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Liu Y, Wu Z, Gu C, Chen J, Zhu Y, Wang L. Curved Structure Regulated Single Metal Sites for Advanced Electrocatalytic Reactions. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024:e2404758. [PMID: 39140281 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202404758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2024] [Revised: 08/07/2024] [Indexed: 08/15/2024]
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Curved surface with defined local electronic structures and regulated surface microenvironments is significant for advanced catalytic engineering. Since single-atom catalysts are highly efficient and active, they have attracted much attention in recent years. The curvature carrier has a significant effect on the electronic structure regulation of single-atom sites, which effectively promote the catalytic efficiency. Here, the effect of the curvature structure with exposed metal atoms for catalysis is comprehensively summarized. First, the substrates with curvature features are reviewed. Second, the applications of single-atom catalysts containing curvature in a variety of different electrocatalytic reactions are discussed in depth. The impact of curvature effects in catalytic reactions is further analyzed. Finally, prospects and suggestions for their application and future development are presented. This review paves the way for the construction of high curvature-containing surface carriers, which is of great significance for single-atom catalysts development.
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- Yang Liu
- College of Electronic and Optical Engineering & College of Flexible Electronics (Future Technology), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications (NJUPT), 9 Wenyuan, Nanjing, 210023, P. R. China
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- College of Electronic and Optical Engineering & College of Flexible Electronics (Future Technology), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications (NJUPT), 9 Wenyuan, Nanjing, 210023, P. R. China
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- College of Electronic and Optical Engineering & College of Flexible Electronics (Future Technology), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications (NJUPT), 9 Wenyuan, Nanjing, 210023, P. R. China
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- College of Electronic and Optical Engineering & College of Flexible Electronics (Future Technology), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications (NJUPT), 9 Wenyuan, Nanjing, 210023, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Advanced Catalytic Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, P. R. China
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- College of Electronic and Optical Engineering & College of Flexible Electronics (Future Technology), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications (NJUPT), 9 Wenyuan, Nanjing, 210023, P. R. China
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Liu S, Zheng D, Zhao L, Zhao X, Chen X. Rare Earth Metal Anchored into Nitrogen-Doped Graphene for CO 2 Electrocatalytic Reduction to C1 Products. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2023; 39:14748-14757. [PMID: 37787646 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c02135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/04/2023]
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Single-atom catalysts (SACs) are attracting global attention due to their 100% atomic utilization rate and unique properties. Rare-earth-based SACs have shown great potential in the field of electrocatalysis in recent years. In this study, the catalytic performance of four rare earth metals (REMs) anchored into N-graphene for the CO2RR is systematically studied by density functional theory. The calculation results of formation energy show that all REM@N6-G compounds have favorable stability. In addition, the Gibbs free energy calculation results of all possible elementary reactions show that the *OCHO pathway is the optimal hydrogenation pathway for all catalysts, and they have the same potential determining step (*OCHO + e- + H+ → *HCOOH). Meanwhile, the products of the CO2RR on these catalysts are different, and the product on REM@N6-G (REM = La, Pr, and Nd) is CH4, while the product on Ce@N6-G is CH3OH. In particular, Nd@N6-G exhibits the best catalytic activity in this work, with a very low limiting potential of -0.38 V. These results may guide the development of rare-earth-based SACs for CO2RR.
