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Wang X, Ju W, Liang L, Riyaz M, Bagger A, Filippi M, Rossmeisl J, Strasser P. Electrochemical CO 2 Activation and Valorization on Metallic Copper and Carbon-Embedded N-Coordinated Single Metal MNC Catalysts. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202401821. [PMID: 38467562 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202401821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2024] [Revised: 03/06/2024] [Accepted: 03/06/2024] [Indexed: 03/13/2024]
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The electrochemical reductive valorization of CO2, referred to as the CO2RR, is an emerging approach for the conversion of CO2-containing feeds into valuable carbonaceous fuels and chemicals, with potential contributions to carbon capture and use (CCU) for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Copper surfaces and graphene-embedded, N-coordinated single metal atom (MNC) catalysts exhibit distinctive reactivity, attracting attention as efficient electrocatalysts for CO2RR. This review offers a comparative analysis of CO2RR on copper surfaces and MNC catalysts, highlighting their unique characteristics in terms of CO2 activation, C1/C2(+) product formation, and the competing hydrogen evolution pathway. The assessment underscores the significance of understanding structure-activity relationships to optimize catalyst design for efficient and selective CO2RR. Examining detailed reaction mechanisms and structure-selectivity patterns, the analysis explores recent insights into changes in the chemical catalyst states, atomic motif rearrangements, and fractal agglomeration, providing essential kinetic information from advanced in/ex situ microscopy/spectroscopy techniques. At the end, this review addresses future challenges and solutions related to today's disconnect between our current molecular understanding of structure-activity-selectivity relations in CO2RR and the relevant factors controlling the performance of CO2 electrolyzers over longer times, with larger electrode sizes, and at higher current densities.
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- Xingli Wang
- Department of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering Division, Technical University of Berlin, Straße des 17. June 124, 10623, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering Division, Technical University of Berlin, Straße des 17. June 124, 10623, Berlin, Germany
- Department of Electrochemistry and Catalysis, Leibniz Institute for Catalysis, 18059, Rostock
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- Department of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering Division, Technical University of Berlin, Straße des 17. June 124, 10623, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering Division, Technical University of Berlin, Straße des 17. June 124, 10623, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering Division, Technical University of Berlin, Straße des 17. June 124, 10623, Berlin, Germany
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Chen W, Jin X, Zhang L, Wang L, Shi J. Modulating the Structure and Composition of Single-Atom Electrocatalysts for CO 2 reduction. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2024; 11:e2304424. [PMID: 38044311 PMCID: PMC10916602 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202304424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2023] [Revised: 10/05/2023] [Indexed: 12/05/2023]
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Electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (eCO2 RR) is a promising strategy to achieve carbon cycling by converting CO2 into value-added products under mild reaction conditions. Recently, single-atom catalysts (SACs) have shown enormous potential in eCO2 RR due to their high utilization of metal atoms and flexible coordination structures. In this work, the recent progress in SACs for eCO2 RR is outlined, with detailed discussions on the interaction between active sites and CO2 , especially the adsorption/activation behavior of CO2 and the effects of the electronic structure of SACs on eCO2 RR. Three perspectives form the starting point: 1) Important factors of SACs for eCO2 RR; 2) Typical SACs for eCO2 RR; 3) eCO2 RR toward valuable products. First, how different modification strategies can change the electronic structure of SACs to improve catalytic performance is discussed; Second, SACs with diverse supports and how supports assist active sites to undergo catalytic reaction are introduced; Finally, according to various valuable products from eCO2 RR, the reaction mechanism and measures which can be taken to improve the selectivity of eCO2 RR are discussed. Hopefully, this work can provide a comprehensive understanding of SACs for eCO2 RR and spark innovative design and modification ideas to develop highly efficient SACs for CO2 conversion to various valuable fuels/chemicals.
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- Weiren Chen
- Shanghai Institute of CeramicsChinese Academy of Sciences1295 Dingxi RoadShanghai200050P. R. China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics EngineeringUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences19A Yuquan RoadBeijing100049P. R. China
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- Shanghai Institute of CeramicsChinese Academy of Sciences1295 Dingxi RoadShanghai200050P. R. China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics EngineeringUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences19A Yuquan RoadBeijing100049P. R. China
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- Shanghai Institute of CeramicsChinese Academy of Sciences1295 Dingxi RoadShanghai200050P. R. China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics EngineeringUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences19A Yuquan RoadBeijing100049P. R. China
- School of Chemistry and Materials ScienceHangzhou Institute for Advanced StudyUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences1 Sub‐lane XiangshanHangzhou310024P. R. China
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- Nanomaterials CentreSchool of Chemical Engineering and Australian Institute for Bioengineering and NanotechnologyThe University of QueenslandSt LuciaQLD4072Australia
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- Shanghai Institute of CeramicsChinese Academy of Sciences1295 Dingxi RoadShanghai200050P. R. China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics EngineeringUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences19A Yuquan RoadBeijing100049P. R. China
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Gong Y, He T. Gaining Deep Understanding of Electrochemical CO 2 RR with In Situ/Operando Techniques. SMALL METHODS 2023; 7:e2300702. [PMID: 37608449 DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202300702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2023] [Revised: 08/09/2023] [Indexed: 08/24/2023]
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Electrocatalysis for CO2 conversion has been extensively studied to mitigate the energy shortage and environmental issues, which are gaining ever-increasing attention. However, the complicated CO2 reduction process and the dynamic evolution occurring on electrocatalyst surface make it hard to understand the catalytic mechanism. The development of advanced in situ/operando techniques intelligently coupled with electrochemical cells sheds light on the related study via capturing surface atomic rearrangement, tracing chemical state change of catalysts, monitoring the behavior of intermediates and products, and depicting microenvironment near the electrode surface. In this review, fundamentals of the state-of-the-art in situ/operando techniques are clarified first. Case studies on the in situ/operando techniques performed to probe the CO2 reduction reaction processes are then discussed in detail. Finally, conclusions and outlook on this field are presented.
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- Yue Gong
- CAS Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- CAS Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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Murphy E, Liu Y, Matanovic I, Rüscher M, Huang Y, Ly A, Guo S, Zang W, Yan X, Martini A, Timoshenko J, Cuenya BR, Zenyuk IV, Pan X, Spoerke ED, Atanassov P. Elucidating electrochemical nitrate and nitrite reduction over atomically-dispersed transition metal sites. Nat Commun 2023; 14:4554. [PMID: 37507382 PMCID: PMC10382506 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-40174-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2022] [Accepted: 07/17/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
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Electrocatalytic reduction of waste nitrates (NO3-) enables the synthesis of ammonia (NH3) in a carbon neutral and decentralized manner. Atomically dispersed metal-nitrogen-carbon (M-N-C) catalysts demonstrate a high catalytic activity and uniquely favor mono-nitrogen products. However, the reaction fundamentals remain largely underexplored. Herein, we report a set of 14; 3d-, 4d-, 5d- and f-block M-N-C catalysts. The selectivity and activity of NO3- reduction to NH3 in neutral media, with a specific focus on deciphering the role of the NO2- intermediate in the reaction cascade, reveals strong correlations (R=0.9) between the NO2- reduction activity and NO3- reduction selectivity for NH3. Moreover, theoretical computations reveal the associative/dissociative adsorption pathways for NO2- evolution, over the normal M-N4 sites and their oxo-form (O-M-N4) for oxyphilic metals. This work provides a platform for designing multi-element NO3RR cascades with single-atom sites or their hybridization with extended catalytic surfaces.
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- Eamonn Murphy
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA
- Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, 87545, USA
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- Department of Interface Science, Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, 4-6 Faradayweg, Berlin, 14195, Germany
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA
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- Department of Interface Science, Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, 4-6 Faradayweg, Berlin, 14195, Germany
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- Department of Interface Science, Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, 4-6 Faradayweg, Berlin, 14195, Germany
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- Department of Interface Science, Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, 4-6 Faradayweg, Berlin, 14195, Germany
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA
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- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, 87185, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA.
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA.
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Luo F, Roy A, Sougrati MT, Khan A, Cullen DA, Wang X, Primbs M, Zitolo A, Jaouen F, Strasser P. Structural and Reactivity Effects of Secondary Metal Doping into Iron-Nitrogen-Carbon Catalysts for Oxygen Electroreduction. J Am Chem Soc 2023. [PMID: 37379566 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c03033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/30/2023]
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While improved activity was recently reported for bimetallic iron-metal-nitrogen-carbon (FeMNC) catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in acid medium, the nature of active sites and interactions between the two metals are poorly understood. Here, FeSnNC and FeCoNC catalysts were structurally and catalytically compared to their parent FeNC and SnNC catalysts. While CO cryo-chemisorption revealed a twice lower site density of M-Nx sites for FeSnNC and FeCoNC relative to FeNC and SnNC, the mass activity of both bimetallic catalysts is 50-100% higher than that of FeNC due to a larger turnover frequency in the bimetallic catalysts. Electron microscopy and X-ray absorption spectroscopy identified the coexistence of Fe-Nx and Sn-Nx or Co-Nx sites, while no evidence was found for binuclear Fe-M-Nx sites. 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy revealed that the bimetallic catalysts feature a higher D1/D2 ratio of the spectral signatures assigned to two distinct Fe-Nx sites, relative to the FeNC parent catalyst. Thus, the addition of the secondary metal favored the formation of D1 sites, associated with the higher turnover frequency.
