Steering CO2 electroreduction toward ethanol production by a surface-bound Ru polypyridyl carbene catalyst on N-doped porous carbon

Electrochemical reduction of CO2 to multicarbon products is a significant challenge, especially for molecular complexes. We report here CO2 reduction to multicarbon products based on a Ru(II) polypyridyl carbene complex that is immobilized on an N-doped porous carbon (RuPC/NPC) electrode. The catalyst utilizes the synergistic effects of the Ru(II) polypyridyl carbene complex and the NPC interface to steer CO2 reduction toward C2 production at low overpotentials. In 0.5 M KHCO3/CO2 aqueous solutions, Faradaic efficiencies of 31.0 to 38.4% have been obtained for C2 production at -0.87 to -1.07 V (vs. normal hydrogen electrode) with 21.0 to 27.5% for ethanol and 7.1 to 12.5% for acetate. Syngas is also produced with adjustable H2/CO mole ratios of 2.0 to 2.9. The RuPC/NPC electrocatalyst maintains its activity during 3-h CO2-reduction periods.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:116

Enthalten in:

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 116(2019), 52 vom: 26. Dez., Seite 26353-26358

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Liu, Yanming [VerfasserIn]
Fan, Xinfei [VerfasserIn]
Nayak, Animesh [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Ying [VerfasserIn]
Shan, Bing [VerfasserIn]
Quan, Xie [VerfasserIn]
Meyer, Thomas J [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

CO2 reduction
Electrocatalysis
Journal Article
Porous carbon
Ru(II) polypyridyl complex

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Date Revised 05.12.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1073/pnas.1907740116

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM304239968