Coupling Ni-Cu atomic pair to promote CO2 electroreduction with near-unity CO selectivity

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The electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 towards CO is one of the most desirable routines to reduce atmospheric CO2 concentration and maintain a global carbon balance. In this work, a novel porous NiCu-embedded ZIF-derived N-doped carbon nanoparticle (NiCuNCNPs) catalyst has been identified as an active, highly selective, stable, and cost-effective catalyst in CO2 reduction. A CO selectivity as high as 100% has been achieved on NiCu@NCNPs which is the highest reported to date. The particle current density of CO on NiCu@NCNPs is around 15 mA cm-2 under the optimized potential at -0.9 V vs. RHE. The NiCu@NCNPs electrode also exhibits excellent stability during the five sequential CO2 electroreduction experiments. The superior catalytic performance of NiCu@NCNPs in CO2RR can be related to its microstructure with high electrochemical surface area and low electron transfer resistance. Furthermore, a kinetic analysis has shown the formation of intermediate *COOH is the rate-determining step in CO2RR towards CO. According to the results of density functional theory (DFT) calculations, a low Gibbs-free energy change (∆G) for the rate-determining step leads to the enhanced catalytic performance of CO2RR on NiCu@NCNPs.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:30

Enthalten in:

Environmental science and pollution research international - 30(2023), 18 vom: 23. Apr., Seite 51876-51886

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yu, Weiting [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Jieyun [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Sizhuo [VerfasserIn]
Tang, Juntao [VerfasserIn]
Ye, Jiexu [VerfasserIn]
Song, Shuang [VerfasserIn]

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142M471B3J
7440-44-0
CO2RR
Carbon
Carbon Dioxide
Gibbs-free energy
Journal Article
Near-unity CO selectivity
Ni-Cu atomic pair
Rate-determining step

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Date Completed 24.04.2023

Date Revised 24.04.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s11356-023-25975-w

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM353272159