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- Fang Luo
- Department of Chemistry, The Electrochemical Catalysis, Catalysis and Materials Science Laboratory, Chemical Engineering Division, Technical University Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 124, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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- CNRS, ENSCM, ICGM, Univ. Montpellier, 34293 Montpellier, France
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- L'Orme des Merisiers, Synchrotron SOLEIL, Départementale 128, 91190 Saint-Aubin, France
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- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The Electrochemical Catalysis, Catalysis and Materials Science Laboratory, Chemical Engineering Division, Technical University Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 124, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, The Electrochemical Catalysis, Catalysis and Materials Science Laboratory, Chemical Engineering Division, Technical University Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 124, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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- L'Orme des Merisiers, Synchrotron SOLEIL, Départementale 128, 91190 Saint-Aubin, France
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- CNRS, ENSCM, ICGM, Univ. Montpellier, 34293 Montpellier, France
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- Department of Chemistry, The Electrochemical Catalysis, Catalysis and Materials Science Laboratory, Chemical Engineering Division, Technical University Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 124, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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Zhong L, Pan W, Shi Z, Mao C, Peng J, Huang J. Hollow Nitrogen-Doped porous carbon spheres decorated with atomically dispersed Ni-N 3 sites for efficient electrocatalytic CO 2 reduction. J Colloid Interface Sci 2023; 649:571-580. [PMID: 37364457 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.06.101] [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: 04/11/2023] [Revised: 06/12/2023] [Accepted: 06/15/2023] [Indexed: 06/28/2023]
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Hollow nitrogen-doped porous carbon spheres (HNCS) with plentiful coordination N sites, high surface area, and superior electrical conductivity are ideal catalyst supports due to their easily access of reactants to active sites and excellent stability. To date, nevertheless, little has been reported on HNCS as supports to metal-single-atomic sites for CO2 reduction (CO2R). Here we report our findings in preparation of nickel-single-atom catalysts anchored on HNCS (Ni SAC@HNCS) for highly efficient CO2R. The obtained Ni SAC@HNCS catalyst exhibits excellent activity and selectivity for the electrocatalytic CO2-to-CO conversion, achieving a Faradaic efficiency (FE) of 95.2% and a partial current density of 20.2 mA cm-2. When applied to a flow cell, the Ni SAC@HNCS delivers above 95% FECO over a wide potential range and a peak FECO of 99%. Further, there is no obvious degradation in FECO and the current for CO production during continuous electrocatalysis of 9 h, suggesting good stability of Ni SAC@HNCS.
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- Lei Zhong
- School of Environment and Energy, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Solid Wastes Pollution Control and Recycling, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Environment and Energy, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Solid Wastes Pollution Control and Recycling, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Environment and Energy, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Solid Wastes Pollution Control and Recycling, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Environment and Energy, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Solid Wastes Pollution Control and Recycling, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Environment and Energy, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Solid Wastes Pollution Control and Recycling, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Environment and Energy, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Solid Wastes Pollution Control and Recycling, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China.
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Chen S, Xia M, Zhang X, Pei L, Li Z, Ge X, Lin MJ, Zhang W, Xie Z. Guanosine-derived atomically dispersed Cu-N 3-C sites for efficient electroreduction of carbon dioxide. J Colloid Interface Sci 2023; 646:863-871. [PMID: 37235932 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.05.100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2023] [Revised: 04/21/2023] [Accepted: 05/16/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Single-atom copper (Cu) embedded within carbon catalysts have demonstrated significant potential in the electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) into valuable chemicals and fuels. Herein, we develop a straightforward and template-free strategy for synthesizing atomically dispersed CuNC catalysts (CuG) by annealing the self-assembled guanosine. The CuG catalysts display two-dimensional morphology, tunable pore size and large surface areas that can be adjusted by changing carbonization temperature. Spherical aberration-corrected transmission electron microscopy reveals that single-atom Cu are homogeneously dispersed on the surface of carbon nanosheets. The optimum CuG-1000 catalysts achieve a high CO Faradaic efficiency (FEco) up to 99% and a high CO current density of 6.53 mA cm-2 (-0.65 V vs. RHE). Besides, the flow cell test of CuG-1000 shows a high current density up to 25.2 mA cm-2 and the FEco still exceeded 91% after more than 20 h of testing. Specifically, the existence of Cu-N3-C active sites was proved by extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS). Density functional theory evidences that tricoordinated copper with N can largely regulate the adsorption and desorption of key intermediates by transferring electrons to *COOH through Cu atoms, thereby improving selectivity toward CO. This work demonstrates the active origin of CuNC catalysts in CO2 electroreduction and offers a blueprint to construct atomically dispersed transition site catalysts by supramolecular self-assembly strategy.
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- Shuo Chen
- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Storage Materials and Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Inorganic Oxygenated Materials, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350016, China
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- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Storage Materials and Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Inorganic Oxygenated Materials, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350016, China
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- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Storage Materials and Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Inorganic Oxygenated Materials, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350016, China
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- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Storage Materials and Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Inorganic Oxygenated Materials, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350016, China
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- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Storage Materials and Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Inorganic Oxygenated Materials, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350016, China
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- Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials MOE, and School of Materials Science & Engineering, and Jilin Provincial International Cooperation Key Laboratory of High-Efficiency Clean Energy Materials, and Electron Microscopy Center, and International Center of Future Science, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, Jilin, China
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- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Storage Materials and Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Inorganic Oxygenated Materials, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350016, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials MOE, and School of Materials Science & Engineering, and Jilin Provincial International Cooperation Key Laboratory of High-Efficiency Clean Energy Materials, and Electron Microscopy Center, and International Center of Future Science, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, Jilin, China.
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- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Storage Materials and Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Inorganic Oxygenated Materials, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350016, China.
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Chen Y, Gong Q, Sun X, Li G, Zhou G. Regulating the d-band electrons of the Fe-N-C single-atom catalyst for high-efficiency CO 2 electroreduction by electron-donating S-doping. Dalton Trans 2023; 52:4819-4825. [PMID: 36939161 DOI: 10.1039/d3dt00394a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/11/2023]
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Developing highly efficient electrocatalysts is crucially significant for the application of advanced energy conversion. The Fe-N-C single-atom catalyst is promising for CO2 electroreduction reaction (CO2RR) but suffers from insufficient intrinsic activity and inferior conductivity, which could be addressed by redistributing the electron density via heteroatom doping. Herein, we synthesized S-doped Fe-N-C (Fe-SN-C) as an advanced electrocatalyst for CO2RR using a simple trapping-pyrolysis strategy. Density functional theory calculations and experimental results indicate that S doping increases the d-band electrons and conductivity of Fe-SN-C by electron donating, and thus boosts *CO desorption during the CO2RR process and suppresses the competing hydrogen evolution reaction. Consequently, Fe-SN-C exhibits the maximum CO faradaic efficiency of 93% at -0.5 V and the highest partial current density of 10.1 mA cm-2 at -0.8 V for 2e- CO2RR. This finding provides a feasible and controllable method to achieve advanced electrocatalysts for efficient energy conversion.
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- Yiqun Chen
- School of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, P.R. China. .,School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, P.R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, P.R. China.,Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals in Universities of Shandong, Jinan Engineering Laboratory for Multi-scale Functional Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan 250353, P. R. China.
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- Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals in Universities of Shandong, Jinan Engineering Laboratory for Multi-scale Functional Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan 250353, P. R. China.
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- School of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, P.R. China.
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- Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals in Universities of Shandong, Jinan Engineering Laboratory for Multi-scale Functional Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan 250353, P. R. China.
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Lyu Z, Ding S, Fang L, Li X, Li T, Xu M, Pan X, Zhu W, Zhou Y, Du D, Lin Y. Two-Dimensional Fe-N-C Single-Atomic-Site Catalysts with Boosted Peroxidase-Like Activity for a Sensitive Immunoassay. Anal Chem 2023; 95:4521-4528. [PMID: 36843270 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.2c05633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/28/2023]
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Single-atomic-site catalysts (SASCs) with peroxidase (POD)-like activities have been widely used in various sensing platforms, like the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Herein, a two-dimensional Fe-N-C-based SASC (2D Fe-SASC) is successfully synthesized with excellent POD-like activity (specific activity = 90.11 U/mg) and is used to design the ELISA for herbicide detection. The 2D structure of Fe-SASC enables the exposure of numerous single atomic active sites on the surface as well as boosts the POD-like activity, thereby enhancing the sensing performance. 2D Fe-SASC is assembled into competitive ELISA kit, which achieves an excellent detection performance for 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D). Fe-SASC has great potential in replacing high-cost natural enzymes and working on various advanced sensing platforms with high sensitivity for the detection of various target biomarkers.
