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- Title
In-situ spectroscopic probe of the intrinsic structure feature of single-atom center in electrochemical CO/CO<sub>2</sub> reduction to methanol.
- Authors
Ren, Xinyi; Zhao, Jian; Li, Xuning; Shao, Junming; Pan, Binbin; Salamé, Aude; Boutin, Etienne; Groizard, Thomas; Wang, Shifu; Ding, Jie; Zhang, Xiong; Huang, Wen-Yang; Zeng, Wen-Jing; Liu, Chengyu; Li, Yanguang; Hung, Sung-Fu; Huang, Yanqiang; Robert, Marc; Liu, Bin
- Abstract
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. Deciphering the reaction mechanisms of CO/CO2 electroreduction to methanol remains challenging. Here the authors report the higher electron density of single-Co-atom center, along with a different adsorption configuration of *CO, is crucial for promoting the CO electroreduction to methanol.
- Subjects
ELECTROLYTIC reduction; ACTIVATION energy; ELECTRON density; X-ray absorption; INFRARED absorption; INFRARED spectroscopy; METHANOL
- Publication
Nature Communications, 2023, Vol 14, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2041-1723
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/s41467-023-39153-6