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Electrocatalysts are evolving toward chemically tunable atomic structures, among which the catalyst engineering from a defect perspective represents one of the mainstream technical genres. However, most defects cannot be purified or their numbers gauged, making them too complex to explore the hidden catalytic mechanism. A twin boundary, with well-defined symmetric structure and high electrocatalytic activity, is an elegant one-dimensional model catalyst in pursuing such studies. Here on polished Cu electrodes, we successfully synthesized a series of copper twin boundaries, whose density ranges from 0 to 105 cm-1. The CH4 turnover frequency on the twin boundary atoms is 3 orders higher than that on the plane atoms, and the local partial current density reaches 1294 mA cm-2, with an intrinsic Faradaic efficiency of 92%. An intermediate experiment and density functional theory studies confirm the twin boundary's advantage in converting the absorbed CO∗ into CH4 © 2020 American Chemical Society.
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ACS Catalysis
ISSN: 2155-5435
Year: 2020
Issue: 3
Volume: 10
Page: 2026-2032
1 3 . 0 8 4
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1 1 . 7 0 0
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ESI Discipline: CHEMISTRY;
ESI HC Threshold:160
JCR Journal Grade:1
CAS Journal Grade:2
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SCOPUS Cited Count: 72
ESI Highly Cited Papers on the List: 0 Unfold All
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30 Days PV: 0
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