Pd-Decorated Cu2O-Ag Catalyst Promoting CO2 Electroreduction to C2H4 by Optimizing CO Intermediate Adsorption and Hydrogenation

Electrocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) to high value-added products, such as ethylene (C2H4), offers a promising approach to achieve carbon neutrality. Although recent studies have reported that a tandem catalyst (for example, Cu-Ag systems) exhibits advantage in C2H4 production, its practical application is largely inhibited by the following: (1) a traditional tandem catalyst cannot effectively stabilize the *CO intermediate, resulting in sluggish C-C coupling, and (2) inadequate H2O activation ability hinders the hydrogenation of intermediates. To break through the above bottleneck, herein, palladium (Pd) was introduced into Cu2O-Ag, a typical conventional tandem catalyst, to construct a Cu2O-Pd-Ag ternary catalyst. Extensive experiment and density functional theory calculation prove that Pd can efficiently stabilize the *CO intermediate and promote the H2O activation, which contributes to the C-C coupling and intermediate hydrogenation, the key steps in the conversion of CO2 to C2H4. Beneficial to the efficient synergy of Cu2O, Pd, and Ag, the optimal Cu2O-Pd-Ag ternary catalyst achieves CO2RR toward C2H4 with a faradaic efficiency of 63.2% at -1.2 VRHE, which is higher than that achieved by Cu2O-Ag and most of other reported catalysts. This work is a fruitful exploration of a rare ternary catalyst, providing a new route for constructing an efficient CO2RR electrocatalyst.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:16

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ACS applied materials & interfaces - 16(2024), 13 vom: 03. Apr., Seite 16243-16252

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Xu, Xianbin [VerfasserIn]
Xiao, Difei [VerfasserIn]
Gao, Yugang [VerfasserIn]
Li, Wenbo [VerfasserIn]
Gao, Miaomiao [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Shuang [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Zeyan [VerfasserIn]
Zheng, Zhaoke [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Peng [VerfasserIn]
Cheng, Hefeng [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Yuanyuan [VerfasserIn]
Dai, Ying [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Baibiao [VerfasserIn]

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*CO intermediate
C–C coupling
C2H4
Cu2O–Pd–Ag ternary catalyst
Hydrogenation
Journal Article

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Date Revised 04.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1021/acsami.4c00472

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NLM370170474