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Weal GR, Guðmundsson KI, Mackenzie FD, Whiting JR, Smith NB, Skúlason E, Garden AL. Calculations of the effect of catalyst size and structure on the electrocatalytic reduction of CO 2 on Cu nanoclusters. NANOSCALE 2024; 16:5242-5256. [PMID: 38362911 DOI: 10.1039/d3nr04956f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/17/2024]
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The structure and catalytic properties of Cu nanoclusters of sizes between 55 and 147 atoms were examined to understand if small Cu clusters could provide enhancement over traditional catalysts for the electrocatalysis of CO2 to CO and carbon-based fuels, such as CH4 and CH3OH, compared to bulk Cu surfaces and large Cu nanoparticles. Clusters studied included Cu55, Cu78, Cu101, Cu124, and Cu147, the structures of which were determined using global optimisation. The majority of Cu clusters examined were icosahedral, including the perfect closed-shell, partial-shell, elongated and distorted icosahedral clusters. Free energy diagrams for the reduction of CO2 showed the potential required for the formation of CO is notably smaller for all cluster sizes considered, relative to Cu(111). Less variation is observed for the limiting potential for the formation of CH4 and CH3OH. However, it was found that clusters that are either a distorted motif or contain vacancy defects yielded the best activity and provide an interesting synthesis target for future experiments.
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- Geoffrey R Weal
- Department of Chemistry, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand.
- The MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Victoria University of Wellington, P.O. Box 600, Wellington 6140, New Zealand
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- Science Institute and Faculty of Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Iceland, VR-III, 107 Reykjavík, Iceland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand.
- The MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Victoria University of Wellington, P.O. Box 600, Wellington 6140, New Zealand
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand.
- The MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Victoria University of Wellington, P.O. Box 600, Wellington 6140, New Zealand
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand.
- The MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Victoria University of Wellington, P.O. Box 600, Wellington 6140, New Zealand
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- Science Institute and Faculty of Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Iceland, VR-III, 107 Reykjavík, Iceland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand.
- The MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Victoria University of Wellington, P.O. Box 600, Wellington 6140, New Zealand
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Wu Q, Zhu F, Wallace G, Yao X, Chen J. Electrocatalysis of nitrogen pollution: transforming nitrogen waste into high-value chemicals. Chem Soc Rev 2024; 53:557-565. [PMID: 38099452 DOI: 10.1039/d3cs00714f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2024]
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On 16 June 2023, the United Nations Environment Programme highlighted the severity of nitrogen pollution faced by humans and called for joint action for sustainable nitrogen use. Excess nitrogenous waste (NW: NO, NO2, NO2-, NO3-, etc.) mainly arises from the use of synthetic fertilisers, wastewater discharge, and fossil fuel combustion. Although the amount of NW produced can be minimised by reducing the use of nitrogen fertilisers and fossil fuels, the necessity to feed seven billion people on Earth limits the utility of this approach. Compared to current industrial processes, electrocatalytic NW reduction or CO2-NW co-reduction offers a potentially greener alternative for recycling NW and producing high-value chemicals. However, upgrading this technology to connect upstream and downstream industrial chains is challenging. This viewpoint focuses on electrocatalytic NW reduction, a cutting-edge technology, and highlights the challenges in its practical application. It also discusses future directions to meet the requirements of upstream and downstream industries by optimising production processes, including the pretreatment and supply of nitrogenous raw materials (e.g. flue gas and sewage), design and macroscopic preparation of electrocatalysts, and upscaling of reactors and other auxiliary equipment.
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- Qilong Wu
- Intelligent Polymer Research Institute, Australian Institute for Innovative Materials, Innovation Campus, University of Wollongong, Squires Way, North Wollongong, NSW 2500, Australia.
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- School of Advanced Energy, Shenzhen Campus, Sun Yat-Sen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518107, P. R. China.
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- Intelligent Polymer Research Institute, Australian Institute for Innovative Materials, Innovation Campus, University of Wollongong, Squires Way, North Wollongong, NSW 2500, Australia.
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- School of Advanced Energy, Shenzhen Campus, Sun Yat-Sen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518107, P. R. China.
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- Intelligent Polymer Research Institute, Australian Institute for Innovative Materials, Innovation Campus, University of Wollongong, Squires Way, North Wollongong, NSW 2500, Australia.
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Calle-Vallejo F. The ABC of Generalized Coordination Numbers and Their Use as a Descriptor in Electrocatalysis. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2023:e2207644. [PMID: 37102632 PMCID: PMC10369287 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202207644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2022] [Revised: 03/08/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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The quest for enhanced electrocatalysts can be boosted by descriptor-based analyses. Because adsorption energies are the most common descriptors, electrocatalyst design is largely based on brute-force routines that comb materials databases until an energetic criterion is verified. In this review, it is shown that an alternative is provided by generalized coordination numbers (denoted by CN ¯ $\overline {{\rm{CN}}} $ or GCN), an inexpensive geometric descriptor for strained and unstrained transition metals and some alloys. CN ¯ $\overline {{\rm{CN}}} $ captures trends in adsorption energies on both extended surfaces and nanoparticles and is used to elaborate structure-sensitive electrocatalytic activity plots and selectivity maps. Importantly, CN ¯ $\overline {{\rm{CN}}} $ outlines the geometric configuration of the active sites, thereby enabling an atom-by-atom design, which is not possible using energetic descriptors. Specific examples for various adsorbates (e.g., *OH, *OOH, *CO, and *H), metals (e.g., Pt and Cu), and electrocatalytic reactions (e.g., O2 reduction, H2 evolution, CO oxidation, and reduction) are presented, and comparisons are made against other descriptors.
