Electroreduction of CO
2 into chemicals is of great importance in the global carbon balance. Although
noble-metal based catalysts and single-atom catalysts (SACs) are known to be
active for CO
2 electrore- duction reaction (CO
2RR), the
high cost of noble-metal and the lack of effective synthesis approaches to
prepare SACs have tremendously hindered the application. Non-metal doped carbon
materials have attracted great interest because of their reasonable cost,
chemical stability and excellent electrical conductivity. Nevertheless, the
design and fabrication of highly efficient non-metal doped carbon electrocatalysts
for CO
2RR to meet industry demands still remains a big challenge.
Herein, triphenylphosphine@covalent triazine framework
s (CTF
s)
composite
s
were employed as precursors to
fabricate N,P dual-doped porous carbon catalysts PCTF-X-Y (X represents the
carbonization temperature, and Y represents the mass ratio of CTF to
triphenylphosphine) for CO
2RR. Due to the high specific surface
areas and synergistic effect between N and P, the obtained PCTF-1000-5
exhibited high selectivity for CO production up to 84.3% at –0.7 V versus the reversible hydrogen electrode (vs.
RHE) and long-term durability over 16 h, which are better than the reported N,P
dual-doped carbon catalysts in aqueous media. This work provides a new way to
design and fabricate non-metal catalysts for electrocatalysis.