Native frustrated Lewis pairs on core-shell In@InOxHy enhances CO2-to-formate conversion
Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003)(2023)
摘要
Strategies to efficiently activate CO2 by strongly inhibiting the competitive hydrogen evolution reaction process are highly desired for practical applications of the electrochemical CO2 reduction technique. Here, we assembled a core-shell In@InOxHy architecture on carbon black by one-step reduction of NaBH4 as a CO2-to-formate catalyst with high selectivity. The stable CO2-to-formate reaction originates from the creation of steritic frustrated Lewis pairs (FLPs) on the InOxHy shell with In-O-Vs (O-Vs, oxygen vacancies) Lewis acid, and In-OH Lewis base. During CO2 reduction, the electrochemically stable FLPs are capable of first capturing and stabilizing protons to protonate FLPs to In-H Lewis acid and In-OH2 Lewis base due to its strong steric electrostatic field; then, CO2 is captured and activated by the protonated FLPs to selectively produce formate. Our results demonstrated that FLPs can be created on the surface of oxyphilic single-metal catalysts efficient in accelerating CO2 reduction with high selectivity.
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native frustrated lewis pairs,core-shell,to-formate
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