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- Federico Calle-Vallejo
- Nano-Bio Spectroscopy Group and European Theoretical Spectroscopy Facility (ETSF), Department of Advanced Materials and Polymers: Physics, Chemistry and Technology, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, 20018, Av. Tolosa 72, San Sebastián, Spain
- IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Plaza de Euskadi 5, Bilbao, 48009, Spain
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Soleimani M, Pourfath M. A comprehensive investigation of the plasmonic-photocatalytic properties of gold nanoparticles for CO 2 conversion to chemicals. NANOSCALE 2023; 15:7051-7067. [PMID: 36974912 DOI: 10.1039/d3nr00566f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Understanding the interactions between plasmonic gold (Au) nanoparticles and the adsorbate is essential for photocatalytic and plasmonic applications. However, it is often challenging to identify a specific reaction mechanism in the ground state and to explore the optical properties in the excited states because of the complicated pathways of carriers. In this study, photocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) to C1 products (for example, CO and CH4) on the Au(111) nanoparticle (NP) surface was studied based on reaction pathway analysis, adsorbate reactivity, and its ability to stabilize or deactivate the surface. The calculated reaction Gibbs free energies and activation barriers revealed that the first step in CO reduction via a direct hydrogen transfer mechanism on Au(111) is the formation of formyl (*CHO) instead of hydroxymethylidyne (*COH). Furthermore, the size enhanced and symmetry sensitive optical responses of cuboctahedral Au(111) NPs on localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) were investigated by using time-dependent DFT (TDDFT) calculations. Although near field enhancement around cuboctahedral Au(111) NPs is only weakly dependent on the morphology of NPs, it was observed that corner sites stabilize *C-species to drive the CO2 reduction to CO. The density of active surface states interacting with the adsorbate states near the Fermi level gradually decreases from the (111) on-top site toward the corner site of the Au(111) NP-CO system, which strongly affects the molecule's binding on catalytic sites and, in particular, electronic excitation. Finally, the spatial distribution of the charge oscillations was determined as a guide for the fabrication of Au NPs with an optimal LSPR response.
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- Maryam Soleimani
- School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran 14395-515, Iran.
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- School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran 14395-515, Iran.
- Institute for Microelectronics/E360, TU Wien, A-1040 Vienna, Austria
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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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Shen Y, Ren C, Zheng L, Xu X, Long R, Zhang W, Yang Y, Zhang Y, Yao Y, Chi H, Wang J, Shen Q, Xiong Y, Zou Z, Zhou Y. Room-temperature photosynthesis of propane from CO 2 with Cu single atoms on vacancy-rich TiO 2. Nat Commun 2023; 14:1117. [PMID: 36849519 PMCID: PMC9970977 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-36778-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2022] [Accepted: 02/14/2023] [Indexed: 03/01/2023] Open
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Photochemical conversion of CO2 into high-value C2+ products is difficult to achieve due to the energetic and mechanistic challenges in forming multiple C-C bonds. Herein, an efficient photocatalyst for the conversion of CO2 into C3H8 is prepared by implanting Cu single atoms on Ti0.91O2 atomically-thin single layers. Cu single atoms promote the formation of neighbouring oxygen vacancies (VOs) in Ti0.91O2 matrix. These oxygen vacancies modulate the electronic coupling interaction between Cu atoms and adjacent Ti atoms to form a unique Cu-Ti-VO unit in Ti0.91O2 matrix. A high electron-based selectivity of 64.8% for C3H8 (product-based selectivity of 32.4%), and 86.2% for total C2+ hydrocarbons (product-based selectivity of 50.2%) are achieved. Theoretical calculations suggest that Cu-Ti-VO unit may stabilize the key *CHOCO and *CH2OCOCO intermediates and reduce their energy levels, tuning both C1-C1 and C1-C2 couplings into thermodynamically-favourable exothermal processes. Tandem catalysis mechanism and potential reaction pathway are tentatively proposed for C3H8 formation, involving an overall (20e- - 20H+) reduction and coupling of three CO2 molecules at room temperature.
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- Yan Shen
- grid.41156.370000 0001 2314 964XKey Laboratory of Modern Acoustics (MOE), Institute of Acoustics, School of Physics, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Nanotechnology, Eco-materials and Renewable Energy Research Center (ERERC), National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China ,grid.41156.370000 0001 2314 964XCollege of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- grid.263826.b0000 0004 1761 0489School of Physics, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
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- grid.9227.e0000000119573309Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- grid.268415.cChemistry Interdisciplinary Research Center, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- grid.59053.3a0000000121679639Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
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- grid.59053.3a0000000121679639Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
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- grid.410579.e0000 0000 9116 9901Key Laboratory of Soft Chemistry and Functional Materials (MOE), Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, China
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- grid.268415.cChemistry Interdisciplinary Research Center, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- grid.41156.370000 0001 2314 964XKey Laboratory of Modern Acoustics (MOE), Institute of Acoustics, School of Physics, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Nanotechnology, Eco-materials and Renewable Energy Research Center (ERERC), National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China ,grid.41156.370000 0001 2314 964XCollege of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China ,grid.10784.3a0000 0004 1937 0482School of Science and Engineering, the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen), Shenzhen, China
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- grid.41156.370000 0001 2314 964XKey Laboratory of Modern Acoustics (MOE), Institute of Acoustics, School of Physics, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Nanotechnology, Eco-materials and Renewable Energy Research Center (ERERC), National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- School of Physics, Southeast University, Nanjing, China.
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- University of Electrocommunication, Graduate School of Informatics and Engineering, Chofu, Tokyo Japan
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.
