Journal
NANOMATERIALS
Volume 13, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/nano13010047
Keywords
CO2 conversion; electrocatalysts; copper catalysts; carbon materials; ECO2RR
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In this study, copper-melamine complex was used to synthesize copper-based electrocatalysts, specifically copper nanoparticles decorated on nitrogen-doped carbon nanosheets. The as-prepared electrocatalysts showed good dispersion, high current density, electrochemical surface area, electrical conductivity, stability, and faradic efficiency in the electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction.
Due to the significant rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration and its detrimental environmental effects, the electrochemical CO2 conversion to valuable liquid products has received great interest. In this work, the copper-melamine complex was used to synthesize copper-based electrocatalysts comprising copper nanoparticles decorating thin layers of nitrogen-doped carbon nanosheets (Cu/NC). The as-prepared electrocatalysts were characterized by XRD, SEM, EDX, and TEM and investigated in the electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (ECO2RR) to useful liquid products. The electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction was carried out in two compartments of an electrochemical H-Cell, using 0.5 M potassium bicarbonate (KHCO3) as an electrolyte; nuclear magnetic resonance (H-1 NMR) was used to analyze and quantify the liquid products. The electrode prepared at 700 degrees C (Cu/NC-700) exhibited the best dispersion for the copper nanoparticles on the carbon nanosheets (compared to Cu/NC-600 & Cu/NC-800), highest current density, highest electrochemical surface area, highest electrical conductivity, and excellent stability and faradic efficiency (FE) towards overall liquid products of 56.9% for formate and acetate at the potential of -0.8V vs. Reversible Hydrogen Electrode (RHE).
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