Highly dispersed, single-site copper catalysts for the electroreduction of CO2 to methane

Zhang, Teng; Verma, Sumit; Kim, Soojeong; Fister, Tim T.; Kenis, Paul J.A.; Gewirth, Andrew A.

doi:10.1016/j.jelechem.2020.113862

Highly dispersed, single-site copper catalysts for the electroreduction of CO₂ to methane

Journal Article · Wed Jan 15 23:00:00 EST 2020 · Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jelechem.2020.113862· OSTI ID:1831425

Zhang, Teng ^[1]; Verma, Sumit ^[2]; Kim, Soojeong ^[3]; Fister, Tim T. ^[3]; Kenis, Paul J.A. ^[2]; ^[2]

Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States)
Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States); Kyushu Univ., Fukuoka (Japan)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division

In this study, pyrolyzing Cu(II) precursors absorbed on carbon black gave an eletrocatalytic material for the electroreduction of CO₂. Controlled potential electrolysis and GC analysis revealed an unexpected selectivity towards methane even in alkaline media, with a methane Faradaic efficiency as high as 42%, a partial current density of 100 mA/cm² (at –1 V vs. RHE) and a methane/ethylene ratio of 4:1. XPS, EXAFS, and EDX mapping results indicate a single-site Cu(I) center as the catalytically active site. The limited size of the active sites is believed to be crucial for the preferential formation of methane over ethylene.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE; National Science Foundation (NSF); Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology of Japan (MEXT)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1831425

Journal Information:: Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Journal Name: Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry Vol. 875; ISSN 1572-6657

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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