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May 16, 2024

CRC 1333 Minisymposium on "Catalysis under Confinement"

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Minisymposium "Catalysis under Confinement"

Project A03

Electrocatalytic CO2 reduction with COFs

  • Project leader(s)
  • Team
Prof. Dr. Bettina V. Lotsch
Prof. Dr. Bettina V. Lotsch
MPI for Solid State Research
Dr. Alexander Schlaich
Dr. Alexander Schlaich
University of Stuttgart
Prof. Dr. Kristina Tschulik
Prof. Dr. Kristina Tschulik
Ruhr-University Bochum
Dr. Pouya Hosseini
Dr. Pouya Hosseini
Max-Planck Institute for Iron Research
Paolo Cignoni
Paolo Cignoni
Ruhr University Bochum
Henrik Jäger
Henrik Jäger
University of Stuttgart
Andrés Rodriguez Camargo
Andrés Rodriguez Camargo
MPI for Solid State Research
Samuel van Gele
Samuel van Gele
MPI for Solid State Research
Fabian Heck
Fabian Heck
MPI for Solid State Research
  • Summary
  • Publications

Electrocatalysis under confinement: Carbon dioxide reduction with COF catalysts

This project aims to understand, model and control confinement effects on the electrocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) in the atomically precise pores of covalent organic frameworks (COFs). We will integrate COF design, advanced electrochemistry and theoretical modelling in a tight feedback loop to arrive at a fundamental understanding of CO2RR reactivity under confinement. Confinement effects to be studied include (i) CO2 capture and oversolubility in mesopores, (ii) increase of CO2RR vs. hydrogen evolution reaction selectivity via control of the local pH, mass transport and electrochemical double layer, and (iii) selectivity enhancement for multicarbon (C2+) products by tandem catalysis.

Research focus in the first funding period (2018-2022):
Covalent organic frameworks as tailored substrates with molecularly defined pores for molecular heterogeneous catalysis.