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Synthesis and Performance Characterizations of Transition Metal Single Atom Catalyst for Electrochemical CO2 Reduction
Published on: April 10, 2018
A Cu(111)@metal-organic framework as a tandem catalyst for highly selective CO2 electroreduction to C2H4
Zhen-Hua Zhao1, Kai Zheng1, Ning-Yu Huang1
1MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China. liaopq3@mail.sysu.edu.cn.
Abstract:
Here, we report an improved tandem catalytic mechanism for electroreduction of CO2 to C2H4. Cu(111) nanoparticles with an average size of 5.5 ± 0.9 nm were anchored on a conductive Cu-based metal-organic framework (Cu-THQ) by in situ electrochemical synthesis. Compared to Cu(111) nanoparticles, the C2H4 faradaic efficiency of the tandem catalyst Cu(111)@Cu-THQ was increased doubly.

