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In Situ-Activated Indium Nanoelectrocatalysts for Highly Active and Selective CO2 Electroreduction around the Thermodynamic Potential

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ACS CATALYSIS
卷 12, 期 14, 页码 8601-8609

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AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c01434

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electrochemical CO2 reduction; indium nanocatalysts; low overpotentials; energy-conversion efficiency; in situ/operando spectroscopy characterization

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  1. Basic Science Center Program for Ordered Energy Conversion of the National Natural Science Foundation of China
  2. National Natural Science Foundation of China
  3. Scienti fi c and Technological Innovation Project of Carbon Emission Peak and Carbon Neutrality of Jiangsu Province
  4. Jiangsu Planned Projects for Postdoctoral Research Funds
  5. [51888103]
  6. [52106248]
  7. [BE2022024]
  8. [AD41001-089]

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This study reports an indium nanoelectrocatalyst that achieves high activity and selectivity for CO2 reduction at ultralow overpotentials. The catalyst exhibits near-unity CO2 reduction selectivity with high activity in a wide low-overpotential window. The study also demonstrates a high-energy conversion efficiency for CO2 electrolysis using this catalyst.
Developing electrocatalysts for electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) with pre-eminent activity and high selectivity at low overpotentials is very significant, but it still remains a formidable challenge. Herein, we report an in situ-activated indium nanoelectrocatalyst derived from InOOH nanosheets for active and selective CO2RR at ultralow overpotentials. Such a catalyst delivers near-unity CO2RR selectivity with formate as the main product, in a wide low-overpotential window of -0.25 similar to-0.49 V versus reversible hydrogen electrode (vs RHE). Significantly, the CO2RR activity reaches 151 mA cm(-2) at -0.45 V vs RHE, comparable to the state-of-the-art Au-based catalysts. Impressively, full-cell CO2 electrolysis implements a record-high electricity-to-fuel energy-conversion efficiency of 76.0% and solar-to-fuel energy-conversion efficiency of 20.7%. Furthermore, in situ synchrotron X-ray diffraction reveals the dynamic formation of nanosized metallic indium, correlating well with CO2RR activity, also evidenced by cyclic voltammetry. Combined with theoretical calculations, it is confirmed that the in situ-generated metallic indium plays a dominant role in promoting formate formation by accelerating the second proton-coupled electron transfer process (*OCHO+ H+ + e(-) -> *HCOOH). Consistent with experimental results, operando Raman spectra further demonstrate that in situ-activated indium nanocatalysts can facilitate formate production even at the thermodynamic potential. This work uncovers nanosized metallic indium as the highly active site and sheds light on the design of superior indium-based catalysts for CO2 electroreduction.

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