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NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 12, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
NATURE RESEARCH
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-23582-2
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- National Key Research and Development Program of China [2017YFA0208200]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21872079]
- National Science Foundation CAREER Program [CBET-1651625]
- Peking University
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This study investigates the kinetics of CO reduction reaction without mass transport limitation using a gas-diffusion electrode and explores the dependence of copper surface speciation on electrolyte pH.
Rigorous electrokinetic results are key to understanding the reaction mechanisms in the electrochemical CO reduction reaction (CORR), however, most reported results are compromised by the CO mass transport limitation. In this work, we determined mass transport-free CORR kinetics by employing a gas-diffusion type electrode and identified dependence of catalyst surface speciation on the electrolyte pH using in-situ surface enhanced vibrational spectroscopies. Based on the measured Tafel slopes and reaction orders, we demonstrate that the formation rates of C2+ products are most likely limited by the dimerization of CO adsorbate. CH4 production is limited by the CO hydrogenation step via a proton coupled electron transfer and a chemical hydrogenation step of CO by adsorbed hydrogen atom in weakly (7<11) and strongly (pH>11) alkaline electrolytes, respectively. Further, CH4 and C2+ products are likely formed on distinct types of active sites. Electrokinetic results are key to understanding the mechanisms in electrochemical CO reduction reaction. Here, the authors determine mass transport free kinetics using a gas-diffusion electrode and identified dependence of copper surface speciation on the electrolyte pH using in situ surface enhanced spectroscopies.
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