Issue 10, 2024

Covalent porous catalysts for electrochemical reduction of CO2

Abstract

The electrocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction (eCO2RR) stands out as a highly promising approach to simultaneously resolving the issue of the elevated atmospheric CO2 concentration and its utilization to produce value-added products. One of the present challenges is the rational design of efficient catalysts toward the eCO2RR and the understanding of their structure–activity relationship. Covalent porous catalysts (CPCs) with atomically dispersed active sites embedded in the porous organic backbone, including polymer-based catalysts, such as covalent organic frameworks (COFs) and conjugated microporous polymers (CMPs), and molecule-based catalysts, such as porous organic cages (POCs) have received increasing attention recently. They feature extremely high atom utilization, customizable porosity, a customizable backbone, and distinct electronic properties. In this review, the design principles of CPCs, both in their selection of metal sites (metallic centers, heterometallic centers and their axial coordination) and optimization of organic backbones (chelating sites, their electronic modulation and microstructures) will be covered, aiming to provide guidance to tune their eCO2RR performance. Then representative examples will be discussed to reveal their structure–activity relationships. The perspective and key challenges in CPC based eCO2RR electrocatalysts will be finally proposed.

Graphical abstract: Covalent porous catalysts for electrochemical reduction of CO2

Article information

Article type
Tutorial Review
Submitted
08 Ots. 2024
Accepted
08 Api. 2024
First published
09 Api. 2024

Green Chem., 2024,26, 5744-5769

Covalent porous catalysts for electrochemical reduction of CO2

S. Lu, H. Hu, H. Sun, F. Yang, H. Zhu, M. Du, Y. Jin and W. Zhang, Green Chem., 2024, 26, 5744 DOI: 10.1039/D4GC00717D

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