Review on strategies for improving the added value and expanding the scope of CO₂ electroreduction products

Chemical Society Reviews, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 53(10), P. 5149 - 5189

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

This review summarizes promising strategies including the design of catalysts and construction coupled electrocatalytic reaction systems, aimed at achieving selective production various products from CO 2 electroreduction.

Language: Английский

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Electrochemical Carbon Dioxide Reduction to Ethylene: From Mechanistic Understanding to Catalyst Surface Engineering

Nano-Micro Letters, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 15(1)

Published: July 11, 2023

Electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction reaction (CO2RR) provides a promising way to convert CO2 chemicals. The multicarbon (C2+) products, especially ethylene, are of great interest due their versatile industrial applications. However, selectively reducing ethylene is still challenging as the additional energy required for C-C coupling step results in large overpotential and many competing products. Nonetheless, mechanistic understanding key steps preferred pathways/conditions, well rational design novel catalysts production have been regarded approaches achieving highly efficient selective CO2RR. In this review, we first illustrate CO2RR (e.g., adsorption/activation, formation *CO intermediate, step), offering conversion ethylene. Then alternative pathways conditions competitive products (C1 other C2+ products) investigated, guiding further development generation. Engineering strategies Cu-based CO2RR-ethylene summarized, correlations mechanism/pathways, engineering selectivity elaborated. Finally, major challenges perspectives research area proposed future practical

Language: Английский

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Materials Containing Single‐, Di‐, Tri‐, and Multi‐Metal Atoms Bonded to C, N, S, P, B, and O Species as Advanced Catalysts for Energy, Sensor, and Biomedical Applications

Advanced Science, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 11(33)

Published: July 1, 2024

Abstract Modifying the coordination or local environments of single‐, di‐, tri‐, and multi‐metal atom (SMA/DMA/TMA/MMA)‐based materials is one best strategies for increasing catalytic activities, selectivity, long‐term durability these materials. Advanced sheet supported by metal atom‐based have become a critical topic in fields renewable energy conversion systems, storage devices, sensors, biomedicine owing to maximum utilization efficiency, precisely located centers, specific electron configurations, unique reactivity, precise chemical tunability. Several offer excellent support are attractive applications energy, medical research, such as oxygen reduction, production, hydrogen generation, fuel selective detection, enzymatic reactions. The strong metal–metal metal–carbon with metal–heteroatom (i.e., N, S, P, B, O) bonds stabilize optimize electronic structures atoms due interfacial interactions, yielding activities. These provide models understanding fundamental problems multistep This review summarizes substrate structure‐activity relationship different active sites based on experimental theoretical data. Additionally, new synthesis procedures, physicochemical characterizations, biomedical discussed. Finally, remaining challenges developing efficient SMA/DMA/TMA/MMA‐based presented.

Language: Английский

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Atomically Dispersed Cu Active Centers: Local Structure and Mechanism Modulation for Carbon Dioxide Reduction

Advanced Functional Materials, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Jan. 10, 2025

Abstract Reducing carbon dioxide （CO 2 ）to high‐value products using green renewable energy is a promising approach for addressing and greenhouse effect issues. Consequently, electrocatalytic CO reduction reaction (CO RR) technology has become current research hotspot. Since the discovery of high activity selectivity copper in RR, atomically dispersed Cu catalysts have garnered widespread attention due to their efficient atom utilization, unique electronic structure, outstanding catalytic performance. However, great challenge remains providing rational catalyst design principles achieve regulation product distribution. A clear understanding materials an in‐depth interpretation mechanism as well elucidation strategy progress toward different are keys building solving above problem. Therefore, this review starts with introduction advanced characterization techniques reveal structure mechanisms. Then, various optimization strategies applications producing targeted summarized discussed. Finally, perspectives on RR field future development offered.

