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Wiley, Advanced Materials, 42(34), 2022

DOI: 10.1002/adma.202110496

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Atomically Thin, Ionic–Covalent Organic Nanosheets for Stable, High‐Performance Carbon Dioxide Electroreduction

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Abstract

AbstractThe incorporation of charged functional groups is effective to modulate the activity of molecular complexes for the CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR), yet long‐term heterogeneous electrolysis is often hampered by catalyst leaching. Herein, an electrocatalyst of atomically thin, cobalt‐porphyrin‐based, ionic–covalent organic nanosheets (CoTAP‐iCONs) is synthesized via a post‐synthetic modification strategy for high‐performance CO2‐to‐CO conversion. The cationic quaternary ammonium groups not only enable the formation of monolayer nanosheets due to steric hindrance and electrostatic repulsion, but also facilitate the formation of a *COOH intermediate, as suggested by theoretical calculations. Consequently, CoTAP‐iCONs exhibit higher CO2RR activity than other cobalt‐porphyrin‐based structures: an 870% and 480% improvement of CO current densities compared to the monomer and neutral nanosheets, respectively. Additionally, the iCONs structure can accommodate the cationic moieties. In a flow cell, CoTAP‐iCONs attain a very small onset overpotential of 40 mV and a stable total current density of 212 mA cm–2 with CO Faradaic efficiency of >95% at −0.6 V for 11 h. Further coupling the flow electrolyzer with commercial solar cells yields a solar‐to‐CO conversion efficiency of 13.89%. This work indicates that atom‐thin, ionic nanosheets represent a promising structure for achieving both tailored activity and high stability.