Feng Jiye, Zhang Wenbiao, Shi Danni, Jia Yingshuai, Tang Yi, Meng Yuying, Gao Qingsheng
College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional Supramolecular Coordination Materials and Applications, Jinan University Guangzhou 510632 P. R. China
Department of Chemistry, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Collaborative Innovation Centre of Chemistry for Energy Materials, Fudan University Shanghai 200433 P. R. China.
Chem Sci. 2024 May 13;15(24):9173-9182. doi: 10.1039/d4sc00967c. eCollection 2024 Jun 19.
Multi-phase interfaces are promising for surmounting the energy barriers of electrochemical CO reduction involving multiple electron transfer steps, but challenges still remain in constructing interfacial micro-structures and unraveling their dynamic changes and working mechanism. Herein, highly active Ag/Cu/CuO heterostructures are electrochemically restructured from Ag-incorporating HKUST-1, a Cu-based metal-organic framework (MOF), and accomplish efficient CO-to-CH conversion with a high faradaic efficiency (57.2% at -1.3 V RHE) and satisfactory stability in flow cells, performing among the best of recently reported MOFs and their derivatives. The combination of / characterizations and theoretical calculations reveals that Ag plays a crucial role in stabilizing Cu(i) and increasing the CO surface coverage, while the active Cu/CuO interfaces significantly reduce the energy barrier of C-C coupling toward the boosted ethylene production. This work not only proves MOFs as feasible precursors to derive efficient electrocatalysts on site, but also provides in-depth understanding on the working interfaces at an atomic level.
多相界面有望克服涉及多步电子转移的电化学CO还原的能垒,但在构建界面微观结构以及揭示其动态变化和工作机制方面仍存在挑战。在此,高活性Ag/Cu/CuO异质结构由含Ag的HKUST-1(一种铜基金属有机框架(MOF))电化学重构而成,并在流动池中以高法拉第效率(在-1.3 V RHE下为57.2%)实现了高效的CO到CH转化以及令人满意的稳定性,在最近报道的MOF及其衍生物中表现优异。多种表征和理论计算相结合表明,Ag在稳定Cu(i)和增加CO表面覆盖率方面起着关键作用,而活性Cu/CuO界面显著降低了C-C偶联的能垒,从而促进了乙烯的生成。这项工作不仅证明了MOF作为现场衍生高效电催化剂的可行前驱体,还在原子水平上提供了对工作界面的深入理解。