Perovskite quantum dots promoting covalent organic frameworks for photo-coupled CO2 electroreduction
摘要
Introducing an external photo field would effectively enhance electrocatalysis such as electrocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR), but suffer from the limited utilization efficiency of the photo-generated carriers. To address this challenge, herein, metal halide perovskite quantum dots (e.g., CsPbBr3) with high light-absorption coefficients, were encapsulated into cobaltporphyrin- based covalent-organic frameworks (COFs) (COF-366-Co). The synthesized perovskite-COF composite material effectively improved the performance of the photocoupled electrochemical CO2RR. The optimal CsPbBr3@COF-2 exhibited a CO Faradaic efficiency of 93.4% at −0.7 V vs. reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE), and achieved a turnover frequency (TOF) of 3395.5 h−1 at −0.9 V under visible light, all of which far exceeded the values recorded in the dark. The evidently higher performance is ascribed to the favorable interfacial charge transfer from CsPbBr3 quantum dots to COF-366-Co, which effectively accelerates charge separation and then promotes the participation of photogenerated electrons in the CO2 reduction reaction under photoelectric conditions. Additionally, the encapsulation of the CsPbBr3 quantum dots in hydrophobic COF-366-Co can suppress undesired agglomeration and decomposition by providing a physical and chemical barrier in reaction systems containing water. Briefly, this work provides a new avenue to design high-performance photocoupled electrocatalytic materials via enhancing the interfacial electric field.