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Title: Directing the reactivity of metal hydrides for selective CO 2 reduction

Abstract

A critical challenge in electrocatalytic CO 2 reduction to renewable fuels is product selectivity. Desirable products of CO 2 reduction require proton equivalents, but key catalytic intermediates can also be competent for direct proton reduction to H 2 . Understanding how to manage divergent reaction pathways at these shared intermediates is essential to achieving high selectivity. Both proton reduction to hydrogen and CO 2 reduction to formate generally proceed through a metal hydride intermediate. We apply thermodynamic relationships that describe the reactivity of metal hydrides with H + and CO 2 to generate a thermodynamic product diagram, which outlines the free energy of product formation as a function of proton activity and hydricity (∆G H− ), or hydride donor strength. The diagram outlines a region of metal hydricity and proton activity in which CO 2 reduction is favorable and H + reduction is suppressed. We apply our diagram to inform our selection of [Pt(dmpe) 2 ](PF 6 ) 2 as a potential catalyst, because the corresponding hydride [HPt(dmpe) 2 ] + has the correct hydricity to access the region where selective CO 2 reduction is possible. We validate our choice experimentally; [Pt(dmpe) 2 ](PF 6 ) 2 is a highlymore » selective electrocatalyst for CO 2 reduction to formate (>90% Faradaic efficiency) at an overpotential of less than 100 mV in acetonitrile with no evidence of catalyst degradation after electrolysis. Our report of a selective catalyst for CO 2 reduction illustrates how our thermodynamic diagrams can guide selective and efficient catalyst discovery.« less

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Univ. of California, Irvine, CA (United States)
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USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Science Foundation (NSF)
OSTI Identifier:
1483024
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OSTI ID: 1611736
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SC0012150; 1321846
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Published Article
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
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Journal Name: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Journal Volume: 115 Journal Issue: 50; Journal ID: ISSN 0027-8424
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National Academy of Sciences
Country of Publication:
United States
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English
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37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; electrocatalysis; CO2 reduction; solar fuel; formate production; hydride

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Ceballos, Bianca M., and Yang, Jenny Y. Directing the reactivity of metal hydrides for selective CO 2 reduction. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1073/pnas.1811396115.
Ceballos, Bianca M., & Yang, Jenny Y. Directing the reactivity of metal hydrides for selective CO 2 reduction. United States. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1811396115
Ceballos, Bianca M., and Yang, Jenny Y. Wed . "Directing the reactivity of metal hydrides for selective CO 2 reduction". United States. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1811396115.
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abstractNote = {A critical challenge in electrocatalytic CO 2 reduction to renewable fuels is product selectivity. Desirable products of CO 2 reduction require proton equivalents, but key catalytic intermediates can also be competent for direct proton reduction to H 2 . Understanding how to manage divergent reaction pathways at these shared intermediates is essential to achieving high selectivity. Both proton reduction to hydrogen and CO 2 reduction to formate generally proceed through a metal hydride intermediate. We apply thermodynamic relationships that describe the reactivity of metal hydrides with H + and CO 2 to generate a thermodynamic product diagram, which outlines the free energy of product formation as a function of proton activity and hydricity (∆G H− ), or hydride donor strength. The diagram outlines a region of metal hydricity and proton activity in which CO 2 reduction is favorable and H + reduction is suppressed. We apply our diagram to inform our selection of [Pt(dmpe) 2 ](PF 6 ) 2 as a potential catalyst, because the corresponding hydride [HPt(dmpe) 2 ] + has the correct hydricity to access the region where selective CO 2 reduction is possible. We validate our choice experimentally; [Pt(dmpe) 2 ](PF 6 ) 2 is a highly selective electrocatalyst for CO 2 reduction to formate (>90% Faradaic efficiency) at an overpotential of less than 100 mV in acetonitrile with no evidence of catalyst degradation after electrolysis. Our report of a selective catalyst for CO 2 reduction illustrates how our thermodynamic diagrams can guide selective and efficient catalyst discovery.},
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