Surface ligand engineering on metal nanocatalysts for electrocatalytic CO2 reduction

• DOI: 10.1016/j.matre.2022.100172
• Publication Date: 2022-12-21T17:12:25Z
• Authors: Qian Guo; Tangqi Lan; Ziyun Su; Fuqin Zheng; Wei Chen
• Keywords: Nanomaterial-based catalyst; Nanomaterials; Surface Engineering

Electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 into fuels and commodity chemicals has emerged as a potential way to balance the carbon cycle produce reusable fuels. However, challenges competing reaction hydrogen evolution reaction, low concentration on catalyst surface diversity products significantly limit catalytic activity selectivity. Hereby, metal nanomaterials, protected by stabilizing ligands, have been widely studied in field due their structural outstanding physical chemical properties. Nevertheless, organic ligands may lower electrocatalysts, while ligand detachment would cause original structure collapse selectivity reduction. Therefore, implementation strategies based designing nano-metal catalysts promote from perspective metals attracted increasing attention. Herein, we highlight recent studies regulation clusters nanoparticles electroreduction. Meanwhile, further summarize relationship between nanocatalysts performance for (CO2RR). This mini review offers an inspiration remaining future directions electrocatalytic CO2RR.