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- Zhaoyuan Lyu
- School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, United States
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- School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois 60115, United States
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- School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois 60115, United States.,X-ray Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Irvine Materials Research Institute (IMRI), University of California, Irvine, California 92697, United States
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- Irvine Materials Research Institute (IMRI), University of California, Irvine, California 92697, United States
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- School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, United States
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- School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, United States
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- DL ADV-Tech, Pullman, Washington 99163, United States
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- School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, United States
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Yuan LJ, Sui XL, Liu C, Zhuo YL, Li Q, Pan H, Wang ZB. Electrocatalysis Mechanism and Structure-Activity Relationship of Atomically Dispersed Metal-Nitrogen-Carbon Catalysts for Electrocatalytic Reactions. SMALL METHODS 2023; 7:e2201524. [PMID: 36642792 DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202201524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2022] [Revised: 12/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Atomically dispersed metal-nitrogen-carbon catalysts (M-N-C) have been widely used in the field of energy conversion, which has already attracted a huge amount of attention. Due to their unsaturated d-band electronic structure of the center atoms, M-N-C catalysts can be applied in different electrocatalytic reactions by adjusting their own microscopic electronic structures to achieve the optimization of the structure-activity relationship. Consequently, it is of great significance for the revelation of electrocatalytic mechanism and structure-activity relationship of M-N-C catalysts. Thus, this review first introduces the relative research methods, including in situ/operando characterization techniques and theoretical calculation methods. Furthermore, clarifying the electrocatalytic mechanism and structure-activity relationship of M-N-C catalysts in different electrochemical energy conversion reactions is focused. Moreover, the future research directions are pointed out based on the discussion. This review will provide good guidance to systematically study the catalytic mechanism of single-atom catalysts and reasonably design the single-atom catalysts.
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- Long-Ji Yuan
- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Special Functional Materials, Shenzhen Engineering Laboratory for Advance Technology of Ceramics, Guangdong Research Center for Interfacial Engineering of Functional Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, P. R. China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Special Functional Materials, Shenzhen Engineering Laboratory for Advance Technology of Ceramics, Guangdong Research Center for Interfacial Engineering of Functional Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, P. R. China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Special Functional Materials, Shenzhen Engineering Laboratory for Advance Technology of Ceramics, Guangdong Research Center for Interfacial Engineering of Functional Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, P. R. China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Special Functional Materials, Shenzhen Engineering Laboratory for Advance Technology of Ceramics, Guangdong Research Center for Interfacial Engineering of Functional Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, P. R. China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Special Functional Materials, Shenzhen Engineering Laboratory for Advance Technology of Ceramics, Guangdong Research Center for Interfacial Engineering of Functional Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, P. R. China
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- Institute of Applied Physics and Materials Engineering, University of Macau, Macao, SAR, 999078, China
- Department of Physics and Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Macau, Macao, SAR, 999078, China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Special Functional Materials, Shenzhen Engineering Laboratory for Advance Technology of Ceramics, Guangdong Research Center for Interfacial Engineering of Functional Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, P. R. China
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Adegoke KA, Maxakato NW. Electrocatalytic CO2 conversion on metal-organic frameworks derivative electrocatalysts. J CO2 UTIL 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcou.2023.102412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/13/2023]
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Liu H, Lin R, Huang Z, Yin X, Lin X, Lin W, Li Y, Gu Y, Yi G. Modified ethylene/α‐octene co‐polymer elastomer composites with sacrificial bonds crosslinking networks and their reinforced mechanical performance. POLYM ENG SCI 2023. [DOI: 10.1002/pen.26254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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- Huameng Liu
- School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry Guangdong University of Technology Guangzhou China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry Guangdong University of Technology Guangzhou China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry Guangdong University of Technology Guangzhou China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry Guangdong University of Technology Guangzhou China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry Guangdong University of Technology Guangzhou China
- Jieyang Branch of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Rongjiang Laboratory), School of Advanced Manufacturing Jieyang China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry Guangdong University of Technology Guangzhou China
- Jieyang Branch of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Rongjiang Laboratory), School of Advanced Manufacturing Jieyang China
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- Kinte Material Technology Co., Ltd. Dongguan China
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- Kinte Material Technology Co., Ltd. Dongguan China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry Guangdong University of Technology Guangzhou China
- Jieyang Branch of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Rongjiang Laboratory), School of Advanced Manufacturing Jieyang China
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Sarma BB, Maurer F, Doronkin DE, Grunwaldt JD. Design of Single-Atom Catalysts and Tracking Their Fate Using Operando and Advanced X-ray Spectroscopic Tools. Chem Rev 2023; 123:379-444. [PMID: 36418229 PMCID: PMC9837826 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.2c00495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 39.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The potential of operando X-ray techniques for following the structure, fate, and active site of single-atom catalysts (SACs) is highlighted with emphasis on a synergetic approach of both topics. X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) and related X-ray techniques have become fascinating tools to characterize solids and they can be applied to almost all the transition metals deriving information about the symmetry, oxidation state, local coordination, and many more structural and electronic properties. SACs, a newly coined concept, recently gained much attention in the field of heterogeneous catalysis. In this way, one can achieve a minimum use of the metal, theoretically highest efficiency, and the design of only one active site-so-called single site catalysts. While single sites are not easy to characterize especially under operating conditions, XAS as local probe together with complementary methods (infrared spectroscopy, electron microscopy) is ideal in this research area to prove the structure of these sites and the dynamic changes during reaction. In this review, starting from their fundamentals, various techniques related to conventional XAS and X-ray photon in/out techniques applied to single sites are discussed with detailed mechanistic and in situ/operando studies. We systematically summarize the design strategies of SACs and outline their exploration with XAS supported by density functional theory (DFT) calculations and recent machine learning tools.
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- Bidyut Bikash Sarma
- Institute
for Chemical Technology and Polymer Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Engesserstraße 20, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
- Institute
of Catalysis Research and Technology, Karlsruhe
Institute of Technology, Hermann-von-Helmholtz Platz 1, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, 76344 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute
for Chemical Technology and Polymer Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Engesserstraße 20, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute
for Chemical Technology and Polymer Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Engesserstraße 20, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
- Institute
of Catalysis Research and Technology, Karlsruhe
Institute of Technology, Hermann-von-Helmholtz Platz 1, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, 76344 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute
for Chemical Technology and Polymer Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Engesserstraße 20, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
- Institute
of Catalysis Research and Technology, Karlsruhe
Institute of Technology, Hermann-von-Helmholtz Platz 1, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, 76344 Karlsruhe, Germany
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Navigating CO utilization in tandem electrocatalysis of CO2. TRENDS IN CHEMISTRY 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trechm.2022.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Recent Advances in Non-Precious Metal–Nitrogen–Carbon Single-Site Catalysts for CO2 Electroreduction Reaction to CO. ELECTROCHEM ENERGY R 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s41918-022-00156-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Gomes BF, Prokop M, Bystron T, Loukrakpam R, Melke J, Lobo CMS, Fink M, Zhu M, Voloshina E, Kutter M, Hoffmann H, Yusenko KV, Buzanich AG, Röder B, Bouzek K, Paulus B, Roth C. Following Adsorbed Intermediates on a Platinum Gas Diffusion Electrode in H 3PO 3-Containing Electrolytes Using In Situ X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy. ACS Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c02630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Bruna F. Gomes
- Chair of Electrochemical Process Engineering, University of Bayreuth, Universitätsstraße 30, Bayreuth 95447, Germany
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- Department of Inorganic Technology, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Technicka 5, Prague 6 166 28, Czech Republic
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- Department of Inorganic Technology, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Technicka 5, Prague 6 166 28, Czech Republic
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- Chair of Electrochemical Process Engineering, University of Bayreuth, Universitätsstraße 30, Bayreuth 95447, Germany
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- Department for Applied Electrochemistry, Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology (ICT), Joseph-von-Fraunhofer-Str. 7, Pfinztal 76327, Germany
- Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, University of Freiburg, Albertstr. 21, Freiburg 79104, Germany
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- Institute for Technical Chemistry, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 55, Stuttgart 70569, Germany
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- Chair of Electrochemical Process Engineering, University of Bayreuth, Universitätsstraße 30, Bayreuth 95447, Germany
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- Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 22, Berlin 14195, Germany
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- Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 22, Berlin 14195, Germany
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- Chair of Electrochemical Process Engineering, University of Bayreuth, Universitätsstraße 30, Bayreuth 95447, Germany
