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In situ spectroelectrochemical probing of CO redox landscape on copper single-crystal surfaces

Shao, Feng
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Wong, Jun Kit
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Low, Qi Hang
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July 19, 2022
Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America (PNAS)

Electrochemical reduction of CO(2) to value-added chemicals and fuels is a promising strategy to sustain pressing renewable energy demands and to address climate change issues. Direct observation of reaction intermediates during the CO(2) reduction reaction will contribute to mechanistic understandings and thus promote the design of catalysts with the desired activity, selectivity, and stability. Herein, we combined in situ electrochemical shell-isolated nanoparticle-enhanced Raman spectroscopy and ab initio molecular dynamics calculations to investigate the CORR process on Cu single-crystal surfaces in various electrolytes. Competing redox pathways and coexistent intermediates of CO adsorption (*COatop and *CObridge), dimerization (protonated dimer *HOCCOH and its dehydrated *CCO), oxidation (*CO2- and *CO32-), and hydrogenation (*CHO), as well as Cu-O-ad/Cu-OHad species at Cu-electrolyte interfaces, were simultaneously identified using in situ spectroscopy and further confirmed with isotope-labeling experiments. With AIMD simulations, we report accurate vibrational frequency assignments of these intermediates based on the calculated vibrational density of states and reveal the corresponding species in the electrochemical CO redox landscape on Cu surfaces. Our findings provide direct insights into key intermediates during the CO(2)RR and offer a full-spectroscopic tool (40-4,000 cm(-1)) for future mechanistic studies.

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DOI
10.1073/pnas.2118166119
Web of Science ID

WOS:000853684000014

Author(s)
Shao, Feng
Wong, Jun Kit
Low, Qi Hang
Iannuzzi, Marcella
Li, Jingguo
Lan, Jinggang  
Date Issued

2022-07-19

Publisher

National Academy of Sciences

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Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America (PNAS)
Volume

119

Issue

29

Subjects

Multidisciplinary Sciences

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Science & Technology - Other Topics

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co(2) reduction

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in situ raman

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intermediates

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aimd

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electrocatalysis

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gas shift reaction

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electrochemical reduction

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carbon-monoxide

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spectroscopic observation

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electrocatalytic conversion

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infrared-spectroscopy

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ph-dependence

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cu

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electrodes

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cu(100)

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REVIEWED

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OTHER

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October 10, 2022
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