Sulfur-doping tunes p-d orbital coupling over asymmetric Zn-Sn dual-atom for boosting CO2 electroreduction to formate
Abstract The interaction of p-d orbitals at bimetallic sites plays a crucial role in determining the catalytic reactivity, which facilitates the modulation of charges and enhances the efficiency of CO2 electroreduction process. Here, we show a ligand co-etching approach to create asymmetric Zn-Sn du...
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| description | Abstract The interaction of p-d orbitals at bimetallic sites plays a crucial role in determining the catalytic reactivity, which facilitates the modulation of charges and enhances the efficiency of CO2 electroreduction process. Here, we show a ligand co-etching approach to create asymmetric Zn-Sn dual-atom sites (DASs) within metal-organic framework (MOF)-derived yolk-shell carbon frameworks (named Zn1Sn1/SNC). The DASs comprise one Sn center (p-block) partially doped with sulfur and one Zn center (d-block) with N coordination, facilitating the coupling of p-d orbitals between the Zn-Sn dimer. The N-Zn-Sn-S/N arrangement displays an asymmetric distribution of charges and atoms, leading to a stable adsorption configuration of HCOO* intermediates. In H-type cell, Zn1Sn1/SNC exhibits an impressive formate Faraday efficiency of 94.6% at -0.84 V. In flow cell, the asymmetric electronic architecture of Zn1Sn1/SNC facilitates high accessibility, leading to a high current density of -315.2 mA cm-2 at -0.90 V. Theoretical calculations show the asymmetric sites in Zn1Sn1/SNC with ideal adsorption affinity lower the CO2 reduction barrier, thus improve the overall efficiency of CO2 reduction. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-bae83aee33e648db8d74c23be9e3f42b2025-08-20T01:57:51ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232025-03-0116111110.1038/s41467-025-57573-4Sulfur-doping tunes p-d orbital coupling over asymmetric Zn-Sn dual-atom for boosting CO2 electroreduction to formateBo Peng0Hao She1Zihao Wei2Zhiyi Sun3Ziwei Deng4Zhongti Sun5Wenxing Chen6Energy & Catalysis Center, School of Materials Science & Engineering, Beijing Institute of TechnologySchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu UniversityEnergy & Catalysis Center, School of Materials Science & Engineering, Beijing Institute of TechnologyEnergy & Catalysis Center, School of Materials Science & Engineering, Beijing Institute of TechnologyEnergy & Catalysis Center, School of Materials Science & Engineering, Beijing Institute of TechnologySchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu UniversityEnergy & Catalysis Center, School of Materials Science & Engineering, Beijing Institute of TechnologyAbstract The interaction of p-d orbitals at bimetallic sites plays a crucial role in determining the catalytic reactivity, which facilitates the modulation of charges and enhances the efficiency of CO2 electroreduction process. Here, we show a ligand co-etching approach to create asymmetric Zn-Sn dual-atom sites (DASs) within metal-organic framework (MOF)-derived yolk-shell carbon frameworks (named Zn1Sn1/SNC). The DASs comprise one Sn center (p-block) partially doped with sulfur and one Zn center (d-block) with N coordination, facilitating the coupling of p-d orbitals between the Zn-Sn dimer. The N-Zn-Sn-S/N arrangement displays an asymmetric distribution of charges and atoms, leading to a stable adsorption configuration of HCOO* intermediates. In H-type cell, Zn1Sn1/SNC exhibits an impressive formate Faraday efficiency of 94.6% at -0.84 V. In flow cell, the asymmetric electronic architecture of Zn1Sn1/SNC facilitates high accessibility, leading to a high current density of -315.2 mA cm-2 at -0.90 V. Theoretical calculations show the asymmetric sites in Zn1Sn1/SNC with ideal adsorption affinity lower the CO2 reduction barrier, thus improve the overall efficiency of CO2 reduction.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-57573-4 |
| spellingShingle | Bo Peng Hao She Zihao Wei Zhiyi Sun Ziwei Deng Zhongti Sun Wenxing Chen Sulfur-doping tunes p-d orbital coupling over asymmetric Zn-Sn dual-atom for boosting CO2 electroreduction to formate Nature Communications |
| title | Sulfur-doping tunes p-d orbital coupling over asymmetric Zn-Sn dual-atom for boosting CO2 electroreduction to formate |
| title_full | Sulfur-doping tunes p-d orbital coupling over asymmetric Zn-Sn dual-atom for boosting CO2 electroreduction to formate |
| title_fullStr | Sulfur-doping tunes p-d orbital coupling over asymmetric Zn-Sn dual-atom for boosting CO2 electroreduction to formate |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sulfur-doping tunes p-d orbital coupling over asymmetric Zn-Sn dual-atom for boosting CO2 electroreduction to formate |
| title_short | Sulfur-doping tunes p-d orbital coupling over asymmetric Zn-Sn dual-atom for boosting CO2 electroreduction to formate |
| title_sort | sulfur doping tunes p d orbital coupling over asymmetric zn sn dual atom for boosting co2 electroreduction to formate |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-57573-4 |
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