Prompting CO2 Electroreduction to Ethanol by Iron Group Metal Ion Dopants Induced Multi-sites at the Interface of SnSe/SnSe2 p–n Heterojunction
Xinyue Zheng
Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Engineering Research Center of Carbon Neutrality, Anhui Key Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241002 P. R. China
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Search for more papers by this authorYan Hu
Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Engineering Research Center of Carbon Neutrality, Anhui Key Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241002 P. R. China
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Search for more papers by this authorXiangyu Wang
Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Engineering Research Center of Carbon Neutrality, Anhui Key Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241002 P. R. China
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Search for more papers by this authorJiahui Zhu
Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Engineering Research Center of Carbon Neutrality, Anhui Key Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241002 P. R. China
Contribution: Investigation (supporting), Validation (supporting)
Search for more papers by this authorXingyue Zhang
Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Engineering Research Center of Carbon Neutrality, Anhui Key Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241002 P. R. China
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Prof. Tian Sheng
Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Engineering Research Center of Carbon Neutrality, Anhui Key Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241002 P. R. China
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Prof. Zhengcui Wu
Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Engineering Research Center of Carbon Neutrality, Anhui Key Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241002 P. R. China
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Search for more papers by this authorXinyue Zheng
Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Engineering Research Center of Carbon Neutrality, Anhui Key Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241002 P. R. China
These authors contributed equally to this work.
Contribution: Data curation (equal), Formal analysis (equal), Investigation (equal), Validation (equal), Writing - original draft (supporting)
Search for more papers by this authorYan Hu
Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Engineering Research Center of Carbon Neutrality, Anhui Key Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241002 P. R. China
These authors contributed equally to this work.
Contribution: Data curation (equal), Formal analysis (equal), Investigation (equal), Validation (equal), Writing - original draft (supporting)
Search for more papers by this authorXiangyu Wang
Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Engineering Research Center of Carbon Neutrality, Anhui Key Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241002 P. R. China
These authors contributed equally to this work.
Contribution: Data curation (equal), Formal analysis (equal), Investigation (equal), Validation (equal), Writing - original draft (supporting)
Search for more papers by this authorJiahui Zhu
Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Engineering Research Center of Carbon Neutrality, Anhui Key Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241002 P. R. China
Contribution: Investigation (supporting), Validation (supporting)
Search for more papers by this authorXingyue Zhang
Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Engineering Research Center of Carbon Neutrality, Anhui Key Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241002 P. R. China
Contribution: Investigation (supporting), Validation (supporting)
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Prof. Tian Sheng
Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Engineering Research Center of Carbon Neutrality, Anhui Key Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241002 P. R. China
Contribution: Methodology (supporting), Resources (supporting), Writing - original draft (supporting), Writing - review & editing (supporting)
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Prof. Zhengcui Wu
Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Engineering Research Center of Carbon Neutrality, Anhui Key Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241002 P. R. China
Contribution: Methodology (lead), Resources (lead), Supervision (lead), Writing - original draft (lead), Writing - review & editing (lead)
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Highly efficient CO2 electroreduction to ethanol is achieved via iron group metal ions doped amorphous/crystalline SnSe/SnSe2 nanorod/nanosheet hierarchical structure. Iron group metal ions doping stabilizes *CO*OH intermediate and strengthens *CO binding for further C−C coupling to eventual ethanol generation at the interface of M2+-doped SnSe/SnSe2.
Abstract
The development of non-copper-based materials for CO2 electroreduction to ethanol with high selectivity at large current density is highly desirable, but still a great challenge. Herein, we report iron group metal ions of M2+ (M=Fe, Co, or Ni)-doped amorphous/crystalline SnSe/SnSe2 nanorod/nanosheet hierarchical structures (a/c-SnSe/SnSe2) for selective CO2 electroreduction to ethanol. Iron group metal ions doping induces multiple active sites at the interface of M2+-doped SnSe/SnSe2 p-n heterojunction, which strengthens *CO intermediate binding for further C−C coupling to eventual ethanol generation. As a representative, Fe9.0%-a/c-SnSe/SnSe2 exhibits an ethanol Faradaic efficiency of 62.7 % and a partial current density of 239.0 mA cm−2 at −0.6 V in a flow cell. Moreover, it can output an ethanol Faradaic efficiency of 63.5 % and a partial current density of 201.2 mA cm−2 with a full-cell energy efficiency of 24.1 % at 3.0 V in a membrane electrode assembly (MEA) electrolyzer. This work provides insight into non-Cu based catalyst design for stabilizing the key intermediates for selective ethanol production from CO2 electroreduction.
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