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Comprehensive Mechanism for CO Electroreduction on Dual-Atom-Catalyst-Anchored N-Doped Graphene

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CHEMPHYSCHEM
卷 24, 期 11, 页码 -

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WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202200937

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C2 products; DACs-anchored graphene; DFT calculations; e-CORR; explicit solvent model

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This study investigates the production of C2 fuels through the electrocatalytic carbon monoxide reduction reaction (e-CORR) using dual-atom catalysts (DACs). Methanol, ethanol, ethylene, and acetate can be produced on DAC-Co and DAC-Cu, but with different preferences. The presence of solvent enhances adsorption and influences the protonation steps, thus affecting the performance and selectivity of e-CORR on DACs.
Carbon neutrality has drawn increasing attention for realizing the carbon cyclization and reducing the greenhouse effect. Although the C1 products, such as CO, can be achieved with a high Faraday efficiency, the targeted production of C2 fuels as well as the mechanism have not been systematically investigated. In this work, we carry out a first-principles study to screen dual-atom catalysts (DACs) for producing C2 fuels through the electrocatalytic carbon monoxide reduction reaction (e-CORR). We find that methanol, ethanol and ethylene can be produced on both DAC-Co and DAC-Cu, while acetate can be achieved on DAC-Cu only. Importantly, methanol and ethylene are preferred on DAC-Co, while acetate and ethylene on DAC-Cu. Furthermore, we show that the explicit solvent can enhance the adsorption and influence the protonation steps, which subsequently affects the protonation and dimerization behavior as well as the performance and selectivity of e-CORR on DACs. We further demonstrate that the C-C coupling is easy to be formed and stabilized if the Integrated Crystal Orbital Hamilton Population (ICOHP) is low because of the low energy barrier. Our findings provide not only guidance on the design of novel catalysts for e-CORR, but an insightful understanding on the reduction mechanism.

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