Citation: Zhifeng Xin, Zibo Yuan, Jingjing Liu, Xinjian Wang, Kejing Shen, Yifa Chen, Ya-Qian Lan. Cu cluster embedded porous nanofibers for high-performance CO₂ electroreduction[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2023, 34(4): 107458. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2022.04.056 shu

Cu cluster embedded porous nanofibers for high-performance CO₂ electroreduction

Zhifeng Xin ^{a, *,} ,
Zibo Yuan ^a ,
Jingjing Liu ^a ,
Xinjian Wang ^a ,
Kejing Shen ^a ,
Yifa Chen ^{b, *,} ,
Ya-Qian Lan ^b

a.
Institute of Molecular Engineering and Applied Chemistry, Anhui University of Technology, Ma'anshan 243002, China
b.
Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Power Batteries, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China

xinzf521@ahut.edu.cn

chyf927821@163.com

Received Date: 19 January 2022
Revised Date: 12 February 2022
Accepted Date: 22 April 2022
Available Online: 27 April 2022

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Metal-doped carbon materials, as one of the most important electrocatalytic catalysts for CO₂ reduction reaction (CO₂RR), have attracted increasing attention. Herein, a series of Cu cluster embedded highly porous nanofibers have been prepared through the carbonization of electro-spun MOF/PAN nanofibers. The obtained Cu cluster doped porous nanofibers possessed fibrous morphology, high porosity, conductivity, and uniformly dispersed Cu clusters, which could be applied as promising CO₂RR catalysts. Specifically, best of them, MCP-500 exhibited high catalytic performance for CO₂RR, in which the Faradaic efficiency of CO (FE_CO) was as high as 98% at −0.8 V and maintained above 95% after 10 h continuous electrocatalysis. The high performance might be attributed to the synergistic effect of tremendously layered graphene skeleton and uniformly dispersed Cu clusters that could largely promote the electron conductivity, mass transfer and catalytic activity during the electrocatalytic CO₂RR process. This attempt will provide a new idea to design highly active CO₂RR electrocatalyst.
- Electrocatalysis,
- Cu cluster,
- Porous nanofiber,
- Electrospinning,
- CO₂RR
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