Citation: Jianing Mao, Bingbao Mei, Ji Li, Shuai Yang, Fanfei Sun, Siyu Lu, Wei Chen, Fei Song, Zheng Jiang. Unraveling the Dynamic Structural Evolution of Phthalocyanine Catalysts during CO₂ Electroreduction[J]. Chinese Journal of Structural Chemistry, ;2022, 41(10): 221008. doi: 10.14102/j.cnki.0254-5861.2022-0133 shu

Unraveling the Dynamic Structural Evolution of Phthalocyanine Catalysts during CO₂ Electroreduction

Jianing Mao ^{1, 2, 3} ,
Bingbao Mei ^{2, 3,,} ,
Ji Li ^{1, 2, 3} ,
Shuai Yang ^{1, 2, 3} ,
Fanfei Sun ^{2, 3} ,
Siyu Lu ⁴ ,
Wei Chen ^{2, 5} ,
Fei Song ^{1, 2, 3,,} ,
Zheng Jiang ^{1, 2, 3, 6,,}

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Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201204, China
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University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201204, China
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College of Chemistry, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450000, China
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Low-Carbon Conversion Science and Engineering Center, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Science, Shanghai 201210, China
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Innovation Academy for Green Manufacture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China

Corresponding author: Bingbao Mei, meibb@sari.ac.cn Fei Song, songfei@sinap.ac.cn Zheng Jiang, jiangzheng@sinap.ac.cn
Received Date: 21 May 2022
Accepted Date: 2 June 2022
Available Online: 8 June 2022

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Understanding the atomic and electronic changes of active sites promotes the whole new sight into electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction reaction (CO₂RR), which provides a feasible strategy to achieve carbon neutrality. Here we employ operando high-energy resolution fluorescence-detected X-ray absorption spectroscopy (HERFD-XAS) to track the structural evolution of Ni(II) phthalocyanine (NiPc), considered as the model catalysts with uniform Ni-N₄-C₈ moiety, during the CO₂RR. The HERFD-XAS method is in favor of elucidating the interaction of the reactant/catalyst interface from the atomic electronic structure dimension, facilitating the establishment of the catalytic mechanism and the dynamic structure changes. Based on operando measurement, surface sensitive difference spectra (∆µ) and spectroscopy simulation, the interfacial interactions between the active sites of NiPc and reactants are monitored and the Ni species gradually reduced by increasing the applied potential is discovered. HERFD-XAS method offers an advanced and powerful tool for elucidating the complex catalytic mechanism in further various systems.
- CO₂ electrochemical reduction,
- HERFD-XAS,
- model catalysts,
- difference spectra,
- structural evolution
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