Realizing ampere-level CO2 electrolysis at low voltage over a woven network of few-atom-layer ultralong silverene nanobelts with ultrahigh aspect ratio by pairing with formaldehyde oxidation

The development of advanced multi-functional electrocatalysts and their industrial operation on paired electrocatalysis systems presents a promising avenue for the gradual penetration of renewable energy into practical production. Herein, a self-supported conductive network of silverene nanobelts (Ag-ene NBs) was delicately assembled (Ag-NB-NWs), in which ultralong and few-atom-layer Ag-ene NBs with a high edge-to-facet ratio were interconnected, serving as "superreactors" for electron transfer and mass transport during the reaction. Such superstructures as electrocatalysts delivered an unparalleled performance toward the CO2-to-CO conversion with exclusively high faradaic efficiency (FE) and partial current densities of up to 1 A cm-2. Remarkably, the membrane electrode assembly (MEA) cell with Ag-NB-NWs as the cathode was capable of ultrastable and continuous operation for over 240 h at 0.4 A with ∼100% selectivity. More importantly, by further using Ag-NB-NWs as a bifunctional electrocatalyst, a record-low voltage overall CO2 electrolysis system coupling cathodic CO2 reduction with anodic formaldehyde oxidation in MEA cell was performed to achieve concurrent feed gas generation and formate production, substantially improving electrochemical techno-economic feasibility.

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2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:16

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Nanoscale - 16(2024), 14 vom: 04. Apr., Seite 7076-7084

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Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhang, Min [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Xinyu [VerfasserIn]
Ding, Junjie [VerfasserIn]
Ban, Chaogang [VerfasserIn]
Feng, Yajie [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Chaohe [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Xiaoyuan [VerfasserIn]

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Date Revised 04.04.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

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10.1039/d4nr00361f

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NLM369723007