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  • Materials Science
  • Electrochemistry
  • Catalysis

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  • Electrocatalysis for carbon dioxide reduction reaction (CO2RR) is crucial for sustainability.
  • Conventional transition metal electrocatalysts suffer from high overpotentials.
  • 2D hexagonal transition metal borides (h-MBenes) are emerging as promising electrocatalysts.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To theoretically investigate the CO2RR catalytic properties of pristine h-MBenes and their O- and OH-terminated counterparts.
  • To explore the potential of h-MBenes for efficient CO2RR applications.
  • To understand the role of termination groups in tuning catalytic performance.

Main Methods:

  • First-principles theoretical calculations.
  • Investigated pristine h-MBenes (h-MB), O-terminated (h-MBO), and OH-terminated (h-MBOH) structures.
  • Focused on transition metals Sc, Ti, V, Zr, Nb, Hf, and Ta.

Main Results:

  • Pristine h-MB and h-MBO showed poor CO2RR performance due to suboptimal CO2 interactions.
  • h-MBOH structures demonstrated significant promise for CO2RR.
  • ScBOH, TiBOH, and ZrBOH exhibited exceptionally low limiting potentials (-0.46, -0.53, and -0.64 V, respectively).

Conclusions:

  • The hydroxyl group (-OH) plays a critical role in optimizing h-MBene electronic properties for CO2RR.
  • Optimized intermediate adsorption prevents excessive binding and enhances catalytic efficiency.
  • h-MBOHs are highly promising electrocatalysts for efficient CO2RR, advancing carbon neutrality goals.