Citation: Shujin Shen, Cheng Han, Bing Wang, Yingde Wang. Engineering d-band center of nickel in nickel@nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes array for electrochemical reduction of CO₂ to CO and Zn-CO₂ batteries[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2022, 33(8): 3721-3725. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2021.10.063 shu

Engineering d-band center of nickel in nickel@nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes array for electrochemical reduction of CO₂ to CO and Zn-CO₂ batteries

Science and Technology on Advanced Ceramic Fibers and Composites Laboratory, College of Aerospace Science and Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China

hancheng@nudt.edu.cn

wangyingde@nudt.edu.cn

Received Date: 8 September 2021
Revised Date: 10 October 2021
Accepted Date: 21 October 2021
Available Online: 27 October 2021

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Self-supported transition-metal single-atom catalysts (SACs) facilitate the industrialization of electrochemical CO₂ reduction, but suffer from high structural heterogeneity with limited catalytic selectivity. Here we present a facile and scalable approach for the synthesis of self-supported nickel@nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes grown on carbon nanofiber membrane (Ni@NCNTs/CFM), where the Ni single atoms and nanoparticles (NPs) are anchored on the wall and inside of nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes, respectively. The side effect of Ni NPs was further effectively inhibited by alloying Ni with Cu atoms to alter their d-band center, which is theoretically predicted and experimentally proved. The optimal catalyst Ni₉Cu₁@NCNTs/CFM exhibits an ultrahigh CO Faradic efficiency over 97% at −0.7 V versus reversible hydrogen electrode. Additionally, this catalyst shows excellent mechanical strength which can be directly used as a self-supporting catalyst for Zn-CO₂ battery with a peak power density of ~0.65 mW/cm² at 2.25 mA/cm² and a long-term stability for 150 cycles. This work opens up a general avenue to facilely prepare self-supported SACs with unitary single-atom site for CO₂ utilization.
- CO₂ reduction,
- Electrocatalysis,
- Self-supported catalysts,
- Single atom,
- Zn-CO₂ battery
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