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Electrosynthesis of polymer-grade ethylene via acetylene semihydrogenation over undercoordinated Cu nanodots

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  • Weiqing Xue

    (University of Science and Technology of China
    University of Electronic Science and Technology of China)

  • Xinyan Liu

    (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China)

  • Chunxiao Liu

    (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China)

  • Xinyan Zhang

    (University of Science and Technology of China
    University of Electronic Science and Technology of China)

  • Jiawei Li

    (University of Science and Technology of China
    University of Electronic Science and Technology of China)

  • Zhengwu Yang

    (University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Peixin Cui

    (Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Hong-Jie Peng

    (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
    University of Electronic Science and Technology of China)

  • Qiu Jiang

    (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China)

  • Hongliang Li

    (University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Pengping Xu

    (University of Science and Technology of China
    University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Tingting Zheng

    (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China)

  • Chuan Xia

    (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
    University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
    University of Electronic Science and Technology of China)

  • Jie Zeng

    (University of Science and Technology of China
    Anhui University of Technology)

Abstract

The removal of acetylene impurities remains important yet challenging to the ethylene downstream industry. Current thermocatalytic semihydrogenation processes require high temperature and excess hydrogen to guarantee complete acetylene conversion. For this reason, renewable electricity-based electrocatalytic semihydrogenation of acetylene over Cu-based catalysts is an attractive route compared to the energy-intensive thermocatalytic processes. However, active Cu electrocatalysts still face competition from side reactions and often require high overpotentials. Here, we present an undercoordinated Cu nanodots catalyst with an onset potential of −0.15 V versus reversible hydrogen electrode that can exclusively convert C2H2 to C2H4 with a maximum Faradaic efficiency of ~95.9% and high intrinsic activity in excess of −450 mA cm−2 under pure C2H2 flow. Subsequently, we successfully demonstrate simulated crude ethylene purification, continuously producing polymer-grade C2H4 with

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  • Weiqing Xue & Xinyan Liu & Chunxiao Liu & Xinyan Zhang & Jiawei Li & Zhengwu Yang & Peixin Cui & Hong-Jie Peng & Qiu Jiang & Hongliang Li & Pengping Xu & Tingting Zheng & Chuan Xia & Jie Zeng, 2023. "Electrosynthesis of polymer-grade ethylene via acetylene semihydrogenation over undercoordinated Cu nanodots," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-9, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:14:y:2023:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-023-37821-1
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-37821-1
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