期刊
CHEMELECTROCHEM
卷 5, 期 24, 页码 3991-3999出版社
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/celc.201801132
关键词
CO2; electroreduction; copper nanowires; polydopamine; methane; selectivity & stability
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51722407]
- National Key R&D Program of China [2017YFC0210405]
- Science and Technology Project of Hunan Province [2017RS3011]
- Project of Innovation-driven Plan in Central South University [2016CXS010]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of Central South University [2018zzts141]
Electrochemical reduction of CO2 provides an ideal approach to convert the greenhouse gas into fuels under mild conditions. Copper electrodes are capable of producing significant amounts of hydrocarbons, but the selectivity to convert CO2 into methane (CH4) remains low. Here, we prepared functionalized Cu nanowire electrodes by coating polymers (polydopamine, PDA) and experimentally verified that the functionalized CuNWs indeed shows 2.3 times higher CH4 selectivity compared with that of CuNWs. The PDA functionalized CuNWs catalyst remains catalytically stable for in excess of 14 hours. We experimentally reveal that the amino groups could be responsible for the capture and delivery of protons for the hydronation of CO* intermediates and phenolic hydroxyl groups for the stabilization of CO* intermediates. The results provide us insights into a new approach to optimize the electrochemical methanation of CO2 by polymers that contain abundant functional groups.
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