Abstract
Visible-light sensitive and bi-functionally favored CO2 reduction (CRR)/evolution (CER) photocathode catalysts that can get rid of the utilization of ultraviolet light and improve sluggish kinetics is demanded to conquer the current technique-barrier of traditional Li-CO2 battery. Here, a kind of redox molecular junction sp2c metal-covalent organic framework (i.e. Cu3-BTDE-COF) has been prepared through the connection between Cu3 and BTDE and can serve as efficient photocathode catalyst in light-assisted Li-CO2 battery. Cu3-BTDE-COF with redox-ability, visible-light-adsorption region, electron-hole separation ability and endows the photocathode with excellent round-trip efficiency (95.2 %) and an ultralow voltage hysteresis (0.18 V), outperforming the Schiff base COFs (i.e. Cu3-BTDA-COF and Cu3-DT-COF) and majority of the reported photocathode catalysts. Combined theoretical calculations with characterizations, Cu3-BTDE-COF with the integration of Cu3 centers, thiazole and cyano groups possess strong CO2 adsorption/activation and Li+ interaction/diffusion ability to boost the CRR/CER kinetics and related battery property.
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