期刊
JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES
卷 301, 期 -, 页码 219-228出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2015.09.124
关键词
CO2 reduction; Cu nanoparticles; C2 hydrocarbons; Alkaline electrolyzer; Carbon-neutral energy
资金
- JST-CREST
- JSPS KAKENHI [25288030, 24655040, 24850013, 21350031]
- FMC Educational Fund for a FMC Graduate Fellowship
- International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research (WPI-I2CNER)
- Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Electroreduction of CO2 has potential for storing otherwise wasted intermittent renewable energy, while reducing emission of CO2 into the atmosphere. Identifying robust and efficient electrocatalysts and associated optimum operating conditions to produce hydrocarbons at high energetic efficiency (low overpotential) remains a challenge. In this study, four Cu nanoparticle catalysts of different morphology and composition (amount of surface oxide) are synthesized and their activities towards CO2 reduction are characterized in an alkaline electrolyzer. Use of catalysts with large surface roughness results in a combined Faradaic efficiency (46%) for the electroreduction of CO2 to ethylene and ethanol in combination with current densities of similar to 200 mA cm(-2), a 10-fold increase in performance achieved at much lower overpotential (only < 0.7 V) compared to prior work. Compared to prior work, the high production levels of ethylene and ethanol can be attributed mainly to the use of alkaline electrolyte to improve kinetics and the suppressed evolution of H-2, as well as the application of gas diffusion electrodes covered with active and rough Cu nanoparticles in the electrolyzer. These high performance levels and the gained fundamental understanding on Cu-based catalysts bring electrochemical reduction processes such as presented here closer to practical application. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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