期刊
ESCIENCE
卷 2, 期 5, 页码 518-528出版社
KEAI PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.esci.2022.08.002
关键词
CO2 electroreduction; Oxygen vacancy; Heteroatom doping; Metal oxide catalysts
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51773165, 51973171]
- Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi Province [2020JC-09]
- Key Laboratory Con- struction Program of Xi'an Municipal Bureau of Science and Technology [201805056ZD7CG40]
This study develops an efficient catalyst with Cu-doped, defect-rich ZnO that stabilizes oxygen vacancies and modulates their electronic structure, leading to improved performance for CO2RR. The Cu-ZnO catalyst shows higher current density and CO Faradaic efficiency compared to pristine ZnO.
Oxygen vacancies in metal oxides can serve as electron trap centers to capture CO2 and lower energy barriers for the electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR). Under aqueous electrolytes, however, such charge-enriched active sites can be occupied by adsorbed hydrogen (H & lowast;) and lose their effectiveness for the CO2RR. Here, we develop an efficient catalyst consisting of Cu-doped, defect-rich ZnO (Cu-ZnO) for the CO2RR, which exhibits enhanced CO Faradaic efficiency and current density compared to pristine ZnO. The introduced Cu dopants simultaneously stabilize neighboring oxygen vacancies and modulate their local electronic structure, achieving inhibition of hydrogen evolution and acceleration of the CO2RR. In a flow cell test, a current density of more than 45 mA cm(-2) and a CO Faradaic efficiency of > 80% is obtained for a Cu-ZnO electrocatalyst in the wide potential range of -0.76 V to -1.06 V vs. Reversible Hydrogen Electrode (RHE). This work opens up great opportunities for dopant-modulated metal oxide catalysts for the CO2RR.
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