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It is still a great challenge to achieve high selectivity of CH4 in CO2 electroreduction reactions (CO2RR) because of the similar reduction potentials of possible products and the sluggish kinetics for CO2 activation. Stabilizing key reaction intermediates by single type of active sites supported on porous conductive material is crucial to achieve high selectivity for single product such as CH4. Here, Cu2O(111) quantum dots with an average size of 3.5 nm are in situ synthesized on a porous conductive copper-based metal-organic framework (CuHHTP), exhibiting high selectivity of 73 % towards CH4 with partial current density of 10.8 mA cm(-2) at -1.4 V vs. RHE (reversible hydrogen electrode) in CO2RR. Operando infrared spectroscopy and DFT calculations reveal that the key intermediates (such as *CH2O and *OCH3) involved in the pathway of CH4 formation are stabilized by the single active Cu2O(111) and hydrogen bonding, thus generating CH4 instead of CO.
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ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
ISSN: 1433-7851
Year: 2020
Issue: 52
Volume: 59
Page: 23641-23648
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ESI Discipline: CHEMISTRY;
ESI HC Threshold:160
JCR Journal Grade:1
CAS Journal Grade:2
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WoS CC Cited Count: 410
SCOPUS Cited Count: 421
ESI Highly Cited Papers on the List: 18 Unfold All
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30 Days PV: 2
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