Issue 42, 2023

Efficient electroreduction of CO to acetate using a metal–azolate framework with dicopper active sites

Abstract

Electrochemical reduction of CO to value-added products, especially C2 products, provides a potential approach to achieve carbon neutrality and overcome the energy crisis. Herein, we report a metal–azolate framework (CuBpz) with dicopper active sites as an electrocatalyst for the electrochemical CO reduction reaction (eCORR). As a result, CuBpz achieved an impressive faradaic efficiency (FE) of 47.8% for yielding acetate with a current density of −200 mA cm−2, while no obvious degradation was observed over 60 hours of continuous operation at a current density of −200 mA cm−2. Mechanism studies revealed that the dicopper site can promote C–C coupling between two C1 intermediates, thereby being conducive to the generation of the key *CH2COOH intermediate.

Graphical abstract: Efficient electroreduction of CO to acetate using a metal–azolate framework with dicopper active sites

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
26 mar. 2023
Accepted
02 may. 2023
First published
03 may. 2023

Dalton Trans., 2023,52, 15317-15320

Efficient electroreduction of CO to acetate using a metal–azolate framework with dicopper active sites

H. Zhu, Y. Han, P. Liao and X. Chen, Dalton Trans., 2023, 52, 15317 DOI: 10.1039/D3DT00921A

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