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- Chair of Electrochemical Process Engineering, University of Bayreuth, Universitätsstraße 30, Bayreuth 95447, Germany
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- Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing BAM, Richard-Willstätter Str. 11, Berlin D-12489, Germany
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- Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing BAM, Richard-Willstätter Str. 11, Berlin D-12489, Germany
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- Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing BAM, Richard-Willstätter Str. 11, Berlin D-12489, Germany
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- Department of Inorganic Technology, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Technicka 5, Prague 6 166 28, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 22, Berlin 14195, Germany
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- Chair of Electrochemical Process Engineering, University of Bayreuth, Universitätsstraße 30, Bayreuth 95447, Germany
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An H, Min K, Lee Y, Na R, Shim SE, Baeck SH. Sacrificial template induced Fe-, N-, and S-tridoped hollow carbon sphere as a highly efficient electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction reaction. MOLECULAR CATALYSIS 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mcat.2022.112589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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Sakamoto R, Toyoda R, Jingyan G, Nishina Y, Kamiya K, Nishihara H, Ogoshi T. Coordination chemistry for innovative carbon-related materials. Coord Chem Rev 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2022.214577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Gao L, Bai S, Zhang Y, Hu C. Zn‐Nx doping in carbon nanotubes boosts selective CO2 electroreduction to CO. ChemCatChem 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/cctc.202200383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Lijun Gao
- Xi'an Jiaotong University School of Chemical Engineering and Technology CHINA
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- Xi'an Jiaotong University School of Chemical Engineering and Technology CHINA
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- Xi'an University of Science and Technology College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering CHINA
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- Xi'an Jiaotong University School of Chemical Engineering and Technology No.28, Xianning West Road 710049 Xi'an CHINA
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Sun Q, Jia C, Zhao Y, Zhao C. Single atom-based catalysts for electrochemical CO2 reduction. CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/s1872-2067(21)64000-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Wang PY, Zhou JF, Chen H, Peng B, Zhang K. Activation of H 2O Tailored by Interfacial Electronic States at a Nanoscale Interface for Enhanced Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution. JACS AU 2022; 2:1457-1471. [PMID: 35783181 PMCID: PMC9241158 DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.2c00187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2022] [Revised: 05/17/2022] [Accepted: 05/17/2022] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Despite the fundamental and practical significance of the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), the reaction kinetics at the molecular level are not well-understood, especially in basic media. Here, with ZIF-67-derived Co-based carbon frameworks (Co/NCs) as model catalysts, we systematically investigated the effects of different reaction parameters on the HER kinetics and discovered that the HER activity was directly dependent not on the type of nitrogen in the carbon framework but on the relative content of surface hydroxyl and water (OH-/H2O) adsorbed on Co active sites embedded in carbon frameworks. When the ratio of the OH-/H2O was close to 1:1, the Co/NC nanocatalyst showed the best reaction performance under the condition of high-pH electrolytes, e.g., an overpotential of only 232 mV at a current density of 10 mA cm-2 in the 1 M KOH electrolyte. We unambiguously identified that the structural water molecules (SWs) in the form of hydrous hydroxyl complexes absorbed on metal centers {OHad·H2O@M+} were catalytic active sites for the enhanced HER, where M+ could be transition or alkaline metal cations. Different from the traditional hydrogen bonding of water, the hydroxyl (hydroxide) groups and water molecules in the SWs were mainly bonded together via the spatial interaction between the p orbitals of O atoms, exhibiting features of a delocalized π-bond with a metastable state. These newly formed surface bonds or transitory states could be new weak interactions that synergistically promote both interfacial electron transfer and the activation of water (dissociation of O-H bonds) at the electrode surface, i.e., the formation of activated H adducts (H*). The capture of new surface states not only explains pH-, cation-, and transition-metal-dependent hydrogen evolution kinetics but also provides completely new insights into the understanding of other electrocatalytic reductions involving other small molecules, including CO2, CO, and N2.
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- Pan-Yue Wang
- Shanghai
Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes, College
of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
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- Shanghai
Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes, College
of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
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- Shanghai
Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes, College
of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
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- Shanghai
Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes, College
of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
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- Shanghai
Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes, College
of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
- Laboratoire
de Chimie, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Institut de Chimie
de Lyon, Université de Lyon, 46 Allée d’italie, Lyon 69364 CEDEX 07, France
- Shandong
Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Energy Storage and Novel Cell
Technology, School of Chemistry and Chemical
Engineering, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng, Shandong 252059, P. R. China
- Institute
of Eco-Chongming, Shanghai 202162, China
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Li C, Ju W, Vijay S, Timoshenko J, Mou K, Cullen DA, Yang J, Wang X, Pachfule P, Brückner S, Jeon HS, Haase FT, Tsang S, Rettenmaier C, Chan K, Cuenya BR, Thomas A, Strasser P. Covalent Organic Framework (COF) Derived Ni‐N‐C Catalysts for Electrochemical CO
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Reduction: Unraveling Fundamental Kinetic and Structural Parameters of the Active Sites. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202114707. [PMID: 35102658 PMCID: PMC9306911 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202114707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Electrochemical CO2 reduction is a potential approach to convert CO2 into valuable chemicals using electricity as feedstock. Abundant and affordable catalyst materials are needed to upscale this process in a sustainable manner. Nickel‐nitrogen‐doped carbon (Ni‐N‐C) is an efficient catalyst for CO2 reduction to CO, and the single‐site Ni−Nx motif is believed to be the active site. However, critical metrics for its catalytic activity, such as active site density and intrinsic turnover frequency, so far lack systematic discussion. In this work, we prepared a set of covalent organic framework (COF)‐derived Ni‐N‐C catalysts, for which the Ni−Nx content could be adjusted by the pyrolysis temperature. The combination of high‐angle annular dark‐field scanning transmission electron microscopy and extended X‐ray absorption fine structure evidenced the presence of Ni single‐sites, and quantitative X‐ray photoemission addressed the relation between active site density and turnover frequency.
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- Changxia Li
- Department of Chemistry Division of Functional Materials Technical University Berlin Berlin 10623 Germany
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- Department of Chemistry Chemical Engineering Division Technical University Berlin Berlin 10623 Germany
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- CatTheory Department of Physics Technical University of Denmark 2800 Kongens Lyngby Denmark
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- Interface Science Department Fritz-Haber Institute of Max-Planck Society Berlin 14195 Germany
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- Department of Chemistry Chemical Engineering Division Technical University Berlin Berlin 10623 Germany
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- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge TN USA
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- Department of Chemistry Division of Functional Materials Technical University Berlin Berlin 10623 Germany
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- Department of Chemistry Chemical Engineering Division Technical University Berlin Berlin 10623 Germany
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- Department of Chemistry Division of Functional Materials Technical University Berlin Berlin 10623 Germany
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- Department of Chemistry Chemical Engineering Division Technical University Berlin Berlin 10623 Germany
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- Interface Science Department Fritz-Haber Institute of Max-Planck Society Berlin 14195 Germany
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- Interface Science Department Fritz-Haber Institute of Max-Planck Society Berlin 14195 Germany
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- CatTheory Department of Physics Technical University of Denmark 2800 Kongens Lyngby Denmark
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- Interface Science Department Fritz-Haber Institute of Max-Planck Society Berlin 14195 Germany
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- CatTheory Department of Physics Technical University of Denmark 2800 Kongens Lyngby Denmark
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- Interface Science Department Fritz-Haber Institute of Max-Planck Society Berlin 14195 Germany
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- Department of Chemistry Division of Functional Materials Technical University Berlin Berlin 10623 Germany
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- Department of Chemistry Chemical Engineering Division Technical University Berlin Berlin 10623 Germany
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Johnson D, Qiao Z, Uwadiunor E, Djire A. Holdups in Nitride MXene's Development and Limitations in Advancing the Field of MXene. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2022; 18:e2106129. [PMID: 35098657 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202106129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2021] [Revised: 12/08/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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As nanomaterials are becoming a key component in various electronics, 2D nanomaterials are emerging and attracting tremendous attention in the scientific community due to their unique physical, chemical, and structural properties. In recent years, a new family of 2D carbides and nitrides, known as MXenes, has become the center of attention for many electrochemical energy storage and conversion systems. While nitride MXenes have some publications centered around them, the overwhelming majority revolve around carbide and their direct application to systems without understanding the underlying mechanism behind their performance. The lack of publications in both of these fields, nitrides and mechanistic understanding, causes a major stopgap in MXene research and needs to be remedied in order to truly utilize their potential for future electronics and energy conversion systems. In this work, the limited works on nitride MXenes and the applications of in situ/operando characterization techniques in understanding the underlying mechanisms of energy storage and conversion in MXenes are reviewed, major progress and remaining challenges in both fields are identified, recommendations on how to circumvent the challenges and limitations are provided, and finally, new research directions that must be performed to advance the field of 2D carbide and nitride MXenes are proposed.
