A copper coordination polymer precatalyst with asymmetric building units for selective CO<sub>2</sub>-to-C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>4</sub>electrolysis
Chun Fang Wen, Min Zhou, Xuefeng Wu, Yuanwei Liu, Fangxin Mao, Huai Qin Fu, Ying‐Li Shi, Sheng Dai, Minghui Zhu, Shuang Yang, Hai Feng Wang, Peng Fei Liu, Hua Gui Yang
Abstract
A Cu-BTC-CP precatalyst with asymmetric building units, which in situ reconstructs to low-coordinated Cu during the CO 2 RR, delivers an ethylene faradaic efficiency of 65.2 ± 3% at 350 mA cm −2 in a flow cell.
Topics & Concepts
CopperElectrolysisEthyleneFaraday efficiencyCoordination polymerChemistryPolymerMaterials scienceMetallurgyCatalysisPhysical chemistryOrganic chemistryElectrodeElectrochemistryElectrolyteCO2 Reduction Techniques and CatalystsCarbon dioxide utilization in catalysisMetal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications