Carbonized Yolk-shell Metal-Organic Frameworks for Electrochemical Conversion of CO2 into Ethylene

doi:10.1007/s40242-022-2149-z

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Abstract: With the excessive consumption of fossil fuels and the massive emission of CO₂, it has led to a series of environmental crises posing a serious threat to sustainable development. Electrochemical CO₂ reduction reaction (CO₂RR) to ethylene helps solve these serious environmental crises. Herein, we report the synthesis of a copper-based electrocatalyst by pyrolysis of yolk-shell structured HKUST-1 with partial substitution of trimesic acid by benzimidazole(nitrogen source). The electrocatalyst exhibits an ethylene Faradic efficiency(FE) of 25.8% and a partial ethylene current density of 23.7 mA/cm², in addition, the electrocatalyst can maintain stable performance during 10 h of electrolysis, which are all better than those of the electrocatalyst without nitrogen dopant. According to electrochemical measurements and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(XPS), we propose that the nitrogen dopant plays an effective role in stabilizing Cu(I) species and promoting CO₂ molecules activation, as well as suppressing the reduction of Cu(I) species during electrolysis. Eventually, the performance of the electrocatalyst toward CO₂RR is studied in a flow cell. This work provides a new route for the design of Cu-based electrocatalyst toward electrochemical CO₂ conversion into ethylene.

Key words: CO₂, Cu MOF, Electrocatalyst, Nitrogen, Ethylene

WANG Renquan, LI Tiantian, GAO Rui, QIN Jiaqi, LI Mengyao, GUO Yizheng, SONG Yujiang. Carbonized Yolk-shell Metal-Organic Frameworks for Electrochemical Conversion of CO₂ into Ethylene[J]. Chemical Research in Chinese Universities, 2023, 39(2): 246-252.

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