{"title":"Quantitatively unveiling the effect of mass transfer on CO2RR through operando EXAFS and HERFD-XAFS","authors":"Ziran Xu, Jianing Mao, Bingbao Mei, Songqi Gu, Jingyuan Ma, Fanfei Sun, Ji Li, Liangxin Wang, Wei Chen, Fei Song, Zheng Jiang","doi":"10.1007/s11426-024-2579-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11426-024-2579-1","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Electrocatalytic reduction reaction of carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>RR) offers an economic and efficient solution towards carbon conversion. Herein, we assess the application of copper(II) phthalocyanine (CuPc) in CO<sub>2</sub>RR as a model catalyst with definite local configurations, by employing <i>operando</i> X-ray spectroscopy under a three-electrode H-type cell (H-cell) and a gas-phase electrolyzer (flow-cell) to simulate the varying conditions of the mass transfer rate during CO<sub>2</sub>RR. High-energy resolution fluorescence detected X-ray absorption fine structure (HERFD-XAFS) spectroscopy and routine XAFS were used to precisely identify changes of both electronic and atomic structures among the active sites during CO<sub>2</sub>RR reactions, and the inverse relationship between the working current density and the reduced cluster size of the copper species was quantitatively depicted. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations indicated that the mass transfer rate was the major determinant of the local CO<sub>2</sub> concentration, which in turn affected the structural evolution of catalyst. In combination with <i>in-situ</i> synchrotron-radiation infrared adsorption spectroscopy (SR-IRAS), the size effect of Cu particles on the reaction kinetics of CO<sub>2</sub>RR was revealed. This work not only offers a comprehensive view at the atomic scale towards the rational design of advanced devices with high mass transfer rates, but also emphasizes the advances of <i>operando</i> high-energy resolution spectroscopic characterizations to fully understand dynamic structural changes and reaction mechanisms of CO<sub>2</sub>RR.</p><div><figure><div><div><picture><source><img></source></picture></div></div></figure></div></div>","PeriodicalId":772,"journal":{"name":"Science China Chemistry","volume":"68 5","pages":"2044 - 2050"},"PeriodicalIF":10.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143918964","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ming Lei, Mengjie Hao, Zhongshan Chen, Hui Yang, Geoffrey I. N. Waterhouse, Shengqian Ma, Xiangke Wang
{"title":"Designing metal-organic frameworks for the selective removal of 99TcO4− from nuclear wastewater","authors":"Ming Lei, Mengjie Hao, Zhongshan Chen, Hui Yang, Geoffrey I. N. Waterhouse, Shengqian Ma, Xiangke Wang","doi":"10.1007/s11426-025-2556-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11426-025-2556-y","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div><figure><div><div><picture><source><img></source></picture></div></div></figure></div></div>","PeriodicalId":772,"journal":{"name":"Science China Chemistry","volume":"68 5","pages":"1639 - 1641"},"PeriodicalIF":10.4,"publicationDate":"2025-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143918965","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"All-weather artificial photosynthesis for CO2 conversion","authors":"Ailin Gao, Changchao Jia","doi":"10.1007/s11426-025-2554-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11426-025-2554-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":772,"journal":{"name":"Science China Chemistry","volume":"68 4","pages":"1212 - 1214"},"PeriodicalIF":10.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143716967","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Induced-fit expansion and contraction of a pseudo-cubic host switch from endo to exo upon binding large guests","authors":"Kai Wu, Cheng-Yong Su","doi":"10.1007/s11426-025-2578-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11426-025-2578-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":772,"journal":{"name":"Science China Chemistry","volume":"68 5","pages":"1627 - 1629"},"PeriodicalIF":10.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143919254","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jia-Cheng Hou, Jun Jiang, Hui Dai, Jia-Sheng Wang, Ting Li, Xiang Chen, Wei-Min He
{"title":"Combination of photocatalytic proton-coupled electron transfer and spin-center shift: direct C-H benzylation of N-heteroarenes with benzaldehydes in continuous-flow","authors":"Jia-Cheng Hou, Jun Jiang, Hui Dai, Jia-Sheng Wang, Ting Li, Xiang Chen, Wei-Min He","doi":"10.1007/s11426-024-2496-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11426-024-2496-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The development of sustainable and efficient synthetic methodologies for high-valued chemicals from renewable resources is one of the principal aims of chemical industries. Herein, we document the combination of photocatalytic PCET and SCS-enabled direct C-H benzylation of <i>N</i>-heteroarenes with benzaldehydes as the benzyl sources. A variety of benzylated <i>N</i>-heteroarenes was obtained in moderate to excellent yields at room temperature under metal-, oxidant-free and mild conditions in continuous-flow mode. Mechanistic studies indicated that this benzylation proceeded via PCET activation of benzaldehydes to yield ketyl radicals, the addition of the ketyl radicals to <i>N</i>-heteroarenes to form C-C(OH) bonds, the SCS cleavage to produce benzylic radical and HAT process to deliver the benzylated products.</p><div><figure><div><div><picture><source><img></source></picture></div></div></figure></div></div>","PeriodicalId":772,"journal":{"name":"Science China Chemistry","volume":"68 5","pages":"1945 - 1951"},"PeriodicalIF":10.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143919245","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}