Isolated Cobalt Sites Confined in Graphene Matrix for Highly Efficient CO 2 Reduction Reactions

Developing highly selective, economical and stable catalysts for electrochemical converting CO2 into value-added carbon products to mitigate both CO2 emission and energy crisis is still challenging. Here, we report an efficient and robust electrocatalyst for CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) by embedding single-atom CoN4 active sites into graphene matrix. These highly dispersed CoN4 sites show an extraordinary CO2RR activity, with a high CO Faradaic efficiency of nearly 95% at −0.76 V (vs. RHE) and remarkable durability. The corresponding overpotential is 0.65 V. Our finding could pave the way for the design of high-efficiency electrocatalyst for CO2RR at the atomic scale.