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Synthesis and Performance Characterizations of Transition Metal Single Atom Catalyst for Electrochemical CO2 Reduction
Published on: April 10, 2018
A CuLa dual-site catalyst for high-efficiency CO2-to-CO electrocatalytic conversion with ultralow overpotential
Tao Sun1, Liu Ju1, Xiaoqian Xu1
1Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Department of Materials Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210016, Jiangsu, China. fenghu@nuaa.edu.cn.
Abstract:
To achieve high-performance electrocatalytic CO2 reduction (CO2RR) at low potentials, we synthesized an atomically dispersed CuLa/NC catalyst derived from a metalloporphyrin-based metal-organic framework. This catalyst exhibits an exceptional faradaic efficiency of 97%, with a half-cell energy efficiency reaching 91% at an ultra-low potential of -0.20 V for the conversion of CO2 to CO. Impressively, the reaction can even be powered by a 1.5 V battery. This study offers a refined strategy for the rational design of dual-site catalysts geared toward highly efficient CO2RR.
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