- School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface and Thermodynamics, Center for Carbon Neutral Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface and Thermodynamics, Center for Carbon Neutral Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 P. R. China
- School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface and Thermodynamics, Center for Carbon Neutral Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 P. R. China
- School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 P. R. China
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- College of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Hebei University of Science and Technology Shijiazhuang 050018 P. R. China
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- College of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Hebei University of Science and Technology Shijiazhuang 050018 P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface and Thermodynamics, Center for Carbon Neutral Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 P. R. China
- School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface and Thermodynamics, Center for Carbon Neutral Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 P. R. China
- School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface and Thermodynamics, Center for Carbon Neutral Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 P. R. China
- School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 P. R. China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University Shanghai 200062 P. R. China
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Zhang H, Liu T, Dulock N, Williams BP, Wang Y, Chen B, Wikar H, Wang DZ, Brudvig GW, Wang D, Waegele MM. Atomically dispersed Ir catalysts exhibit support-dependent water oxidation kinetics during photocatalysis. Chem Sci 2023; 14:6601-6607. [PMID: 37350819 PMCID: PMC10283500 DOI: 10.1039/d3sc00603d] [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: 02/02/2023] [Accepted: 05/25/2023] [Indexed: 06/24/2023] Open
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Heterogeneous water oxidation catalysis is central to the development of renewable energy technologies. Recent research has suggested that the reaction mechanisms are sensitive to the hole density at the active sites. However, these previous results were obtained on catalysts of different materials featuring distinct active sites, making it difficult to discriminate between competing explanations. Here, a comparison study based on heterogenized dinuclear Ir catalysts (Ir-DHC), which feature the same type of active site on different supports, is reported. The prototypical reaction was water oxidation triggered by pulsed irradiation of suspensions containing a light sensitizer, Ru(bpy)32+, and a sacrificial electron scavenger, S2O82-. It was found that at relatively low temperatures (288-298 K), the water oxidation activities of Ir-DHC on indium tin oxide (ITO) and CeO2 supports were comparable within the studied range of fluences (62-151 mW cm-2). By contrast, at higher temperatures (310-323 K), Ir-DHC on ITO exhibited a ca. 100% higher water oxidation activity than on CeO2. The divergent activities were attributed to the distinct abilities of the supporting substrates in redistributing holes. The differences were only apparent at relatively high temperatures when hole redistribution to the active site became a limiting factor. These findings highlight the critical role of the supporting substrate in determining the turnover at active sites of heterogeneous catalysts.
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- Hongna Zhang
- Department of Chemistry, Boston College, Merkert Chemistry Center Chestnut Hill Massachusetts 02467 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston College, Merkert Chemistry Center Chestnut Hill Massachusetts 02467 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston College, Merkert Chemistry Center Chestnut Hill Massachusetts 02467 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston College, Merkert Chemistry Center Chestnut Hill Massachusetts 02467 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston College, Merkert Chemistry Center Chestnut Hill Massachusetts 02467 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston College, Merkert Chemistry Center Chestnut Hill Massachusetts 02467 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston College, Merkert Chemistry Center Chestnut Hill Massachusetts 02467 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston College, Merkert Chemistry Center Chestnut Hill Massachusetts 02467 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Yale Energy Sciences Institute, Yale University New Haven Connecticut 06520-8107 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston College, Merkert Chemistry Center Chestnut Hill Massachusetts 02467 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston College, Merkert Chemistry Center Chestnut Hill Massachusetts 02467 USA
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Masoumi Z, Tayebi M, Tayebi M, Masoumi Lari SA, Sewwandi N, Seo B, Lim CS, Kim HG, Kyung D. Electrocatalytic Reactions for Converting CO 2 to Value-Added Products: Recent Progress and Emerging Trends. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:9952. [PMID: 37373100 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24129952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2023] [Revised: 06/05/2023] [Accepted: 06/07/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2023] Open
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Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are an important environmental issue that causes greenhouse and climate change effects on the earth. Nowadays, CO2 has various conversion methods to be a potential carbon resource, such as photocatalytic, electrocatalytic, and photo-electrocatalytic. CO2 conversion into value-added products has many advantages, including facile control of the reaction rate by adjusting the applied voltage and minimal environmental pollution. The development of efficient electrocatalysts and improving their viability with appropriate reactor designs is essential for the commercialization of this environmentally friendly method. In addition, microbial electrosynthesis which utilizes an electroactive bio-film electrode as a catalyst can be considered as another option to reduce CO2. This review highlights the methods which can contribute to the increase in efficiency of carbon dioxide reduction (CO2R) processes through electrode structure with the introduction of various electrolytes such as ionic liquid, sulfate, and bicarbonate electrolytes, with the control of pH and with the control of the operating pressure and temperature of the electrolyzer. It also presents the research status, a fundamental understanding of carbon dioxide reduction reaction (CO2RR) mechanisms, the development of electrochemical CO2R technologies, and challenges and opportunities for future research.
