Isolated copper single sites for high-performance electroreduction of carbon monoxide to multicarbon products

Haihong Bao; Yuan Qiu; Xianyun Peng; Jia-ao Wang; Yuying Mi; Shunzheng Zhao; Xijun Liu; Yifan Liu; Rui Cao; Longchao Zhuo; Junqiang Ren; Jiaqiang Sun; Jun Luo; Xuping Sun

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-20336-4

Nature Communications (Jan 2021)

Isolated copper single sites for high-performance electroreduction of carbon monoxide to multicarbon products

Haihong Bao,
Yuan Qiu,
Xianyun Peng,
Jia-ao Wang,
Yuying Mi,
Shunzheng Zhao,
Xijun Liu,
Yifan Liu,
Rui Cao,
Longchao Zhuo,
Junqiang Ren,
Jiaqiang Sun,
Jun Luo,
Xuping Sun

Affiliations

Haihong Bao: Institute for New Energy Materials & Low-Carbon Technologies and Tianjin Key Lab of Photoelectric Materials & Devices, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology
Yuan Qiu: Institute for New Energy Materials & Low-Carbon Technologies and Tianjin Key Lab of Photoelectric Materials & Devices, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology
Xianyun Peng: Institute for New Energy Materials & Low-Carbon Technologies and Tianjin Key Lab of Photoelectric Materials & Devices, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology
Jia-ao Wang: School of Material Science and Engineering, University of Jinan
Yuying Mi: Institute for New Energy Materials & Low-Carbon Technologies and Tianjin Key Lab of Photoelectric Materials & Devices, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology
Shunzheng Zhao: Department of Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing
Xijun Liu: Institute for New Energy Materials & Low-Carbon Technologies and Tianjin Key Lab of Photoelectric Materials & Devices, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology
Yifan Liu: College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University
Rui Cao: Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Longchao Zhuo: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xi’an University of Technology
Junqiang Ren: State Key Laboratory of Advanced Processing and Recycling of Nonferrous Metals, Lanzhou University of Technology
Jiaqiang Sun: State Key Laboratory of Coal Conversion, Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jun Luo: Institute for New Energy Materials & Low-Carbon Technologies and Tianjin Key Lab of Photoelectric Materials & Devices, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology
Xuping Sun: Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20336-4
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Electrochemical carbon monoxide reduction is a promising strategy to yield valuable multicarbon products but low selectivities and Faradaic efficiencies are common. Here the authors show single atom copper catalyst supported on MXene with high CO reduction performance and stability.

Published in Nature Communications

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