物理化学学报 >> 2023, Vol. 39 >> Issue (12): 2212064.doi: 10.3866/PKU.WHXB202212064

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组合掺杂引入新型、多种镉配位方式增强金纳米团簇的电催化性能

刘真1,2,3, 孟祥福4,5, 古万苗1,3, 查珺1,2,3, 闫楠1,3, 尤青1,3, 夏楠1,3, 王辉4,5,*(), 伍志鲲1,3,*()   

  1. 1 中国科学院合肥物质科学研究院固体物理研究所, 中国科学院材料物理重点实验室, 安徽省纳米材料与技术重点实验室, 中国科学院纳米卓越中心, 合肥 230031
    2 中国科学技术大学研究生院科学岛分院, 合肥 230026
    3 安徽大学物质科学与信息技术研究院, 合肥 230601
    4 中国科学院合肥物质科学研究院强磁场实验室, 合肥 230031
    5 中国科学技术大学材料科学与工程系, 合肥微尺度物理科学国家实验室, 合肥 230026
  • 收稿日期:2022-12-31 录用日期:2023-02-14 发布日期:2023-07-31
  • 通讯作者: 王辉,伍志鲲 E-mail:hw39@hmfl.ac.cn;zkwu@issp.ac.cn
  • 作者简介:第一联系人:

    These authors contributed equally to this work.

  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金(21829501);国家自然科学基金(21925303);国家自然科学基金(22171267);国家自然科学基金(22171268);国家自然科学基金(21771186);国家自然科学基金(21222301);国家自然科学基金(21171170);国家自然科学基金(21528303);安徽省自然科学基金(2008085MB31);安徽省自然科学基金(2108085MB56);中国科学院合肥研究院院长基金(BJPY2019A02);中国科学院合肥科学中心协同创新项目(2020HSC-CIP005);中国科学院合肥科学中心协同创新项目(2022HSC-CIP018)

Introducing Novel, Multiple Cd Coordination Modes into Gold Nanoclusters by Combined Doping for Enhancing Electrocatalytic Performance

Zhen Liu1,2,3, Xiangfu Meng4,5, Wanmiao Gu1,3, Jun Zha1,2,3, Nan Yan1,3, Qing You1,3, Nan Xia1,3, Hui Wang4,5,*(), Zhikun Wu1,3,*()   

  1. 1 Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Anhui Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, Institute of Solid State Physics, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
    2 Science Island Branch, Graduate School of University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
    3 Institute of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China
    4 High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
    5 Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Science at Microscale, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
  • Received:2022-12-31 Accepted:2023-02-14 Published:2023-07-31
  • Contact: Hui Wang, Zhikun Wu E-mail:hw39@hmfl.ac.cn;zkwu@issp.ac.cn
  • Supported by:
    the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21829501);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21925303);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(22171267);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(22171268);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21771186);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21222301);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21171170);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21528303);Anhui Provincial Natural Science Foundation(2008085MB31);Anhui Provincial Natural Science Foundation(2108085MB56);CASHIPS Director's Fund(BJPY2019A02);Collaborative Innovation Program of Hefei Science Center, CAS(2020HSC-CIP005);Collaborative Innovation Program of Hefei Science Center, CAS(2022HSC-CIP018)

摘要:

为提高金纳米团簇电催化还原二氧化碳生成一氧化碳的电流密度,本文引入了一种组合掺杂法(同时掺入硫和镉),合成一种新型Au-Cd纳米团簇—Au41Cd6S2(SCH2Ph)33,并对其组成结构进行了精确表征。单晶结构表明,它包含一个双二十面体的Au23内核,所有的镉原子都掺杂在外壳层中且具有多种配位环境,外层staple (类订书针结构)除两个常见的Au3(SR)4三聚体外,还有两条独特的Au5Cd2(SR)9S长staple交叉覆盖在内核顶部,此外还发现了(S-Au-S)2(CdS-S-CdS)四聚体,这种两个Cd原子通过S原子直接相连的结构也为首次报道。与“同核异壳”的Au38(SCH2Ph)24团簇相比,Au41Cd6S2(SCH2Ph)33表现出更高的法拉第效率(−0.7 V电位时达99.3%)和更高的CO分电流密度(−0.9 V电位时为120 mA∙cm−2)。利用理论计算结果对Au41Cd6S2(SCH2Ph)33的高催化活性进行了解释,揭示Cd-Cd是最高活性位点,离内核最远的Au-Cd位点在同时考虑活性和选择性的情况下是最优的活性位点。本工作提供了一种提高金纳米团簇催化性能的策略,对金纳米团簇的合成、结构及构效关系研究具有重要的启发意义,有望推动相关研究的开展。

关键词: 金属纳米团簇, 组合掺杂, 镉配位方式, 构效关系, 电催化CO2还原

Abstract:

In recent years, gold nanoclusters have been widely used in catalysis, and alloying has become one of the most important methods for improving the catalytic performance of gold nanoclusters. As for the electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 (CO2RR), although many gold nanoclusters show fairly good Faraday efficiencies through Cd-doping, they still exhibit low current density. Furthermore, as an increasing number of Au-Cd alloy nanoclusters are reported, there is a growing interest in understanding the correlation between Cd coordination and catalysis performance. In most cases, Cd atoms are typically doped in the outer staples and connect with Au atoms through S coordinations. Are there any other unreported Cd coordination modes? Can novel or numerous Cd coordination modes be introduced into gold nanoclusters to increase the current density in the CO2RR? This study investigates these questions.Inspired by our previous work on surface sulfur doping, we employed a combined doping (S + Cd doping) strategy, developed a two-step synthesis method, and successfully synthesized a novel Au-Cd nanocluster—Au41Cd6S2(SCH2Ph)33. Precise formula and structure were determined by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS), thermalgravimetric analysis (TGA), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and single-crystal X-ray crystallography (SCXC). SCXC shows that the nanocluster contains a biicosahedral Au23 kernel, and all the Cd atoms are doped in the outer staples, providing a variety of coordination environments for Cd atoms. In addition to two common Au3(SR)4 trimers in the outer staples, two unusual Au5Cd2(SR)9S long staples were discovered cross-covering the top of the kernel, and a (S-Au-S)2(CdS-S-CdS) tetramer staple with two Cd atoms directly linked through S was also discovered for the first time. This alloy cluster shows robust stability in both high-temperature and oxidation environments. Compared with the "homo-kernel-hetero-staples" nanocluster Au38(SCH2Ph)24, Au41Cd6S2(SCH2Ph)33 exhibits distinct UV-Vis/NIR absorption and differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) results, indicating that the differences in the outer staples have a significant effect on the optical and electronic properties of gold nanoclusters. When used as an electrocatalyst, the Au41Cd6S2(SCH2Ph)33 exhibits a higher Faradaic efficiency for the CO2RR (99.3% at −0.7 V) and a higher CO partial current density (120 mA∙cm−2 at −0.9 V) than Au38(SCH2Ph)24, providing an ideal platform for investigating the roles of different Cd coordination modes in outer staples on CO2RR. DFT calculations interpret the experimental finding that Cd doping improves the catalytic performance and reveal that the Cd-Cd site is the most active site and the Au-Cd site furthest away from the kernel is the best-performing catalytic site given the consideration of both selectivity and activity.This work introduces a novel strategy to enhance the catalytic performance of gold nanoclusters, having important implications for future research on the syntheses and structural properties of metal nanoclusters, and is expected to inspire more work in related areas.

Key words: Metal Nanocluster, Combined doping, Cd-coordination mode, Structure-property correlation, Electrocatalytic reduction of CO2