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Jan, 2022;34 (1): e2105204.

Loading Single-Ni Atoms on Assembled Hollow N-Rich Carbon Plates for Efficient CO Electroreduction.

Yunxiang Li, Song Lin Zhang, Weiren Cheng, Ye Chen, Deyan Luan, Shuyan Gao, Xiong Wen David Lou
Author Information
  1. Yunxiang Li: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 62 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637459, Singapore.
  2. Song Lin Zhang: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 62 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637459, Singapore.
  3. Weiren Cheng: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 62 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637459, Singapore.
  4. Ye Chen: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 62 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637459, Singapore.
  5. Deyan Luan: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 62 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637459, Singapore.
  6. Shuyan Gao: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, Henan, 453007, P. R. China.
  7. Xiong Wen David Lou: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 62 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637459, Singapore. ORCID
PMID: 34610187 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202105204

Abstract

The rational design of catalysts' spatial structure is vitally important to boost catalytic performance through exposing the active sites, enhancing the mass transfer, and confining the reactants. Herein, a dual-linker zeolitic tetrazolate framework-engaged strategy is developed to construct assembled hollow plates (AHP) of N-rich carbon (NC), which is loaded with single-Ni atoms to form a highly efficient electrocatalyst (designated as Ni-NC(AHP)). In the carbonization process, the thermally unstable linker (5-aminotetrazole) serves as the self-sacrificial template and the other linker (2-methylimidazole) mainly serves as the carbon and nitrogen source to form hollow NC matrix. The formed Ni-NC(AHP) catalyst possesses enhanced mesoporosity and more available surface area, thus promoting mass transport and affording abundant accessible single-Ni sites. These features contribute to remarkable performance for electrochemical CO reduction with exceptionally high selectivity of nearly 100% towards CO in a wide potential range and dramatically enhanced CO partial current density.

Keywords

CO2 reduction electrocatalysis hollow carbon single-atom catalysts

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  2. MOE2019-T2-2-049/Ministry of Education of Singapore
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