Modulating Activity through Defect Engineering of Tin Oxides for Electrochemical CO 2 Reduction

Daiyan, Rahman; Lovell, Emma Catherine; Bedford, Nicholas M.; Saputera, Wibawa Hendra; Wu, Kuang‐Hsu; Lim, Sean; Horlyck, Jonathan; Ng, Yun Hau; Lu, Xunyu; Amal, Rose

doi:10.1002/advs.201900678

Title: Modulating Activity through Defect Engineering of Tin Oxides for Electrochemical CO ₂ Reduction

Journal Article · Thu Jul 04 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · Advanced Science

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.201900678· OSTI ID:1562573

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Particles and Catalysis Research Laboratory School of Chemical Engineering The University of New South Wales Sydney NSW 2052 Australia
Particles and Catalysis Research Laboratory School of Chemical Engineering The University of New South Wales Sydney NSW 2052 Australia, Department of Chemical Engineering Institut Teknologi Bandung Bandung 40132 Indonesia
Electron Microscope Unit The University of New South Wales Sydney NSW 2052 Australia
School of Energy and Environment City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong China

Abstract The large‐scale application of electrochemical reduction of CO ₂ , as a viable strategy to mitigate the effects of anthropogenic climate change, is hindered by the lack of active and cost‐effective electrocatalysts that can be generated in bulk. To this end, SnO ₂ nanoparticles that are prepared using the industrially adopted flame spray pyrolysis (FSP) technique as active catalysts are reported for the conversion of CO ₂ to formate (HCOO ⁻ ), exhibiting a FE _HCOO ⁻ of 85% with a current density of −23.7 mA cm ⁻² at an applied potential of −1.1 V versus reversible hydrogen electrode. Through tuning of the flame synthesis conditions, the amount of oxygen hole center (OHC; SnO●) is synthetically manipulated, which plays a vital role in CO ₂ activation and thereby governing the high activity displayed by the FSP‐SnO ₂ catalysts for formate production. The controlled generation of defects through a simple, scalable fabrication technique presents an ideal approach for rationally designing active CO ₂ reduction reactions catalysts.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities Division

Grant/Contract Number:: DE‐AC02‐06CH11357; AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1562573

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1562574; OSTI ID: 1601861

Journal Information:: Advanced Science, Journal Name: Advanced Science Vol. 6 Journal Issue: 18; ISSN 2198-3844

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