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- grid.41156.370000 0001 2314 964XKey Laboratory of Modern Acoustics (MOE), Institute of Acoustics, School of Physics, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Nanotechnology, Eco-materials and Renewable Energy Research Center (ERERC), National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China ,grid.41156.370000 0001 2314 964XCollege of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China ,grid.10784.3a0000 0004 1937 0482School of Science and Engineering, the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen), Shenzhen, China
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- Key Laboratory of Modern Acoustics (MOE), Institute of Acoustics, School of Physics, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Nanotechnology, Eco-materials and Renewable Energy Research Center (ERERC), National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China. .,School of Science and Engineering, the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen), Shenzhen, China. .,School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Anhui Polytechnic University, Wuhu, China.
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Electrocatalytic Reduction of CO2 to C1 Compounds by Zn-Based Monatomic Alloys: A DFT Calculation. Catalysts 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/catal12121617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Electrocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide to produce usable products and fuels such as alkanes, alkenes, and alcohols, is a very promising strategy. Recent experiments have witnessed great advances in precisely controlling the synthesis of single atom alloys (SAAs), which exhibit unique catalytic properties different from alloys and nanoparticles. However, only certain precious metals, such as Pd or Au, can achieve this transformation. Here, the density functional theory (DFT) calculations were performed to show that Zn-based SAAs are promising electrocatalysts for the reduction of CO2 to C1 hydrocarbons. We assume that CO2 reduction in Zn-based SAAs follows a two-step continuous reaction: first Zn reduces CO2 to CO, and then newly generated CO is captured by M and further reduced to C1 products such as methane or methanol. This work screens seven stable alloys from 16 SAAs (M = Fe, Ru, Os, Co, Rh, Ir, Ni, Pd, Pt, Cu, Ag, Au, V, Mo, Ti, Cr). Among them, Pd@Zn (101) and Cu@Zn (101) are promising catalysts for CO2 reduction. The reaction mechanisms of these two SAAs are discussed in detail. Both of them convert CO2 into methane via the same pathway. They are reduced by the pathway: *CO2 → *COOH → *CO + H2O; *CO → *CHO → *CH2O → *CH3O → *O + CH4 → *OH + CH4 → H2O + CH4. However, their potential determination steps are different, i.e., *CO2 → *COOH (ΔG = 0.70 eV) for Cu@Zn (101) and *CO → *CHO (ΔG = 0.72 eV) for Pd@Zn, respectively. This suggests that Zn-based SAAs can reduce CO2 to methane with a small overpotential. The solvation effect is simulated by the implicit solvation model, and it is found that H2O is beneficial to CO2 reduction. These computational results show an effective monatomic material to form hydrocarbons, which can stimulate experimental efforts to explore the use of SAAs to catalyze CO2 electrochemical reduction to hydrocarbons.
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Wang X, Hu Q, Li G, Yang H, He C. Recent Advances and Perspectives of Electrochemical CO2 Reduction Toward C2+ Products on Cu-Based Catalysts. ELECTROCHEM ENERGY R 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s41918-022-00171-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Crystal facet-dependent electrocatalytic performance of metallic Cu in CO2 reduction reactions. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2021.12.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Brito‐Ravicini A, Calle‐Vallejo F. Interplaying coordination and ligand effects to break or make adsorption‐energy scaling relations. EXPLORATION 2022; 2:20210062. [PMCID: PMC10191023 DOI: 10.1002/exp.20210062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2021] [Accepted: 01/10/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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- Alvaro Brito‐Ravicini
- Department of Materials Science and Chemical Physics & Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry University of Barcelona Barcelona Spain
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- Department of Materials Science and Chemical Physics & Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry University of Barcelona Barcelona Spain
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Sargeant E, Rodríguez P. Electrochemical conversion of CO
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Verga LG, Mendes PCD, Ocampo-Restrepo VK, Da Silva JLF. Exploring the adsorption site coordination as a strategy to tune copper catalysts for CO2 electro-reduction. Catal Sci Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d1cy02010b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The atomistic engineering of the catalyst substrate was explored as a strategy to tune Cu catalysts for CO2 reduction towards different C1 products.
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- Lucas G. Verga
- São Carlos Institute of Chemistry, University of São Paulo, P.O. Box 780, 13560-970, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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- São Carlos Institute of Chemistry, University of São Paulo, P.O. Box 780, 13560-970, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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- São Carlos Institute of Chemistry, University of São Paulo, P.O. Box 780, 13560-970, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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Zhang N, Yang B, Liu K, Li H, Chen G, Qiu X, Li W, Hu J, Fu J, Jiang Y, Liu M, Ye J. Machine Learning in Screening High Performance Electrocatalysts for CO 2 Reduction. SMALL METHODS 2021; 5:e2100987. [PMID: 34927959 DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202100987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2021] [Revised: 09/18/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Converting CO2 into carbon-based fuels is promising for relieving the greenhouse gas effect and the energy crisis. However, the selectivity and efficiency of current electrocatalysts for CO2 reductions are still not satisfactory. In this paper, the development of machine learning methods in screening CO2 reduction electrocatalysts over the recent years is reviewed. Through high-throughput calculation of some key descriptors such as adsorption energies, d-band center, and coordination number by well-constructed machine learning models, the catalytic activity, optimal composition, active sites, and CO2 reduction reaction pathway over various possible materials can be predicted and understood. Machine learning is now realized as a fast and low-cost method to effectively explore high performance electrocatalysts for CO2 reduction.