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- Zohreh Masoumi
- Department of Civil and Environment Engineering, University of Ulsan, Daehakro 93, Namgu, Ulsan 44610, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Specialty Chemicals, Division of Specialty and Bio-Based Chemicals Technology, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT), Jonggaro 45, Ulsan 44412, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Energy Engineering and Physics, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran 15875-4413, Iran
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- Department of Biology, York University, Farquharson Life Sciences Building, Ottawa Rd, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3, Canada
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- Department of Civil and Environment Engineering, University of Ulsan, Daehakro 93, Namgu, Ulsan 44610, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Specialty Chemicals, Division of Specialty and Bio-Based Chemicals Technology, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT), Jonggaro 45, Ulsan 44412, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Specialty Chemicals, Division of Specialty and Bio-Based Chemicals Technology, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT), Jonggaro 45, Ulsan 44412, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Specialty Chemicals, Division of Specialty and Bio-Based Chemicals Technology, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT), Jonggaro 45, Ulsan 44412, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Civil and Environment Engineering, University of Ulsan, Daehakro 93, Namgu, Ulsan 44610, Republic of Korea
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Tan XQ, Mo W, Lin X, Loh JY, Mohamed AR, Ong WJ. Retrospective insights into recent MXene-based catalysts for CO 2 electro/photoreduction: how far have we gone? NANOSCALE 2023; 15:6536-6562. [PMID: 36942445 DOI: 10.1039/d2nr05718b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The electro/photocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) is a long-term avenue toward synthesizing renewable fuels and value-added chemicals, as well as addressing the global energy crisis and environmental challenges. As a result, current research studies have focused on investigating new materials and implementing numerous fabrication approaches to increase the catalytic performances of electro/photocatalysts toward the CO2RR. MXenes, also known as 2D transition metal carbides, nitrides, and carbonitrides, are intriguing materials with outstanding traits. Since their discovery in 2011, there has been a flurry of interest in MXenes in electrocatalysis and photocatalysis, owing to their several benefits, including high mechanical strength, tunable structure, surface functionality, high specific surface area, and remarkable electrical conductivity. Herein, this review serves as a milestone for the most recent development of MXene-based catalysts for the electrocatalytic and photocatalytic CO2RR. The overall structure of MXenes is described, followed by a summary of several synthesis pathways classified as top-down and bottom-up approaches, including HF-etching, in situ HF-formation, electrochemical etching, and halogen etching. Additionally, the state-of-the-art development in the field of both the electrocatalytic and photocatalytic CO2RR is systematically reviewed. Surface termination modulation and heterostructure engineering of MXene-based electro/photocatalysts, and insights into the reaction mechanism for the comprehension of the structure-performance relationship from the CO2RR via density functional theory (DFT) have been underlined toward activity enhancement. Finally, imperative issues together with future perspectives associated with MXene-based electro/photocatalysts are proposed.
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- Xin-Quan Tan
- School of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University Malaysia, Selangor Darul Ehsan 43900, Malaysia.
- Center of Excellence for NaNo Energy & Catalysis Technology (CONNECT), Xiamen University Malaysia, Selangor Darul Ehsan 43900, Malaysia
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- School of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University Malaysia, Selangor Darul Ehsan 43900, Malaysia.