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- Denis Johnson
- Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843, USA
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- Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843, USA
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- Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843, USA
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- Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843, USA
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843, USA
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Zheng QH, Chen C, Cao SM, Peng MT, Dong BX, Teng YL. Well-dispersed porous Fe–N–C catalyst towards the high-selective and high-efficiency conversion of CO2 to CO. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2022.02.078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Li C, Ju W, Vijay S, Timoshenko J, Mou K, Cullen DA, Yang J, Wang X, Pachfule P, Brückner S, Jeon HS, Haase FT, Tsang S, Rettenmaier C, Chan K, Cuenya BR, Thomas A, Strasser P. Covalent Organic Framework (COF) Derived Ni‐N‐C Catalysts for Electrochemical CO
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Reduction: Unraveling Fundamental Kinetic and Structural Parameters of the Active Sites. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202114707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Changxia Li
- Department of Chemistry Division of Functional Materials Technical University Berlin Berlin 10623 Germany
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- Department of Chemistry Chemical Engineering Division Technical University Berlin Berlin 10623 Germany
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- CatTheory Department of Physics Technical University of Denmark 2800 Kongens Lyngby Denmark
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- Interface Science Department Fritz-Haber Institute of Max-Planck Society Berlin 14195 Germany
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- Department of Chemistry Chemical Engineering Division Technical University Berlin Berlin 10623 Germany
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- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge TN USA
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- Department of Chemistry Division of Functional Materials Technical University Berlin Berlin 10623 Germany
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- Department of Chemistry Chemical Engineering Division Technical University Berlin Berlin 10623 Germany
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- Department of Chemistry Division of Functional Materials Technical University Berlin Berlin 10623 Germany
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- Department of Chemistry Chemical Engineering Division Technical University Berlin Berlin 10623 Germany
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- Interface Science Department Fritz-Haber Institute of Max-Planck Society Berlin 14195 Germany
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- Interface Science Department Fritz-Haber Institute of Max-Planck Society Berlin 14195 Germany
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- CatTheory Department of Physics Technical University of Denmark 2800 Kongens Lyngby Denmark
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- Interface Science Department Fritz-Haber Institute of Max-Planck Society Berlin 14195 Germany
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- CatTheory Department of Physics Technical University of Denmark 2800 Kongens Lyngby Denmark
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- Interface Science Department Fritz-Haber Institute of Max-Planck Society Berlin 14195 Germany
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- Department of Chemistry Division of Functional Materials Technical University Berlin Berlin 10623 Germany
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- Department of Chemistry Chemical Engineering Division Technical University Berlin Berlin 10623 Germany
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Wang J, Chen HC, Tan HY, Tan CM, Zhu Y, Chen HM. Strong Correlation between the Dynamic Chemical State and Product Profile of Carbon Dioxide Electroreduction. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2022; 14:22681-22696. [PMID: 35156793 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c19380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Utilizing renewable electricity energy to convert CO2 into fuels and chemicals, namely, CO2 electrocatalytic reduction reaction (CO2RR), is becoming increasingly significant yet challenged by low activity and selectivity. Recently, a growing number of studies have demonstrated that oxidized species can surprisingly survive on the catalyst surface under highly cathodic CO2RR conditions and play crucial roles in affecting the product selectivity. However, dynamic evolutions of the surface chemical state together with its real correlation to the product selectivity are still unclear, which is one of the most controversial topics for CO2RR. Herein, we particularly resurvey recent CO2RR researches that are all based on advanced in situ/operando methodologies, aiming to clearly reveal the realistic variations in surface chemical state under the working conditions. Then, recent progress in the regulation of the surface chemical state toward specific CO2RR products in current state-of-the-art catalysts with varying metal centers is systematically summarized, which shows an impressive relation between the dynamic chemical state and product profile. Next, we further highlight the developed strategies to regulate the surface chemical state in catalysts and discuss the debates over the effects of chemical state on product profile during CO2RR. Finally, on the basis of previous achievements, we present major challenges and some perspectives for the exploration of the imperative chemical state sensitivity to product profile during CO2RR.
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- Jiali Wang
- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Center for Reliability Sciences and Technologies, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 33302, Taiwan
- Kidney Research Center, Department of Nephrology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taoyuan 33305, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Center for Reliability Sciences and Technologies, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 33302, Taiwan
- Department of Electronic Engineering, College of Engineering, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan
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- Department of Applied Physics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong 999077, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu 30076, Taiwan
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Liang S, Huang L, Gao Y, Wang Q, Liu B. Electrochemical Reduction of CO 2 to CO over Transition Metal/N-Doped Carbon Catalysts: The Active Sites and Reaction Mechanism. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2021; 8:e2102886. [PMID: 34719862 PMCID: PMC8693035 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202102886] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2021] [Revised: 08/31/2021] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
Abstract
Electrochemical CO2 reduction to value-added chemicals/fuels provides a promising way to mitigate CO2 emission and alleviate energy shortage. CO2 -to-CO conversion involves only two-electron/proton transfer and thus is kinetically fast. Among the various developed CO2 -to-CO reduction electrocatalysts, transition metal/N-doped carbon (M-N-C) catalysts are attractive due to their low cost and high activity. In this work, recent progress on the development of M-N-C catalysts for electrochemical CO2 -to-CO conversion is reviewed in detail. The regulation of the active sites in M-N-C catalysts and their related adjustable electrocatalytic CO2 reduction performance is discussed. A visual performance comparison of M-N-C catalysts for CO2 reduction reaction (CO2 RR) reported over the recent years is given, which suggests that Ni and Fe-N-C catalysts are the most promising candidates for large-scale reduction of CO2 to produce CO. Finally, outlooks and challenges are proposed for future research of CO2 -to-CO conversion.
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- Shuyu Liang
- College of Environmental Science and EngineeringBeijing Forestry University35 Qinghua East Road, Haidian DistrictBeijing100083P. R. China
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- College of Environmental Science and EngineeringBeijing Forestry University35 Qinghua East Road, Haidian DistrictBeijing100083P. R. China
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- College of Environmental Science and EngineeringBeijing Forestry University35 Qinghua East Road, Haidian DistrictBeijing100083P. R. China
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- College of Environmental Science and EngineeringBeijing Forestry University35 Qinghua East Road, Haidian DistrictBeijing100083P. R. China
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- School of Chemical and Biomedical EngineeringNanyang Technological University62 Nanyang DriveSingapore637459Singapore
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Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction Activity Over Transition Metal Anchored on Nitrogen-Doped Carbon: A Density Functional Theory Investigation. Catal Letters 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s10562-020-03498-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Yang X, Wang M, Zachman MJ, Zhou H, He Y, Liu S, Zang HY, Feng Z, Wu G. Binary Atomically Dispersed Metal‐Site Catalysts with Core−Shell Nanostructures for O
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- Xiaoxuan Yang
- Key Laboratory of Polyoxometetalate Science of the Ministry of Education Faculty of Chemistry Northeast Normal University Changchun Jilin 130024 China
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering University at Buffalo The State University of New York Buffalo NY 14260 USA
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- School of Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Engineering Oregon State University Corvallis OR 97331 USA
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- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge TN 37831 USA
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- X-Ray Science Division Argonne National Laboratory Argonne IL 60439 USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering University at Buffalo The State University of New York Buffalo NY 14260 USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering University at Buffalo The State University of New York Buffalo NY 14260 USA
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- Key Laboratory of Polyoxometetalate Science of the Ministry of Education Faculty of Chemistry Northeast Normal University Changchun Jilin 130024 China
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- School of Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Engineering Oregon State University Corvallis OR 97331 USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering University at Buffalo The State University of New York Buffalo NY 14260 USA
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Wang J, Tan HY, Zhu Y, Chu H, Chen HM. Linking the Dynamic Chemical State of Catalysts with the Product Profile of Electrocatalytic CO 2 Reduction. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:17254-17267. [PMID: 33682240 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202017181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The promoted activity and enhanced selectivity of electrocatalysts is commonly ascribed to specific structural features such as surface facets, morphology, and atomic defects. However, unraveling the factors that really govern the direct electrochemical reduction of CO2 (CO2 RR) is still very challenging since the surface state of electrocatalysts is dynamic and difficult to predict under working conditions. Moreover, theoretical predictions from the viewpoint of thermodynamics alone often fail to specify the actual configuration of a catalyst for the dynamic CO2 RR process. Herein, we re-survey recent studies with the emphasis on revealing the dynamic chemical state of Cu sites under CO2 RR conditions extracted by in situ/operando characterizations, and further validate a critical link between the chemical state of Cu and the product profile of CO2 RR. This point of view provides a generalizable concept of dynamic chemical-state-driven CO2 RR selectivity that offers an inspiration in both fundamental understanding and efficient electrocatalysts design.
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- Jiali Wang
- Department of Chemistry, National (Taiwan) University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National (Taiwan) University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National (Taiwan) University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National (Taiwan) University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National (Taiwan) University, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan
- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu, 30076, Taiwan
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Kumar A, Zhang Y, Jia Y, Liu W, Sun X. Redox chemistry of N4-Fe2+ in iron phthalocyanines for oxygen reduction reaction. CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/s1872-2067(20)63731-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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da Silva Freitas W, D’Epifanio A, Mecheri B. Electrocatalytic CO2 reduction on nanostructured metal-based materials: Challenges and constraints for a sustainable pathway to decarbonization. J CO2 UTIL 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcou.2021.101579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Cao S, Wei S, Wei X, Zhou S, Chen H, Hu Y, Wang Z, Liu S, Guo W, Lu X. Can N, S Cocoordination Promote Single Atom Catalyst Performance in CO 2 RR? Fe-N 2 S 2 Porphyrin versus Fe-N 4 Porphyrin. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2021; 17:e2100949. [PMID: 34145743 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202100949] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2021] [Revised: 04/01/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Single atom catalysts (SACs) are promising electrocatalysts for CO2 reduction reaction (CO2 RR), in which the coordination environment plays a crucial role in intrinsic catalytic activity. Taking the regular Fe porphyrin (Fe-N4 porphyrin) as a probe, the study reveals that the introduction of opposable S atoms into N coordination (Fe-N2 S2 porphyrin) allows for an appropriate electronic structural optimization on active sites. Owing to the additional orbitals around the Fermi level and the abundant Fe dz2 orbital occupation after S substitution, N, S cocoordination can effectively tune SACs and thus facilitating protonation of intermediates during CO2 RR. CO2 RR mechanisms lead to possible C1 products via two-, six-, and eight-electron pathways are systematically elucidated on Fe-N4 porphyrin and Fe-N2 S2 porphyrin. Fe-N4 porphyrin yields the most favorable product of HCOOH with a limiting potential of -0.70 V. Fe-N2 S2 porphyrin exhibits low limiting potentials of -0.38 and -0.40 V for HCOOH and CH3 OH, respectively, surpassing those of most Cu-based catalysts and SACs. Hence, the N, S cocoordination might provide better catalytic environment than regular N coordination for SACs in CO2 RR. This work demonstrates Fe-N2 S2 porphyrin as a high-performance CO2 RR catalyst, and highlights N, S cocoordination regulation as an effective approach to fine tune high atomically dispersed electrocatalysts.
