In-situ spectroscopic probe of the intrinsic structure feature of single-atom center in electrochemical CO/CO2 reduction to methanol

Xinyi Ren, Jian Zhao, Xuning Li*, Junming Shao, Binbin Pan, Aude Salamé, Etienne Boutin, Thomas Groizard, Shifu Wang, Jie Ding, Xiong Zhang, Wen Yang Huang, Wen Jing Zeng, Chengyu Liu, Yanguang Li, Sung Fu Hung*, Yanqiang Huang, Marc Robert*, Bin Liu*

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摘要

While exploring the process of CO/CO2 electroreduction (COxRR) is of great significance to achieve carbon recycling, deciphering reaction mechanisms so as to further design catalytic systems able to overcome sluggish kinetics remains challenging. In this work, a model single-Co-atom catalyst with well-defined coordination structure is developed and employed as a platform to unravel the underlying reaction mechanism of COxRR. The as-prepared single-Co-atom catalyst exhibits a maximum methanol Faradaic efficiency as high as 65% at 30 mA/cm2 in a membrane electrode assembly electrolyzer, while on the contrary, the reduction pathway of CO2 to methanol is strongly decreased in CO2RR. In-situ X-ray absorption and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopies point to a different adsorption configuration of *CO intermediate in CORR as compared to that in CO2RR, with a weaker stretching vibration of the C–O bond in the former case. Theoretical calculations further evidence the low energy barrier for the formation of a H-CoPc-CO species, which is a critical factor in promoting the electrochemical reduction of CO to methanol.

原文English
文章編號3401
期刊Nature Communications
14
發行號1
DOIs
出版狀態Published - 12月 2023

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