- Center of Excellence for NaNo Energy & Catalysis Technology (CONNECT), Xiamen University Malaysia, Selangor Darul Ehsan 43900, Malaysia
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- School of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University Malaysia, Selangor Darul Ehsan 43900, Malaysia.
- Center of Excellence for NaNo Energy & Catalysis Technology (CONNECT), Xiamen University Malaysia, Selangor Darul Ehsan 43900, Malaysia
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- School of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University Malaysia, Selangor Darul Ehsan 43900, Malaysia.
- Center of Excellence for NaNo Energy & Catalysis Technology (CONNECT), Xiamen University Malaysia, Selangor Darul Ehsan 43900, Malaysia
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- Low Carbon Economy (LCE) Research Group, School of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Nibong Tebal, 14300 Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
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- School of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University Malaysia, Selangor Darul Ehsan 43900, Malaysia.
- Center of Excellence for NaNo Energy & Catalysis Technology (CONNECT), Xiamen University Malaysia, Selangor Darul Ehsan 43900, Malaysia
- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
- Gulei Innovation Institute, Xiamen University, Zhangzhou 363216, China
- Shenzhen Research Institute of Xiamen University, Shenzhen 518057, China
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Liu Q, Lin J, Cheng H, Wei L, Wang F. Simultaneous co-Photocatalytic CO 2 Reduction and Ethanol Oxidation towards Synergistic Acetaldehyde Synthesis. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202218720. [PMID: 36750405 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202218720] [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: 12/18/2022] [Revised: 02/07/2023] [Accepted: 02/07/2023] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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Photocatalytic conversion of CO2 is of great interest but it often suffers sluggish oxidation half reaction and undesired by-products. Here, we report for the first the simultaneous co-photocatalytic CO2 reduction and ethanol oxidation towards one identical value-added CH3 CHO product on a rubidium and potassium co-modified carbon nitride (CN-KRb). The CN-KRb offers a record photocatalytic activity of 1212.3 μmol h-1 g-1 with a high selectivity of 93.3 % for CH3 CHO production, outperforming all the state-of-art CO2 photocatalysts. It is disclosed that the introduced Rb boosts the *OHCCHO fromation and facilitates the CH3 CHO desorption, while K promotes ethanol adsorption and activation. Moreover, the H+ stemming from ethanol oxidation is confirmed to participate in the CO2 reduction process, endowing near ideal overall atomic economy. This work provides a new strategy for effective use of the photoexcited electron and hole for high selective and sustainable conversion of CO2 paired with oxidation reaction into identical product.
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- Qiong Liu
- Institute of Analysis, Guangdong Academy of Sciences (China National Analytical Center, Guangzhou), Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510070, China.,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Measurement and Emergency Test Technology, China
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- Institute of Analysis, Guangdong Academy of Sciences (China National Analytical Center, Guangzhou), Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510070, China
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- Institute of Analysis, Guangdong Academy of Sciences (China National Analytical Center, Guangzhou), Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510070, China
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- Institute of Analysis, Guangdong Academy of Sciences (China National Analytical Center, Guangzhou), Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510070, China
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- Institute of Analysis, Guangdong Academy of Sciences (China National Analytical Center, Guangzhou), Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510070, China.,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Measurement and Emergency Test Technology, China
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Fors SA, Malapit CA. Homogeneous Catalysis for the Conversion of CO 2, CO, CH 3OH, and CH 4 to C 2+ Chemicals via C–C Bond Formation. ACS Catal 2023. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c05517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/14/2023]
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- Stella A. Fors
- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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Du J, Cheng B, Yuan H, Tao Y, Chen Y, Ming M, Han Z, Eisenberg R. Molecular Nickel Thiolate Complexes for Electrochemical Reduction of CO 2 to C 1-3 Hydrocarbons. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202211804. [PMID: 36599806 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202211804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2022] [Revised: 12/14/2022] [Accepted: 01/04/2023] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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We report the unprecedented electrocatalytic activity of a series of molecular nickel thiolate complexes (1-5) in reducing CO2 to C1-3 hydrocarbons on carbon paper in pH-neutral aqueous solutions. Ni(mpo)2 (3, mpo=2-mercaptopyridyl-N-oxide), Ni(pyS)3 - (4, pyS=2-mercaptopyridine), and Ni(mp)2 - (5, mp=2-mercaptophenolate) were found to generate C3 products from CO2 for the first time in molecular complex. Compound 5 exhibits Faradaic efficiencies (FEs) of 10.6 %, 7.2 %, 8.2 % for C1 , C2 , C3 hydrocarbons respectively at -1.0 V versus the reversible hydrogen electrode. Addition of CO to the system significantly promotes the FEC1-C3 to 41.1 %, suggesting that a key Ni-CO intermediate is associated with catalysis. A variety of spectroscopies have been performed to show that the structures of nickel complexes remain intact during CO2 reduction.