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- Ning Zhang
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410083, P. R. China
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- School of Physical Science and Electronics, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410083, P. R. China
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- School of Physical Science and Electronics, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410083, P. R. China
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- School of Physical Science and Electronics, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410083, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410083, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410083, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410083, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450002, P. R. China
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- School of Physical Science and Electronics, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410083, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410083, P. R. China
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- School of Physical Science and Electronics, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410083, P. R. China
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- National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0044, Japan
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Gustavsen KR, Wang K. Recent advances on enhancing the multicarbon selectivity of nanostructured Cu-based catalysts. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:12514-12532. [PMID: 34042125 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp00908g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The rapid development and affordability of renewable energy sources necessitate innovative energy storage technologies to compensate for their intermittency. The electrochemical reduction of CO2 presents an attractive strategy for renewable energy storage, with considerable advancements in recent years. Copper-based catalysts have spearheaded this progress due to their intrinsic ability to produce valuable multicarbon reaction products. However, Cu is inherently unselective, and considerable efforts are needed to achieve the selective production of multicarbon reaction products on Cu-based catalysts. A multitude of factors affect the selectivity of Cu-catalysts, such as morphology, metal co-catalysts, and incorporation of oxidizing agents. In this review, we have summarized the current progress and the most important strategies for tuning the selectivity towards multicarbon reaction products over nanostructured Cu-based catalysts.
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- Kim R Gustavsen
- Department of Microsystems, University of South-Eastern Norway, Borre 3184, Norway.
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- Department of Microsystems, University of South-Eastern Norway, Borre 3184, Norway.
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Piqué O, Löffler M, Katsounaros I, Calle-Vallejo F. Computational-experimental study of the onset potentials for CO2 reduction on polycrystalline and oxide-derived copper electrodes. Electrochim Acta 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2021.138247] [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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Iyengar P, Kolb MJ, Pankhurst JR, Calle-Vallejo F, Buonsanti R. Elucidating the Facet-Dependent Selectivity for CO2 Electroreduction to Ethanol of Cu–Ag Tandem Catalysts. ACS Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c00420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Pranit Iyengar
- Laboratory of Nanochemistry for Energy (LNCE), Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering (ISIC), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1950 Sion, Switzerland
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- Department of Materials Science and Chemical Physics & Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry (IQTCUB), University of Barcelona, Martí i Franquès 1, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Laboratory of Nanochemistry for Energy (LNCE), Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering (ISIC), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1950 Sion, Switzerland
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- Department of Materials Science and Chemical Physics & Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry (IQTCUB), University of Barcelona, Martí i Franquès 1, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Laboratory of Nanochemistry for Energy (LNCE), Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering (ISIC), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1950 Sion, Switzerland
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Gazzarrini E, Rossi K, Baletto F. Born to be different: the formation process of Cu nanoparticles tunes the size trend of the activity for CO 2 to CH 4 conversion. NANOSCALE 2021; 13:5857-5867. [PMID: 33720246 DOI: 10.1039/d0nr07889a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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We investigate the impact of the formation process of Cu nanoparticles on the distribution of adsorption sites and hence on their activity. Using molecular dynamics, we model formation pathways characteristic of physical synthesis routes as the annealing of a liquid droplet, the growth proceeding via the addition of single atoms, and the coalescence of individual nanoparticles. Each formation process leads to different and characteristic size-dependent distributions of their adsorption sites, catalogued and monitored on-the-fly by means of a suitable geometrical descriptor. Annealed or coalesced nanoparticles present a rather homogeneous distribution in the kind and relative abundance of non-equivalent adsorption sites. Atom-by-atom grown nanoparticles, instead, exhibit a more marked occurrence of adsorption sites corresponding to adatoms and small islands on (111) and (100) facets. Regardless of the formation process, highly coordinated sites are more likely in larger nanoparticles, while the abundance of low-coordination sites depends on the formation process and on the nanoparticle size. Furthermore, we show how each characteristic distribution of adsorption sites reflects in different size trends for the Cu-nanoparticle activity, taking as an example the electro-reduction of CO2 into CH4. To this end, we employ a multi-scale method and observe that the faceted but highly defected structures obtained during the atom-by-atom growth become more and more active with increasing size, with a mild dependence on the original seed. In contrast, the activity of Cu-nanoparticles obtained by annealing decreases with their size, while coalesced nanoparticles' activity shows a non-monotonic behaviour.
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- Elena Gazzarrini
- Physics Department, King's College London, WC2R 2LS, London, UK.
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Kolb MJ, Loffreda D, Sautet P, Calle-Vallejo F. Structure-sensitive scaling relations among carbon-containing species and their possible impact on CO2 electroreduction. J Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2020.12.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Xiang SQ, Shi JL, Gao ST, Zhang W, Zhao LB. Thermodynamic and Kinetic Competition between C–H and O–H Bond Formation Pathways during Electrochemical Reduction of CO on Copper Electrodes. ACS Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c05472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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- Shi-Qin Xiang
- Department of Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chongqing 400714, China
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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Verga LG, Mendes PCD, Ocampo-Restrepo VK, Da Silva JLF. The role of site coordination on the CO 2 electroreduction pathway on stepped and defective copper surfaces. Catal Sci Technol 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cy02337j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Changes in adsorption site coordination on stepped and defective Cu surfaces affect reaction pathways and potential-determining steps for CO2 electroreduction.
