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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
卷 143, 期 7, 页码 2857-2865出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c12478
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- King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
- Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis, a Department of Energy (DOE) Energy Innovation Hub through the Office of Science of the U.S. Department of Energy [DE-SC0004993]
In this study, a highly modular tricomponent copolymer modified Cu electrode achieved high selectivity for ethylene and C2+ products. Control experiments showed the essential role of all three components in enhancing selectivity. Additionally, the copolymer was found to be conveniently prepared and improved film robustness.
Electrochemical CO2 reduction over Cu could provide value-added multicarbon hydrocarbons and alcohols. Despite recent breakthroughs, it remains a significant challenge to design a catalytic system with high product selectivity. Here we demonstrate that a high selectivity of ethylene (55%) and C2+ products (77%) could be achieved by a highly modular tricomponent copolymer modified Cu electrode, rivaling the best performance using other modified polycrystalline Cu foil catalysts. Such a copolymer can be conveniently prepared by a ring-opening metathesis polymerization, thereby offering a new degree of freedom for tuning the selectivity. Control experiments indicate all three components are essential for the selectivity enhancement. A surface characterization showed that the incorporation of a phenylpyridinium component increased the film robustness against delamination. It was also shown that its superior performance is not due to a morphology change of the Cu underneath. Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations indicate that a combination of increased local CO2 concentration, increased porosity for gas diffusion, and the local electric field effect together contribute to the increased ethylene and C2+ product selectivity.
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