• 文献标题:   Nitrogen-Doped Graphene Quantum Dots Enhance the Activity of Bi2O3 Nanosheets for Electrochemical Reduction of CO2 in a Wide Negative Potential Region
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   CHEN ZP, MOU KW, WANG XH, LIU LC
  • 作者关键词:   catalysi, co2 reduction, electrocyclic reaction, electron transfer, graphene quantum dot
  • 出版物名称:   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIEINTERNATIONAL EDITION
  • ISSN:   1433-7851 EI 1521-3773
  • 通讯作者地址:   Chinese Acad Sci
  • 被引频次:   23
  • DOI:   10.1002/anie.201807643
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

Large numbers of catalysts have been developed for the electrochemical reduction of CO2 to value-added liquid fuels. However, it remains a challenge to maintain a high current efficiency in a wide negative potential range for achieving a high production rate of the target products. Herein, we report a 2D/0D composite catalyst composed of bismuth oxide nanosheets and nitrogen-doped graphene quantum dots (Bi2O3-NGQDs) for highly efficient electrochemical reduction of CO2 to formate. Bi2O3-NGQDs demonstrates a nearly 100% formate Faraday efficiency (FE) at a moderate overpotential of 0.7V with a good stability. Strikingly, Bi2O3-NGQDs exhibit a high activity (average formate FE of 95.6%) from -0.9V to -1.2V vs. RHE. Additionally, DFT calculations reveal that the origin of enhanced activity in this wide negative potential range can be attributed to the increased adsorption energy of CO2(ads) and OCHO* intermediate after combination with NGQDs.