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- Lucas G. Verga
- São Carlos Institute of Chemistry
- University of São Paulo
- São Paulo
- Brazil
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Towards molecular understanding of local chemical environment effects in electro- and photocatalytic CO2 reduction. Nat Catal 2020. [DOI: 10.1038/s41929-020-00512-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 179] [Impact Index Per Article: 44.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Determining the adsorption energies of small molecules with the intrinsic properties of adsorbates and substrates. Nat Commun 2020; 11:1196. [PMID: 32139675 PMCID: PMC7058040 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-14969-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2019] [Accepted: 02/11/2020] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Adsorption is essential for many processes on surfaces; therefore, an accurate prediction of adsorption properties is demanded from both fundamental and technological points of view. Particularly, identifying the intrinsic determinants of adsorption energy has been a long-term goal in surface science. Herein, we propose a predictive model for quantitative determination of the adsorption energies of small molecules on metallic materials and oxides, by using a linear combination of the valence and electronegativity of surface atoms and the coordination of active sites, with the corresponding prefactors determined by the valence of adsorbates. This model quantifies the effect of the intrinsic properties of adsorbates and substrates on adsorbate–substrate bonding, derives naturally the well-known adsorption-energy scaling relations, and accounts for the efficiency and limitation of engineering the adsorption energy and reaction energy. All involved parameters are predictable and thus allow the rapid rational design of materials with optimal adsorption properties. Adsorption of molecules at surfaces is at the basis of many processes in chemistry. Here the authors propose an approach to determine the adsorption energies of different chemical species on a variety of solid surfaces based on fundamental and accessible properties of adsorbate and surface atoms.
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Piqué O, Illas F, Calle-Vallejo F. Designing water splitting catalysts using rules of thumb: advantages, dangers and alternatives. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:6797-6803. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cp00896f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Breaking the OH–OOH scaling relation does not necessarily enhance water splitting electrocatalysis. Seeking “electrocatalytic symmetry” is a suitable alternative.
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- Oriol Piqué
- Departament de Ciència de Materials i Química Física & Institut de Química Teòrica i Computacional (IQTCUB)
- Universitat de Barcelona
- 08028 Barcelona
- Spain
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- Departament de Ciència de Materials i Química Física & Institut de Química Teòrica i Computacional (IQTCUB)
- Universitat de Barcelona
- 08028 Barcelona
- Spain
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- Departament de Ciència de Materials i Química Física & Institut de Química Teòrica i Computacional (IQTCUB)
- Universitat de Barcelona
- 08028 Barcelona
- Spain
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Todorova TK, Schreiber MW, Fontecave M. Mechanistic Understanding of CO2 Reduction Reaction (CO2RR) Toward Multicarbon Products by Heterogeneous Copper-Based Catalysts. ACS Catal 2019. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.9b04746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 167] [Impact Index Per Article: 33.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Tanya K. Todorova
- Laboratoire de Chimie des Processus Biologiques, UMR 8229 CNRS, Collège de France, Université Paris 6, 11 Place Marcelin Berthelot, 75231 CEDEX 05 Paris, France
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- Total Research and Technology, Refining and Chemicals, Division CO2 Conversion, Feluy, 7181 Seneffe, Belgium
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- Laboratoire de Chimie des Processus Biologiques, UMR 8229 CNRS, Collège de France, Université Paris 6, 11 Place Marcelin Berthelot, 75231 CEDEX 05 Paris, France
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Granda-Marulanda LP, Builes S, Koper MTM, Calle-Vallejo F. Influence of Van der Waals Interactions on the Solvation Energies of Adsorbates at Pt-Based Electrocatalysts. Chemphyschem 2019; 20:2968-2972. [PMID: 31348598 PMCID: PMC6899950 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201900512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2019] [Revised: 07/26/2019] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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Solvation can significantly modify the adsorption energy of species at surfaces, thereby influencing the performance of electrocatalysts and liquid‐phase catalysts. Thus, it is important to understand adsorbate solvation at the nanoscale. Here we evaluate the effect of van der Waals (vdW) interactions described by different approaches on the solvation energy of *OH adsorbed on near‐surface alloys (NSAs) of Pt. Our results show that the studied functionals can be divided into two groups, each with rather similar average *OH solvation energies: (1) PBE and PW91; and (2) vdW functionals, RPBE, PBE‐D3 and RPBE‐D3. On average, *OH solvation energies are less negative by ∼0.14 eV in group (2) compared to (1), and the values for a given alloy can be extrapolated from one functional to another within the same group. Depending on the desired level of accuracy, these concrete observations and our tabulated values can be used to rapidly incorporate solvation into models for electrocatalysis and liquid‐phase catalysis.
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- Departamento de Ingeniería de Procesos, Universidad EAFIT, Carrera 49 No 7 sur - 50, 050022, Medellín, Colombia
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, PO Box 9502, 2300 RA, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Departament de Ciència de Materials i Química Física & Institut de Química Teòrica i Computacional (IQTCUB), Universitat de Barcelona, Martí i Franquès 1, 08028, Barcelona, Spain
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Mavrokefalos CK, Kaeffer N, Liu H, Krumeich F, Copéret C. Small and Narrowly Distributed Copper Nanoparticles Supported on Carbon Prepared by Surface Organometallic Chemistry for Selective Hydrogenation and CO
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Electroconversion Processes. ChemCatChem 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201901414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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- Christos K. Mavrokefalos
- Department of Chemistry and Applied BiosciencesETH Zürich Vladimir-Prelog Weg 1–5 CH-8093 Zürich Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied BiosciencesETH Zürich Vladimir-Prelog Weg 1–5 CH-8093 Zürich Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied BiosciencesETH Zürich Vladimir-Prelog Weg 1–5 CH-8093 Zürich Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied BiosciencesETH Zürich Vladimir-Prelog Weg 1–5 CH-8093 Zürich Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied BiosciencesETH Zürich Vladimir-Prelog Weg 1–5 CH-8093 Zürich Switzerland
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Dong Q, Zhang X, He D, Lang C, Wang D. Role of H 2O in CO 2 Electrochemical Reduction As Studied in a Water-in-Salt System. ACS CENTRAL SCIENCE 2019; 5:1461-1467. [PMID: 31482129 PMCID: PMC6716197 DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.9b00519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2019] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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CO2 electrochemical reduction is of great interest not only for its technological implications but also for the scientific challenges it represents. How to suppress the kinetically favored hydrogen evolution in the presence of H2O, for instance, has attracted significant attention. Here we report a new way of achieving such a goal. Our strategy involves a unique water-in-salt electrolyte system, where the H2O concentration can be greatly suppressed due to the strong solvation of the high-concentration salt. More importantly, the water-in-salt electrolyte offers an opportunity to tune the H2O concentration for electrokinetic studies of CO2 reduction, a parameter of critical importance to the understanding of the detailed mechanisms but difficult to vary previously. Using Au as a model catalyst platform, we observed a zeroth-order dependence of the reaction rate on the H2O concentration, strongly suggesting that electron transfer, rather than concerted proton electron transfer, from the electrode to the adsorbed CO2 is the rate-determining step. The results shed new light on the mechanistic understanding of CO2 electrochemical reduction. Our approach is expected to be applicable to other catalyst systems, as well, which will offer a new dimension to mechanistic studies by tuning H2O concentrations.
