Bipyridine-Confined Silver Single-Atom Catalysts Facilitate In-Plane C-O Coupling for Propylene Electrooxidation

The electrooxidation of propylene presents a promising route for the production of 1,2-propylene glycol (PG) under ambient conditions. However, the C-O coupling process remains a challenge owing to the high energy barrier. In this work, we developed a highly efficient electrocatalyst of bipyridine-confined Ag single atoms on UiO-bpy substrates (Ag SAs/UiO-bpy), which exposed two in-plane coordination vacancies during reaction for the co-adsorption of key intermediates. Detailed structure and electronic property analyses demonstrate that CH3CHCH2OH* and *OH could stably co-adsorb in a square planar configuration, which then accelerates the charge transfer between them. The combination of stable co-adsorption and efficient charge transfer facilitates the C-O coupling process, thus significantly lowering its energy barrier. At 2.4 V versus a reversible hydrogen electrode, Ag SAs/UiO-bpy achieved a record-high activity of 61.9 gPG m-2 h-1. Our work not only presents a robust electrocatalyst but also advances a new perspective on catalyst design for propylene electrooxidation.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:24

Enthalten in:

Nano letters - 24(2024), 5 vom: 07. Feb., Seite 1801-1807

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Chi, Mingfang [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Jiankang [VerfasserIn]
Ke, Jingwen [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Yan [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Ruyang [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Chuanhao [VerfasserIn]
Hung, Sung-Fu [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Tsung-Ju [VerfasserIn]
Geng, Zhigang [VerfasserIn]
Zeng, Jie [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Electrooxidation of propylene
In-plane C−O coupling
Journal Article
Propylene glycol
Single-atom catalysts

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Date Revised 07.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c04978

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM367680815