Double sulfur vacancies by lithium tuning enhance CO2 electroreduction to n-propanol

Chen Peng; Gan Luo; Junbo Zhang; Menghuan Chen; Zhiqiang Wang; Tsun-Kong Sham; Lijuan Zhang; Yafei Li; Gengfeng Zheng

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-21901-1

Nature Communications (Mar 2021)

Double sulfur vacancies by lithium tuning enhance CO2 electroreduction to n-propanol

Chen Peng,
Gan Luo,
Junbo Zhang,
Menghuan Chen,
Zhiqiang Wang,
Tsun-Kong Sham,
Lijuan Zhang,
Yafei Li,
Gengfeng Zheng

Affiliations

Chen Peng: Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Department of Chemistry and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Faculty of Chemistry and Materials Science, Fudan University
Gan Luo: Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Power Batteries, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre of Biomedical Functional Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University
Junbo Zhang: Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Department of Chemistry and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Faculty of Chemistry and Materials Science, Fudan University
Menghuan Chen: Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Department of Chemistry and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Faculty of Chemistry and Materials Science, Fudan University
Zhiqiang Wang: Department of Chemistry, University of Western Ontario
Tsun-Kong Sham: Department of Chemistry, University of Western Ontario
Lijuan Zhang: Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Department of Chemistry and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Faculty of Chemistry and Materials Science, Fudan University
Yafei Li: Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Power Batteries, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Centre of Biomedical Functional Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University
Gengfeng Zheng: Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Department of Chemistry and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Faculty of Chemistry and Materials Science, Fudan University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21901-1
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

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Electrochemical CO2 reduction to the valuable n-propanol is challenging due to the complicated C3 forming mechanism. Here, authors demonstrate double sulfur vacancies formed on hexagonal copper sulfide can serve as efficient electrocatalytic centers.

Published in Nature Communications

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