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- Qi Dong
- Chemistry
Department, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467, United States
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- Chemistry
Department, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467, United States
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- Chemistry
Department, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467, United States
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- Chemistry
Department, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467, United States
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- Chemistry
Department, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467, United States
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Garlyyev B, Fichtner J, Piqué O, Schneider O, Bandarenka AS, Calle-Vallejo F. Revealing the nature of active sites in electrocatalysis. Chem Sci 2019; 10:8060-8075. [PMID: 31857876 PMCID: PMC6844223 DOI: 10.1039/c9sc02654a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2019] [Accepted: 07/22/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Heterogeneous electrocatalysis plays a central role in the development of sustainable, carbon-neutral pathways for energy provision and the production of various chemicals. It determines the overall efficiency of electrochemical devices that involve catalysis at the electrode/electrolyte interface. In this perspective, we discuss key aspects for the identification of active centers at the surface of electrocatalysts and important factors that influence them. The role of the surface structure, nanoparticle shape/size and the electrolyte composition in the resulting catalytic performance is of particular interest in this work. We highlight challenges that from our point of view need to be tackled, and provide guidelines for the design of "real life" electrocatalysts for renewable energy provision systems as well as for the production of industrially important compounds.
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- Batyr Garlyyev
- Physics of Energy Conversion and Storage , Technical University of Munich , James-Franck-Straße 1 , 85748 Garching , Germany .
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- Physics of Energy Conversion and Storage , Technical University of Munich , James-Franck-Straße 1 , 85748 Garching , Germany .
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- Departament de Ciència de Materials i Química Fisica , Institut de Química Teòrica i Computacional (IQTCUB) , Universitat de Barcelona , Martí i Franquès 1 , 08028 Barcelona , Spain .
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- Electrochemical Research Group , Technische Universität München , Schleißheimerstraße 90a , 85748 Garching , Germany
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- Physics of Energy Conversion and Storage , Technical University of Munich , James-Franck-Straße 1 , 85748 Garching , Germany . .,Catalysis Research Center , TUM , Ernst-Otto-Fischer-Straße 1 , 85748 Garching , Germany
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- Departament de Ciència de Materials i Química Fisica , Institut de Química Teòrica i Computacional (IQTCUB) , Universitat de Barcelona , Martí i Franquès 1 , 08028 Barcelona , Spain .
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Sebastián‐Pascual P, Mezzavilla S, Stephens IEL, Escudero‐Escribano M. Structure‐Sensitivity and Electrolyte Effects in CO
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Electroreduction: From Model Studies to Applications. ChemCatChem 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201900552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Paula Sebastián‐Pascual
- Department of ChemistryNano-Science CenterUniversity of Copenhagen Universitetsparken 5 2100 Copenhagen Ø Denmark
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- Department of MaterialsImperial College LondonRoyal School of Mines Prince Consort Rd London SW7 2AZ UK
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- Department of MaterialsImperial College LondonRoyal School of Mines Prince Consort Rd London SW7 2AZ UK
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- Department of ChemistryNano-Science CenterUniversity of Copenhagen Universitetsparken 5 2100 Copenhagen Ø Denmark
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Nitopi S, Bertheussen E, Scott SB, Liu X, Engstfeld AK, Horch S, Seger B, Stephens IEL, Chan K, Hahn C, Nørskov JK, Jaramillo TF, Chorkendorff I. Progress and Perspectives of Electrochemical CO 2 Reduction on Copper in Aqueous Electrolyte. Chem Rev 2019; 119:7610-7672. [PMID: 31117420 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.8b00705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1336] [Impact Index Per Article: 267.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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To date, copper is the only heterogeneous catalyst that has shown a propensity to produce valuable hydrocarbons and alcohols, such as ethylene and ethanol, from electrochemical CO2 reduction (CO2R). There are variety of factors that impact CO2R activity and selectivity, including the catalyst surface structure, morphology, composition, the choice of electrolyte ions and pH, and the electrochemical cell design. Many of these factors are often intertwined, which can complicate catalyst discovery and design efforts. Here we take a broad and historical view of these different aspects and their complex interplay in CO2R catalysis on Cu, with the purpose of providing new insights, critical evaluations, and guidance to the field with regard to research directions and best practices. First, we describe the various experimental probes and complementary theoretical methods that have been used to discern the mechanisms by which products are formed, and next we present our current understanding of the complex reaction networks for CO2R on Cu. We then analyze two key methods that have been used in attempts to alter the activity and selectivity of Cu: nanostructuring and the formation of bimetallic electrodes. Finally, we offer some perspectives on the future outlook for electrochemical CO2R.
