High-performance light-driven heterogeneous CO2 catalysis with near-unity selectivity on metal phosphides
Abstract Akin to single-site homogeneous catalysis, a long sought-after goal is to achieve reaction site precision in heterogeneous catalysis for chemical control over patterns of activity, selectivity and stability. Herein, we report on metal phosphides as a class of material capable of realizing t...
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| author | Yang-Fan Xu Paul N. Duchesne Lu Wang Alexandra Tavasoli Feysal M. Ali Meikun Xia Jin-Feng Liao Dai-Bin Kuang Geoffrey A. Ozin |
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| description | Abstract Akin to single-site homogeneous catalysis, a long sought-after goal is to achieve reaction site precision in heterogeneous catalysis for chemical control over patterns of activity, selectivity and stability. Herein, we report on metal phosphides as a class of material capable of realizing these attributes and unlock their potential in solar-driven CO2 hydrogenation. Selected as an archetype, Ni12P5 affords a structure based upon highly dispersed nickel nanoclusters integrated into a phosphorus lattice that harvest light intensely across the entire solar spectral range. Motivated by its panchromatic absorption and unique linearly bonded nickel-carbonyl-dominated reaction route, Ni12P5 is found to be a photothermal catalyst for the reverse water gas shift reaction, offering a CO production rate of 960 ± 12 mmol gcat −1 h−1, near 100% selectivity and long-term stability. Successful extension of this idea to Co2P analogs implies that metal phosphide materials are poised as a universal platform for high-rate and highly selective photothermal CO2 catalysis. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ae3c8ba5d6424e9a9c90c596ad8853342023-06-18T11:17:48ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232020-10-011111810.1038/s41467-020-18943-2High-performance light-driven heterogeneous CO2 catalysis with near-unity selectivity on metal phosphidesYang-Fan Xu0Paul N. Duchesne1Lu Wang2Alexandra Tavasoli3Feysal M. Ali4Meikun Xia5Jin-Feng Liao6Dai-Bin Kuang7Geoffrey A. Ozin8Materials Chemistry and Nanochemistry Research Group, Solar Fuels Cluster, Department of Chemistry, University of TorontoMaterials Chemistry and Nanochemistry Research Group, Solar Fuels Cluster, Department of Chemistry, University of TorontoMaterials Chemistry and Nanochemistry Research Group, Solar Fuels Cluster, Department of Chemistry, University of TorontoMaterials Chemistry and Nanochemistry Research Group, Solar Fuels Cluster, Department of Chemistry, University of TorontoMaterials Chemistry and Nanochemistry Research Group, Solar Fuels Cluster, Department of Chemistry, University of TorontoMaterials Chemistry and Nanochemistry Research Group, Solar Fuels Cluster, Department of Chemistry, University of TorontoMOE Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, Lehn Institute of Functional Materials, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen UniversityMOE Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, Lehn Institute of Functional Materials, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen UniversityMaterials Chemistry and Nanochemistry Research Group, Solar Fuels Cluster, Department of Chemistry, University of TorontoAbstract Akin to single-site homogeneous catalysis, a long sought-after goal is to achieve reaction site precision in heterogeneous catalysis for chemical control over patterns of activity, selectivity and stability. Herein, we report on metal phosphides as a class of material capable of realizing these attributes and unlock their potential in solar-driven CO2 hydrogenation. Selected as an archetype, Ni12P5 affords a structure based upon highly dispersed nickel nanoclusters integrated into a phosphorus lattice that harvest light intensely across the entire solar spectral range. Motivated by its panchromatic absorption and unique linearly bonded nickel-carbonyl-dominated reaction route, Ni12P5 is found to be a photothermal catalyst for the reverse water gas shift reaction, offering a CO production rate of 960 ± 12 mmol gcat −1 h−1, near 100% selectivity and long-term stability. Successful extension of this idea to Co2P analogs implies that metal phosphide materials are poised as a universal platform for high-rate and highly selective photothermal CO2 catalysis.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18943-2 |
| spellingShingle | Yang-Fan Xu Paul N. Duchesne Lu Wang Alexandra Tavasoli Feysal M. Ali Meikun Xia Jin-Feng Liao Dai-Bin Kuang Geoffrey A. Ozin High-performance light-driven heterogeneous CO2 catalysis with near-unity selectivity on metal phosphides Nature Communications |
| title | High-performance light-driven heterogeneous CO2 catalysis with near-unity selectivity on metal phosphides |
| title_full | High-performance light-driven heterogeneous CO2 catalysis with near-unity selectivity on metal phosphides |
| title_fullStr | High-performance light-driven heterogeneous CO2 catalysis with near-unity selectivity on metal phosphides |
| title_full_unstemmed | High-performance light-driven heterogeneous CO2 catalysis with near-unity selectivity on metal phosphides |
| title_short | High-performance light-driven heterogeneous CO2 catalysis with near-unity selectivity on metal phosphides |
| title_sort | high performance light driven heterogeneous co2 catalysis with near unity selectivity on metal phosphides |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18943-2 |
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