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Title: Stability of Residual Oxides in Oxide‐Derived Copper Catalysts for Electrochemical CO 2 Reduction Investigated with 18 O Labeling

Abstract

Abstract Oxide‐derived (OD) Cu catalysts have high selectivity towards the formation of multi‐carbon products (C 2 /C 3 ) for aqueous electrochemical CO 2 reduction (CO 2 R). It has been proposed that a large fraction of the initial oxide can be surprisingly resistant to reduction, and these residual oxides play a crucial catalytic role. The stability of residual oxides was investigated by synthesizing 18 O‐enriched OD Cu catalysts and testing them for CO 2 R. These catalysts maintain a high selectivity towards C 2 /C 3 products (ca. 60 %) for up to 5 h in 0.1  m KHCO 3 at −1.0 V vs. RHE. However, secondary‐ion mass spectrometry measurements show that only a small fraction (<1 %) of the original 18 O content remains, showing that residual oxides are not present in significant amounts during CO 2 R. Furthermore, we show that OD Cu can reoxidize rapidly, which could compromise the accuracy of ex situ methods for determining the true oxygen content.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [1]
  1. Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis and Materials Sciences Division Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley CA 94720 USA, Department of Materials Science and Engineering University of California Berkeley CA 94720 USA
Publication Date:
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1412579
Resource Type:
Publisher's Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Angewandte Chemie
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Angewandte Chemie Journal Volume: 130 Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 0044-8249
Publisher:
Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
Country of Publication:
Germany
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Lum, Yanwei, and Ager, Joel W. Stability of Residual Oxides in Oxide‐Derived Copper Catalysts for Electrochemical CO 2 Reduction Investigated with 18 O Labeling. Germany: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1002/ange.201710590.
Lum, Yanwei, & Ager, Joel W. Stability of Residual Oxides in Oxide‐Derived Copper Catalysts for Electrochemical CO 2 Reduction Investigated with 18 O Labeling. Germany. https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.201710590
Lum, Yanwei, and Ager, Joel W. Fri . "Stability of Residual Oxides in Oxide‐Derived Copper Catalysts for Electrochemical CO 2 Reduction Investigated with 18 O Labeling". Germany. https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.201710590.
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title = {Stability of Residual Oxides in Oxide‐Derived Copper Catalysts for Electrochemical CO 2 Reduction Investigated with 18 O Labeling},
author = {Lum, Yanwei and Ager, Joel W.},
abstractNote = {Abstract Oxide‐derived (OD) Cu catalysts have high selectivity towards the formation of multi‐carbon products (C 2 /C 3 ) for aqueous electrochemical CO 2 reduction (CO 2 R). It has been proposed that a large fraction of the initial oxide can be surprisingly resistant to reduction, and these residual oxides play a crucial catalytic role. The stability of residual oxides was investigated by synthesizing 18 O‐enriched OD Cu catalysts and testing them for CO 2 R. These catalysts maintain a high selectivity towards C 2 /C 3 products (ca. 60 %) for up to 5 h in 0.1  m KHCO 3 at −1.0 V vs. RHE. However, secondary‐ion mass spectrometry measurements show that only a small fraction (<1 %) of the original 18 O content remains, showing that residual oxides are not present in significant amounts during CO 2 R. Furthermore, we show that OD Cu can reoxidize rapidly, which could compromise the accuracy of ex situ methods for determining the true oxygen content.},
doi = {10.1002/ange.201710590},
journal = {Angewandte Chemie},
number = 2,
volume = 130,
place = {Germany},
year = {Fri Dec 08 00:00:00 EST 2017},
month = {Fri Dec 08 00:00:00 EST 2017}
}

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