N-doped carbon nanocage-anchored bismuth atoms for efficient CO < sub > 2 < /sub > reduction

Chem Commun (Camb). 2023 Sep 20. doi: 10.1039/d3cc02806b. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTElectrochemical CO2 reduction (CO2RR) is a prospective but challenging method to decrease the CO2 concentration in the current atmosphere; in particular, the poor selectivity of the target product CO and large overpotentials limit its efficiency. Herein, we propose a top-down route to synthesize Bi single atoms (SAs) anchored by N-doped carbon (NCbox) nanoboxes starting from BiOCl nanoplates as the hard templates. In the CO2RR, the obtained Bi single-atom catalyst possesses remarkably-enhanced catalytic performance, achieving a maximal Faraday efficiency (FE) of 91.7% at -0.6 V, which is much higher than that of NCbox-supported Bi nanoparticles (NPs). Further investigations point out that the enhancement can be attributed to the unique coordination structure of the Bi SAs, as well as the fascinating properties of NCbox that can efficiently promote the electron transfer during the electro-catalysis.PMID:37727123 | DOI:10.1039/d3cc02806b

Source: Chemical Communications - September 20, 2023 Category: Chemistry Authors: Jiayi Li Lingling Zhang Shuai Gao Xingmin Chen Runjie Wu Xiao Wang Qiang Wang Source Type: research