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- Shoufu Cao
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao, Shandong, 266580, P. R. China
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- College of Science, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao, Shandong, 266580, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao, Shandong, 266580, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao, Shandong, 266580, P. R. China
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- College of Science, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao, Shandong, 266580, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao, Shandong, 266580, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao, Shandong, 266580, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao, Shandong, 266580, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao, Shandong, 266580, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao, Shandong, 266580, P. R. China
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Lyu Z, Ding S, Wang M, Pan X, Feng Z, Tian H, Zhu C, Du D, Lin Y. Iron-Imprinted Single-Atomic Site Catalyst-Based Nanoprobe for Detection of Hydrogen Peroxide in Living Cells. NANO-MICRO LETTERS 2021; 13:146. [PMID: 34146178 PMCID: PMC8214641 DOI: 10.1007/s40820-021-00661-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2021] [Accepted: 05/11/2021] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Fe-based single-atomic site catalysts (SASCs), with the natural metalloproteases-like active site structure, have attracted widespread attention in biocatalysis and biosensing. Precisely, controlling the isolated single-atom Fe-N-C active site structure is crucial to improve the SASCs' performance. In this work, we use a facile ion-imprinting method (IIM) to synthesize isolated Fe-N-C single-atomic site catalysts (IIM-Fe-SASC). With this method, the ion-imprinting process can precisely control ion at the atomic level and form numerous well-defined single-atomic Fe-N-C sites. The IIM-Fe-SASC shows better peroxidase-like activities than that of non-imprinted references. Due to its excellent properties, IIM-Fe-SASC is an ideal nanoprobe used in the colorimetric biosensing of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). Using IIM-Fe-SASC as the nanoprobe, in situ detection of H2O2 generated from MDA-MB-231 cells has been successfully demonstrated with satisfactory sensitivity and specificity. This work opens a novel and easy route in designing advanced SASC and provides a sensitive tool for intracellular H2O2 detection.
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- Zhaoyuan Lyu
- School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 99164, USA
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- School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 99164, USA
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- School of Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA
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- Irvine Materials Research Institute (IMRI), University of California, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA
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- School of Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA
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- School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 99164, USA
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- School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 99164, USA
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- School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 99164, USA.
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- School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 99164, USA.
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Ding S, Lyu Z, Fang L, Li T, Zhu W, Li S, Li X, Li JC, Du D, Lin Y. Single-Atomic Site Catalyst with Heme Enzymes-Like Active Sites for Electrochemical Sensing of Hydrogen Peroxide. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2021; 17:e2100664. [PMID: 34028983 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202100664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2021] [Revised: 03/13/2021] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Heme enzymes, with the pentacoordinate heme iron active sites, possess high catalytic activity and selectivity in biosensing applications. However, they are still subject to limited catalytic stability in the complex environment and high cost for broad applications in electrochemical sensing. It is meaningful to develop a novel substitute that has a similar structure to some heme enzymes and mimics their enzyme activities. One emerging strategy is to design the Fe-N-C based single-atomic site catalysts (SASCs). The obtained atomically dispersed Fe-Nx active sites can mimic the active sites of heme enzymes effectively. In this work, a SASC (Fe-SASC/NW) is synthesized by doping single iron atoms in polypyrrole (PPy) derived carbon nanowire via a zinc-atom-assisted method. The proposed Fe-SASC/NW shows high heme enzyme-like catalytic performance for hydrogen peroxide (H2 O2 ) with a specific activity of 42.8 U mg-1 . An electrochemical sensor based on Fe-SASC/NW is developed for the detection of H2 O2 . This sensor exhibits a wide detection concentration range from 5.0 × 10-10 m to 0.5 m and an excellent limit of detection (LOD) of 46.35 × 10-9 m. Such excellent catalytic activity and electrochemical sensing sensitivity are attributed to the isolated Fe-Nx active sites and their structural similarity with natural metalloproteases.
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- Shichao Ding
- School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 99164, USA
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- School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 99164, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, 60115, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, 60115, USA
- X-ray Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, 60439, USA
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- School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 99164, USA
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- School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 99164, USA
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- School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 99164, USA
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- School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 99164, USA
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- School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 99164, USA
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Paul S, Kao YL, Ni L, Ehnert R, Herrmann-Geppert I, van de Krol R, Stark RW, Jaegermann W, Kramm UI, Bogdanoff P. Influence of the Metal Center in M–N–C Catalysts on the CO2 Reduction Reaction on Gas Diffusion Electrodes. ACS Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c05596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Stephen Paul
- Department of Chemistry, TU Darmstadt, Otto-Berndt-Strasse 3, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institute for Solar Fuels, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialen und Energie, Hahn-Meitner-Platz 1, 14109 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, TU Darmstadt, Otto-Berndt-Strasse 3, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany
- Department of Materials and Earth Sciences, TU Darmstadt, Otto-Berndt-Strasse 3, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Faculty of Computer and Biosciences, University of Applied Sciences Mittweida, Technikumsplatz 17, 09648 Mittweida, Germany
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- Faculty of Computer and Biosciences, University of Applied Sciences Mittweida, Technikumsplatz 17, 09648 Mittweida, Germany
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- Institute for Solar Fuels, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialen und Energie, Hahn-Meitner-Platz 1, 14109 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Materials and Earth Sciences, TU Darmstadt, Otto-Berndt-Strasse 3, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Materials and Earth Sciences, TU Darmstadt, Otto-Berndt-Strasse 3, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, TU Darmstadt, Otto-Berndt-Strasse 3, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institute for Solar Fuels, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialen und Energie, Hahn-Meitner-Platz 1, 14109 Berlin, Germany
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Wang Y, Zhang P, Li T, Lyu L, Gao Y, Hu C. Enhanced Fenton-like efficiency by the synergistic effect of oxygen vacancies and organics adsorption on Fe xO y-d-g-C 3N 4 with Fe‒N complexation. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2021; 408:124818. [PMID: 33370699 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.124818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2020] [Revised: 11/17/2020] [Accepted: 12/07/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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d-g-C3N4-Fe composites was prepared via a self-assembly and calcination process. According to measurements and density functional theory (DFT) computations, the complexation of iron and pyridinic N of g-C3N4 (Fe‒N) occurred with Fe(III)-π interaction, causing more oxygen vacancies (OVs) with more electrons in iron oxides. In the catalyst air-saturated suspension, the adsorbed pollutants complexed surface Fe(III) through their hydroxyl group donated electrons to around OVs, reducing the surface Fe(III) to Fe(II) and were destructed by Fe(III)-π interaction of the complexation. The addition of H2O2 mainly acted as acceptor being reduced •OH at the OV centers, causing higher degradation rate of pollutants due to both •OH and the surface reaction. However, for the adsorbed hydrophobic pollutants onto the sites of peripheral structure in g-C3N4, H2O2 was mainly decomposed into O2 by the synergistic effect of iron species and OVs. Therefore, the catalyst exhibited high Fenton-like efficiency for the degradation of hydroxyl-containing pollutants and hydrophobic pollutants mixing with the former. Our results demonstrate that the Fe(III)-π interaction could carry out the oxidation of pollutants on the catalyst surface, decreasing the consumption of H2O2, and the role of OVs depends on pollutant adsorption patterns.
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- Yumeng Wang
- Key Laboratory for Water Quality and Conservation of the Pearl River Delta, Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental Research at Greater Bay, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Key Laboratory for Water Quality and Conservation of the Pearl River Delta, Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental Research at Greater Bay, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Key Laboratory for Water Quality and Conservation of the Pearl River Delta, Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental Research at Greater Bay, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China.
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- Key Laboratory for Water Quality and Conservation of the Pearl River Delta, Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental Research at Greater Bay, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Key Laboratory for Water Quality and Conservation of the Pearl River Delta, Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental Research at Greater Bay, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Key Laboratory for Water Quality and Conservation of the Pearl River Delta, Ministry of Education, Institute of Environmental Research at Greater Bay, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China.
