Carbon Dioxide Electroreduction using a Silver-Zinc Alloy [CO2 Electroreduction on a Ag-Zn Alloy]

Hatsukade, Toru; Kuhl, Kendra P.; Cave, Etosha R.; Abram, David N.; Feaster, Jeremy T.; Jongerius, Anna L.; Hahn, Christopher; Jaramillo, Thomas F.

doi:10.1002/ente.201700087

Title: Carbon Dioxide Electroreduction using a Silver-Zinc Alloy [CO₂ Electroreduction on a Ag-Zn Alloy]

Journal Article · Mon Feb 20 00:00:00 EST 2017 · Energy Technology

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/ente.201700087· OSTI ID:1369412

Hatsukade, Toru ^[1]; Kuhl, Kendra P. ^[2]; Cave, Etosha R. ^[1]; Abram, David N. ^[1]; Feaster, Jeremy T. ^[1]; Jongerius, Anna L. ^[1]; Hahn, Christopher ^[3]; Jaramillo, Thomas F. ^[3]

Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA (United States)
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA (United States); SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)

We report on CO₂ electroreduction activity and selectivity of a polycrystalline AgZn foil in aqueous bicarbonate electrolyte. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) measurements show that the alloy foil was slightly enriched in zinc both at the surface and in the bulk, with a surface alloy composition of 61.3±5.4 at % zinc and with Ag₅Zn₈ as the most prominent bulk phase. AgZn is active for CO₂ reduction; CO is the main product, likely due to the weak CO binding energy of the surface, with methane and methanol emerging as minor products. Compared to pure silver and pure zinc foils, enhancements in activity and selectivity for methane and methanol are observed. A five-fold increase is observed in the combined partial current densities for methane and methanol at –1.43 V vs. the reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE), representing a four- to six-fold increase in faradaic efficiency. Here, such enhancements indicate the existence of a synergistic effect between silver and zinc at the surface of the alloy that contributes to the enhanced formation of further reduced products.

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Research Organization:: SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515; 1066515

OSTI ID:: 1369412

Journal Information:: Energy Technology, Vol. 5, Issue 6; ISSN 2194-4288

Publisher:: WileyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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