Modulating local environment for electrocatalytic CO₂ reduction to alcohol
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2024
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Chen, C.
Huang, L.
Jiang, Y.
Zheng, Y.
Qiao, S.Z.
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Nano Energy, 2024; 126:109656-109656
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Chaojie Chen, Linsen Huang, Yunling Jiang, Yao Zheng, Shi-Zhang Qiao
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The fundamental drivers for the selective CO2 electroreduction reaction (CO2RR) to alcohol (e.g. C2H5OH) or alkene (e.g. C2H4) still remain unexplored. Previous studies mainly focus on catalyst engineering to enhance electrocatalytic performance, while the selectivity to alcohol has reached a bottleneck. Here, we modulate local environment to reveal the contribution of *CO and *H reaction intermediates in the selectivity of CO2 to alcohol/ alkene on Cu electrocatalyst. Through modifications on local CO2 concentration, varied *CO/*H coverage ratios can be achieved. Based on the reaction kinetics analysis, we find that there is a direct connection between local CO2 concentration and interfacial *CO and *H coverage, which finally affects the selectivity of CO2 to alcohol or alkene. To verify this principle, polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), a hydrophobic binder, were selected and introduced into the catalyst surface for further enhancement of interfacial *CO/*H coverage. With PVDF decoration, alcohol/alkene ratio increased from 0.69 to 1.35. The Faradic Efficiency of alcohol is up to 37.5 % under a high current density of 800 mA cm–2 (a partial current density of 300 mA cm–2 ), surpassing most reported Cu-based materials. Our findings provide a fundamental guidance for CO2RR to alcohol under an industrial-level current density.
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© 2024 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).