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- Stephanie Nitopi
- SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis, Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Section for Surface Physics and Catalysis, Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Section for Surface Physics and Catalysis, Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis, Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Section for Surface Physics and Catalysis, Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.,Institute of Surface Chemistry and Catalysis, Ulm University, D-89069 Ulm, Germany
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- Section for Surface Physics and Catalysis, Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Section for Surface Physics and Catalysis, Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Section for Surface Physics and Catalysis, Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.,Department of Materials, Imperial College London, Royal School of Mines, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis, Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States.,SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States
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- SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis, Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States.,SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States
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- SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis, Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States.,Section for Surface Physics and Catalysis, Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.,SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States
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- SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis, Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States.,SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States
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- Section for Surface Physics and Catalysis, Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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Mondal B, Sen P, Rana A, Saha D, Das P, Dey A. Reduction of CO2 to CO by an Iron Porphyrin Catalyst in the Presence of Oxygen. ACS Catal 2019. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.9b00529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Biswajit Mondal
- School of Chemical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 2A & 2B Raja S.C. Mullick Road, Kolkata, West Bengal 700032, India
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- School of Chemical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 2A & 2B Raja S.C. Mullick Road, Kolkata, West Bengal 700032, India
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- School of Chemical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 2A & 2B Raja S.C. Mullick Road, Kolkata, West Bengal 700032, India
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- School of Chemical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 2A & 2B Raja S.C. Mullick Road, Kolkata, West Bengal 700032, India
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- School of Chemical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 2A & 2B Raja S.C. Mullick Road, Kolkata, West Bengal 700032, India
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- School of Chemical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 2A & 2B Raja S.C. Mullick Road, Kolkata, West Bengal 700032, India
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- Zhiqiang Ma
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, United States
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Low QH, Loo NWX, Calle-Vallejo F, Yeo BS. Enhanced Electroreduction of Carbon Dioxide to Methanol Using Zinc Dendrites Pulse-Deposited on Silver Foam. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 58:2256-2260. [PMID: 30565358 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201810991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2018] [Revised: 11/29/2018] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The electrocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction (CO2 RR) can dynamise the carbon cycle by lowering anthropogenic CO2 emissions and sustainably producing valuable fuels and chemical feedstocks. Methanol is arguably the most desirable C1 product of CO2 RR, although it typically forms in negligible amounts. In our search for efficient methanol-producing CO2 RR catalysts, we have engineered Ag-Zn catalysts by pulse-depositing Zn dendrites onto Ag foams (PD-Zn/Ag foam). By themselves, Zn and Ag cannot effectively reduce CO2 to CH3 OH, while their alloys produce CH3 OH with Faradaic efficiencies of approximately 1 %. Interestingly, with nanostructuring PD-Zn/Ag foam reduces CO2 to CH3 OH with Faradaic efficiency and current density values reaching as high as 10.5 % and -2.7 mA cm-2 , respectively. Control experiments and DFT calculations pinpoint strained undercoordinated Zn atoms as the active sites for CO2 RR to CH3 OH in a reaction pathway mediated by adsorbed CO and formaldehyde. Surprisingly, the stability of the *CHO intermediate does not influence the activity.
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- Qi Hang Low
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore, 117543, Singapore.,Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore, SERIS, National University of Singapore (NUS), 7 Engineering Drive 1, Building E3A, #06-01, Singapore, 117574, Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore, 117543, Singapore
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- Department of Materials Science and Chemical Physics and Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry (IQTCUB), University of Barcelona, c/Martí i Franquès 1, 08028, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore, 117543, Singapore.,Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore, SERIS, National University of Singapore (NUS), 7 Engineering Drive 1, Building E3A, #06-01, Singapore, 117574, Singapore
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Low QH, Loo NWX, Calle-Vallejo F, Yeo BS. Enhanced Electroreduction of Carbon Dioxide to Methanol Using Zinc Dendrites Pulse-Deposited on Silver Foam. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201810991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Qi Hang Low
- Department of Chemistry; Faculty of Science; National University of Singapore; 3 Science Drive 3 Singapore 117543 Singapore
- Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore, SERIS; National University of Singapore (NUS); 7 Engineering Drive 1, Building E3A, #06-01 Singapore 117574 Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry; Faculty of Science; National University of Singapore; 3 Science Drive 3 Singapore 117543 Singapore
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- Department of Materials Science and Chemical Physics and Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry (IQTCUB); University of Barcelona; c/Martí i Franquès 1 08028 Barcelona Spain
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- Department of Chemistry; Faculty of Science; National University of Singapore; 3 Science Drive 3 Singapore 117543 Singapore
- Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore, SERIS; National University of Singapore (NUS); 7 Engineering Drive 1, Building E3A, #06-01 Singapore 117574 Singapore
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Jiang S, Klingan K, Pasquini C, Dau H. New aspects of operando Raman spectroscopy applied to electrochemical CO2 reduction on Cu foams. J Chem Phys 2019; 150:041718. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5054109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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- Shan Jiang
- Department of Physics, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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Cui X, An W, Liu X, Wang H, Men Y, Wang J. C 2N-graphene supported single-atom catalysts for CO 2 electrochemical reduction reaction: mechanistic insight and catalyst screening. NANOSCALE 2018; 10:15262-15272. [PMID: 30067260 DOI: 10.1039/c8nr04961k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Single-atom catalysts (SACs) have emerged as an excellent platform for enhancing catalytic performance. Inspired by the recent experimental synthesis of nitrogenated holey 2D graphene (C2N-h2D) (Mahmood et al., Nat. Commun., 2015, 6, 6486-6493), we report density functional theory calculations combined with computational hydrogen electrode model to show that C2N-h2D supported metal single atoms (M@C2N) are promising electrocatalysts for CO2 reduction reaction (CO2 RR). M confined at pyridinic N6 cavity promotes activation of inert O[double bond, length as m-dash]C[double bond, length as m-dash]O bonds and subsequent protonation steps, with *COOH → *CO → CHO predicted to be the primary pathway for producing methanol and methane. It is found that *CO + H+ + e- → *CHO is most likely to be the potential determining step; breaking the scaling relation of *CO and *CHO binding on M@C2N SACs may simply be a rare event that is sensitively controlled by the detailed geometry of the adsorbate. Among twelve metals screened, M@C2N SACs where M = Ti, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Ru were identified to be effective in catalyzing CO2 RR with lowered overpotentials (0.58 V-0.80 V).
