Photoelectrochemical CO2 Reduction to CO Enabled by a Molecular Catalyst Attached to High-Surface-Area Porous Silicon

A high-surface-area p-type porous Si photocathode containing a covalently immobilized molecular Re catalyst is highly selective for the photoelectrochemical conversion of CO2 to CO. It gives Faradaic efficiencies of up to 90% for CO at potentials of -1.7 V (versus ferrocenium/ferrocene) under 1 sun illumination in an acetonitrile solution containing phenol. The photovoltage is approximately 300 mV based on comparisons with similar n-type porous Si cathodes in the dark. Using an estimate of the equilibrium potential for CO2 reduction to CO under optimized reaction conditions, photoelectrolysis was performed at a small overpotential, and the onset of electrocatalysis in cyclic voltammograms occurred at a modest underpotential. The porous Si photoelectrode is more stable and selective for CO production than the photoelectrode generated by attaching the same Re catalyst to a planar Si wafer. Further, facile characterization of the porous Si-based photoelectrodes using transmission mode FTIR spectroscopy leads to highly reproducible catalytic performance.

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2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:146

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Journal of the American Chemical Society - 146(2024), 12 vom: 27. März, Seite 7998-8004

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Englisch

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Jia, Xiaofan [VerfasserIn]
Stewart-Jones, Eleanor [VerfasserIn]
Alvarez-Hernandez, Jose L [VerfasserIn]
Bein, Gabriella P [VerfasserIn]
Dempsey, Jillian L [VerfasserIn]
Donley, Carrie L [VerfasserIn]
Hazari, Nilay [VerfasserIn]
Houck, Madison N [VerfasserIn]
Li, Min [VerfasserIn]
Mayer, James M [VerfasserIn]
Nedzbala, Hannah S [VerfasserIn]
Powers, Rebecca E [VerfasserIn]

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Date Revised 27.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

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10.1021/jacs.3c10837

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NLM369973801