F-modified Cu/electrolyte interface boosts CO2 electroreduction into C2H4 and C2H5OH products via an alternative CC coupling mechanism

IF 3.9 2区化学 Q2 CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL

Molecular Catalysis Pub Date : 2024-11-05 DOI:10.1016/j.mcat.2024.114662

Lihui Ou

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Abstract

A F⁻-modified Cu(111) electrocatalysts exhibited an ultrahigh Faradaic efficiency and product selectivity towards CO₂ electroreduction into C₂ products. Thus, CO₂ electroreduction mechanisms towards C₂H₄ and C₂H₅OH products at F⁻-modified Cu(111)/H₂O interface based on DFT calculations are studied in this work, by which the influencing mechanism of specifically adsorbed F⁻ on electroreduction activity, product selectivity and a alternative CC coupling mechanism can be revealed. Our present studies indicate that the presence of F⁻ can notably enhance CO₂ electroreduction activity towards key intermediate CO because of significantly changed CO₂ adsorption configuration and weakening effect of F⁻ on COOH adsorption strength. CO dimerization into dimer OCCO through Langmuir-Hinshelwood mechanism is more favorable than CHO formation in the presence of the F⁻. Thus, it can be concluded that CC coupling reaction occurs via CO dimerization. More CO adsorption strength because of modification of F⁻ can explain easier occurrence of CC coupling reaction, thus leading to change of product selectivity. The parallel OCCOH and OCCHO pathways are proposed for CO₂ electroreduction into C₂H₄ and C₂H₅OH products at F⁻-modified Cu(111)/H₂O interface, in which CO dimerization is regarded as the rate-determining step. Ou present studies can unveil CO₂ electroreduction mechanisms and significant role of the specifically adsorbed F⁻ at Cu/electrolyte interface for promoting CO₂ electroreduction activity and improving product selectivity towards C₂ products.

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F 改性铜/电解质界面通过另一种 CC 耦合机制促进 CO2 电还原成 C2H4 和 C2H5OH 产物

一种 F 修饰的 Cu(111) 电催化剂在将 CO2 电还原成 C2 产物方面表现出了超高的法拉第效率和产物选择性。因此，本研究基于 DFT 计算，研究了 F- 改性 Cu(111)/H2O 界面上 CO2 电还原 C2H4 和 C2H5OH 产物的机理，从而揭示了特异性吸附 F- 对电还原活性、产物选择性的影响机理以及另一种 CC 耦合机理。本研究表明，由于 F- 显著改变了 CO2 的吸附构型，并削弱了 F- 对 COOH 的吸附强度，因此 F- 的存在能显著提高 CO2 对关键中间产物 CO 的电还原活性。在 F- 存在的情况下，CO 通过 Langmuir-Hinshelwood 机理二聚为二聚体 OCCO 比 CHO 的形成更有利。因此，可以得出结论，CC 偶联反应是通过 CO 二聚作用发生的。由于 F- 的改性，CO 的吸附力更大，这可以解释为什么 CC 偶联反应更容易发生，从而导致产物选择性的改变。在 F- 修饰的 Cu(111)/H2O 界面上，CO2 电还原成 C2H4 和 C2H5OH 产物的平行 OCCOH 和 OCCHO 途径被提出，其中 CO 二聚化被认为是决定速率的步骤。本研究揭示了 CO2 电还原机制，以及 Cu/电解质界面上特异吸附的 F- 在促进 CO2 电还原活性和提高 C2 产物选择性方面的重要作用。

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Molecular Catalysis Chemical Engineering-Process Chemistry and Technology

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6.90

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10.90%

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700

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40 days

期刊介绍： Molecular Catalysis publishes full papers that are original, rigorous, and scholarly contributions examining the molecular and atomic aspects of catalytic activation and reaction mechanisms. The fields covered are: Heterogeneous catalysis including immobilized molecular catalysts Homogeneous catalysis including organocatalysis, organometallic catalysis and biocatalysis Photo- and electrochemistry Theoretical aspects of catalysis analyzed by computational methods