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Vol. 13 (2021)

Recent Advances in Interface Engineering for Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction Reaction

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-021-00738-9
Junjun Li
Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tianjin University and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tianjin 300072, People’s Republic of China
Sulaiman Umar Abbas
Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tianjin University and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tianjin 300072, People’s Republic of China
Haiqing Wang
Institute for Advanced Interdisciplinary Research (iAIR), University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, People’s Republic of China
Zhicheng Zhang
Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tianjin University and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tianjin 300072, People’s Republic of China
Wenping Hu
Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tianjin University and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tianjin 300072, People’s Republic of China

Corresponding Author: Zhicheng Zhang

zczhang19@tju.edu.cn

Nano-Micro Letters, Vol. 13 (2021), Article Number: 216

Abstract

Electrocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) can store and transform the intermittent renewable energy in the form of chemical energy for industrial production of chemicals and fuels, which can dramatically reduce CO2 emission and contribute to carbon-neutral cycle. Efficient electrocatalytic reduction of chemically inert CO2 is challenging from thermodynamic and kinetic points of view. Therefore, low-cost, highly efficient, and readily available electrocatalysts have been the focus for promoting the conversion of CO2. Very recently, interface engineering has been considered as a highly effective strategy to modulate the electrocatalytic performance through electronic and/or structural modulation, regulations of electron/proton/mass/intermediates, and the control of local reactant concentration, thereby achieving desirable reaction pathway, inhibiting competing hydrogen generation, breaking binding-energy scaling relations of intermediates, and promoting CO2 mass transfer. In this review, we aim to provide a comprehensive overview of current developments in interface engineering for CO2RR from both a theoretical and experimental standpoint, involving interfaces between metal and metal, metal and metal oxide, metal and nonmetal, metal oxide and metal oxide, organic molecules and inorganic materials, electrode and electrolyte, molecular catalysts and electrode, etc. Finally, the opportunities and challenges of interface engineering for CO2RR are proposed.


Highlights:


1 This review summarizes current developments in interface engineering for electrocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR).
2 The interface engineering for electrocatalytic CO2RR involves the metal–metal interface, metal–metal oxide interface, metal–nonmetal interface, metal oxide–metal oxide interface, organic molecules–inorganic materials interface, electrode–electrolyte interface, and molecular catalysts–electrode interface.
3 The opportunities and challenges of interface engineering for CO2RR are proposed.

Keywords

Interface engineering CO2 reduction reaction Electrocatalysis Heterostructure
Li, Junjun, Sulaiman Umar Abbas, Haiqing Wang, Zhicheng Zhang, and Wenping Hu. 2021. “Recent Advances in Interface Engineering for Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction Reaction”. Nano-Micro Letters 13 (October):216. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-021-00738-9.
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