Molecularly Dispersed Cobalt Phthalocyanine Mediates Selective and Durable CO2 Reduction in a Membrane Flow Cell

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Wu, X
Sun, JW
Liu, PF
Zhao, JY
Liu, Y
Guo, L
Dai, S
Yang, HG
Zhao, H
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2021
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High-rate electrochemical CO2-to-CO conversion provides a favorable strategy for carbon neutrality. Molecular catalysts, especially those with isolated metal active centers, are known to be the efficient CO2-to-CO electrocatalysts due to their high selectivity and outstanding instinct activity; however, the controllable scale-up synthesis and durable utilization at industrial current densities still remain a challenge. Here, it is developed a molecularly dispersed cobalt phthalocyanine loaded on carbon nanotube for high-current long-term CO2-to-CO electrolysis. The resultant catalyst exhibits a high CO selectivity with a maximum Faradaic efficiency of 97% and performs a current density of −200 mA cm−2 in a flow cell with a TOF of 83.9 s−1, which is among the best of CO-selective electrocatalysts. With a series of impregnation loading experiments, the process of molecular-dispersion or aggregation is investigated. In addition, the application of selective and durable electrolysis at a current of 0.25 A is realized up to 38.5 h in a scale-up MEA configuration. Subsequent characterization shows robust durability closely related to the dispersion of CoPc. This study provides a triumph to catalyze commercial-scale CO production using molecularly dispersed phthalocyanine electrocatalysts.

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Advanced Functional Materials

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Wu, X; Sun, JW; Liu, PF; Zhao, JY; Liu, Y; Guo, L; Dai, S; Yang, HG; Zhao, H, Molecularly Dispersed Cobalt Phthalocyanine Mediates Selective and Durable CO2 Reduction in a Membrane Flow Cell, Advanced Functional Materials, 2021, pp. 2107301

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