Two-dimensional copper nanosheets for electrochemical reduction of carbon monoxide to acetate

Luc, Wesley; Fu, Xianbiao; Shi, Jianjian; Lv, Jing-Jing; Jouny, Matthew; Ko, Byung Hee; Xu, Yaobin; Tu, Qing; Hu, Xiaobing; Wu, Jinsong; Yue, Qin; Liu, Yuanyue; Jiao, Feng; Kang, Yijin

doi:10.1038/s41929-019-0269-8

Two-dimensional copper nanosheets for electrochemical reduction of carbon monoxide to acetate

Journal Article · Mon Apr 08 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · Nature Catalysis

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41929-019-0269-8· OSTI ID:1712671

^[1]; Fu, Xianbiao ^[2]; Shi, Jianjian ^[3]; ^[4]; ^[4]; Ko, Byung Hee ^[4]; ^[5]; Tu, Qing ^[5]; ^[5]; Wu, Jinsong ^[5]; Yue, Qin ^[2]; Liu, Yuanyue ^[3]; Jiao, Feng ^[4]; ^[2]

Univ. of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu (China); Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE (United States); University of Delaware
Univ. of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu (China)
Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)
Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE (United States)
Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States)

Upgrading carbon dioxide to high-value multicarbon (C₂₊) products is one promising avenue for fuel and chemical production. Here, among all the monometallic catalysts, copper has attracted much attention because of its unique ability to convert CO₂ or CO into C₂₊ products with an appreciable selectivity. Although numerous attempts have been made to synthesize Cu materials that expose the desired facets, it still remains a challenge to obtain high-quality nanostructured Cu catalysts for the electroreduction of CO₂/CO. Here we report a facile synthesis of freestanding triangular-shaped two-dimensional Cu nanosheets that selectively expose the (111) surface. In a 2 M KOH electrolyte, the Cu nanosheets exhibit an acetate Faradaic efficiency of 48% with an acetate partial current density up to 131 mA cm^–2 in electrochemical CO reduction. Further analysis suggest that the high acetate selectivity is attributed to the suppression of ethylene and ethanol formation, probably due to the reduction of exposed (100) and (110) surfaces.

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Research Organization:: Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States); Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE (United States); Univ. of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu (China); Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE)

Grant/Contract Number:: FE0029868

OSTI ID:: 1712671

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1614352
OSTI ID: 1688530

Journal Information:: Nature Catalysis, Journal Name: Nature Catalysis Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 2; ISSN 2520-1158

Publisher:: Springer NatureCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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