三相界面电催化二氧化碳还原研究进展

电催化二氧化碳还原是能源化学及催化科学的研究重点与难点.气-固-液三相界面模型作为物理化学中的基本概念,近年来被越来越多地应用于电催化二氧化碳还原反应的研究,其相比于传统固-液两相体系表现出了诸多优点.本综述阐述了三相界面电催化二氧化碳还原研究进展,对三相界面电催化体系进行分类及原理探究.再具体到二氧化碳还原反应,讨论...     

一体化电极电催化二氧化碳还原研究进展

电催化二氧化碳还原反应(E-CO₂RR)可在温和条件下将CO₂转化成高附加值燃料或化学品,近年来受到广泛关注,其在实际反应中涉及到气体扩散和多电子转移等复杂过程,构筑高效、稳定的催化电极是其发展的核心之一。然而,传统涂敷电极制备时,需要将催化剂与粘结剂混合涂覆于集流体表面,此过程会造成活性位点包埋和传质过程受限,致使催化剂活性位利用率下降,同时在反应过程中电极表面容易粉化,造成稳定性下降,难以重复利用。因此,如何调控电极反应界面,提升催化剂活性位的利用率仍面临挑战。将催化剂原位生长于集流体上得到的一体化电极可直接应用于电催化反应,不仅有利于提升活性位利用率以及电荷传输能力,还能有效调控三相界面处的微观反应环境(如pH、反应物及反应中间体的浓度等),从而实现电催化性能强化。本文综述了一体化电极用于E-CO₂RR的最新进展,分析了结构和表界面调控对E-CO₂RR性能的影响规律,并对该领域仍然存在的挑战和未来一体化E-CO₂RR电极的发展进行了评述与展望。     

多金属氧酸盐材料在二氧化碳电催化还原领域中的研究进展

随着工业发展和全球人口的持续增长,人类对化石燃料的消耗日益增加,从而导致大气中二氧化碳含量的显著增加以及与之相伴的一系列环境问题.电化学还原二氧化碳制备高附加值的燃料和化学品具有稳定的效率和较高的经济可行性等特点,目前已成为一种有前景的策略来缓解当前全球面临的能源短缺和气候变暖问题.然而,电催化二氧化碳还原过程存在反应...     

石墨烯基二氧化碳电化学还原催化剂的研究进展

利用电催化技术将CO₂转化为小分子燃料或高值化学品是实现原子经济、构建人工碳循环的绿色能源技术之一。电催化还原CO₂ (ECR)的反应条件温和、产物多样(C₁、C₂和C₂₊),有极大的发展潜力。然而,ECR技术面临一些需要解决的挑战性问题,包括电极过电势高、C₂及C₂₊产物选择性低、伴随析氢反应等。解决这些问题的关键在于创制低成本、高性能电催化剂。近年来,石墨烯基电催化剂的研究成为ECR领域的热点之一,原因包括：1)在电化学环境中稳定性好;2)表面原子、电子结构可调,进而实现材料催化活性的调控;3)维度可调,易暴露较大的比表面积和形成层次孔结构;4)耦合石墨烯的高导电性与特定材料的高活性,可协同提升ECR催化性能。本文评述了石墨烯基材料在ECR中的研究进展,详述了石墨烯基电催化剂的构筑方法,探讨并梳理了石墨烯的点/线缺陷、表面官能团、掺杂原子构型、金属单原子种类、材料表界面性质等与ECR性能之间的本征构效关系。最后展望了石墨烯基催化剂在ECR领域中的挑战和未来发展。     

电催化二氧化碳还原的铜基催化剂设计与反应机理研究进展

利用电催化技术和阴极区的还原反应将CO₂转化为高能化学品是解决温室效应和实现人工碳循环的有效途径。与其它金属催化剂相比,Cu基催化剂因其能生成多碳产物而备受关注,但其缺点是对产物的选择性差。因此,近年来,研究者致力于探究Cu基催化剂在反应过程中的C-C偶联机制及影响因素,并对Cu基催化剂进行针对性的结构设计和实验合成。本文总结了Cu基电极上电催化CO₂还原反应(CO₂RR)的基本原理,分析了影响电催化CO₂RR的关键因素(电催化反应器、pH值、压力和温度、CO₂的流速与浓度),综述了针对Cu基催化剂改性的相关策略(合金化、纳米结构改性、杂原子掺杂、亲/疏水性、单原子催化剂)的研究进展,最后,展望了电催化CO₂RR的Cu基催化剂领域的机遇与挑战,以期为今后开展相关研究提供有益参考。     

