Efficient Reduction of CO2 into Formic Acid on a Lead or Tin Electrode using an Ionic Liquid Catholyte Mixture

Highly efficient electrochemical reduction of CO₂ into value‐added chemicals using cheap and easily prepared electrodes is environmentally and economically compelling. The first work on the electrocatalytic reduction of CO₂ in ternary electrolytes containing ionic liquid, organic solvent, and H₂O is described. Addition of a small amount of H₂O to an ionic liquid/acetonitrile electrolyte mixture significantly enhanced the efficiency of the electrochemical reduction of CO₂ into formic acid (HCOOH) on a Pb or Sn electrode, and the efficiency was extremely high using an ionic liquid/acetonitrile/H₂O ternary mixture. The partial current density for HCOOH reached 37.6 mA cm^?2 at a Faradaic efficiency of 91.6 %, which is much higher than all values reported to date for this reaction, including those using homogeneous and noble metal electrocatalysts. The reasons for such high efficiency were investigated using controlled experiments.     

Zeolite-Encaged Pd–Mn Nanocatalysts for CO2 Hydrogenation and Formic Acid Dehydrogenation

A CO₂-mediated hydrogen storage energy cycle is a promising way to implement a hydrogen economy, but the exploration of efficient catalysts to achieve this process remains challenging. Herein, sub-nanometer Pd–Mn clusters were encaged within silicalite-1 (S-1) zeolites by a ligand-protected method under direct hydrothermal conditions. The obtained zeolite-encaged metallic nanocatalysts exhibited extraordinary catalytic activity and durability in both CO₂ hydrogenation into formate and formic acid (FA) dehydrogenation back to CO₂ and hydrogen. Thanks to the formation of ultrasmall metal clusters and the synergic effect of bimetallic components, the PdMn_0.6@S-1 catalyst afforded a formate generation rate of 2151 mol_formate mol_Pd⁻¹ h⁻¹ at 353 K, and an initial turnover frequency of 6860 mol mol_Pd⁻¹ h⁻¹ for CO-free FA decomposition at 333 K without any additive. Both values represent the top levels among state-of-the-art heterogeneous catalysts under similar conditions. This work demonstrates that zeolite-encaged metallic catalysts hold great promise to realize CO₂-mediated hydrogen energy cycles in the future that feature fast charge and release kinetics.     

钌催化二氧化碳加氢合成甲酸的研究

钌催化二氧化碳加氢合成甲酸的研究张俊忠，李忠，王辉，王常有（太原工业大学煤化所Ｃ１室，太原０３００２４）关键词ＣＯ_２催化加氢，甲酸合成，钌络合催化剂１．前言由于ＣＯ２对环境、气候和生态等方面带来愈加恶劣的影响以及碳资源的日益短缺，近年来对ＣＯ２开发?..     

An Anthracene-Based Metal-Organic Framework for Selective Photo-Reduction of Carbon Dioxide to Formic Acid Coupled with Water Oxidation

A Zr-based metal-organic framework has been synthesized and employed as a catalyst for photochemical carbon dioxide reduction coupled with water oxidation. The catalyst shows significant carbon dioxide reduction property with concomitant water oxidation. The catalyst has broad visible light as well as UV light absorption property, which is further confirmed from electronic absorption spectroscopy. Formic acid was the only reduced product from carbon dioxide with a turn-over frequency (TOF) of 0.69 h⁻¹ in addition to oxygen, which was produced with a TOF of 0.54 h⁻¹. No external photosensitizer is used and the ligand itself acts as the light harvester. The efficient and selective photochemical carbon dioxide reduction to formic acid with concomitant water oxidation using Zr-based MOF as catalyst is thus demonstrated here.     

Efficient Disproportionation of Formic Acid to Methanol Using Molecular Ruthenium Catalysts

The disproportionation of formic acid to methanol was unveiled in 2013 using iridium catalysts. Although attractive, this transformation suffers from very low yields; methanol was produced in less than 2 % yield, because the competitive dehydrogenation of formic acid (to CO₂ and H₂) is favored. We report herein the efficient and selective conversion of HCOOH to methanol in 50 % yield, utilizing ruthenium(II) phosphine complexes under mild conditions. Experimental and theoretical (DFT) results show that different convergent pathways are involved in the production of methanol, depending on the nature of the catalyst. Reaction intermediates have been isolated and fully characterized and the reaction chemistry of the resulting ruthenium complexes has been studied.     

