Crown ether functionalization boosts CO2 electroreduction to ethylene on copper-based MOFs

IF 4.3 2区化学 Q2 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Chemical Communications Pub Date : 2025-01-20 DOI:10.1039/d4cc06719c

Xuan Zheng, Siheng Yang, Dingwen Chen, Yuxuan Kong, Tianhua Cui, Xueli Zheng, Haiyan Fu, Weichao Xue, Shuang Li, Chong Cheng, Hua Chen, Ruixiang Li, Jiaqi Xu

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Abstract

The electroconversion of CO₂ into ethylene (C₂H₄) offers a promising solution to environmental and energy challenges. Crown ether (CE) modification significantly enhances the C₂H₄ selectivity of copper-based MOFs, improving C₂H₄ faradaic efficiency (FE) in CuBTC, CuBDC, and CuBDC-NH₂ by 3.1, 1.7, and 2.4 times, respectively. Among these, CuBTC achieves the highest FE for C₂H₄, reaching ca. 52% at 120 mA cm⁻². Control experiments and in situ Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) reveal that CE stabilizes Cu⁺ during the catalyst's in situ reconstruction, promoting the formation of Cu₂O, which is more favorable for C₂H₄ production. Furthermore, CE increases the local concentration of K⁺ at the catalyst–electrolyte interface, enhancing *CO adsorption and facilitating C–C coupling reactions. This process promotes the formation of key intermediates, such as *CO*CO, *CO*COH and *COCHO, ultimately boosting C₂H₄ production.

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冠醚功能化促进铜基mof上CO2电还原成乙烯

二氧化碳电转化为乙烯（C2H4）为解决环境和能源挑战提供了一个有前途的解决方案。冠醚（CE）改性显著提高了铜基mof对C2H4的选择性，使CuBTC、CuBDC和CuBDC- nh2中的C2H4法达化效率（FE）分别提高了3.1倍、1.7倍和2.4倍。其中，cutc对C2H4的FE最高，在120 mA cm−2时达到约52%。控制实验和原位傅里叶变换红外光谱（FTIR）结果表明，CE在催化剂原位重构过程中稳定Cu+，促进Cu2O的生成，更有利于C2H4的生成。此外，CE增加了催化剂-电解质界面处K+的局部浓度，增强了*CO的吸附，促进了C-C偶联反应。这一过程促进了*CO*CO、*CO*COH和*COCHO等关键中间体的形成，最终促进了C2H4的生成。

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Chemical Communications 化学-化学综合

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8.60

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4.10%

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2705

审稿时长

1.4 months

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