Boosting Electrocatalytic Ethylene Epoxidation by Single Atom Modulation

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The electrochemical synthesis of ethylene oxide (EO) using ethylene and water under ambient conditions presents a low-carbon alternative to existing industrial production process. Yet, the electrocatalytic ethylene epoxidation route is currently hindered by largely insufficient activity, EO selectivity, and long-term stability. Here we report a single atom Ru-doped hollandite structure KIr4O8 (KIrRuO) nanowire catalyst for efficient EO production via a chloride-mediated ethylene epoxidation process. The KIrRuO catalyst exhibits an EO partial current density up to 0.7 A cm-2 and an EO yield as high as 92.0 %. The impressive electrocatalytic performance towards ethylene epoxidation is ascribed to the modulation of electronic structures of adjacent Ir sites by single Ru atoms, which stabilizes the *CH2CH2OH intermediate and facilitates the formation of active Cl2 species during the generation of 2-chloroethanol, the precursor of EO. This work provides a single atom modulation strategy for improving the reactivity of adjacent metal sites in heterogeneous electrocatalysts.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) - (2024) vom: 21. März, Seite e202402950

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wang, Hanyu [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Shuo [VerfasserIn]
Song, Yanpeng [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Yang [VerfasserIn]
Li, Zhenyu [VerfasserIn]
Shen, Yuxiang [VerfasserIn]
Peng, Zhangquan [VerfasserIn]
Gao, Dunfeng [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Guoxiong [VerfasserIn]
Bao, Xinhe [VerfasserIn]

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Electrocatalysis
Electrosynthesis
Ethylene epoxidation
Ethylene oxide
Journal Article
Single atom catalyst

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Date Revised 10.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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doi:

10.1002/anie.202402950

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NLM37001684X