催化学报 ›› 2026, Vol. 83: 319-329.DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2067(26)64966-2

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基于4-二甲氨基吡啶(DMAP)亲核催化剂构建结晶性聚金属酞菁基共价有机框架用于高效电催化CO2还原

魏滔a,b, 梁展鹏a,b, 张博心a,b, 徐赟浩a,b, 孙兆雪a,b, 多名昊a,b, 陈铭晖a,*(), 张生a,b,*(), 张宝a,b,*()   

  1. a天津大学化工学院, 天津 300350
    b天津化工协同创新中心, 天津 300072
  • 收稿日期:2025-09-11 接受日期:2025-11-29 出版日期:2026-04-18 发布日期:2026-03-04
  • 通讯作者: * 电子信箱: cmh96@163.com (陈铭晖), sheng.zhang@tju.edu.cn (张生), baozhang@tju.edu.cn (张宝).
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金(22478297);国家自然科学基金(22078241);中央高校基本科研业务费专项资金

Efficient electrocatalytic CO2 reduction by crystalline polymetallophthalocyanine covalent organic frameworks unprecedentedly constructed involving 4-dimethylaminopyridine (DMAP)-type nucleophilic catalyst

Tao Weia,b, Zhanpeng Lianga,b, Boxin Zhanga,b, Yunhao Xua,b, Zhaoxue Suna,b, Minghao Duoa,b, Minghui Chena,*(), Sheng Zhanga,b,*(), Bao Zhanga,b,*()   

  1. aSchool of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China
    bCollaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin 300072, China
  • Received:2025-09-11 Accepted:2025-11-29 Online:2026-04-18 Published:2026-03-04
  • Contact: * E-mail: cmh96@163.com (M. Chen), sheng.zhang@tju.edu.cn (S. Zhang), baozhang@tju.edu.cn (B. Zhang).
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China(22478297);National Natural Science Foundation of China(22078241);Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities

摘要:

共价有机框架材料(COFs), 尤其是具备明确M-N4配位结构的聚金属酞菁基COFs (pMPc-COFs), 因其可调控的活性位点和优异的结构稳定性, 在电催化CO2还原(CO2RR)领域展现出广阔的应用前景. 然而, 传统合成方法(如溶剂热法、离子热法)通常需要苛刻的反应条件、较长的反应时间, 并且难以实现材料的规模化制备, 从而严重阻碍了其在基础研究与实际应用中的进一步发展. 因此, 开发一种温和、绿色且可扩展的合成策略, 以高效构建具有优异催化性能的结晶性pMPc-COFs, 具有重要的科学意义和应用价值.
本研究提出了一种基于4-二甲氨基吡啶(DMAP)的热熔合成方法, 在无溶剂、温和的条件下成功制备了不同金属中心配位的结晶性pMPc-COFs. 该方法以熔融态的DMAP同时作为亲核催化剂和反应介质, 在150 ºC反应 12 h, 实现了1,2,4,5-四氰基苯与金属粉末的高效反应, 构建出具有良好结晶性的DMAP-pMPc-COFs材料, 并实现了该类材料10 g级的批量合成. 通过粉末X-射线衍射、固态13C核磁共振、X射线光电子能谱等方法对材料的结构与组成进行了系统表征. 尤为重要的是, X-射线吸收精细结构谱与高角环形暗场扫描透射电子显微镜分析明确揭示了金属原子以原子级分散的M-N4配位结构形式存在, 排除了材料发生分子聚集的可能性. 在电催化CO2还原性能测试中, 所合成的DMAP-pCoPc-COFs在−0.8至−1.0 V (vs. RHE)的宽电位范围内表现出优异的CO选择性, 其法拉第效率超过88%, 最高可达91%. 此外, DMAP-pBiPc-COFs作为首例报道的铋酞菁COFs材料, 展现出高达85%的甲酸盐选择性, 成为目前最高效的甲酸盐电催化剂之一. 两种材料在长达10 h的电催化测试中均表现出良好的结构与性能稳定性, 进一步验证了其在实际应用中的价值. 为深入阐明金属中心对CO2还原反应选择性的影响机制, 结合原位衰减全反射-傅里叶变换红外光谱与密度泛函理论计算, 系统研究了不同金属中心在反应过程中的电子行为与中间体吸附特性, 从而从原子尺度揭示了金属种类对产物选择性的调控机制.
综上, 本工作不仅为结晶性pMPc-COFs的绿色、可扩展合成提供了一种创新性策略, 同时也为通过精确调控中心金属实现CO2电催化还原反应选择性的优化提供新见解.

关键词: 共价有机框架, 合成方法, 酞菁, 二氧化碳还原反应, 电催化

Abstract:

Polymetallophthalocyanine covalent organic frameworks (pMPc-COFs) exhibit considerable promise in the electrocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) due to their tunable active sites and excellent structural stability. Nevertheless, preparation of crystalline pMPc-COFs under mild conditions remains a significant challenge. Herein, we developed a mild and scalable synthetic strategy, which can realize the construction of pMPc-COFs with different metals embedded. Thus, in the presence of different metal atoms (Co, Bi and Cu), the nucleophilic catalyst 4-dimethylaminopyridine (DMAP) flux-mediated formation of pMPc-COFs occurred efficiently leading to crystalline DMAP-pCoPc-COFs, DMAP-pBiPc-COFs and DMAP-pCuPc-COFs, respectively, incorporated with well-defined single-metal-atom reactive centers at a temperature of 150 °C with no other solvents required. Intriguingly, in the electrocatalytic CO2RR, as-prepared DMAP-pCoPc-COFs demonstrated remarkable CO Faradaic efficiencies above 88% and up to 91% over a wide potential range (-0.8 to -1.0 V vs. RHE). More interestingly, DMAP-pBiPc-COFs, as the first example of Bi phthalocyanine COFs to date, exhibited an encouraging formate selectivity of up to 85%, making it one of the most efficient formate electrocatalysts. The tuning of CO2RR selectivity by the center metal was further revealed from the atomic level through in-situ infrared spectroscopy technique and theoretical calculations, providing new insights for the design of efficient electrocatalysts involving pMPc-COFs.

Key words: Covalent organic framework, Synthesis method, Phthalocyanine, Carbon dioxide reduction reaction, Electrocatalysis