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Zhang T, Wang J, Shang H, Zhang B, Huang Y, He J, Xiang X. Active Oxygenated Structure-Intensified CO 2 Capture Enables Efficient Electrochemical Ethylene Production Over Carbon Nanofibers. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202401707. [PMID: 38700007 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202401707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2024] [Revised: 04/16/2024] [Accepted: 05/02/2024] [Indexed: 05/05/2024]
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The pursuit of high efficacy C-C coupling during the electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction remains a tremendous challenge owing to the high energy barrier of CO2 activation and insufficient coverage of the desired intermediates on catalytic sites. Inspired by the concept of capture-coupled CO2 activation, we fabricated quinone-grafted carbon nanofibers via an in situ oxidative carbonylation strategy. The quinone functionality of carbon nanofibers promotes the capture of CO2 followed by activation. At a current density of 400 mA cm-2, the Faradaic efficiency of ethylene reached 62.9 %, and a partial current density of 295 mA cm-2 was achieved on the quinone-rich carbon nanofibers. The results of in situ spectroscopy and theoretical calculations indicated that the remarkable selectivity enhancement in ethylene originates from the quinone structure, rather than the electronic properties of Cu particles. The interaction of quinone with CO2 increases the local *CO coverage and simultaneously hinders the co-adsorption of *H on Cu sites, which greatly reduces the energy barrier for C-C coupling and restrains subsequent *CO protonation. The modulation strategy involving specific oxygenated structure, as an independent degree of freedom, guides the design of functionalized carbon materials for tailoring the selectivity of desired products during the CO2 capture and reduction.
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- Tingting Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, People's Republic of China
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- Dalian Institute of Chemistry & Physics, Chinese Academy Science, Dalian, 116023, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China
- Quzhou Institute for Innovation in Resource Chemical Engineering, Quzhou, Zhejiang Province, 324000, People's Republic of China
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Barlow JM, Clarke LE, Zhang Z, Bím D, Ripley KM, Zito A, Brushett FR, Alexandrova AN, Yang JY. Molecular design of redox carriers for electrochemical CO 2 capture and concentration. Chem Soc Rev 2022; 51:8415-8433. [PMID: 36128984 DOI: 10.1039/d2cs00367h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
Developing improved methods for CO2 capture and concentration (CCC) is essential to mitigating the impact of our current emissions and can lead to carbon net negative technologies. Electrochemical approaches for CCC can achieve much higher theoretical efficiencies compared to the thermal methods that have been more commonly pursued. The use of redox carriers, or molecular species that can bind and release CO2 depending on their oxidation state, is an increasingly popular approach as carrier properties can be tailored for different applications. The key requirements for stable and efficient redox carriers are discussed in the context of chemical scaling relationships and operational conditions. Computational and experimental approaches towards developing redox carriers with optimal properties are also described.
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- Jeffrey M Barlow
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, USA.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095-1569, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095-1569, USA.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, USA.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095-1569, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, USA.
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Barlow JM, Yang JY. Oxygen-Stable Electrochemical CO 2 Capture and Concentration with Quinones Using Alcohol Additives. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:14161-14169. [PMID: 35881543 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c04044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Current methods for CO2 capture and concentration (CCC) are energy intensive due to their reliance on thermal cycles, which are intrinsically Carnot limited in efficiency. In contrast, electrochemically driven CCC (eCCC) can operate with much higher theoretical efficiencies. However, most reported systems are sensitive to O2, precluding their practical use. In order to achieve O2-stable eCCC, we pursued the development of molecular redox carriers with reduction potentials positive of the O2/O2- redox couple. Prior efforts to chemically modify redox carriers to operate at milder potentials resulted in diminished CO2 binding. To overcome these limitations, we used common alcohol additives to anodically shift the reduction potential of a quinone redox carrier, 2,3,5,6-tetrachloro-p-benzoquinone (TCQ), by up to 350 mV, conferring O2 stability. Intermolecular hydrogen-bonding interactions with the dianion and CO2-bound forms of TCQ were correlated to alcohol pKa to identify ethanol as the optimal additive, as it imparts beneficial changes to both the reduction potential and CO2-binding constant, the two key properties of eCCC redox carriers. We demonstrated a full cycle of eCCC in aerobic simulated flue gas using TCQ and ethanol, two commercially available compounds. Based on the system properties, an estimated minimum of 21 kJ/mol is required to concentrate CO2 from 10 to 100% or twice as efficient as state-of-the-art thermal amine capture systems and other reported redox carrier-based systems. Furthermore, this approach of using hydrogen-bond donor additives is general and can be used to tailor the redox properties of other quinone/alcohol combinations for specific CO2-capture applications.
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- Jeffrey M Barlow
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, United States
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Fan H, Cheng L, Jin B. Investigation on electrochemical capture of CO2 in p-Benzoquinone solutions by in situ FT-IR spectroelectrochemistry. Electrochim Acta 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2019.134882] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Qiao X, Li D, Cheng L, Jin B. Mechanism of electrochemical capture of CO2 via redox cycle of chlorinated 1,4-naphthoquinone in BMIMBF4: An in-situ FT-IR spectroelectrochemical approach. J Electroanal Chem (Lausanne) 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2019.05.057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Experimental and Theoretical Reduction Potentials of Some Biologically Active ortho-Carbonyl para-Quinones. Molecules 2017; 22:molecules22040577. [PMID: 28375183 PMCID: PMC6154728 DOI: 10.3390/molecules22040577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2017] [Revised: 03/14/2017] [Accepted: 03/29/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The rational design of quinones with specific redox properties is an issue of great interest because of their applications in pharmaceutical and material sciences. In this work, the electrochemical behavior of a series of four p-quinones was studied experimentally and theoretically. The first and second one-electron reduction potentials of the quinones were determined using cyclic voltammetry and correlated with those calculated by density functional theory (DFT) using three different functionals, BHandHLYP, M06-2x and PBE0. The differences among the experimental reduction potentials were explained in terms of structural effects on the stabilities of the formed species. DFT calculations accurately reproduced the first one-electron experimental reduction potentials with R2 higher than 0.94. The BHandHLYP functional presented the best fit to the experimental values (R2 = 0.957), followed by M06-2x (R2 = 0.947) and PBE0 (R2 = 0.942).
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Ibis C, Sahinler Ayla S, Topaloglu E, Yavuz S. Synthesis and characterization of novel substituted and cyclic benzoquinone derivatives. SYNTHETIC COMMUN 2016. [DOI: 10.1080/00397911.2016.1221970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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- Cemil Ibis
- Engineering Faculty, Department of Chemistry, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Engineering Faculty, Department of Chemistry, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Engineering Faculty, Department of Chemistry, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Engineering Faculty, Department of Chemistry, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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