Combining Nickel- and Zinc-Porphyrin Sites via Covalent Organic Frameworks for Electrochemical CO2 Reduction
H.V. Veldhuizen (TU Delft - Novel Aerospace Materials, TU Delft - ChemE/Catalysis Engineering)
M. Abdinejad (TU Delft - ChemE/Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage)
Pieter J. Gilissen (Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen)
J. Albertsma (TU Delft - ChemE/Catalysis Engineering)
T.E. Burdyny (TU Delft - ChemE/Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage)
F.D. Tichelaar (TU Delft - QN/Afdelingsbureau, Kavli institute of nanoscience Delft)
S. van der Zwaag (TU Delft - Group Garcia Espallargas)
M.A. van der Veen (TU Delft - ChemE/Catalysis Engineering)
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Abstract
Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) are ideal platforms to spatially control the integration of multiple molecular motifs throughout a single nanoporous framework. Despite this design flexibility, COFs are typically synthesized using only two monomers. One bears the functional motif for the envisioned application, while the other is used as an inert connecting building block. Integrating more than one functional motif extends the functionality of COFs immensely, which is particularly useful for multistep reactions such as electrochemical reduction of CO2. In this systematic study, we synthesized five Ni(II)- and Zn(II)-porphyrin-based COFs, including two pure component COFs (Ni100 and Zn100) and three mixed Ni/Zn-COFs (Ni75/Zn25, Ni50/Zn50, and Ni25/Zn75). Among these, the Ni50/Zn50-COF exhibited the highest catalytic performance for the electroreduction of CO2 to CO and formate at −0.6 V vs RHE, as was observed in an H-cell. The catalytic performance of the COF catalysts was further extended to a zero-gap membrane electrode assembly (MEA) operation where, utilizing Ni50/Zn50, CH4 was detected along with CO and formate at a high current density of 150 mA cm–2. In contrast, under these conditions predominantly H2 and CO were detected at Ni100 and Zn100 respectively, indicating a clear synergistic effect between the Ni- and Zn-porphyrin units.
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