期刊
NANO ENERGY
卷 31, 期 -, 页码 270-277出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2016.11.004
关键词
Electrocatalysis; CO2 reduction; Formate; Two-dimensional materials; SnS2 nanosheets
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资金
- Australian Research Council (ARC) through the ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science
- ARC
- Natural Science Foundation of China [21304002]
- ARC [LE110100223]
Electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 into liquid fuels using electricity from renewable sources has been attracting considerable interest because of the present energy and environmental crisis. However, current electrocatalysts for this reaction generally suffer from either high cost for noble metal based catalysts or low energetic efficiency and poor product selectivity for other transition metal or carbon based materials. In this paper, we report a catalyst based on two-dimensional SnS2 nanosheets supported on reduced graphene oxide (SnS2/rGO) synthesized by a one-pot hydrothermal reaction for electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 into formate with high activity, selectivity and durability. The catalyst is capable of producing formate at an overpotential as low as 0.23 V and reaches a maximum faradaic efficiency of 84.5% and the current density of 13.9 mA cm(-2) at an overpotential of 0.68 V in aqueous bicarbonate medium. Microscopic, spectroscopic and electrochemical characterizations reveal that the electrocatalytic activity towards CO2 reduction arises from the presence of reduced metallic tin formed from SnS2 under cathodic electrolysis conditions; the enhanced performance is attributed to the residual SnS2. This sulfide-derived metal catalyst with enhanced performance may open a perspective on a new promising class of materials for electrocatalytic reduction of CO2.
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