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Lookup NU author(s): Hang Xiang, Dr Shahid Rasul, Dr Jose Portoles, Professor Peter Cumpson, Professor Eileen Yu
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© 2019 American Chemical Society.Cu-In metallic hybrid is a promising non-noble catalyst for selective electrochemical CO2 reduction (eCO2R) to CO, but the lack of direct assembly with a gas diffusion electrode (GDE) limits the further development of eCO2R to CO with both high Faradaic efficiency (FE) and high current density. In this study, an in situ electrochemical spontaneous precipitation (ESP) method was applied for the first time to prepare GDE-combined Cu-In electrocatalysts. The optimum Cu-In catalyst consists of a nanoscale "core-shell" structure of polycrystalline CuxO covered by the amorphous In(OH)3 interface. Higher than 90% FE of CO production has been achieved. With the synergy of a GDE flow cell and 1 M KOH catholyte, a current density of ∼200 mA cm-2 was reached at -1.17 V (reversible hydrogen electrode), which enabled a CO yield efficiency record of 3.05 mg min-1(CO2/15 mL min-1 with a 2 cm2 electrode). The ratios between CO and H2 produced can be effectively modulated via fine-tuning ESP conditions demonstrating possibility of generating CO or syngas with tuneable ratios. The present study provides a simple approach for constructing novel catalytic interfaces with dual active centers for eCO2R and other emerging electrochemical catalysis research.
Author(s): Xiang H, Rasul S, Hou B, Portoles J, Cumpson P, Yu EH
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
Year: 2020
Volume: 12
Issue: 1
Pages: 601-608
Online publication date: 09/12/2019
Acceptance date: 09/12/2019
Date deposited: 21/02/2020
ISSN (print): 1944-8244
ISSN (electronic): 1944-8252
Publisher: American Chemical Society
URL: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.9b16862
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b16862
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