High-performance light-driven heterogeneous CO2 catalysis with near-unity selectivity on metal phosphides

Xu, Yang-Fan; Duchesne, Paul N.; Wang, Lu; Tavasoli, Alexandra; Jelle, Abdinoor A.; Xia, Meikun; Liao, Jin-Feng; Kuang, Dai-Bin; Ozin, Geoffrey A.

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-18943-2

Title: High-performance light-driven heterogeneous CO₂ catalysis with near-unity selectivity on metal phosphides

Journal Article · Tue Oct 13 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · Nature Communications

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18943-2· OSTI ID:1682338

Xu, Yang-Fan ^[1]; Duchesne, Paul N. ^[1]; Wang, Lu ^[1]; Tavasoli, Alexandra ^[1]; Jelle, Abdinoor A. ^[1]; Xia, Meikun ^[1]; Liao, Jin-Feng ^[2];

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Univ. of Toronto, ON (Canada)
Sun Yat-sen Univ., Guangzhou, Guangdong (China)

Akin to single-site homogeneous catalysis, a long sought-after goal is to achieve reaction site precision in heterogeneous catalysis for chemical control over patterns of activity, selectivity and stability. Herein, we report on metal phosphides as a class of material capable of realizing these attributes and unlock their potential in solar-driven CO₂ hydrogenation. Selected as an archetype, Ni₁₂P₅ affords a structure based upon highly dispersed nickel nanoclusters integrated into a phosphorus lattice that harvest light intensely across the entire solar spectral range. Motivated by its panchromatic absorption and unique linearly bonded nickel-carbonyl-dominated reaction route, Ni₁₂P₅ is found to be a photothermal catalyst for the reverse water gas shift reaction, offering a CO production rate of 960 ± 12 mmol g_cat^–1 h^–1, near 100% selectivity and long-term stability. Successful extension of this idea to Co2P analogs implies that metal phosphide materials are poised as a universal platform for high-rate and highly selective photothermal CO₂ catalysis.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS)

Sponsoring Organization:: Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation; Ministry of Economic Development, Employment and Infrastructure; Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change; Best in Science; Ministry of Research Innovation and Science Low Carbon Innovation Fund; Ontario Centre of Excellence Solutions 2030 Challenge Fund; Alexander von Humboldt Foundation; Imperial Oil; University of Toronto Connaught Innovation Fund; Connaught Global Challenge Fund; Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC); National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC); USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1682338

Journal Information:: Nature Communications, Vol. 11; ISSN 2041-1723

Publisher:: Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: ENGLISH

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