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- Siying Liu
- Center for Computational Chemistry and Molecular Simulation, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, P. R. China
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- School of Computer Science, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, P. R. China
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- Center for Computational Chemistry and Molecular Simulation, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, P. R. China
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- Department of Technical Physics, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio 70211, Finland
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- Center for Computational Chemistry and Molecular Simulation, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, P. R. China
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Zhao J, Lyu H, Wang Z, Ma C, Jia S, Kong W, Shen B. Phthalocyanine and porphyrin catalysts for electrocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide: progress in regulation strategies and applications. Sep Purif Technol 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2023.123404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/15/2023]
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He C, Yu Y, Zhao C, Huo J. Turning the V site in V@2D-BC3N2 complex to high curvature state for efficient CO2 electroreduction to hydrocarbons. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2022.107897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Du X, Peng L, Hu J, Peng Y, Primo A, Li D, Albero J, Hu C, García H. Synergistic effect of Cu and Fe small nanoparticles supported on porous N-doped graphitic framework for selective electrochemical CO 2 reduction at low overpotential. NANOSCALE 2022; 14:11583-11589. [PMID: 35916576 DOI: 10.1039/d2nr02523j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Electrochemical CO2 reduction is an appealing approach to diminish CO2 emissions, while obtaining valuable chemicals and fuels from renewable electricity. However, efficient electrocatalysts exhibiting high selectivity and low operating potentials are still needed. Herein it is reported that Cu and Fe nanoparticles supported on porous N-doped graphitic carbon matrix are efficient and selective electrocatalysts for CO2 reduction to CO at low overpotentials. XRD and Raman spectroscopy confirmed independent Cu and Fe metals as the main phases. HRSEM and HRTEM images show the coral-like morphology of the porous N-doped graphitic carbon matrix supporting Cu and Fe metal nanoparticles (about 10 wt%) homogeneously distributed with an average size of 1.5 nm and narrow size distribution. At the optimum Fe/Cu ratio of 2, this material present high activity for CO2 reduction to CO at -0.3 V vs. RHE with a faradaic efficiency of 96%. Moreover, at -0.5 V vs. RHE this electrocatalyst produces 27.8 mmol of CO gcat-1 h-1, the production rate being stable for 17 h. A synergy between Cu and Fe nanoparticles due to their close proximity in comparison with independent Cu or Fe electrocatalysts was observed.
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- Xiangze Du
- Instituto Universitario de Tecnología Química, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Universitat Politècnica de València, Universitat Politècnica de València, Avda. de los Naranjos s/n, 46022, Valencia, Spain.
- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Technology, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, 29 Wangjiang Road, Chengdu, 610064, China.
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- Instituto Universitario de Tecnología Química, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Universitat Politècnica de València, Universitat Politècnica de València, Avda. de los Naranjos s/n, 46022, Valencia, Spain.
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- Instituto Universitario de Tecnología Química, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Universitat Politècnica de València, Universitat Politècnica de València, Avda. de los Naranjos s/n, 46022, Valencia, Spain.
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- Instituto Universitario de Tecnología Química, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Universitat Politècnica de València, Universitat Politècnica de València, Avda. de los Naranjos s/n, 46022, Valencia, Spain.
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- Instituto Universitario de Tecnología Química, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Universitat Politècnica de València, Universitat Politècnica de València, Avda. de los Naranjos s/n, 46022, Valencia, Spain.
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Technology, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, 29 Wangjiang Road, Chengdu, 610064, China.
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- Instituto Universitario de Tecnología Química, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Universitat Politècnica de València, Universitat Politècnica de València, Avda. de los Naranjos s/n, 46022, Valencia, Spain.
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Technology, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, 29 Wangjiang Road, Chengdu, 610064, China.
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- Instituto Universitario de Tecnología Química, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Universitat Politècnica de València, Universitat Politècnica de València, Avda. de los Naranjos s/n, 46022, Valencia, Spain.
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Jiang CJ, Hou Y, Liu H, Wang LT, Zhang GR, Lu JX, Wang H. CO2 electrocatalytic reduction on Cu nanoparticles loaded on nitrogen-doped carbon. J Electroanal Chem (Lausanne) 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2022.116353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Uehara TM, Migliorini FL, Facure MHM, Palma Filho NB, Miranda PB, Zucolotto V, Correa DS. Nanostructured scaffolds containing graphene oxide for nanomedicine applications. POLYM ADVAN TECHNOL 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/pat.5541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- Thiers M. Uehara
- Nanotechnology National Laboratory for Agriculture (LNNA) Embrapa Instrumentação São Paulo Brazil
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- Nanotechnology National Laboratory for Agriculture (LNNA) Embrapa Instrumentação São Paulo Brazil
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- Nanotechnology National Laboratory for Agriculture (LNNA) Embrapa Instrumentação São Paulo Brazil
- PPGQ, Department of Chemistry Center for Exact Sciences and Technology, Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar) São Paulo Brazil
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- Physics Institute of São Carlos University of São Paulo São Paulo Brazil
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- Nanotechnology National Laboratory for Agriculture (LNNA) Embrapa Instrumentação São Paulo Brazil
- PPGQ, Department of Chemistry Center for Exact Sciences and Technology, Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar) São Paulo Brazil
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