Cu-Sn Aerogels for Electrochemical CO2 Reduction with High CO Selectivity

Autor: Yexin Pan, Muchen Wu, Ziran Ye, Haibin Tang, Zhanglian Hong, Mingjia Zhi
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Molecules, Vol 28, Iss 3, p 1033 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1420-3049
DOI: 10.3390/molecules28031033
Popis: This work reports the synthesis of CuxSny alloy aerogels for electrochemical CO2 reduction catalysts. An in situ reduction and the subsequent freeze-drying process can successfully give CnxSny aerogels with tuneable Sn contents, and such aerogels are composed of three-dimensional architectures made from inter-connected fine nanoparticles with pores as the channels. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations show that the introduction of Sn in Cu aerogels inhibits H2 evolution reaction (HER) activity, while the accelerated CO desorption on the catalyst surface is found at the same time. The porous structure of aerogel also favors exposing more active sites. Counting these together, with the optimized composition of Cu95Sn5 aerogel, the high selectivity of CO can be achieved with a faradaic efficiency of over 90% in a wide potential range (−0.7 V to −1.0 V vs. RHE).
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