Direct OC-CHO coupling towards highly C2+ products selective electroreduction over stable Cu0/Cu2+ interface

Xin Yu Zhang; Zhen Xin Lou; Jiacheng Chen; Yuanwei Liu; Xuefeng Wu; Jia Yue Zhao; Hai Yang Yuan; Minghui Zhu; Sheng Dai; Hai Feng Wang; Chenghua Sun; Peng Fei Liu; Hua Gui Yang

doi:10.1038/s41467-023-43182-6

Nature Communications (Nov 2023)

Direct OC-CHO coupling towards highly C2+ products selective electroreduction over stable Cu0/Cu2+ interface

Xin Yu Zhang,
Zhen Xin Lou,
Jiacheng Chen,
Yuanwei Liu,
Xuefeng Wu,
Jia Yue Zhao,
Hai Yang Yuan,
Minghui Zhu,
Sheng Dai,
Hai Feng Wang,
Chenghua Sun,
Peng Fei Liu,
Hua Gui Yang

Affiliations

Xin Yu Zhang: Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hierarchical Nanomaterials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology
Zhen Xin Lou: Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hierarchical Nanomaterials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology
Jiacheng Chen: State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology
Yuanwei Liu: Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hierarchical Nanomaterials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology
Xuefeng Wu: Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hierarchical Nanomaterials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology
Jia Yue Zhao: Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hierarchical Nanomaterials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology
Hai Yang Yuan: Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hierarchical Nanomaterials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology
Minghui Zhu: State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology
Sheng Dai: Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology
Hai Feng Wang: Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Centre for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology
Chenghua Sun: Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, and Center for Translational Atomaterials, Swinburne University of Technology
Peng Fei Liu: Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hierarchical Nanomaterials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology
Hua Gui Yang: Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hierarchical Nanomaterials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-43182-6
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

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Abstract Electroreduction of CO2 to valuable multicarbon (C2+) products is a highly attractive way to utilize and divert emitted CO2. However, a major fraction of C2+ selectivity is confined to less than 90% by the difficulty of coupling C-C bonds efficiently. Herein, we identify the stable Cu0/Cu2+ interfaces derived from copper phosphate-based (CuPO) electrocatalysts, which can facilitate C2+ production with a low-energy pathway of OC-CHO coupling verified by in situ spectra studies and theoretical calculations. The CuPO precatalyst shows a high Faradaic efficiency (FE) of 69.7% towards C2H4 in an H-cell, and exhibits a significant FEC2+ of 90.9% under industrially relevant current density (j = −350 mA cm−2) in a flow cell configuration. The stable Cu0/Cu2+ interface breaks new ground for the structural design of electrocatalysts and the construction of synergistic active sites to improve the activity and selectivity of valuable C2+ products.

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ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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