Journal
NANO LETTERS
Volume 16, Issue 1, Pages 466-470Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b04123
Keywords
N-doped 3D graphene foam; CO2 reduction; electrocatalyst; low overpotential; first-principles theory
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- U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research 3D MURI [FA9550-12-1-0035]
- Welch grant [C-1716]
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The practical recycling of carbon dioxide (CO2) by the electrochemical reduction route requires an active, stable, and affordable catalyst system. Although noble metals such as gold and silver have been demonstrated to reduce CO, into carbon monoxide (CO) efficiently, they suffer from poor durability and scarcity. Here we report three-dimensional (3D) graphene foam incorporated with nitrogen defects as a metal-free catalyst for CO2 reduction. The nitrogen-doped 3D graphene foam requires negligible onset overpotential (-0.19 V) for CO formation, and it exhibits superior activity over Au and Ag, achieving similar maximum Faradaic efficiency for CO production (similar to 85%) at a lower overpotential (-0.47 V) and better stability for at least 5 h. The dependence of catalytic activity on N-defect structures is unraveled by systematic experimental investigations. Indeed, the density functional theory calculations confirm pyridinic N as the most active site for CO2 reduction, consistent with experimental results.
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