Recent progress on covalent organic framework materials as CO2 reduction electrocatalysts

Yang Fan; Mengyin Chen; Naizhang Xu; Kaiqiang Wang; Qiang Gao; Jing Liang; Yubing Liu

doi:10.3389/fchem.2022.942492

Recent progress on covalent organic framework materials as CO₂ reduction electrocatalysts

Front Chem. 2022 Jul 22:10:942492. doi: 10.3389/fchem.2022.942492. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Yang Fan^{1

2}, Mengyin Chen³, Naizhang Xu³, Kaiqiang Wang³, Qiang Gao¹, Jing Liang¹, Yubing Liu^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Jiangsu Engineering and Technology Research Center of VOCs Treatment, Environmental Engineering College, Nanjing Polytechnic Institute, Nanjing, JS, China.
² International Collaborative Laboratory of 2D Materials for Optoelectronics Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Microscale Optoelectronics, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China.
³ Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of MOE, Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Vehicle Emissions Control, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.

Abstract

CO₂ emission caused by fuel combustion and human activity has caused severe climate change and other subsequent pollutions around the world. Carbon neutralization via various novel technologies to alleviate the CO₂ level in the atmosphere has thus become one of the major topics in modern research field. These advanced technologies cover CO₂ capture, storage and conversion, etc., and electrocatalytic CO₂ reduction reaction (CO₂RR) by heterogeneous catalysts is among the most promising methods since it could utilize renewable energy and generate valuable fuels and chemicals. Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) represent crystalline organic polymers with highly rigid, conjugated structures and tunable porosity, which exhibit significant potential as heterogeneous electrocatalysts for CO₂RR. This review briefly introduces related pioneering works in COF-based materials for electrocatalytic CO₂RR in recent years and provides a basis for future design and synthesis of highly active and selective COF-based electrocatalysts in this direction.

Keywords: CO2 reduction; COFs; carbon neutralization; electrocatalysts; sustainability.

Publication types

Review