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- Xudong Cui
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, Shanghai 201620, Songjiang District, China.
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Calle-Vallejo F, Bandarenka AS. Enabling Generalized Coordination Numbers to Describe Strain Effects. CHEMSUSCHEM 2018; 11:1824-1828. [PMID: 29701917 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201800569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2018] [Revised: 04/26/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The world's growing energetic demand calls for efficient generation and interconversion of different types of energy. Heterogeneous catalysis can help cope with such demand, provided that rational, accurate and affordable design methods lead to the discovery of cost-effective and efficient catalysts. Here we derive a simple descriptor to simultaneously capture two parameters commonly used in catalytic materials design: strain and coordination. We test the descriptor with four different adsorbates on four active sites of two metals, and applying strain in the range of ±3 %, usually observed experimentally at catalytic metal surfaces. Furthermore, we use the descriptor to illustrate catalyst design availing strain and nearest-neighbor effects simultaneously for the oxygen reduction reaction, a reaction of high importance in fuel cells. The connection between coordination and strain helps in the search for robust yet rapid catalyst design methodologies.
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- Federico Calle-Vallejo
- Departament de Ciència de Materials i Química Fisica & Institut de Química Teòrica i Computacional (IQTCUB), Universitat de Barcelona, Martí i Franquès 1, 08028, Barcelona, Spain
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- Physik-Department ECS, Technische Universität München, James-Franck-Str. 1, 85748, Garching, Germany
- Nanosystems Initiative Munich (NIM), Schellingstraße 4, 80799, Munich, Germany
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Zhang W, He J, Liu S, Niu W, Liu P, Zhao Y, Pang F, Xi W, Chen M, Zhang W, Pang SS, Ding Y. Atomic origins of high electrochemical CO 2 reduction efficiency on nanoporous gold. NANOSCALE 2018; 10:8372-8376. [PMID: 29722415 DOI: 10.1039/c8nr00642c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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First principles calculations show that gold atoms with low generalized coordination numbers possess high activity for electroreduction of CO2 to CO. Atom-resolved three-dimensional reconstruction reveals that dealloyed nanoporous gold possesses such a favourable structure characteristic, which results in a faradaic efficiency as high as 94% for CO production.
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- Weiqing Zhang
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Porous Materials, Institute for New Energy Materials & Low-Carbon Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, P. R. China.
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Geng Z, Kong X, Chen W, Su H, Liu Y, Cai F, Wang G, Zeng J. Oxygen Vacancies in ZnO Nanosheets Enhance CO 2 Electrochemical Reduction to CO. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018; 57:6054-6059. [PMID: 29645366 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201711255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 244] [Impact Index Per Article: 40.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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As electron transfer to CO2 is generally considered to be the critical step during the activation of CO2 , it is important to develop approaches to engineer the electronic properties of catalysts to improve their performance in CO2 electrochemical reduction. Herein, we developed an efficient strategy to facilitate CO2 activation by introducing oxygen vacancies into electrocatalysts with electronic-rich surface. ZnO nanosheets rich in oxygen vacancies exhibited a current density of -16.1 mA cm-2 with a Faradaic efficiency of 83 % for CO production. Based on density functional theory (DFT) calculations, the introduction of oxygen vacancies increased the charge density of ZnO around the valence band maximum, resulting in the enhanced activation of CO2 . Mechanistic studies further revealed that the enhancement of CO production by introducing oxygen vacancies into ZnO nanosheets originated from the increased binding strength of CO2 and the eased CO2 activation.
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- Zhigang Geng
- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Key Laboratory of Strongly-Coupled Quantum Matter Physics of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, P. R. China
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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, Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, P. R. China
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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, Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, P. R. China
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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, Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, P. R. China
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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, Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, China
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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, Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, P. R. China
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Geng Z, Kong X, Chen W, Su H, Liu Y, Cai F, Wang G, Zeng J. Oxygen Vacancies in ZnO Nanosheets Enhance CO
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- Zhigang Geng
- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale Key Laboratory of Strongly-Coupled Quantum Matter Physics of Chinese Academy of Sciences Department of Chemical Physics University of Science and Technology of China Hefei Anhui 230026 P. R. China
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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 Department of Chemical Physics University of Science and Technology of China Hefei Anhui 230026 P. R. China
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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 Department of Chemical Physics University of Science and Technology of China Hefei Anhui 230026 P. R. China
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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 Department of Chemical Physics University of Science and Technology of China Hefei Anhui 230026 P. R. China
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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 Department of Chemical Physics University of Science and Technology of China Hefei Anhui 230026 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Dalian 116023 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Dalian 116023 China
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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 Department of Chemical Physics University of Science and Technology of China Hefei Anhui 230026 P. R. China
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Maheshwari S, Li Y, Agrawal N, Janik MJ. Density functional theory models for electrocatalytic reactions. ADVANCES IN CATALYSIS 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/bs.acat.2018.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/25/2023]
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