Journal
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
Volume 55, Issue 33, Pages 9748-9752Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201604654
Keywords
carbon dioxide; conversion of carbon dioxide; electrocatalysis; heterogeneous catalysis; surface chemistry
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- NWO VENI grant
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In this work, the selective electrocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide on oxide-derived silver electrocatalysts is presented. By a simple synthesis technique, the overall high faradaic efficiency for CO production on the oxide-derived Ag was shifted by more than 400 mV towards a lower overpotential compared to that of untreated Ag. Notably, the Ag resulting from Ag oxide is capable of electrochemically reducing CO2 to CO with approximately 80% catalytic selectivity at a moderate overpotential of 0.49 V, which is much higher than that (ca. 4%) of untreated Ag under identical conditions. Electrokinetic studies show that the improved catalytic activity is ascribed to the enhanced stabilization of COOH center dot intermediate. Furthermore, highly nanostructured Ag is likely able to create a high local pH near the catalyst surface, which may also facilitate the catalytic activity for the reduction of CO2 with suppressed H-2 evolution.
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