Fluorination fine-tunes the electronic structure and hydrophobic microenvironment of metal-free nitrogen-doped carbon for efficient electrocatalytic CO 2 reduction

Chemical Communications 2026

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Authors: Weiqi Liu, Chuangchuang Yang, Peiyao Bai, Shilin Wei, Haoquan Wang, Shiyong Xu, Lang Xu
DOI: 10.1039/d6cc01712f
Cited by: 1
References: 35

Abstract

Fluorine selectively modulates the p-orbital of pyridinic N, lowering the *COOH formation barrier, while its hydrophobicity engineers a CO 2 -rich, H 2 O/H + -lean microenvironment. This dual action delivers efficient CO 2 -to-CO conversion.

Fields of Study & Subjects

CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion

Publication details

Journal / source
Chemical Communications
Publisher
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Volume
62
Issue
44
Pages
11112–11116
Publication date
1 January 2026
Language
EN