1. Selective electroreduction of CO2 to CO over co-electrodeposited dendritic core-shell indium-doped Cu@Cu2O catalyst.
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Wang, Miao, Ren, Xiaona, Yuan, Gang, Niu, Xiaopo, Xu, Qingli, Gao, Wenluan, Zhu, Shuaikang, and Wang, Qingfa
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CARBON dioxide reduction ,ELECTROCATALYSTS ,ELECTROLYTIC reduction ,CARBON paper ,CATALYSTS ,CHARGE transfer ,CARBON fibers ,DENDRITIC crystals - Abstract
• Dendritic In-doped Cu@Cu 2 O catalyst is prepared by co-electrodeposition method. • Doped-In content can tailor Cu
+ /Cu0 ratio, charge distribution, morphology and ECSA. • Cu+ /Cu0 ratio plays a vital role on enhancing FE CO and partial current density at low In doping. • 3.7% In-Cu sample shows the highest FE CO of 87.6 ± 2.2 % and j CO of 9.7 ± 1.04 mA cm-2 . Element doping is an effective strategy to enhance the selectivity of electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction. In this work, a dendritic core-shell In-doped Cu@Cu 2 O catalyst is prepared by co-electrodeposition method on carbon fiber paper for selective electroreduction of CO 2 to CO. Faradaic efficiency of producing CO over this dendritic In-doped Cu@Cu 2 O reaches 87.6 ± 2.2% with total current density of 11.1 ± 0.85 mA cm−2 at −0.8 V vs RHE, which outperforms most of the reported Cu-based electrocatalysts. The excellent performance is mainly derived from charge re-distribution and the enhanced intrinsic activity due to the formation of In-doped Cu 2 O layer. Meanwhile, the Cu+ /Cu0 can be adjusted by tailoring the doped-In content. The relatively high ECSA and small charge transfer resistance are also conducive to improve the selectivity and activity. The oxyphilic In metal incorporated into the copper lattice can well stabilize the intermediate *COOH through enhancing interaction with O-ends of *COOH. This work provides a facile approach and a deep insight on design and synthesis of high efficiency hybrid electrocatalysts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2020
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