Nafion as a universal polymer ionomer was widely applied for nanocatalysts electrode preparation.However,the effect of Nafion on electrocatalytic performance was often overlooked,especially for CO_(2)electrolysis.Here...Nafion as a universal polymer ionomer was widely applied for nanocatalysts electrode preparation.However,the effect of Nafion on electrocatalytic performance was often overlooked,especially for CO_(2)electrolysis.Herein,the key roles of Nafion for CO_(2)RR were systematically studied on Cu nanoparticles(NPs)electrocatalyst.We found that Nafion modifier not only inhibit hydrogen evolution reaction(HER)by decreasing the accessibility of H_(2)O from electrolyte to Cu NPs,and increase the CO_(2)concentration at electrocatalyst interface for enhancing the CO_(2)mass transfer process,but also activate CO_(2)molecule by Lewis acid-base interaction between Nafion and CO_(2)to accelerate the formation of^(*)CO,which favor of C–C coupling for boosting C_(2)product generation.Owing to these features,the HER selectivity was suppressed from 40.6%to 16.8%on optimal Cu@Nafion electrode at-1.2 V versus reversible hydrogen electrode(RHE),and as high as 73.5%faradaic efficiencies(FEs)of C_(2)products were achieved at the same applied potential,which was 2.6 times higher than that on bare Cu electrode(~28.3%).In addition,Nafion also contributed to the long-term stability by hinder Cu NPs morphology reconstruction.Thus,this work provides insights into the impact of Nafion on electrocatalytic CO_(2)RR performance.展开更多
By virtue of a 3∶1 complementary coordination strategy,a chiral heteroleptic metal-organic cage that con-tains divergent functional units,Pd‑R(Zn),was precisely constructed via self-assembly of monodentate variationa...By virtue of a 3∶1 complementary coordination strategy,a chiral heteroleptic metal-organic cage that con-tains divergent functional units,Pd‑R(Zn),was precisely constructed via self-assembly of monodentate variational Zn-salen ligands RZn and NADH(reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide)mimic modified tridentate ligands with square-planar Pd ions.UV-Vis and luminescence spectra experiments reveal that different anions could selec-tively interact with different sites of Zn-salen modified metal-organic cages to achieve the structural regulation of cage compound,by using the differentiated host-guest electrostatic interactions of counter ions with metal-organic hosts.Compared to other anions,the presence of chloride ions caused the most significant fluorescence emission enhancement of Pd‑R(Zn),meanwhile,the UV-Vis absorption band attributed to the salen aromatic backbone showed an absorption decrease,and the metal-to-ligand induced peak displayed a blue shift effect.Circular dichro-ism and ^(1)H NMR spectra further demonstrate that the introduction of chloride anions is beneficial to keeping a more rigid scaffold.展开更多
Six novel chiral dinuclear Salen complexes[Cu 2 L 1 ·H 2 O(3a),Cu 2 L 2 (3b),Ni 2 L 1 ·2H 2 O(4a),Ni 2 L 2 (4b),Mn 2 Cl 2 L 1 ·H 2 O(5a),Mn 2 Cl 2 L 2 (5b)]have been synthesized(L 1 and L 2 are chiral d...Six novel chiral dinuclear Salen complexes[Cu 2 L 1 ·H 2 O(3a),Cu 2 L 2 (3b),Ni 2 L 1 ·2H 2 O(4a),Ni 2 L 2 (4b),Mn 2 Cl 2 L 1 ·H 2 O(5a),Mn 2 Cl 2 L 2 (5b)]have been synthesized(L 1 and L 2 are chiral dimeric Salen ligands with different chain length which were synthesized from(R,R) - diaminocyclohexane,salicylaldehyde,4,4 ’- (1,10 - decaneoxy)sali - cylaldehyde,4,4 ’- (1,6 - hexyloxy)salicylaldehyde).These compounds were charactered by elemental analysis,1 H NMR,FT - IR,UV - Vis and CD spectra.The FT - IR,UV - Vis and CD spectra were discussed and compared with those of monomeric ligand and complex in detail.It was found that the spectra properties of compounds of differ - ent chain length were almost alike,and the properties of dimeric and monomeric compound were similar too.Furthermore Cotton effect and Cotton split of CD spectra of these chiral compounds were explained by the exciton interaction theory.It seemed that the direction of Cotton split depend on the configuration of diaminohexane.(R,R) - diaminohexane determine the chirality of Salen compounds as negative,and the positive and negative compo - nent of Cotton split lie at higher and lower energy respectively.展开更多
SalenMX has drawn much attention recently,because it is nonsensitive to moisture and effective for copolymerization of CO2 and epoxides.However,usually expensive organic metal compounds were used.A low cost procedure ...SalenMX has drawn much attention recently,because it is nonsensitive to moisture and effective for copolymerization of CO2 and epoxides.However,usually expensive organic metal compounds were used.A low cost procedure of SalenMX preparation is described that SalenAl（OPr） can be obtained by using aluminium iso-propoxide reacted with SalenH2 in tetrahydrofuran at room temperature overnight.The catalyst precursor Schiff-base SalenH2 （N,N′-Bis（salicylidene）-1,2-phenylenediamine） was synthesized by refluxing 2 equiv salicylaldehyde and 1 equiv of 1,2-phenylendiamine in methnol for a period of time.SalenH2 and SalenAl（OPr） were characterized by FT-IR,mass Spectroscopy,UV-Vis and 1H-NMR.The copolymerization of carbon dioxide and cyclohexene oxide（CHO） was carried out at 80℃ for a certain period time using 50 mg SalenAl（OPr） as catalyst.SalenAl（OPr） had been shown to be an effective catalyst for the copolymerization of CO2 and CHO along with a small quantity of byproduct cyclic carbonate.The addition of various cocatalysts,including DMAP,N-MeIm,DBU and Bu4NCl or Bu4NBr salts can greatly enhance the rate of copolymerization.The copolymers were produced with >95% carbonate linkages and <5% cyclic carbonates.The highest catalytic efficiency is 190 g copolymer per g catalyst.展开更多
