Atomically Dispersed Dual–Metal Site Catalysts for Enhanced CO2 Reduction: Mechanistic Insight into Active Site Structures
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· Angewandte Chemie (International Edition)
- School of Materials Science and Engineering Jiangsu University Zhenjiang 212013 China; Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering University at Buffalo The State University of New York Buffalo NY 14260 USA
- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh PA 15261 USA
- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge TN 37831 USA
- School of Chemical Biological and Environmental Engineering Oregon State University Corvallis OR 97331 USA
- Center for Functional Nanomaterials Brookhaven National Laboratory Upton NY 11973 USA
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering University at Buffalo The State University of New York Buffalo NY 14260 USA
- School of Materials Science and Engineering Jiangsu University Zhenjiang 212013 China
- Department of Chemical Engineering University of South Carolina Columbia SC 29208 USA
Atomically dispersed and nitrogen-coordinated single-metal sites (MN4 = Fe, Co, or Ni) are recognized as active sites for electrochemical reduction of CO2 (CO2RR) to CO. Although tuning the N-M bond structures and coordination of these sites often allows their intrinsic activity to be improved, achievable performance is constrained by the narrow selection of possible of single-metal site structures. Herein, we expand the possible coordination environments of M-N-C catalyst materials by designing dual-metal (e.g., Ni-Fe, Fe-Co, and Ni-Co) active sites. Among the elemental pairs explored, diatomic Ni-Fe catalysts display the most efficient CO2RR activity, highest CO selectivity, and greatest stability. By combining advanced electron microscopy, X-ray absorption spectroscopy, and density functional theory (DFT) calculations of possible N-coordinated dual-metal site configurations, the most effective structure is determined to be 2N-bridged (Fe-Ni)N6, in which FeN4 and NiN4 moieties are connected with two shared N atoms. Further DFT calculations reveal possible synergies that exist between the metal atoms in dual-metal sites, enabling greater catalytic activity and selectivity than single- metal sites for the critical *COOH adsorption and *CO desorption reaction steps, as well as for competitive hydrogen evolution.
- Research Organization:
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- China Scholarship Council; National Natural Science Foundation of China; Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province; U.S. National Science Foundation; USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725; SC0012704
- OSTI ID:
- 1870391
- Alternate ID(s):
- OSTI ID: 1867731
OSTI ID: 1873166
OSTI ID: 1881118
OSTI ID: 1901153
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-223023-2022-JAAM; BNL-223085-2022-JAAM
- Journal Information:
- Angewandte Chemie (International Edition), Journal Name: Angewandte Chemie (International Edition) Journal Issue: 28 Vol. 61; ISSN 1433-7851
- Publisher:
- WileyCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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