The Role of Subsurface Oxygen on Cu Surfaces for CO2 Electrochemical Reduction
Abstract
Under ambient conditions, copper with oxygen near the surface displays strengthened CO2 and CO adsorption energies. This finding is often used to rationalize differences seen in product distributions between Cu-oxide and pure Cu electrodes during electrochemical CO2 reduction. However, little evidence exists to confirm the presence of oxygen within first few layers of the Cu matrix under relevant experimental reducing conditions. As a result, using density functional theory calculations, we discuss the stability of subsurface oxygen from thermodynamic and kinetic perspectives, and show that under reducing potentials, subsurface oxygen alone should have negligible effects on the activity of crystalline Cu.
- Authors:
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- Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA (United States); SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
- Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou (China)
- SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1457147
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-76SF00515
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Physical Chemistry. C
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 122; Journal Issue: 28; Journal ID: ISSN 1932-7447
- Publisher:
- American Chemical Society
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Citation Formats
Fields, Meredith, Hong, Xin, Norskov, Jens K., and Chan, Karen. The Role of Subsurface Oxygen on Cu Surfaces for CO2 Electrochemical Reduction. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b04983.
Fields, Meredith, Hong, Xin, Norskov, Jens K., & Chan, Karen. The Role of Subsurface Oxygen on Cu Surfaces for CO2 Electrochemical Reduction. United States. doi:10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b04983.
Fields, Meredith, Hong, Xin, Norskov, Jens K., and Chan, Karen. Tue .
"The Role of Subsurface Oxygen on Cu Surfaces for CO2 Electrochemical Reduction". United States. doi:10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b04983. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1457147.
@article{osti_1457147,
title = {The Role of Subsurface Oxygen on Cu Surfaces for CO2 Electrochemical Reduction},
author = {Fields, Meredith and Hong, Xin and Norskov, Jens K. and Chan, Karen},
abstractNote = {Under ambient conditions, copper with oxygen near the surface displays strengthened CO2 and CO adsorption energies. This finding is often used to rationalize differences seen in product distributions between Cu-oxide and pure Cu electrodes during electrochemical CO2 reduction. However, little evidence exists to confirm the presence of oxygen within first few layers of the Cu matrix under relevant experimental reducing conditions. As a result, using density functional theory calculations, we discuss the stability of subsurface oxygen from thermodynamic and kinetic perspectives, and show that under reducing potentials, subsurface oxygen alone should have negligible effects on the activity of crystalline Cu.},
doi = {10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b04983},
journal = {Journal of Physical Chemistry. C},
number = 28,
volume = 122,
place = {United States},
year = {2018},
month = {6}
}
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