Elucidating the Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction Reaction over a Model Single‐Atom Nickel Catalyst
- 28 October 2019
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Angewandte Chemie
- Vol. 132 (2) , 808-813
Abstract
Designing effective electrocatalysts for the carbon dioxide reduction reaction (CO2RR) is an appealing approach to tackling the challenges posed by rising CO2 levels and realizing a closed carbon cycle. However, fundamental understanding of the complicated CO2RR mechanism in CO2 electrocatalysis is still lacking because model systems are limited. We have designed a model nickel single‐atom catalyst (Ni SAC) with a uniform structure and well‐defined Ni‐N4 moiety on a conductive carbon support with which to explore the electrochemical CO2RR. Operando X‐ray absorption near‐edge structure spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, and near‐ambient X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy, revealed that Ni+ in the Ni SAC was highly active for CO2 activation, and functioned as an authentic catalytically active site for the CO2RR. Furthermore, through combination with a kinetics study, the rate‐determining step of the CO2RR was determined to be *CO2−+H+→*COOH. This study tackles the four challenges faced by the CO2RR; namely, activity, selectivity, stability, and dynamics.Keywords
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