Language: Английский

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Electrocatalytic CO₂ Reduction to Ethylene: From Advanced Catalyst Design to Industrial Applications

Advanced Materials, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 35(52)

Published: Nov. 6, 2023

The value-added chemicals, monoxide, methane, ethylene, ethanol, ethane, and so on, can be efficiently generated through the electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (eCO2 RR) when equipped with suitable catalysts. Among them, ethylene is particularly important as a chemical feedstock for petrochemical manufacture. However, despite its high Faradaic efficiency achievable at relatively low current densities, substantial enhancement of selectivity stability industrial densities poses formidable challenge. To facilitate implementation eCO2 RR production, it imperative to identify key strategies potential solutions comprehending recent advancements, remaining challenges, future directions. Herein, latest innovative catalyst design are summarized discussed, starting properties catalysts such morphology, crystalline, oxidation state, defect, composition, surface engineering. review subsequently outlines related state-of-the-art technologies that essential in driving forward into practical applications, capture, product separation, downstream reactions. Finally, greenhouse model integrates conversion, storage, utilization proposed present an ideal perspective direction ethylene.

Language: Английский

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Linkage Engineering in Covalent Organic Frameworks for Metal‐Free Electrocatalytic C₂H₄ Production from CO₂

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 63(26)

Published: April 18, 2024

Electrocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction reaction (CO

Language: Английский

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High‐Entropy Materials in Electrocatalysis: Understanding, Design, and Development

Small, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 20(43)

Published: June 27, 2024

Abstract Electrocatalysis is a crucial method for achieving global carbon neutrality, serving as an essential means of energy conversion, and electrocatalyst in the process electrocatalysis. Because abundant active sites, multi‐component synergistic effect high‐entropy materials has wide application prospect field Moreover, due to special structure materials, it possible obtain almost continuous adsorption distribution by regulating composition, which attracted extensive attention researchers. This paper reviews properties types including alloys compounds. The synthesis strategies are systematically introduced, solid phase synthesis, liquid‐phase gas‐phase classified summarized. electrocatalysis summarized, promotion strategy various catalytic reaction processes Finally, current progress problems encountered, future development direction reviewed. It emphasized that high flux density functional theory calculation guiding catalyst design will be great significance

Language: Английский

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Promoting CO2 Electroreduction to Hydrocarbon Products via Sulfur‐Enhanced Proton Feeding in Atomically Precise Thiolate‐Protected Cu Clusters

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 63(48)

Published: Aug. 22, 2024

Abstract Thiolate‐protected Cu clusters with well‐defined structures and stable low‐coordinated + species exhibit remarkable potential for the CO 2 RR are ideal model catalysts establishing structure‐electrocatalytic property relationships at atomic level. However, extant employed in predominantly yield 2e − products. Herein, two 4 (MMI) 8 ( t BuS) (MMI=2‐mercapto‐1‐methylimidazole) prepared to investigate synergistic effect of adjacent S sites on RR. can reduce deep‐reduced products a 91.0 % Faradaic efficiency (including 53.7 CH ) while maintaining stability. Conversely, shows preference C 2+ products, achieving maximum FE 58.5 current density 152.1 mA⋅cm −2 . In situ XAS ex XPS spectra reveal preservation during RR, extensively enhancing adsorption capacity *CO intermediate. Moreover, kinetic analysis theoretical calculations confirm that facilitate H O dissociation into *H species, which directly participate protonation process *CHO. This study highlights important role Cu−S dual provides mechanistic insights pathway

Language: Английский

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High selective electrocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide to ethylene enabled by regulating the microenvironment over Cu-Ag nanowires

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 662, P. 786 - 795

Published: Feb. 15, 2024

Language: Английский

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Revealing Distance-Dependent Synergy between MnCo₂O₄ and Co–N–C in Boosting the Oxygen Reduction Reaction

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 16(3), P. 3388 - 3395

Published: Jan. 12, 2024

Synergistic effects have been applied to a variety of hybrid electrocatalysts improve their activity and selectivity. Understanding the synergistic mechanism is crucial for rational design these types catalysts. Here, we synthesize MnCo

Language: Английский

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