期刊
SMALL METHODS
卷 5, 期 11, 页码 -出版社
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202100871
关键词
CO2 capture; hydrogen generation; low-cost electrocatalysts; metal phosphides; methanol oxidation
资金
- Singapore MOE by Tier 1 [RG157/19, RG85/20]
- Agency for Science, Technology, and Research (A*STAR), Singapore by AME Individual Research Grants [A1983c0026]
This study presents a novel electrolyzer design that can simultaneously achieve efficient hydrogen generation, CO2 absorption, and methanol upgrading, using transition metal phosphides as low-cost catalysts. The electrolyzer exhibits a low working voltage and high Faraday efficiencies for hydrogen evolution and formic acid conversion reactions, under various current densities. The innovative strategy based on low-cost catalyst materials shows potential for simultaneous hydrogen production and CO2 capture.
Electrolyzers coupling electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution with oxidation reactions of small organic molecules have the merits of reducing cell voltage and generating high-value products. Herein, an electrolyzer is designed and optimized that can simultaneously achieve efficient hydrogen generation at the cathode, CO2 absorption by the catholyte, and methanol upgrading to formate at the anode. For these purposes, transition metal phosphides are used as the low-cost catalysts. The unique electrolyzer exhibits a low working voltage of 1.1 V at 10 mA cm(-2). Under optimal conditions, the Faraday efficiencies of hydrogen evolution and formic acid conversion reactions, which are the reaction products at the cathode and anode, respectively, are nearly 100% at various current densities from 10 to 400 mA cm(-2). Meanwhile, the CO2 absorption rate is about twice that of the hydrogen generation rate, which is close to the theoretical value. An innovative and energy-efficient strategy is presented in this work to realize simultaneous hydrogen production and CO2 capture based on low-cost catalyst materials.
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