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- Jiehao Du
- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, 510275, Guangzhou, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, 510275, Guangzhou, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, 510275, Guangzhou, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, 510275, Guangzhou, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, 510275, Guangzhou, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, 510275, Guangzhou, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, 510275, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester, 14627, Rochester, NY, USA
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Xu H, Guan D, Ma L. The bio-inspired heterogeneous single-cluster catalyst Ni100-Fe 4S 4 for enhanced electrochemical CO 2 reduction to CH 4. NANOSCALE 2023; 15:2756-2766. [PMID: 36656066 DOI: 10.1039/d2nr06665c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Electrochemical conversion of CO2-to-CH4 is a process of converting the inert greenhouse gas into energy molecules. It offers great promise for the transformation of carbon-neutral economy. However, achieving high CH4 activity and selectivity remains a major challenge because the electrochemical reduction of CO2-to-CH4 is accompanied by various C1 intermediates at the catalytic site, involving multiple proton-coupled electron transfer processes. Herein, different from the traditional designing strategy, we propose a bio-inspired theoretical design approach to construct a heterogeneous single-cluster catalyst Ni100-Fe4S4 at the atomic level, which may show high CO2 electroreduction performance. Combined with the crystallographic data and theoretical calculations, Ni100-Fe4S4 and CO dehydrogenase exhibit highly similar catalytic geometric active centers and CO2 binding modes. By exploring the origin of the catalytic activity of this biomimetic structure, we found that the activation of CO2 on Ni100-Fe4S4 theoretically exceeds that on natural CO dehydrogenase. Density functional theory calculations reveal that the dehydrogenase enzyme-liked Fe-Ni active site serves as an electron enrichment 'electro-bridge' (an electron-rich highly active catalytic site), which can activate CO2 molecules efficiently and stabilize various intermediates in multistep elementary reactions to selectively produce CH4 at a low overpotential (0.13 eV). The calculated CO2 electroreduction pathways are well consistent with the nickel-based catalytic materials reported in experimental studies. Our work showcases and highlights the rational design of high-performance catalytic materials via the biomimetic methodology at the atomic level.
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- Hengyue Xu
- Institute of Biopharmaceutical and Health Engineering, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China.
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- Department of Building and Real Estate, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon 999077, Hong Kong, China
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- Institute of Biopharmaceutical and Health Engineering, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China.
- Institute of Biomedical Health Technology and Engineering, Shenzhen Bay Laboratory, Shenzhen 518055, China
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Fan Z, Luo R, Zhang Y, Zhang B, Zhai P, Zhang Y, Wang C, Gao J, Zhou W, Sun L, Hou J. Oxygen-Bridged Indium-Nickel Atomic Pair as Dual-Metal Active Sites Enabling Synergistic Electrocatalytic CO 2 Reduction. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202216326. [PMID: 36519523 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202216326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2022] [Revised: 11/28/2022] [Accepted: 12/15/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Single-atom catalysts offer a promising pathway for electrochemical CO2 conversion. However, it is still a challenge to optimize the electrochemical performance of dual-atom catalysts. Here, an atomic indium-nickel dual-sites catalyst bridged by an axial oxygen atom (O-In-N6 -Ni moiety) was anchored on nitrogenated carbon (InNi DS/NC). InNi DS/NC exhibits superior CO selectivity with Faradaic efficiency higher than 90 % over a wide potential range from -0.5 to -0.8 V versus reversible hydrogen electrode (vs. RHE). Moreover, an industrial CO partial current density up to 317.2 mA cm-2 is achieved at -1.0 V vs. RHE in a flow cell. In situ ATR-SEIRAS combined with theory calculations reveal that the synergistic effect of In-Ni dual-sites and O atom bridge not only reduces the reaction barrier for the formation of *COOH, but also retards the undesired hydrogen evolution reaction. This work provides a feasible strategy to construct dual-site catalysts towards energy conversion.