锡气体扩散电极上电化学还原二氧化碳制甲酸性能的稳定性

研究了Sn气体扩散电极(SGDE)上电化学还原CO₂制甲酸(ERCF)性能的稳定性。采用X射线衍射(XRD)、扫描电子显微镜(SEM)、X射线能量色散谱(EDX)和活性表面积测试等技术手段 分别表征SGDE在电化学还原CO₂制甲酸过程前后的物相结构、表面形貌、元素组成和活性表面积。 采用生成甲酸的法拉第效率(f_HCOOH)评价SGDE上电化学还原CO₂制甲酸的性能。 结果显示,f_HCOOH随电解时间的延长急剧地降低,电解时间12 h的f_HCOOH((36.6±1.6)%)比电解时间0.5 h时的f_HCOOH((78.5±0.1)%)降低了53%。 SGDE在12 h电还原反应后,表面沉积了微量Fe,而且Sn含量(质量分数)减少了66%,活性表面积降低了41%。 进一步的研究发现,沉积的微量Fe对电化学还原CO₂制甲酸过程基本没有影响,Sn含量和活性表面积的降低可能是SGDE上电化学还原CO₂制甲酸性能降低的主要原因。     

Ruthenium Bisphosphine Catalyst on Functionalized Silica： Novel Efficient Catalyst for Carbon Dioxide Hydrogenation to Formic Acid

Catalytic hydrogenation of carbon dioxide to valuable chemicals and fuels has gainedmuch attention recently in view of the abundant availability and the greenhouse effect ofCO2. CO2 hydrogenation to formic acid is an economic reaction, but it is alsotherm…     

CO_(2)加氢制甲酸理论研究及高效铁基催化剂设计北大核心CSCD

CO_(2)加氢制甲酸由于需同时活化惰性氢气及CO_(2)而富有挑战性,同时此过程原子经济性100%,具有很好的理论和现实研究价值,但文献中报道的活性较好的催化剂均为贵金属催化剂.为了开发活性更高的用于CO_(2)加氢制甲酸的铁基催化剂,我们采用理论计算方法研究了12种不同种类的PNP-Fe(PNP=2,6-(二-叔丁基-磷甲基)吡啶)化合物催化CO_(2)加氢制甲酸的过程.理论研究结果表明,CO_(2)加氢制甲酸反应过程包括H2活化及CO_(2)插入金属氢键两个步骤,H_(2)活化过程是整个反应的速控步骤.催化剂吡啶环上进行P原子取代可以显著降低H_(2)活化能垒.基于以上发现,我们设计了一种新颖的高效铁基催化剂,使用此催化剂催化CO_(2)加氢制甲酸反应,速控步骤能垒只有85.6 kJ/mol,催化活性与贵金属的比较接近.我们研究的12种铁基催化剂速控步骤能垒范围为85.6~126.4 kJ/mol,显示了配体良好的调控催化活性能力.     

Hydrogenation of CO2 to Formic Acid with a Highly Active Ruthenium Acriphos Complex in DMSO and DMSO/Water

The novel [Ru(Acriphos)(PPh₃)(Cl)(PhCO₂)] [ 1 ; Acriphos=4,5‐bis(diphenylphosphino)acridine] is an excellent precatalyst for the hydrogenation of CO₂ to give formic acid in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and DMSO/H₂O without the need for amine bases as co‐reagents. Turnover numbers (TONs) of up to 4200 and turnover frequencies (TOFs) of up to 260 h^?1 were achieved, thus rendering 1 one of the most active catalysts for CO₂ hydrogenations under additive‐free conditions reported to date. The thermodynamic stabilization of the reaction product by the reaction medium, through hydrogen bonds between formic acid and clusters of solvent or water, were rationalized by DFT calculations. The relatively low final concentration of formic acid obtained experimentally under catalytic conditions (0.33 mol L^?1) was shown to be limited by product‐dependent catalyst inhibition rather than thermodynamic limits, and could be overcome by addition of small amounts of acetate buffer, thus leading to a maximum concentration of free formic acid of 1.27 mol L^?1, which corresponds to optimized values of TON=16×10³ and TOF_avg≈10³ h^?1.     

