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Author Spotlight: A Rapid, Microwave-Assisted Hydrothermal Synthesis Of Nickel Hydroxide Nanosheets
Published on: August 18, 2023
Ultrathin 2D nickel zeolitic imidazolate framework nanosheets for electrocatalytic reduction of CO2
Jian-Xiang Wu1, Wei-Wen Yuan1, Ming Xu1
1Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Biofunctional Materials, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Power Batteries, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, P. R. China. guzhiyuan@njnu.edu.cn.
Abstract:
Ultrathin 2D nickel(II) (Ni2+) and imidazole (Im) based zeolitic imidazolate framework Ni(Im)2 nanosheets are reported as exceptional efficient electrocatalysts for the electrocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction. Five nanometre thick nanosheets have a higher faradaic efficiency of 78.8% and a surface active site density of 1.68 × 10-7 mol cm-2, which is superior to those of thicker nanosheets and bulk Ni(Im)2.
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