Ultrahigh Bifunctional Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction and H2 Evolution by Synergistic Interaction of Heteroatomic Pt-Ru Dimerization Sites

Diatomic-site catalysts (DASCs) inherit the excellent performance of single-atom catalysts (SACs) by utilizing two adjacent atomic metal species to achieve functional complementarity and synergistic effects that improve the carbon dioxide reduction reaction (CO2RR) and H2 evolution reaction (HER) kinetics. Herein, we report a method to further improve the catalytic efficiency of Pt by using Pt and Ru single atoms randomly anchored on a g-C3N4 surface, yielding partial Pt-Ru dimers. The synthesized catalyst exhibits extraordinary photocatalytic activity and stability in both the CO2RR and HER processes. In-depth experimentation, the pH-dependent chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) imaging nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) method, and theoretical analyses reveal that the excellent performance is attributed to orbital coupling between the Pt atoms and the neighboring Ru atoms (mainly dxy and dxz), which decreases the orbital energy levels and weakens the bond strength with intermediates, resulting in improved CO2RR and HER performance. This study successfully applies the pH-dependent CEST imaging NMR method to catalytic reactions, and CO2 adsorption is directly observed using CEST 2D imaging maps. This work presents significant potential for a variety of catalytic reaction applications by systematically designing bimetallic dimers with higher activity and stability.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:18

Enthalten in:

ACS nano - 18(2024), 13 vom: 02. Apr., Seite 9403-9412

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

You, Xiao-Meng [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Beibei [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Hang [VerfasserIn]
Qiao, Hongwei [VerfasserIn]
Lv, Xingxi [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Zejiang [VerfasserIn]
Pang, Jingyi [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Lingyun [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Peng Fei [VerfasserIn]
Guan, Xiaohong [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Hua Gui [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Xuelu [VerfasserIn]
Yao, Ye-Feng [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

CO2 reduction reaction
Chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) imaging
Heteronuclear biatomic atom
Journal Article
Photocatalysis
Water splitting

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Date Revised 02.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1021/acsnano.3c10807

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369778782