Atomic-level active sites of efficient imidazolate framework-derived nickel catalysts for CO2 reduction

• DOI: 10.1039/c9ta08862h
• Publication Date: 2019-10-30T17:23:38Z
• Authors: Fuping Pan; Hanguang Zhang; Zhenyu Liu; David Cullen; Kexi Liu; Karren More; Gang Wu; Guofeng Wang; Ying Li
• Keywords: 01 natural sciences; 7. Clean energy; 0104 chemical sciences

Active sites of single-atom nickel catalysts for CO2 reduction were revealed to be edge-located Ni–N2+2 sites with dangling bond-containing carbon atoms, which facilitate the dissociation of the C–O bond of *COOH intermediate.