多金属氧酸盐材料在二氧化碳电催化还原领域中的研究进展（英文）

随着工业发展和全球人口的持续增长,人类对化石燃料的消耗日益增加,从而导致大气中二氧化碳含量的显著增加以及与之相伴的一系列环境问题.电化学还原二氧化碳制备高附加值的燃料和化学品具有稳定的效率和较高的经济可行性等特点,目前已成为一种有前景的策略来缓解当前全球面临的能源短缺和气候变暖问题.然而,电催化二氧化碳还原过程存在反应能垒高和复杂的多电子/质子耦合过程等不足,因此,合理有效的电催化剂设计成为该领域的关键问题.近年,理解和明确电化学二氧化碳还原反应过程的活性起源、选择性调控机制和催化反应机理已成为高效电催化剂设计过程中的重要指导原则.作为一类独特的纳米尺度的金属氧簇,多金属氧酸盐(多酸)已成为二氧化碳还原领域的热点材料.尤其是,多酸明确的结构、优越的电子/质子存储转移能力和二氧化碳吸附活化能力有助于探究二氧化碳还原反应过程中的活性起源和构效机制.因此,利用多酸阐明电化学二氧化碳还原反应中的这些关键问题对于开发高效、可实用化的电催化剂意义重大.本文综述了近年多酸在电催化二氧化碳还原反应中取得的进展,重点介绍了多酸阴离子均相分子催化剂、多酸基无机-有机杂化材料催化剂、多酸电解质溶液、多酸-纳...     

钯基纳米材料电化学还原二氧化碳研究进展

电化学二氧化碳还原是利用电能驱动将CO_2高效转化为小分子碳基燃料的新方法,被认为是目前最具应用潜力的碳资源转化技术之一。然而,CO_2还原反应仍面临着诸多挑战,如反应过电位高,产物选择性低以及析氢反应的竞争等。因此,开发高效的电催化剂是发展CO_2还原技术的核心关键。近年来,Pd基材料在CO_2还原反应中表现出独特的催化性能优势:它不仅可以在接近平衡电位下高选择性地还原CO_2生成甲酸/甲酸盐,还能够在一定的负电位区间高效地还原CO_2生成CO。尽管如此,Pd基材料目前仍存在着成本较高、活性不理想以及稳定性差等问题,严重制约了其进一步应用与发展。对此,本文首先简单介绍了CO_2RR的基本原理,并综述了近年来Pd基催化剂电还原CO_2的应用研究及发展现状。重点探讨了尺寸效应、形貌效应、合金效应、核壳效应及载体效应等对Pd基催化剂性能的影响。最后针对这类材料的问题挑战及其未来发展方向进行了探讨与展望。     

氧化还原刻蚀铜表面对二氧化碳电催化还原性能的研究

大规模化石燃料的使用排放了大量的二氧化碳（CO₂）,导致环境中二氧化碳的含量急剧增加. 为了降低大气中二氧化碳的含量,以电催化的方法将二氧化碳转化为有用的化工原料和燃料是解决能源和环境问题的重要途径. 本文主要利用氧化还原刻蚀法,在铜表面形成复合纳米结构,用于二氧化碳的电催化还原反应研究. 首先,作者通过一定浓度的三氯化铁（FeCl₃）溶液与铜片的氧化还原反应,在刻蚀铜表面时形成具有立方体结构的氯化亚铜纳米材料,用于二氧化碳的电催化还原反应. 为了研究反应时间对催化性能的影响,作者通过改变反应时间（1、2、3和4 h）合成了不同结构的铜基催化剂. 研究发现,在反应3 h后,Cu-3h催化剂对二氧化碳的电催化还原具有较小的起始电压（-0.3 V vs. RHE）和较大的电流密度值,表现出了较强的还原能力. 经检测,所得到主要还原产物为一氧化碳（CO）和甲烷（CH₄）. 在-0.6 V时,二氧化碳催化还原的法拉第效率可达到60%,表明以氧化还原法刻蚀铜表面具有较好的改善二氧化碳电催化还原的能力.     

基于流动池的电化学二氧化碳还原研究进展

采用电化学方法将二氧化碳（CO₂）还原转化为基础化学品或碳基燃料是目前极具前景的碳资源利用新方式. 考虑到该技术未来的发展方向和大规模应用需求,人们亟需开发具有高转化效率和高稳定性的电解设备. 在本文中,作者详细介绍了现阶段发展的两种流动池的结构特点及性能优势,阐述了每种反应体系的内在局限性, 深入分析了整个反应体系所用组件（电解池、气体扩散电极、离子交换膜）对于性能的影响. 最后,针对目前该领域存在的挑战及未来发展趋势进行了总结与展望.     

