Metal-Salphen covalent organic polymers for bifunctional electrocatalytic ammonia synthesis and oxygen evolution

IF 4.7 2区化学 Q2 CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL

Applied Catalysis A: General Pub Date : 2025-05-21 DOI:10.1016/j.apcata.2025.120369

Jiani Zhao , Yuhan Xia , Wenhua Xu, You Lv, Chengbo Li, Jun Li, Ning Wang

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Abstract

Herein, we report a one-pot synthesis of metal-salphen-based covalent organic polymers (MSalphen-COPs) through Schiff base condensation of 1,3,5-triformylphloroglucinol and o-phenylenediamine in the presence of M(OAc)₂·nH₂O (M = Co, Ni, Cu). FTIR spectra confirm the successful formation of COPs via imine condensation while revealing an irreversible enol-keto tautomerization process that drives the structural evolution toward a thermodynamically stabilized framework. XPS analyses reveal that metal ions coordinate with deprotonated amine nitrogen and carbonyl oxygen moieties, deviating from conventional imine nitrogen/phenolate oxygen coordination in Metal-Salphen complexes. The electrocatalytic performance of MSalphen-COPs for nitrate/nitrite reduction (NO_xRR) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) exhibits strong metal-dependent trends, with CoSalphen-COP achieving exceptional activity. DFT calculations attribute cobalt’s superiority to its lowest barriers along catalytic cycles. Leveraging its bifunctionality, a CoSalphen-COP-based NO₃RR||OER system demonstrates efficient NH₃/O₂ coproduction, validating its potential for sustainable electrochemical applications. This work establishes a paradigm for designing task-specific COPs through tailored metal-ligand coordination environments.

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用于双功能电催化氨合成和析氧的金属-萨尔芬共价有机聚合物

在此，我们报道了在M(OAc)2·nH2O （M = Co, Ni, Cu）存在下，通过希夫碱缩合1,3,5-三甲酰间苯三酚和邻苯二胺，一锅合成了金属-萨尔芬基共价有机聚合物（msalphen_cops）。FTIR光谱证实了cop通过亚胺缩合成功形成，同时揭示了一个不可逆的烯醇-酮互变异构过程，该过程推动了结构向热力学稳定框架的演变。XPS分析表明，金属离子与去质子化胺氮和羰基氧配位，不同于金属-萨尔芬配合物中传统的亚胺氮/酚氧配位。msalphen_cop对硝酸盐/亚硝酸盐还原（NOxRR）和析氧反应（OER）的电催化性能表现出强烈的金属依赖性，其中cosalphen_cop表现出优异的活性。DFT计算将钴的优势归因于它在催化循环中的最低势垒。利用其双功能，cosalphenn - cop -based NO3RR||OER系统展示了高效的NH3/O2协同生产，验证了其可持续电化学应用的潜力。这项工作为通过定制金属配体配位环境设计特定任务的cop建立了一个范例。

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Applied Catalysis A: General 化学-环境科学

CiteScore

9.00

自引率

5.50%

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415

审稿时长

24 days

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