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This article presents a Co phase segregation strategy for creating stable Co cluster catalytic sites on TiO2, enabling selective CO2 hydrogenation to CO. Through oxidative calcination, pre-synthesized Co-doped brookite TiO2 nanorods transform into a mixed TiO2 phase, leading to the phase segregation of Co species. The resulting Co clusters, stabilized by strong Co-TiO2 interactions during reductive CO2 hydrogenation, effectively suppress the formation of larger nanoparticles. The undercoordinated sites of these clusters promote a high CO production rate with near-unit selectivity, contrasting with Co nanoparticles, which favor CH4 formation under identical conditions. In-situ diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy (DRIFTS) analysis indicates that the weakened CO adsorption on Co clusters is key to their enhanced CO selectivity, highlighting this method as a promising approach for efficient CO2 utilization.
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