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Wang J, Tan H, Zhu Y, Chu H, Chen HM. Linking the Dynamic Chemical State of Catalysts with the Product Profile of Electrocatalytic CO
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- Jiali Wang
- Department of Chemistry National (Taiwan) University Taipei 10617 Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry National (Taiwan) University Taipei 10617 Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry National (Taiwan) University Taipei 10617 Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry National (Taiwan) University Taipei 10617 Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry National (Taiwan) University Taipei 10617 Taiwan
- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center Hsinchu 30076 Taiwan
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Zhu Y, Yang X, Peng C, Priest C, Mei Y, Wu G. Carbon-Supported Single Metal Site Catalysts for Electrochemical CO 2 Reduction to CO and Beyond. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2021; 17:e2005148. [PMID: 33448131 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202005148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2020] [Revised: 10/05/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (CO2 RR) is a promising strategy to achieve electrical-to-chemical energy storage while closing the global carbon cycle. The carbon-supported single-atom catalysts (SACs) have great potential for electrochemical CO2 RR due to their high efficiency and low cost. The metal centers' performance is related to the local coordination environment and the long-range electronic intercalation from the carbon substrates. This review summarizes the recent progress on the synthesis of carbon-supported SACs and their application toward electrocatalytic CO2 reduction to CO and other C1 and C2 products. Several SACs are involved, including MNx catalysts, heterogeneous molecular catalysts, and the covalent organic framework (COF) based SACs. The controllable synthesis methods for anchoring single-atom sites on different carbon supports are introduced, focusing on the influence that precursors and synthetic conditions have on the final structure of SACs. For the CO2 RR performance, the intrinsic activity difference of various metal centers and the corresponding activity enhancement strategies via the modulation of the metal centers' electronic structure are systematically summarized, which may help promote the rational design of active and selective SACs for CO2 reduction to CO and beyond.
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- Yuanzhi Zhu
- Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Yunnan Provincial Key Laboratory of Energy Saving in Phosphorus Chemical Engineering and New Phosphorus Materials, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650500, China
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, 14260, USA
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- Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Yunnan Provincial Key Laboratory of Energy Saving in Phosphorus Chemical Engineering and New Phosphorus Materials, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650500, China
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, 14260, USA
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- Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Yunnan Provincial Key Laboratory of Energy Saving in Phosphorus Chemical Engineering and New Phosphorus Materials, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650500, China
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, 14260, USA
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Gallenkamp C, Kramm UI, Krewald V. Spectroscopic discernibility of dopants and axial ligands in pyridinic FeN 4 environments relevant to single-atom catalysts. Chem Commun (Camb) 2021; 57:859-862. [PMID: 33427246 DOI: 10.1039/d0cc06237e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Single-atom catalysts (SACs) activate small molecules, e.g. the oxygen reduction reaction is catalysed by FeNC materials. Because the nature of active site(s) in this type of SAC is unclear, spectroscopic and computational insights are needed to clarify the atomistic composition and electronic structure. Using quantum chemistry, we show that key features of [Fe{phen2A2}L]n+ complexes (A = CH, N with n = 0, A = O with n = 0, 2; L = OH-, Cl-) can be differentiated spectroscopically.
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- Charlotte Gallenkamp
- Technical University of Darmstadt, Department of Chemistry, Alarich-Weiss-Str. 4, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany. and Technical University of Darmstadt, Department of Materials and Earth Sciences, Catalysts and Electrocatalysts Group, Otto-Bernd-Str. 3, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Technical University of Darmstadt, Department of Materials and Earth Sciences, Catalysts and Electrocatalysts Group, Otto-Bernd-Str. 3, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Technical University of Darmstadt, Department of Chemistry, Alarich-Weiss-Str. 4, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany.
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Timoshenko J, Roldan Cuenya B. In Situ/ Operando Electrocatalyst Characterization by X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy. Chem Rev 2021; 121:882-961. [PMID: 32986414 PMCID: PMC7844833 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c00396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 205] [Impact Index Per Article: 68.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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During the last decades, X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) has become an indispensable method for probing the structure and composition of heterogeneous catalysts, revealing the nature of the active sites and establishing links between structural motifs in a catalyst, local electronic structure, and catalytic properties. Here we discuss the fundamental principles of the XAS method and describe the progress in the instrumentation and data analysis approaches undertaken for deciphering X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) and extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) spectra. Recent usages of XAS in the field of heterogeneous catalysis, with emphasis on examples concerning electrocatalysis, will be presented. The latter is a rapidly developing field with immense industrial applications but also unique challenges in terms of the experimental characterization restrictions and advanced modeling approaches required. This review will highlight the new insight that can be gained with XAS on complex real-world electrocatalysts including their working mechanisms and the dynamic processes taking place in the course of a chemical reaction. More specifically, we will discuss applications of in situ and operando XAS to probe the catalyst's interactions with the environment (support, electrolyte, ligands, adsorbates, reaction products, and intermediates) and its structural, chemical, and electronic transformations as it adapts to the reaction conditions.
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- Janis Timoshenko
- Department of Interface Science, Fritz-Haber Institute of the Max-Planck Society, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Interface Science, Fritz-Haber Institute of the Max-Planck Society, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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Ni W, Liu Z, Zhang Y, Ma C, Deng H, Zhang S, Wang S. Electroreduction of Carbon Dioxide Driven by the Intrinsic Defects in the Carbon Plane of a Single Fe-N 4 Site. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2021; 33:e2003238. [PMID: 33241569 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202003238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2020] [Revised: 10/08/2020] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Manipulating the in-plane defects of metal-nitrogen-carbon catalysts to regulate the electroreduction reaction of CO2 (CO2 RR) remains a challenging task. Here, it is demonstrated that the activity of the intrinsic carbon defects can be dramatically improved through coupling with single-atom Fe-N4 sites. The resulting catalyst delivers a maximum CO Faradaic efficiency of 90% and a CO partial current density of 33 mA cm-2 in 0.1 m KHCO3. The remarkable enhancements are maintained in concentrated electrolyte, endowing a rechargeable Zn-CO2 battery with a high CO selectivity of 86.5% at 5 mA cm-2 . Further analysis suggests that the intrinsic defect is the active sites for CO2 RR, instead of the Fe-N4 center. Density functional theory calculations reveal that the Fe-N4 coupled intrinsic defect exhibits a reduced energy barrier for CO2 RR and suppresses the hydrogen evolution activity. The high intrinsic activity, coupled with fast electron-transfer capability and abundant exposed active sites, induces excellent electrocatalytic performance.
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- Wenpeng Ni
- College of Materials Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Design and Manufacturing for Vehicle Body, Hunan University, Changsha, 410004, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Design and Manufacturing for Vehicle Body, Hunan University, Changsha, 410004, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Design and Manufacturing for Vehicle Body, Hunan University, Changsha, 410004, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Design and Manufacturing for Vehicle Body, Hunan University, Changsha, 410004, China
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- School of Physics and Electronics, Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan, 410082, China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Design and Manufacturing for Vehicle Body, Hunan University, Changsha, 410004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chem/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, Provincial Hunan Key Laboratory for Graphene Materials and Devices, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China
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Rettenmaier C, Arán-Ais RM, Timoshenko J, Rizo R, Jeon HS, Kühl S, Chee SW, Bergmann A, Roldan Cuenya B. Enhanced Formic Acid Oxidation over SnO 2-decorated Pd Nanocubes. ACS Catal 2020; 10:14540-14551. [PMID: 33362944 PMCID: PMC7754515 DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c03212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2020] [Revised: 10/23/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The formic acid oxidation reaction (FAOR) is one of the key reactions that can be used at the anode of low-temperature liquid fuel cells. To allow the knowledge-driven development of improved catalysts, it is necessary to deeply understand the fundamental aspects of the FAOR, which can be ideally achieved by investigating highly active model catalysts. Here, we studied SnO2-decorated Pd nanocubes (NCs) exhibiting excellent electrocatalytic performance for formic acid oxidation in acidic medium with a SnO2 promotion that boosts the catalytic activity by a factor of 5.8, compared to pure Pd NCs, exhibiting values of 2.46 A mg-1 Pd for SnO2@Pd NCs versus 0.42 A mg-1 Pd for the Pd NCs and a 100 mV lower peak potential. By using ex situ, quasi in situ, and operando spectroscopic and microscopic methods (namely, transmission electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and X-ray absorption fine-structure spectroscopy), we identified that the initially well-defined SnO2-decorated Pd nanocubes maintain their structure and composition throughout FAOR. In situ Fourier-transformed infrared spectroscopy revealed a weaker CO adsorption site in the case of the SnO2-decorated Pd NCs, compared to the monometallic Pd NCs, enabling a bifunctional reaction mechanism. Therein, SnO2 provides oxygen species to the Pd surface at low overpotentials, promoting the oxidation of the poisoning CO intermediate and, thus, improving the catalytic performance of Pd. Our SnO x -decorated Pd nanocubes allowed deeper insight into the mechanism of FAOR and hold promise for possible applications in direct formic acid fuel cells.
