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- Title
A Polymer Solution To Prevent Nanoclustering and Improve the Selectivity of Metal Nanoparticles for Electrocatalytic CO<sub>2</sub> Reduction.
- Authors
Zhang, Lei; Wei, Zichao; Thanneeru, Srinivas; Meng, Michael; Kruzyk, Megan; Ung, Gaël; Liu, Ben; He, Jie
- Abstract
The stability of metal nanocatalysts for electrocatalytic CO2 reduction is of key importance for practical application. We report the use of two polymeric N‐heterocyclic carbenes (NHC) (polydentate and monodentate) to stabilize metal nanocatalysts (Au and Pd) for efficient CO2 electroreduction. Compared with other conventional ligands including thiols and amines, metal–carbene bonds that are stable under reductive potentials prevent the nanoclustering of nanoparticles. Au nanocatalysts modified by polymeric NHC ligands show an activity retention of 86 % after CO2 reduction at −0.9 V for 11 h, while it is less than 10 % for unmodified Au. We demonstrate that the hydrophobicity of polymer ligands and the enriched surface electron density of metal NPs through σ‐donation of NHCs substantially improve the selectivity for CO2 reduction over proton.
- Subjects
POLYMER solutions; METAL nanoparticles; ELECTRON density; POLYMERS; ELECTROLYTIC reduction; LIGANDS (Chemistry)
- Publication
Angewandte Chemie, 2019, Vol 131, Issue 44, p15981
- ISSN
0044-8249
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/ange.201909069