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- Zhaozhong Fan
- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Frontiers Science Center for Smart Materials Oriented Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, P. R. China
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- School of Physical Sciences and CAS Key Laboratory of Vacuum Physics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China.,CAS Center for Excellence in Topological Quantum Computation, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- Laboratory of Materials Modification by Laser, Ion and Electron Beams, Ministry of Education, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Frontiers Science Center for Smart Materials Oriented Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Frontiers Science Center for Smart Materials Oriented Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Frontiers Science Center for Smart Materials Oriented Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Frontiers Science Center for Smart Materials Oriented Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, P. R. China
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- Laboratory of Materials Modification by Laser, Ion and Electron Beams, Ministry of Education, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, P. R. China
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- School of Physical Sciences and CAS Key Laboratory of Vacuum Physics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China.,CAS Center for Excellence in Topological Quantum Computation, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- Center of Artificial Photosynthesis for Solar Fuels, School of Science, Westlake University, Hangzhou, 310024, P. R. China.,Department of Chemistry, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 10044, Stockholm, Sweden
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Frontiers Science Center for Smart Materials Oriented Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, P. R. China
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Wang N, Zhang XP, Han J, Lei H, Zhang Q, Zhang H, Zhang W, Apfel UP, Cao R. Promoting hydrogen evolution reaction with a sulfonic proton relay. CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/s1872-2067(22)64183-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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An L, De La Torre P, Smith PT, Narouz MR, Chang CJ. Synergistic Porosity and Charge Effects in a Supramolecular Porphyrin Cage Promote Efficient Photocatalytic CO 2 Reduction. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202209396. [PMID: 36538739 PMCID: PMC9868116 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202209396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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We present a supramolecular approach to catalyzing photochemical CO2 reduction through second-sphere porosity and charge effects. An iron porphyrin box (PB) bearing 24 cationic groups, FePB-2(P), was made via post-synthetic modification of an alkyne-functionalized supramolecular synthon. FePB-2(P) promotes the photochemical CO2 reduction reaction (CO2 RR) with 97 % selectivity for CO product, achieving turnover numbers (TON) exceeding 7000 and initial turnover frequencies (TOFmax ) reaching 1400 min-1 . The cooperativity between porosity and charge results in a 41-fold increase in activity relative to the parent Fe tetraphenylporphyrin (FeTPP) catalyst, which is far greater than analogs that augment catalysis through porosity (FePB-3(N), 4-fold increase) or charge (Fe p-tetramethylanilinium porphyrin (Fe-p-TMA), 6-fold increase) alone. This work establishes that synergistic pendants in the secondary coordination sphere can be leveraged as a design element to augment catalysis at primary active sites within confined spaces.
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- Lun An
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, 94720-1460, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 94720-1460, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, 94720-1460, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 94720-1460, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, 94720-1460, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 94720-1460, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, 94720-1460, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 94720-1460, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, 94720-1460, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 94720-1460, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, 94720-1460, Berkeley, CA, USA
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Selective CO 2 electrolysis to CO using isolated antimony alloyed copper. Nat Commun 2023; 14:340. [PMID: 36670129 PMCID: PMC9860050 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-35960-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2022] [Accepted: 01/10/2023] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Renewable electricity-powered CO evolution from CO2 emissions is a promising first step in the sustainable production of commodity chemicals, but performing electrochemical CO2 reduction economically at scale is challenging since only noble metals, for example, gold and silver, have shown high performance for CO2-to-CO. Cu is a potential catalyst to achieve CO2 reduction to CO at the industrial scale, but the C-C coupling process on Cu significantly depletes CO* intermediates, thus limiting the CO evolution rate and producing many hydrocarbon and oxygenate mixtures. Herein, we tune the CO selectivity of Cu by alloying a second metal Sb into Cu, and report an antimony-copper single-atom alloy catalyst (Sb1Cu) of isolated Sb-Cu interfaces that catalyzes the efficient conversion of CO2-to-CO with a Faradaic efficiency over 95%. The partial current density reaches 452 mA cm-2 with approximately 91% CO Faradaic efficiency, and negligible C2+ products are observed. In situ spectroscopic measurements and theoretical simulations reason that the atomic Sb-Cu interface in Cu promotes CO2 adsorption/activation and weakens the binding strength of CO*, which ends up with enhanced CO selectivity and production rates.
