• 文献标题:   Oxide-derived Cu-Zn nanoparticles supported on N-doped graphene for electrochemical reduction of CO2 to ethanol
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   DONGARE S, SINGH N, BHUNIA H
  • 作者关键词:   electrochemical co2 reduction, ethanol production, coprecipitation, faradaic efficiency, heterogeneous catalyst
  • 出版物名称:   APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
  • ISSN:   0169-4332 EI 1873-5584
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  • 被引频次:   15
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.apsusc.2021.149790 EA APR 2021
  • 出版年:   2021

▎ 摘  要

The oxide-derived Cu and Zn nanoparticles (prepared by co-precipitation method) supported on N-doped graphene (CuZnx/NGN) were prepared and ZnO loading was optimized for efficient electrochemical CO2 reduction (ECR) to multi-carbon products. The ECR experiments were performed in aqueous 0.1 M KHCO3 electrolyte at ambient pressure. Results suggest that the Faradaic efficiency (FE) for multicarbon products could be tuned by varying the loading of Zn in the CuZnx/NGN. The catalyst with 20 wt% ZnO loading (CuZn20/NGN) gives the highest FE of 34.25% for ethanol production and 12.38% for N-propanol at -0.8 V (vs. RHE) with the total current density of 3.95 mA cm(-2). The CuZn20/NGN electrode shows long term stability of at least 24 h at optimized conditions. It is suggested that CO generated at the reduced ZnO nanoparticles increases the local surface coverage of *CO on the reduced CuO, which improves the C-C coupling rate, facilitating the multi-carbon production (i.e. ethanol).