Surface strategies for catalytic CO2 reduction: from two-dimensional materials to nanoclusters to single atoms

Liming Wang; Wenlong Chen; Doudou Zhang; Yaping Du; Rose Amal; Shizhang Qiao; Jianbo Wu; Zongyou Yin

doi:10.1039/C9CS00163H

Surface strategies for catalytic CO₂ reduction: from two-dimensional materials to nanoclusters to single atoms†

Liming Wang,^a Wenlong Chen,^b Doudou Zhang,^c Yaping Du,

^d Rose Amal,

^c Shizhang Qiao,

*^e Jianbo Wu

*^bf and Zongyou Yin

*^a

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* Corresponding authors

^a Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University, ACT, Australia
E-mail: zongyou.yin@anu.edu.au

^b State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
E-mail: jianbowu@sjtu.edu.cn

^c School of Chemical Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia

^d School of Materials Science and Engineering, National Institute for Advanced Materials, Center for Rare Earth and Inorganic Functional Materials, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China

^e School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
E-mail: s.qiao@adelaide.edu.au

^f Center of Hydrogen Science, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

Abstract

Redox catalysis, including photocatalysis and (photo)electrocatalysis, may alleviate global warming and energy crises by removing excess CO₂ from the atmosphere and converting it to value-added resources. Nano-to-atomic two-dimensional (2D) materials, clusters and single atoms are superior catalysts because of their engineerable ultrathin/small dimensions and large surface areas and have attracted worldwide research interest. Given the current gap between research and applications in CO₂ reduction, our review systematically and constructively discusses nano-to-atomic surface strategies for catalysts reported to date. This work is expected to drive and benefit future research to rationally design surface strategies with multi-parameter synergistic impacts on the selectivity, activity and stability of next-generation CO₂ reduction catalysts, thus opening new avenues for sustainable solutions to climate change, energy and environmental issues, and the potential industrial economy.

This article is part of the themed collection: 2020 EES Lectureship Winner: Wooyul Kim

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C9CS00163H
Article type: Review Article
Submitted: 30 Jun 2019
First published: 07 Oct 2019

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Chem. Soc. Rev., 2019,48, 5310-5349

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Surface strategies for catalytic CO₂ reduction: from two-dimensional materials to nanoclusters to single atoms

L. Wang, W. Chen, D. Zhang, Y. Du, R. Amal, S. Qiao, J. Wu and Z. Yin, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2019, 48, 5310 DOI: 10.1039/C9CS00163H

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