Acta Phys. -Chim. Sin. ›› 2024, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (8): 2307049.doi: 10.3866/PKU.WHXB202307049
Special Issue: Carbon Dioxide Valorization
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Yan Kong, Wei Wei, Lekai Xu, Chen Chen*(
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Received:2023-07-26
Revised:2023-09-09
Accepted:2023-09-11
Published:2023-09-19
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Email: cchen@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn (Chen Chen)
Supported by:Yan Kong, Wei Wei, Lekai Xu, Chen Chen. Electrochemical Synthesis of Organonitrogen Compounds from N-integrated CO2 Reduction Reaction[J]. Acta Phys. -Chim. Sin. 2024, 40(8), 2307049. doi: 10.3866/PKU.WHXB202307049
Fig 5
(a) Aberration-corrected HAADF-STEM image of B-FeNi-DASC, the scale bar is 2 nm. (b) FT-EXAFS spectra of Fe-SAC, I-FeNi-DASC, and B-FeNi-DASC. (c) Infrared signal in the range of 1500–3750 cm−1 under various potentials for B-FeNi-DASC during the electrocoupling of nitrate and CO2. (d) The reaction pathway of first C-N coupling for *NHCO formation and second C-N coupling for *NHCONO formation. The structures of the initial, transition and final states along with the *NHCO and *NHCONO formation are also presented. The purple, indigo, blue, red, and gray balls represent Fe, Ni, N, O, and C atoms, respectively. Reproduced with permission from Ref. 57. Copyright 2022, Springer Nature. (e) Schematic diagram of the structure of F-CNT and the urea synthesis. (f) Potential energy diagrams of NO3− reduction to *NH2 (C, O, H, F and N atoms are represented as brown, red, pinkish white, blue and green spheres, respectively.). Color online. Reproduced with permission from Ref. 63. Copyright 2022, Elsevier."
Fig 6
(a) Schematic illustration for the synthesis of the Cu@Zn catalyst. (b) C-N coupling on Cu@Zn, pure Zn, and pure Cu surfaces. (c) In situ ATR FTIR spectra of CO2, NO3−, and mixture (NO3− + CO2) electroreduction over Cu@Zn. Reproduced with permission from Ref. 65. Copyright 2022, American Chemical Society. (d) Infrared signals in the range of 1700–1300 cm−1 and Infrared signals in the range of 1300–1000 cm−1. Reproduced with permission from Ref. 67. Copyright 2023, Oxford University Press. (e) Structural diagrams of Co-PMDA-2-mbIM. (f) The urea electrosynthesis mechanism. Reproduced with permission from Ref. 68. Copyright 2022, Royal Society of Chemistry."
Fig 7
(a) A model illustration of the Au-Cu NW. (b, c) Urea FE of AuCu SANFs. Reproduced with permission from Ref. 72. Copyright 2022, Elsevier. (d) LSV curves recorded on the ZnO NSs electrode before and after electroreduction. The inset is an SEM image of as-prepared metallic Zn NBs, and the scale bar is 500 nm. (e) Time-dependent in situ electrochemical XRD patterns of ZnO under −2.1 V vs. RHE. Reproduced with permission from ref. 73. Copyright 2022, American Chemical Society. (f) Free-energy diagram of the electrolytic urea production via alternating mechanisms."
Fig 8
TEM images of Cu (a) and CuO (b); (c) Thin layers tend to form C1 products at a greater rate; (d) Thick layers leads to further reduction and accumulation of C2 intermediates; (e) Spectrum of additional species present on the CuO surface with CO2 and NH3 present; (f) Acetamide selectivity of Cu loading of 10 mg∙cm−2. Reproduced with permission from Ref. 25. Copyright 2022, RSC Chemical Science."
Fig 9
(a) Structural comparison between CoPc and CoPc-NH2. (b) Domino process of CO2-to-MeOH conversion via CO, catalysed by CoPc supported on carbon nanotubes (CNT). (c) FE for CO2 electroreduction catalysed by CoPc–NH2/CNT Caption. Reproduced with permission from Ref. 81. Copyright 2022, Springer Nature. (d) One-pot electrosynthesis of methylamine from inorganic wastes at ambient temperature and pressure. (e) Product distribution and total current density during 16 h electrolysis at −0.94 V versus RHE. Reproduced with permission from Ref. 35. Copyright 2022, Springer Nature. (f) Electrochemical co-reduction of CO2 and NO3− to synthesize acetaldoxime and ethylamine. Reproduced with permission from Ref. 46. Copyright 2022, Elsevier."
Table 1
Recent excellent electrocatalysts for different NCR products."
| Catalyst | Electrolyte | Product | FE | Formation rate | Ref. |
| Bi-BiVO4 | 0.1 mol∙L−1 KHCO3 | urea | 12.55% | 5.91 mmol∙h−1∙g−1 | |
| Cu-Bi | 0.1 mol∙L−1 KHCO3 | urea | 8.70% ± 1.70% | 0.45 ± 0.06 mg∙L−1 | |
| Cu single atoms/graphene sheets | 0.1 mol∙L−1 KHCO3 + 0.1 mol∙L−1 KNO3 | urea | 28.00% | 1800 μg∙h−1∙mg−1 | |
| Fe-Ni single atoms | 0.1 mol∙L−1 KHCO3 + 50 mmol∙L−1 KNO3 | urea | 17.80% | 20.2 mmol∙h−1∙g−1 | |
| Fe(amorphous)@C-Fe3O4/CNTs | 0.1 mol∙L−1 KNO3 | urea | 16.50% ± 6.10% | 1341.3 ± 112.6 μg∙h−1∙mg−1 | |
| F-rich CNTs | 0.1 mol∙L−1 KNO3 | urea | 18% | 6.36 mmol∙h−1∙g−1 | |
| Cu@Zn nanowires | 0.1 mol∙L−1 KNO3 + 0.2 mol∙L−1 KHCO3 | urea | 9.28% | 7.29 μmol∙cm−2∙h−1 | |
| Co-NiOx@graphdiyne | 0.01 mol∙L−1 NaNO2 | urea | 64.30% | 913.2 μg∙h−1∙mg−1 | |
| Co-PMDA-2-mbIM | 0.1 mol∙L−1 KHCO3 | urea | 48.97% | 14.47 mmol∙h−1∙g−1 | |
| AuCu nanofibers | 0.01 mol∙L−1 NaNO2 | urea | 24.70% | 3.889 μg∙h−1∙mg−1 | |
| Zn nanobelts | 0.2 mol∙L−1 KHCO3 | urea | 11.26% | 15.13 mmol∙h−1∙g−1 | |
| In(OH)3 | 0.1 mol∙L−1 KNO3 | urea | 53.40% | 533.1 mg∙h−1∙mg−1 | |
| InOOH | 0.1 mol∙L−1 KHCO3 | urea | 51.00% | 592.5 μg∙h−1∙mg−1 | |
| CeO2 | 0.1 mol∙L−1 KHCO3 + 50 mmol∙L−1 KNO3 | urea | – | 943.6 μg∙h−1∙mg−1 | |
| Cu/CuO | 1 mol∙L−1 KOH | acetamide + formamide | 10% acetamide 0.4% formamide | 2.2 mA∙cm−2 acetamide 0.2 mA∙cm−2 formamide | |
| CoPc-NH2 | 0.1 mol∙L−1 KHCO3 | methylamine | 13% | 3.4 mA∙cm−2 | |
| Oxide-derived Cu | 1 mol∙L−1 KHCO3 | Ethylamine | 0.30% | – |
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