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“#Stable supramolecular structure system to identify activity origin of carbon dioxide electroreduction<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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\n (a) Comparison of different molecular structures and catalytic sites (Ni-TPYP, Ni-TPYP-1, Ni-TPP and TPYP), (b, c) Calculated free energy profile for CO2 reduction reaction toward the production of CO, (d) Simulated CO2-to-CO conversion reactive pathway over Ni-TPYP molecule. Credit: Authors
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N-doped or N-heterocyclic nanostructured electrocatalysts for electrocatalytic CO2<\/sub> reduction reaction have made important progress in product selectivity. For further development, it is important to identify the exact activity origin of these electrocatalysts. Crystal electrocatalysts with accurate structures can provide a visual research platform for identifying catalytic active sites and studying reaction mechanism. The catalytic activity of pyridine N for CO2<\/sub> electroreduction was first determined structurally by crystal supramolecular coordination compound model system.<\/p>\n


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CO2<\/sub> electroreduction reaction driven by renewable electricity is an effective way to reduce the concentration of CO2<\/sub> in the atmosphere and alleviate environmental problems such as global warming. It can convert CO2<\/sub> into valuable products (such as CO, HCOOH, CH4<\/sub>) to realize an effective carbon cycle. At present, the reported highly efficient electrocatalysts for electrocatalytic CO2<\/sub> reduction reaction (CO2<\/sub>RR) are mainly concentrated on nanomaterials. Among them, N-doped or N-heterocyclic nanostructured electrocatalysts have made important progress in reduction product conversion and Faraday efficiency. However, due to the lack of accurate and clear structural information and other influencing factors (including defects and impurities), it is still difficult to determine the activity of N sites in these electrocatalysts.<\/p>\n

In this case, crystal electrocatalysts with clear crystal structure have great advantages in solving the above problems, because their accurate structure information can provide a visual research platform for identifying catalytic active sites and studying reaction mechanism. Metalloporphyrin complexes app<\/a>lied in CO2<\/sub>RR have many advantages. Among them, the rigid ring with conjugated \u03c0 – electron system of metalloporphyrin is favorable to rapid electron migration. More importantly, their clear molecular structure information and structural tunability are very helpful for studying reaction mechanisms and rationally optimizing catalytic performance.<\/p>\n

Based on this, establishing a reasonable crystal model system to accurately identify the activity of catalytic sites in electrocatalysis is very important for the development of electrocatalytic CO2<\/sub>RR.<\/p>\n

In a new research paper published in National Science<\/a> Review (NSR)<\/i>, the research group of professor Ya-Qian Lan of Nanjing Normal University, for the first time established a crystal supramolecular coordination compound model system (including Ni-TPYP, Ni-TPYP-1 and Ni-TPP, as shown in Figure 1) to identify structurally the catalytic activity of pyridine N for electrocatalytic CO2<\/sub>RR. This work is of great significance for understanding the catalytic activity and reaction mechanism of N-doped or N-heterocyclic nanostructured electrocatalysts in electrocatalytic CO2<\/sub>RR.<\/p>\n

Experimental and theoretical calculations show that the rate determining step (RDS) of electrocatalytic CO2<\/sub>RR in this system is the formation of COOH. In this step, the energy required for the Ni active site (denoted as Ni1) in Ni-TPYP and the Ni active site (denoted as Ni2) in Ni-TPP are almost the same (1.60 eV and 1.59 eV) and both are higher than that of active pyridine N (denoted as N, 0.97 eV) in Ni-TPYP, indicating that N site has higher CO2<\/sub> electroreduction activity than Ni2 and Ni1 sites, that is, active pyridine N is a more suitable catalytic active site.<\/p>\n\n

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\n Sheng-Nan Sun et al, Identification of the activity source of CO2 electroreduction by strategic catalytic site distribution in stable supramolecular structure system, National Science Review<\/i> (2020). DOI: 10.1093\/nsr\/nwaa195<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n
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