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Salamatian AA, Bren KL. Bioinspired and biomolecular catalysts for energy conversion and storage. FEBS Lett 2023; 597:174-190. [PMID: 36331366 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.14533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2022] [Revised: 10/25/2022] [Accepted: 10/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Metalloenzymes are remarkable for facilitating challenging redox transformations with high efficiency and selectivity. In the area of alternative energy, scientists aim to capture these properties in bioinspired and engineered biomolecular catalysts for the efficient and fast production of fuels from low-energy feedstocks such as water and carbon dioxide. In this short review, efforts to mimic biological catalysts for proton reduction and carbon dioxide reduction are highlighted. Two important recurring themes are the importance of the microenvironment of the catalyst active site and the key role of proton delivery to the active site in achieving desired reactivity. Perspectives on ongoing and future challenges are also provided.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester, NY, USA
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Reduction**. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202209396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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- Lun An
- Department of Chemistry University of California, Berkeley 94720-1460 Berkeley, CA USA
- Chemical Sciences Division Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 94720-1460 Berkeley, CA USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of California, Berkeley 94720-1460 Berkeley, CA USA
- Chemical Sciences Division Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 94720-1460 Berkeley, CA USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of California, Berkeley 94720-1460 Berkeley, CA USA
- Chemical Sciences Division Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 94720-1460 Berkeley, CA USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of California, Berkeley 94720-1460 Berkeley, CA USA
- Chemical Sciences Division Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 94720-1460 Berkeley, CA USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of California, Berkeley 94720-1460 Berkeley, CA USA
- Chemical Sciences Division Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 94720-1460 Berkeley, CA USA
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology University of California, Berkeley 94720-1460 Berkeley, CA USA
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Alvarez-Hernandez JL, Salamatian AA, Han JW, Bren KL. Potential- and Buffer-Dependent Selectivity for the Conversion of CO 2 to CO by a Cobalt Porphyrin-Peptide Electrocatalyst in Water. ACS Catal 2022; 12:14689-14697. [PMID: 36504916 PMCID: PMC9724230 DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c03297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2022] [Revised: 11/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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A semisynthetic electrocatalyst for carbon dioxide reduction to carbon monoxide in water is reported. Cobalt microperoxidase-11 (CoMP11-Ac) is shown to reduce CO2 to CO with a turnover number of up to 32,000 and a selectivity of up to 88:5 CO:H2. Higher selectivity for CO production is favored by a less cathodic applied potential and use of a higher pK a buffer. A mechanistic hypothesis is presented in which avoiding the formation and protonation of a formal Co(I) species favors CO production. These results demonstrate how tuning reaction conditions impact reactivity toward CO2 reduction for a biocatalyst previously developed for H2 production.