Pd2+-Initiated Formic Acid Decomposition: Plausible Pathways for C-H Activation of Formate

Formic acid (HCOOH, FA) has long been considered as a promising hydrogen-storage material due to its efficient hydrogen release under mild conditions. In this work, FA decomposes to generate CO₂ and H₂ selectively in the presence of aqueous Pd²⁺ complex solutions at 333 K. Pd(NO₃)₂ was the most effective in generating H₂ among various Pd²⁺ complexes explored. Pd²⁺ complexes were in situ reduced to Pd⁰ species by the mixture of FA and sodium formate (SF) during the course of the reaction. Since C−H activation reaction of Pd²⁺-bound formate is occurred for both Pd²⁺ reduction and H₂/CO₂ gas generation, FA decomposition pathways using several Pd²⁺ species were explored using density functional theory (DFT) calculations. Rotation of formate bound to Pd²⁺, β-hydride elimination, and subsequent CO₂ and H₂ elimination by formic acid were examined, providing different energies for rate determining step depending on the ligand electronics and geometries coordinated to the Pd²⁺ complexes. Finally, Pd²⁺ reduction toward Pd⁰ pathways were explored computationally either by generated H₂ or reductive elimination of CO₂ and H₂ gas.     

Explaining the Advantageous Impact of Tertiary versus Secondary Nitrogen Center on the Activity of PNP-Pincer Co(I)-Complexes for Catalytic Hydrogenation of CO2

Pincer ligated coordination complexes of base metals have shown remarkable catalytic activity for hydrogenation/dehydrogenation of CO₂. The recently reported MeN[CH₂CH₂(ⁱPr₂)]₂Co(I)PNP-pincer complex was shown to exhibit substantially higher catalytic activity in comparison to the corresponding catalyst, HN[CH₂CH₂(ⁱPr₂)]₂Co(I)PNP, bearing a secondary nitrogen center on the pincer ligand. Here, we computationally investigate the mechanisms for hydrogenation of CO₂ to formate catalyzed by these two Co-PNP complexes to explain how such a small structural difference could have a sizable impact on their catalytic activity. Plausible hydrogenation routes were examined in details and our findings provide solid support for the experimental observations. Our results reveal that such trends in catalytic activity could be explained from the lower activation barrier for the hydride transfer step upon changing the pincer nitrogen center from secondary to tertiary.     

多孔骨架固定分子催化剂催化CO2加氢制备甲酸研究进展

近年来, 大气中CO₂含量急剧增加, 导致了严重的温室效应. 将CO₂作为C1资源转化为燃料或精细化学品引起了越来越多的关注. 开发高效、 稳定、 可回收利用的催化剂成为CO₂资源化利用的关键. 在众多的CO₂加氢催化剂中, 功能性多孔骨架材料固定型分子催化剂展示出优异的性能, 成为研究的热点之一. 功能性骨架材料, 如多孔有机聚合物(POPs)、 共价有机骨架(COFs)和金属有机骨架(MOFs), 具有比表面积大、 热稳定性高和可调性等特点, 在设计合成催化剂方面发挥着重要作用. 本文介绍了POPs/COFs/MOFs多孔骨架材料固定分子催化剂的开发及在催化CO₂合成甲酸领域的最新进展.     

The Role of Co-Adsorbed CO and OH in the Electrooxidation of Formic Acid on Pt(111)

Synergy with potential: Analysis of relevant mechanistic pathways by density functional theory, reveals the synergistic role of co-adsorbed CO and OH in promoting HCOOH electrooxidation on Pt(111). Kinetic models derived from these studies show the atomistic surface phenomena underlying the experimental CV observation in the potential range between 0.0 and 1.2?V.     

Carbon Dioxide as a Raw Material: The Synthesis of Formic Acid and Its Derivatives from CO2

The use of carbon dioxide as a raw material for chemical syntheses is an ecologically and economically valuable extension to the carbon sources used at the present time. In order to convert the thermodynamically stable and comparatively unreactive CO₂ molecule into the desired product in an efficient manner, suitable reaction conditions and activation mechanisms must be found. The catalytic reduction of CO₂ to formic acid and its derivatives has been intensively studied in recent years. A number of new approaches to the synthesis of formic acid from CO₂ have reached such a state of knowledge that continuing development may well lead to industrial-scale operation in the near future. This can to a large extent be attributed to the fruitful interaction between investigative work into reaction mechanisms and the development of new catalytic systems.     

Highly Selective Electrochemical Reduction of CO2 to Alcohols on an FeP Nanoarray

Electrochemical reduction of CO₂ into various chemicals and fuels provides an attractive pathway for environmental and energy sustainability. It is now shown that a FeP nanoarray on Ti mesh (FeP NA/TM) acts as an efficient 3D catalyst electrode for the CO₂ reduction reaction to convert CO₂ into alcohols with high selectivity. In 0.5 m KHCO₃, such FeP NA/TM is capable of achieving a high Faradaic efficiency (FE ) up to 80.2 %, with a total FE of 94.3 % at ?0.20 V vs. reversible hydrogen electrode. Density functional theory calculations reveal that the FeP(211) surface significantly promotes the adsorption and reduction of CO₂ toward CH₃OH owing to the synergistic effect of two adjacent Fe atoms, and the potential‐determining step is the hydrogenation process of *CO.     

CO2 Reduction Mechanism on the Cu2O(110) Surface: A First-Principles Study

Cu₂O is an attractive catalyst for the selective reduction of CO₂ to methanol. However, the mechanism of the reaction and the role of the Cu species in different oxidation states are not well understood yet. In this work, by first-principles calculations, we investigate the mechanism of the reaction on the Cu₂O(110) surface, which is the most selective for methanol, in different degrees of reduction: ideal surface, slightly reduced surface (SRS), and partially reduced surface (PRS). The most favorable reaction pathways on the three surfaces were identified. We found that Cu(I) on the ideal surface is not capable of chemisorbing CO₂, but surface oxygen serves as the active site which selectively converts CO₂ to CH₃OH with a limiting potential of −0.77 V. The Cu(0) on the SRS and PRS promotes the adsorption and reduction of CO₂, while the removal of the residue O* becomes potential/rate limiting with a more negative limiting potential than the ideal surface. The SRS is selective to methanol while the PRS becomes selective to methane. The result suggests that the key to high methanol selectivity is to avoid the reduction of Cu(I), which provides a new strategy for the design of more efficient catalysts for selective CO₂ reduction to methanol.     

Formic Acid,a Ubiquitous but Overlooked Component of the Early Earth Atmosphere

Terrestrial volcanism has been one of the dominant geological forces shaping our planet since its earliest existence. Its associated phenomena, like atmospheric lightning and hydrothermal activity, provide a rich energy reservoir for chemical syntheses. Based on our laboratory simulations, we propose that on the early Earth volcanic activity inevitably led to a remarkable production of formic acid through various independent reaction channels. Large-scale availability of atmospheric formic acid supports the idea of the high-temperature accumulation of formamide in this primordial environment.     

氮掺杂石墨烯负载单原子Zr催化CO2加氢的密度泛函理论研究

基于密度泛函理论计算,研究了H2和CO2在氮掺杂石墨烯负载单原子Zr催化剂(Zr Nx-Gr)上的吸附和CO2催化加氢反应. H2和CO2在Zr N3-Gr上单独吸附的吸附能分别为-0.49和-2.17 e V,在H2和CO2共吸附状态下,吸附能为-2.24 e V,均高于在Zr N4-Gr表面的吸附能,表明Zr N3-Gr表面更利于CO2加氢反应的发生.在Zr N3-Gr表面, CO2在共吸附后保持了其单独吸附时的特性,削弱了H2分子的吸附. CO2在Zr Nx-Gr表面催化加氢反应起始于H2和CO2的共吸附构型,沿反式HCOOH路径形成甲酸盐(HCOO*)中间体,然后HCOO*基团吸附H原子形成反式甲酸,在Zr N3-Gr和Zr N4-Gr表面该路径的反应能垒分别为1.85和2.48 e V.另一路径为产生CO与H2O的反应,在Zr N3-Gr和Zr N4-Gr表面的反应能垒分别为1.86和1.73 e V,表明Zr N3-Gr更利于CO2加氢生成甲酸反应的发生,而Zr N4-Gr表面更利于CO的产生.