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- Clara Rettenmaier
- Department of Interface Science, Fritz-Haber-Institute of the Max-Planck Society, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Interface Science, Fritz-Haber-Institute of the Max-Planck Society, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Interface Science, Fritz-Haber-Institute of the Max-Planck Society, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Interface Science, Fritz-Haber-Institute of the Max-Planck Society, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Interface Science, Fritz-Haber-Institute of the Max-Planck Society, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Interface Science, Fritz-Haber-Institute of the Max-Planck Society, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Interface Science, Fritz-Haber-Institute of the Max-Planck Society, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Interface Science, Fritz-Haber-Institute of the Max-Planck Society, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Interface Science, Fritz-Haber-Institute of the Max-Planck Society, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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Kunze S, Grosse P, Bernal Lopez M, Sinev I, Zegkinoglou I, Mistry H, Timoshenko J, Hu MY, Zhao J, Alp EE, Chee SW, Roldan Cuenya B. Operando NRIXS and XAFS Investigation of Segregation Phenomena in Fe‐Cu and Fe‐Ag Nanoparticle Catalysts during CO
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Electroreduction. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202010535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Sebastian Kunze
- Department of Physics Ruhr-University Bochum 44780 Bochum Germany
- Department of Interface Science Fritz-Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society 14195 Berlin Germany
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- Department of Physics Ruhr-University Bochum 44780 Bochum Germany
- Department of Interface Science Fritz-Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society 14195 Berlin Germany
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- Department of Physics Ruhr-University Bochum 44780 Bochum Germany
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- Department of Physics Ruhr-University Bochum 44780 Bochum Germany
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- Department of Interface Science Fritz-Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society 14195 Berlin Germany
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- Advanced Photon Source Argonne National Laboratory Chicago USA
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- Advanced Photon Source Argonne National Laboratory Chicago USA
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- Advanced Photon Source Argonne National Laboratory Chicago USA
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- Department of Interface Science Fritz-Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society 14195 Berlin Germany
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- Department of Interface Science Fritz-Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society 14195 Berlin Germany
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Mohd Adli N, Shan W, Hwang S, Samarakoon W, Karakalos S, Li Y, Cullen DA, Su D, Feng Z, Wang G, Wu G. Engineering Atomically Dispersed FeN
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Electroreduction. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202012329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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- Nadia Mohd Adli
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering University at Buffalo The State University of New York Buffalo NY 14260 USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh PA 15261 USA
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- Center for Functional Nanomaterials Brookhaven National Laboratory Upton NY 11973 USA
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- School of Chemical Biological and Environmental Engineering Oregon State University Corvallis OR 97331 USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering University of South Carolina Columbia SC 29208 USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering University at Buffalo The State University of New York Buffalo NY 14260 USA
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- Materials Science and Technology Division Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge TN 37831 USA
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- Center for Functional Nanomaterials Brookhaven National Laboratory Upton NY 11973 USA
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- School of Chemical Biological and Environmental Engineering Oregon State University Corvallis OR 97331 USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh PA 15261 USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering University at Buffalo The State University of New York Buffalo NY 14260 USA
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Mohd Adli N, Shan W, Hwang S, Samarakoon W, Karakalos S, Li Y, Cullen DA, Su D, Feng Z, Wang G, Wu G. Engineering Atomically Dispersed FeN 4 Active Sites for CO 2 Electroreduction. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 60:1022-1032. [PMID: 33002266 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202012329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2020] [Revised: 09/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Atomically dispersed FeN4 active sites have exhibited exceptional catalytic activity and selectivity for the electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) to CO. However, the understanding behind the intrinsic and morphological factors contributing to the catalytic properties of FeN4 sites is still lacking. By using a Fe-N-C model catalyst derived from the ZIF-8, we deconvoluted three key morphological and structural elements of FeN4 sites, including particle sizes of catalysts, Fe content, and Fe-N bond structures. Their respective impacts on the CO2RR were comprehensively elucidated. Engineering the particle size and Fe doping is critical to control extrinsic morphological factors of FeN4 sites for optimal porosity, electrochemically active surface areas, and the graphitization of the carbon support. In contrast, the intrinsic activity of FeN4 sites was only tunable by varying thermal activation temperatures during the formation of FeN4 sites, which impacted the length of the Fe-N bonds and the local strains. The structural evolution of Fe-N bonds was examined at the atomic level. First-principles calculations further elucidated the origin of intrinsic activity improvement associated with the optimal local strain of the Fe-N bond.
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- Nadia Mohd Adli
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, 14260, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 15261, USA
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- Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, 11973, USA
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- School of Chemical Biological and Environmental Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, 14260, USA
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- Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA
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- Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, 11973, USA
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- School of Chemical Biological and Environmental Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 15261, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, 14260, USA
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Wang Y, Su H, He Y, Li L, Zhu S, Shen H, Xie P, Fu X, Zhou G, Feng C, Zhao D, Xiao F, Zhu X, Zeng Y, Shao M, Chen S, Wu G, Zeng J, Wang C. Advanced Electrocatalysts with Single-Metal-Atom Active Sites. Chem Rev 2020; 120:12217-12314. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c00594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 292] [Impact Index Per Article: 73.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Yuxuan Wang
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Key Laboratory of Strongly-Coupled Quantum Matter Physics of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260, United States
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- New Energy Research Institute, School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou 510007, China
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong P. R. China
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Key Laboratory of Strongly-Coupled Quantum Matter Physics of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P. R. China
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- New Energy Research Institute, School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou 510007, China
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong P. R. China
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- New Energy Research Institute, School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou 510007, China
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Energy Institute, Hong Kong Branch of the Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory, and Chinese National Engineering Research Center for Control & Treatment of Heavy Metal Pollution, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Kowloon, Hong Kong P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, California 95064, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260, United States
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Key Laboratory of Strongly-Coupled Quantum Matter Physics of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States
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Chen H, Liang X, Liu Y, Ai X, Asefa T, Zou X. Active Site Engineering in Porous Electrocatalysts. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2020; 32:e2002435. [PMID: 32666550 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202002435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 33.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2020] [Revised: 05/22/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Electrocatalysis is at the center of many sustainable energy conversion technologies that are being developed to reduce the dependence on fossil fuels. The past decade has witnessed significant progresses in the exploitation of advanced electrocatalysts for diverse electrochemical reactions involved in electrolyzers and fuel cells, such as the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), the CO2 reduction reaction (CO2 RR), the nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR), and the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Herein, the recent research advances made in porous electrocatalysts for these five important reactions are reviewed. In the discussions, an attempt is made to highlight the advantages of porous electrocatalysts in multiobjective optimization of surface active sites including not only their density and accessibility but also their intrinsic activity. First, the current knowledge about electrocatalytic active sites is briefly summarized. Then, the electrocatalytic mechanisms of the five above-mentioned reactions (HER, ORR, CO2 RR, NRR, and OER), the current challenges faced by these reactions, and the recent efforts to meet these challenges using porous electrocatalysts are examined. Finally, the future research directions on porous electrocatalysts including synthetic strategies leading to these materials, insights into their active sites, and the standardized tests and the performance requirements involved are discussed.
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- Hui Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology & Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ, 08854, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, P. R. China
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Kunze S, Grosse P, Bernal Lopez M, Sinev I, Zegkinoglou I, Mistry H, Timoshenko J, Hu MY, Zhao J, Alp EE, Chee SW, Roldan Cuenya B. Operando NRIXS and XAFS Investigation of Segregation Phenomena in Fe-Cu and Fe-Ag Nanoparticle Catalysts during CO 2 Electroreduction. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:22667-22674. [PMID: 32833290 PMCID: PMC7756314 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202010535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2020] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Operando nuclear resonant inelastic X‐ray scattering (NRIXS) and X‐ray absorption fine‐structure spectroscopy (XAFS) measurements were used to gain insight into the structure and surface composition of FeCu and FeAg nanoparticles (NPs) during the electrochemical CO2 reduction (CO2RR) and to extract correlations with their catalytic activity and selectivity. The formation of a core–shell structure during CO2RR for FeAg NPs was inferred from the analysis of the operando NRIXS data (phonon density of states, PDOS) and XAFS measurements. Electrochemical analysis of the FeAg NPs revealed a faradaic selectivity of 36 % for CO in 0.1 M KHCO3 at −1.1 V vs. RHE, similar to that of pure Ag NPs. In contrast, a predominant selectivity towards H2 evolution is obtained in the case of the FeCu NPs, analogous to the results obtained for pure Fe NPs, although small Cu NPs have also been shown to favor H2 production.
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- Sebastian Kunze
- Department of Physics, Ruhr-University Bochum, 44780, Bochum, Germany.,Department of Interface Science, Fritz-Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, 14195, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Ruhr-University Bochum, 44780, Bochum, Germany.,Department of Interface Science, Fritz-Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, 14195, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Ruhr-University Bochum, 44780, Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Ruhr-University Bochum, 44780, Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Interface Science, Fritz-Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, 14195, Berlin, Germany
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- Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Chicago, USA
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- Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Chicago, USA
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- Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Chicago, USA
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- Department of Interface Science, Fritz-Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, 14195, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Interface Science, Fritz-Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, 14195, Berlin, Germany
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