image: A comprehensive perspective in the main strategies that boost the CO2RR performance of metal-organic ensembles via modulation of metal centers and ligands, the catalyst-support interaction, as well as their in situ reconstructions was summarized. Outlook regarding targeted synthesis of new molecules, MOFs and supports, their large-scale applications, tracking and tailoring the catalyst reconstruction and unraveling the structure-property relationship were discussed. view more
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Electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction (CO2RR) has been generally regarded as green technologies that can convert renewable energy such as sunlight and wind into fuels and valuable chemicals. However, the large-scale implementation of CO2RR is severely hindered by the lack of high-performance CO2RR electrocatalysts. Heterogeneous molecular catalysts and metal-organic framework with well-defined structure and high tunability of the metal centers and ligands show great promise for CO2RR in terms of both fundamental understanding and practical application.
Recently, a research team led by Prof. Yang Peng from Soochow University, China summarized structural and interfacial engineering of these well-defined metal-organic ensembles for CO2RR. The results were published in Chinese Journal of Catalysis (DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2067(21)63980-3).
This review starts from the fundamental electrochemistry of CO2RR and its evaluation criteria, and then moves to the heterogeneous molecular catalysts and metal-organic framework with emphasis on the engineering of metal centers and ligands, their interaction with supports, as well as in situ reconstruction of metal-organic ensembles. Summary and outlook are present in the end, with the hope to inspire and provoke more genuine thinking on the design and fabrication of efficient CO2RR electrocatalysts.
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