过渡金属单原子电催化剂还原CO2制CO

电催化二氧化碳还原(ECR)技术是实现“碳中和”目标的一种理想途径,而过渡金属单原子催化剂具有电子结构可调、原子利用率高和活性位点均一等特点,在ECR研究中具有显著优势。本文首先介绍了单原子电催化剂在还原CO₂尤其是在选择性生成CO研究中的优势,然后综述了近年来Fe、Co、Ni及其他单原子电催化剂的反应位点调控策略与电催化选择性的调控机制,重点对质子耦合CO₂还原生成CO的中间过程调控进行了归纳总结,并简要展望了发展方向,以期为推动单原子催化剂在ECR中规模化应用提供指导和参考。     

Nanostructures for Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction

One of the most effective ways to cope with the problems of global warming and the energy shortage crisis is to develop renewable and clean energy sources. To achieve a carbon-neutral energy cycle, advanced carbon sequestration technologies are urgently needed, but because CO₂ is a thermodynamically stable molecule with the highest carbon valence state of +4, this process faces many challenges. In recent years, electrochemical CO₂ reduction has become a promising approach to fix and convert CO₂ into high-value-added fuels and chemical feedstock. However, the large-scale commercial use of electrochemical CO₂ reduction systems is hindered by poor electrocatalyst activity, large overpotential, low energy conversion efficiency, and product selectivity in reducing CO₂. Therefore, there is an urgent need to rationally design highly efficient, stable, and scalable electrocatalysts to alleviate these problems. This minireview also aims to classify heterogeneous nanostructured electrocatalysts for the CO₂ reduction reaction (CDRR).     

Recent Advances in Metal–Organic Frameworks for Photo-/Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction

Considerable attention has been paid to the utilization of CO₂, an abundant carbon source in nature. In this regard, porous catalysts have been eagerly explored with excellent performance for photo-/electrocatalytic reduction of CO₂ to high valued products. Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), featuring large surface area, high porosity, tunable composition and unique structural characteristics, have been widely exploited in catalytic CO₂ reduction. This Minireview first reports the current progress of MOFs in CO₂ reduction. Then, a specific interest is focused on MOFs in photo-/electrocatalytic reduction of CO₂ by modifying their metal centers, organic linkers, and pores. Finally, the future directions of study are also highlighted to satisfy the requirement of practical applications.     

Electrochemically Driven Cation Exchange Enables the Rational Design of Active CO2 Reduction Electrocatalysts

Metal oxides or sulfides are considered to be one of the most promising CO₂ reduction reaction (CO₂RR) precatalysts, owing to their electrochemical conversion in situ into highly active electrocatalytic species. However, further improvement of the performance requires new tools to gain fine control over the composition of the active species and its structural features [e.g., grain boundaries (GBs) and undercoordinated sites (USs)], directly from a predesigned template material. Herein, we describe a novel electrochemically driven cation exchange (ED‐CE) method that enables the conversion of a predesigned CoS₂ template into a CO₂RR catalyst, Cu₂S. By means of ED‐CE, the final Cu₂S catalyst inherits the original 3 D morphology of CoS₂, and preserves its high density of GBs. Additionally, the catalyst's phase structure, composition, and density of USs were precisely tuned, thus enabling rational design of active CO₂RR sites. The obtained Cu₂S catalyst achieved a CO₂‐to‐formate Faradaic efficiency of over 87 % and a record high activity (among reported Cu‐based catalysts). Hence, this study opens the way for utilization of ED‐CE reactions to design advanced electrocatalysts.     

Size-Dependent Nickel-Based Electrocatalysts for Selective CO2 Reduction

Closing the anthropogenic carbon cycle by converting CO₂ into reusable chemicals is an attractive solution to mitigate rising concentrations of CO₂ in the atmosphere. Herein, we prepared Ni metal catalysts ranging in size from single atoms to over 100 nm and distributed them across N-doped carbon substrates which were obtained from converted zeolitic imidazolate frameworks (ZIF). The results show variance in CO₂ reduction performance with variance in Ni metal size. Ni single atoms demonstrate a superior Faradaic efficiency (FE) for CO selectivity (ca. 97 % at −0.8 V vs. RHE), while results for 4.1 nm Ni nanoparticles are slightly lower (ca. 93 %). Further increase the Ni particle size to 37.2 nm allows the H₂ evolution reaction (HER) to compete with the CO₂ reduction reaction (CO₂RR). The FE towards CO production decreases to under 30 % and HER efficiency increase to over 70 %. These results show a size-dependent CO₂ reduction for various sizes of Ni metal catalysts.     

Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction: from Discrete Molecular Catalysts to Their Integrated Catalytic Materials

Molecular catalysts (metal complexes), with molecularly defined uniform active sites and atomically precise structural tailorability allowing for regulating catalytic performance through metal- and ligand-centered engineering and elucidating reaction mechanisms via routine photoelectrochemical characterizations, have been increasingly explored for electrocatalytic CO₂ reduction (ECR). However, their poor stability and low catalytic current density are undesirable for practical applications. Heterogenizing discrete molecular catalysts can potentially surmount these issues, and the resulting integrated catalysts largely share catalytical properties with their discrete molecular counterparts, which bridge the gap between heterogeneous and homogeneous catalysis and combine their advantages. This minireview surveys advances in design and regulation of molecular catalysts such as porphyrin, phthalocyanine, and bipyridine-based metal complexes and their integrated catalytic materials for selective ECR.     

面向CO2电化学转化的铜基催化剂研究进展

Burning of fossil fuels increases CO₂ concentration in the atmosphere, resulting in a series of climate- and environment-related concerns such as global warming, sea-level rise, and melting of glaciers. Therefore, utilization of renewable energy to reduce the CO₂ concentration, in order to realize a sustainable development, is urgent. Capturing and utilizing CO₂, a greenhouse gas, can not only address these concerns but also alleviate the current scenario of energy shortage. Thermal catalytic CO₂ hydrogenation offers various pathways with high conversion efficiencies to produce fuels and industrial chemicals including CO, HCOOH, CH₃OH, and CH₄. However, CO₂ is chemically inert due to the highly stable C＝O bond. Thus, harsh reaction conditions such as high temperature and pressure are required for CO₂ hydrogenation.     

Strategies for Bioelectrochemical CO2 Reduction

Atmospheric CO₂ is a cheap and abundant source of carbon for synthetic applications. However, the stability of CO₂ makes its conversion to other carbon compounds difficult and has prompted the extensive development of CO₂ reduction catalysts. Bioelectrocatalysts are generally more selective, highly efficient, can operate under mild conditions, and use electricity as the sole reducing agent. Improving the communication between an electrode and a bioelectrocatalyst remains a significant area of development. Through the examples of CO₂ reduction catalyzed by electroactive enzymes and whole cells, recent advancements in this area are compared and contrasted.     

Electrolyte Effects on the Electrochemical Reduction of CO2

The electrochemical reduction of CO₂ to fuels or commodity chemicals is a reaction of high interest for closing the anthropogenic carbon cycle. The role of the electrolyte is of particular interest, as the interplay between the electrocatalytic surface and the electrolyte plays an important role in determining the outcome of the CO₂ reduction reaction. Therefore, insights on electrolyte effects on the electrochemical reduction of CO₂ are pivotal in designing electrochemical devices that are able to efficiently and selectively convert CO₂ into valuable products. Here, we provide an overview of recently obtained insights on electrolyte effects and we discuss how these insights can be used as design parameters for the construction of new electrocatalytic systems.     

Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction with a Half‐Sandwich Cobalt Catalyst: Selectivity towards CO

We present herein a Cp*Co(III)‐half‐sandwich catalyst system for electrocatalytic CO₂ reduction in aqueous acetonitrile solution. In addition to an electron‐donating Cp* ligand (Cp*=pentamethylcyclopentadienyl), the catalyst featured a proton‐responsive pyridyl‐benzimidazole‐based N,N‐bidentate ligand. Owing to the presence of a relatively electron‐rich Co center, the reduced Co(I)‐state was made prone to activate the electrophilic carbon center of CO₂. At the same time, the proton‐responsive benzimidazole scaffold was susceptible to facilitate proton‐transfer during the subsequent reduction of CO₂. The above factors rendered the present catalyst active toward producing CO as the major product over the other potential 2e/2H⁺ reduced product HCOOH, in contrast to the only known similar half‐sandwich CpCo(III)‐based CO₂‐reduction catalysts which produced HCOOH selectively. The system exhibited a Faradaic efficiency (FE) of about 70% while the overpotential for CO production was found to be 0.78 V, as determined by controlled‐potential electrolysis.