The chemical identity, state and structure of catalytically active centers during the electrochemical CO2 reduction on porous Fe–nitrogen–carbon (Fe–N

The chemical identity, state and structure of catalytically active centers during the electrochemical CO2 reduction on porous Fe–nitrogen–carbon (Fe–N–C) materials

Published:2018 Issue:22 Volume:9 Page:5064-5073
ISSN:2041-6520
Container-title:Chemical Science
language:en
Short-container-title:Chem. Sci.

Author:

Leonard Nathaniel¹²³⁴⁵,Ju Wen¹²³⁴⁵^ORCID,Sinev Ilya⁶⁷⁸⁹^ORCID,Steinberg Julian¹²³⁴⁵,Luo Fang¹²³⁴⁵,Varela Ana Sofia¹⁰¹¹¹²¹³,Roldan Cuenya Beatriz⁶⁷⁸⁹¹⁴^ORCID,Strasser Peter¹²³⁴⁵^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. The Electrochemical Energy, Catalysis, and Materials Science Laboratory

2. Department of Chemistry

3. Chemical Engineering Division

4. Technical University Berlin

5. Berlin

6. Department of Physics

7. Ruhr Universität Bochum

8. Bochum

9. Germany

10. Institute of Chemistry

11. National Autonomous University of Mexico

12. Mexico City

13. Mexico

14. Department of Interface Science

Abstract

We report novel structure–activity relationships and explore the chemical state and structure of catalytically active sites under operando conditions during the electrochemical CO₂ reduction reaction (CO₂RR) catalyzed by a series of porous iron–nitrogen–carbon (FeNC) catalysts.

Funder

H2020 European Research Council

Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung

China Scholarship Council

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

General Chemistry

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2018/SC/C8SC00491A

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