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Research Article | Open Access | Online First

Subtle tuning of micro-environment in COFs nanoribbons actuates low electricity-consumption photo-assisted Co-electrolysis of methanol and CO2

Yi-Rong Wang1,§, Hui-Min Ding1,§, Ming Yue1,§, Qi Li1, Jing-wen Shi1, Qing Huang2, Jie Zhou3, Ying Zang1( ), Yifa Chen1( ), Shun-Li Li1, Ya-Qian Lan1( )
Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Carbon Dioxide Resource Utilization, School of Chemistry, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China
College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Storage and Energy Conversion of Hainan Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hainan Normal University, Haikou 571158, China

§ Yi-Rong Wang, Hui-Min Ding, and Ming Yue contributed equally to this work.

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The lower electricity consumption (EC) and higher value-added products are much desired yet still challenging for the development of CO2 coupling electrocatalytic systems. Herein, we give insight into the inherent nature of the retrenchment of EC by exploring the photo-assisted co-electrolysis of methanol and CO2 system using a kind of hydroxyl-rich covalent organic frameworks (Dha-COF-Co) with well-tuned pore structure and morphology. Specifically, the hydroxyl induced hydrogen bond interaction in Dha-COF-Co enables to simultaneously regulate the pore microenvironment and nanoribbon morphology of COFs for performance boosting. Notably, the obtained Dha-COF-Co nanoribbon exhibits an overall EC retrenchment of ~41.2% (highest in porous crystalline materials to date) when replacing the anodic OER with MOR in the photo-electrocatalytic MOR-CO2RR coupling system, as well as superior FEHCOOH (anode, ~100%) and FECO (cathode, >95%) at 1.8 V. Combined theoretical calculations with various characterizations, the vital role of hydroxyl group in both microenvironment and morphology tuning that can facilitate the CO2RR and MOR kinetics to retrench the EC has been intensively discussed.

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electricity consumptionphoto-electrocatalysiselectrocatalytic CO2 reduction reactionCO2 coupling electrocatalytic systemnanoribbon

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Nano Research Energy
DOI: 10.26599/NRE.2024.9120146
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Wang Y-R, Ding H-M, Yue M, et al. Subtle tuning of micro-environment in COFs nanoribbons actuates low electricity-consumption photo-assisted Co-electrolysis of methanol and CO2. Nano Research Energy, 2024, https://doi.org/10.26599/NRE.2024.9120146

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Received: 22 October 2024
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Published: 09 December 2024
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