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Graham JE, Niks D, Zane GM, Gui Q, Hom K, Hille R, Wall JD, Raman CS. How a Formate Dehydrogenase Responds to Oxygen: Unexpected O 2 Insensitivity of an Enzyme Harboring Tungstopterin, Selenocysteine, and [4Fe–4S] Clusters. ACS Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c00316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Joel E. Graham
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland21201, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of California, Riverside, California92521, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri65211, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri65211, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland21201, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of California, Riverside, California92521, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri65211, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland21201, United States
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Han SG, Zhang M, Fu ZH, Zheng L, Ma DD, Wu XT, Zhu QL. Enzyme-Inspired Microenvironment Engineering of a Single-Molecular Heterojunction for Promoting Concerted Electrochemical CO 2 Reduction. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2022; 34:e2202830. [PMID: 35765774 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202202830] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2022] [Revised: 05/10/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Challenges remain in the development of novel multifunctional electrocatalysts and their industrial operation on low-electricity pair-electrocatalysis platforms for the carbon cycle. Herein, an enzyme-inspired single-molecular heterojunction electrocatalyst ((NHx )16 -NiPc/CNTs) with specific atomic nickel centers and amino-rich local microenvironments for industrial-level electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (eCO2 RR) and further energy-saving integrated CO2 electrolysis is designed and developed. (NHx )16 -NiPc/CNTs exhibit unprecedented catalytic performance with industry-compatible current densities, ≈100% Faradaic efficiency and remarkable stability for CO2 -to-CO conversion, outperforming most reported catalysts. In addition to the enhanced CO2 capture by chemisorption, the sturdy deuterium kinetic isotope effect and proton inventory studies sufficiently reveal that such distinctive local microenvironments provide an effective proton ferry effect for improving local alkalinity and proton transfer and creating local interactions to stabilize the intermediate, ultimately enabling the high-efficiency operation of eCO2 RR. Further, by using (NHx )16 -NiPc/CNTs as a bifunctional electrocatalyst in a flow cell, a low-electricity overall CO2 electrolysis system coupling cathodic eCO2 RR with anodic oxidation reaction is developed to achieve concurrent feed gas production and sulfur recovery, simultaneously decreasing the energy input. This work paves the new way in exploring molecular electrocatalysts and electrolysis systems with techno-economic feasibility.
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- Shu-Guo Han
- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, 350002, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, 350002, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, 350002, P. R. China
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, 350002, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, 350002, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
- Fujian Science & Technology Innovation Laboratory for Optoelectronic Information of China, Fuzhou, 350108, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, 350002, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
- Fujian Science & Technology Innovation Laboratory for Optoelectronic Information of China, Fuzhou, 350108, P. R. China
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A Tiny Pore-Confined Solid-Liquid Interface for In-situ ToF-SIMS Electrochemistry of Nitrobenzoic Acid. Electrochim Acta 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2022.141085] [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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Treviño RE, Shafaat HS. Protein-based models offer mechanistic insight into complex nickel metalloenzymes. Curr Opin Chem Biol 2022; 67:102110. [PMID: 35101820 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2021.102110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2021] [Revised: 11/22/2021] [Accepted: 12/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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There are ten nickel enzymes found across biological systems, each with a distinct active site and reactivity that spans reductive, oxidative, and redox-neutral processes. We focus on the reductive enzymes, which catalyze reactions that are highly germane to the modern-day climate crisis: [NiFe] hydrogenase, carbon monoxide dehydrogenase, acetyl coenzyme A synthase, and methyl coenzyme M reductase. The current mechanistic understanding of each enzyme system is reviewed along with existing knowledge gaps, which are addressed through the development of protein-derived models, as described here. This opinion is intended to highlight the advantages of using robust protein scaffolds for modeling multiscale contributions to reactivity and inspire the development of novel artificial metalloenzymes for other small molecule transformations.
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- Regina E Treviño
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
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Nie W, McCrory C. Strategies for Breaking Molecular Scaling Relationships for the Electrochemical CO 2 Reduction Reaction. Dalton Trans 2022; 51:6993-7010. [DOI: 10.1039/d2dt00333c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The electrocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) is a promising strategy for converting CO2 to fuels and value-added chemicals using renewable energy sources. Molecular electrocatalysts show promise for the selective conversion...
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Zhou C, Cargnello M. Understanding the geometric and basicity effects of organic polymer modifiers on Ru/TiO 2 catalysts for CO 2 hydrogenation to hydrocarbons. Catal Sci Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d2cy01596j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Modifying inorganic catalysts with basic organic moieties effectively enhances their CO2 hydrogenation activity through CO2 activation, but the effect on C–C coupling rates and selectivity is not as straightforward.
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- Chengshuang Zhou
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
- SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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