• 文献标题:   Atomically Dispersed Iron-Nitrogen Sites on Hierarchically Mesoporous Carbon Nanotube and Graphene Nanoribbon Networks for CO2 Reduction
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   PAN FP, LI BY, SARNELLO E, FEI YH, GANG Y, XIANG XM, DU ZC, ZHANG P, WANG GF, NGUYEN HT, LI T, HU YH, ZHOU HC, LI Y
  • 作者关键词:   singleatom catalyst, carbon architecture, nanotube, nanoribbon, co2 reduction
  • 出版物名称:   ACS NANO
  • ISSN:   1936-0851 EI 1936-086X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Texas A M Univ
  • 被引频次:   10
  • DOI:   10.1021/acsnano.9b09658
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

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-N-4 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-N-4 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.