基金financially supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province (2022A1515012359)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21902121)+1 种基金the STU Scientific Research Foundation for Talents (NTF21020)the 2020 Li Ka Shing Foundation Cross-Disciplinary Research Grant (2020LKSFG09A)。
文摘Nafion as a universal polymer ionomer was widely applied for nanocatalysts electrode preparation.However,the effect of Nafion on electrocatalytic performance was often overlooked,especially for CO_(2)electrolysis.Herein,the key roles of Nafion for CO_(2)RR were systematically studied on Cu nanoparticles(NPs)electrocatalyst.We found that Nafion modifier not only inhibit hydrogen evolution reaction(HER)by decreasing the accessibility of H_(2)O from electrolyte to Cu NPs,and increase the CO_(2)concentration at electrocatalyst interface for enhancing the CO_(2)mass transfer process,but also activate CO_(2)molecule by Lewis acid-base interaction between Nafion and CO_(2)to accelerate the formation of^(*)CO,which favor of C–C coupling for boosting C_(2)product generation.Owing to these features,the HER selectivity was suppressed from 40.6%to 16.8%on optimal Cu@Nafion electrode at-1.2 V versus reversible hydrogen electrode(RHE),and as high as 73.5%faradaic efficiencies(FEs)of C_(2)products were achieved at the same applied potential,which was 2.6 times higher than that on bare Cu electrode(~28.3%).In addition,Nafion also contributed to the long-term stability by hinder Cu NPs morphology reconstruction.Thus,this work provides insights into the impact of Nafion on electrocatalytic CO_(2)RR performance.
文摘By virtue of a 3∶1 complementary coordination strategy,a chiral heteroleptic metal-organic cage that con-tains divergent functional units,Pd‑R(Zn),was precisely constructed via self-assembly of monodentate variational Zn-salen ligands RZn and NADH(reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide)mimic modified tridentate ligands with square-planar Pd ions.UV-Vis and luminescence spectra experiments reveal that different anions could selec-tively interact with different sites of Zn-salen modified metal-organic cages to achieve the structural regulation of cage compound,by using the differentiated host-guest electrostatic interactions of counter ions with metal-organic hosts.Compared to other anions,the presence of chloride ions caused the most significant fluorescence emission enhancement of Pd‑R(Zn),meanwhile,the UV-Vis absorption band attributed to the salen aromatic backbone showed an absorption decrease,and the metal-to-ligand induced peak displayed a blue shift effect.Circular dichro-ism and ^(1)H NMR spectra further demonstrate that the introduction of chloride anions is beneficial to keeping a more rigid scaffold.
文摘Six novel chiral dinuclear Salen complexes[Cu 2 L 1 ·H 2 O(3a),Cu 2 L 2 (3b),Ni 2 L 1 ·2H 2 O(4a),Ni 2 L 2 (4b),Mn 2 Cl 2 L 1 ·H 2 O(5a),Mn 2 Cl 2 L 2 (5b)]have been synthesized(L 1 and L 2 are chiral dimeric Salen ligands with different chain length which were synthesized from(R,R) - diaminocyclohexane,salicylaldehyde,4,4 ’- (1,10 - decaneoxy)sali - cylaldehyde,4,4 ’- (1,6 - hexyloxy)salicylaldehyde).These compounds were charactered by elemental analysis,1 H NMR,FT - IR,UV - Vis and CD spectra.The FT - IR,UV - Vis and CD spectra were discussed and compared with those of monomeric ligand and complex in detail.It was found that the spectra properties of compounds of differ - ent chain length were almost alike,and the properties of dimeric and monomeric compound were similar too.Furthermore Cotton effect and Cotton split of CD spectra of these chiral compounds were explained by the exciton interaction theory.It seemed that the direction of Cotton split depend on the configuration of diaminohexane.(R,R) - diaminohexane determine the chirality of Salen compounds as negative,and the positive and negative compo - nent of Cotton split lie at higher and lower energy respectively.
文摘SalenMX has drawn much attention recently,because it is nonsensitive to moisture and effective for copolymerization of CO2 and epoxides.However,usually expensive organic metal compounds were used.A low cost procedure of SalenMX preparation is described that SalenAl（OPr） can be obtained by using aluminium iso-propoxide reacted with SalenH2 in tetrahydrofuran at room temperature overnight.The catalyst precursor Schiff-base SalenH2 （N,N′-Bis（salicylidene）-1,2-phenylenediamine） was synthesized by refluxing 2 equiv salicylaldehyde and 1 equiv of 1,2-phenylendiamine in methnol for a period of time.SalenH2 and SalenAl（OPr） were characterized by FT-IR,mass Spectroscopy,UV-Vis and 1H-NMR.The copolymerization of carbon dioxide and cyclohexene oxide（CHO） was carried out at 80℃ for a certain period time using 50 mg SalenAl（OPr） as catalyst.SalenAl（OPr） had been shown to be an effective catalyst for the copolymerization of CO2 and CHO along with a small quantity of byproduct cyclic carbonate.The addition of various cocatalysts,including DMAP,N-MeIm,DBU and Bu4NCl or Bu4NBr salts can greatly enhance the rate of copolymerization.The copolymers were produced with >95% carbonate linkages and <5% cyclic carbonates.The highest catalytic efficiency is 190 g copolymer per g catalyst.
