Title
Atomically Dispersed Iron-Nitrogen Sites on Hierarchically Mesoporous Carbon Nanotube and Graphene Nanoribbon Networks for CO2 Reduction
Author ORCID Identifier
Erik Sarnello:https://orcid.org/000-0001-8357-375X
Publication Title
ACS Nano
ISSN
19360851
E-ISSN
43945
Document Type
Article
Abstract
Atomically dispersed metal and nitrogen co-doped carbon (M-N/C) catalysts hold great promise for electrochemical CO2 conversion. However, there is a lack of cost-effective synthesis approaches to meet the goal of economic mass production of single-atom M-N/C with desirable carbon support architecture for efficient CO2 reduction. Herein, we report facile transformation of commercial carbon nanotube (CNT) into isolated Fe-N4 sites anchored on carbon nanotube and graphene nanoribbon (GNR) networks (Fe-N/CNT@GNR). The oxidization-induced partial unzipping of CNT results in the generation of GNR nanolayers attached to the remaining fibrous CNT frameworks, which reticulates a hierarchically mesoporous complex and thus enables a high electrochemical active surface area and smooth mass transport. The Fe residues originating from CNT growth seeds serve as Fe sources to form isolated Fe-N4 moieties located at the CNT and GNR basal plane and edges with high intrinsic capability of activating CO2 and suppressing hydrogen evolution. The Fe-N/CNT@GNR delivers a stable CO Faradaic efficiency of 96% with a partial current density of 22.6 mA cm-2 at a low overpotential of 650 mV, making it one of the most active M-N/C catalysts reported. This work presents an effective strategy to fabricate advanced atomistic catalysts and highlights the key roles of support architecture in single-atom electrocatalysis.
First Page
5506
Last Page
5516
Publication Date
5-26-2020
DOI
10.1021/acsnano.9b09658
PubMed ID
32330000
Keywords
carbon architecture, CO reduction 2, nanoribbons, nanotubes, single-atom catalyst
Recommended Citation
Pan, Fuping; Li, Boyang; Sarnello, Erik; Fei, Yuhuan; Gang, Yang; Xiang, Xianmei; Du, Zichen; Zhang, Peng; Wang, Guofeng; Nguyen, Hoai T.; Li, Tao; Hu, Yun Hang; Zhou, Hong Cai; and Li, Ying, "Atomically Dispersed Iron-Nitrogen Sites on Hierarchically Mesoporous Carbon Nanotube and Graphene Nanoribbon Networks for CO2 Reduction" (2020). NIU Bibliography. 396.
https://huskiecommons.lib.niu.edu/niubib/396
Department
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry