Catalyst synthesis under CO2 electroreduction favours faceting and promotes renewable fuels electrosynthesis

Wang, Yuhang; Wang, Ziyun; Dinh, Cao-Thang; Li, Jun; Ozden, Adnan; Golam Kibria, Md; Seifitokaldani, Ali; Tan, Chih-Shan; Gabardo, Christine M.; Luo, Mingchuan; Zhou, Hua; Li, Fengwang; Lum, Yanwei; McCallum, Christopher; Xu, Yi; Liu, Mengxia; Proppe, Andrew; Johnston, Andrew; Todorovic, Petar; Zhuang, Tao-Tao; Sinton, David; Kelley, Shana O.; Sargent, Edward H.

doi:10.1038/s41929-019-0397-1

Title: Catalyst synthesis under CO₂ electroreduction favours faceting and promotes renewable fuels electrosynthesis

Journal Article · 16 December 2019 · Nature Catalysis

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41929-019-0397-1 · OSTI ID:1630297

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Univ. of Toronto, ON (Canada)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Lemont, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS)

The electrosynthesis of C₂₊ hydrocarbons from CO₂ has garnered recent attention in light of the relatively high market price per unit energy input. Today’s low selectivities and stabilities towards C₂₊ products at high current densities curtail system energy efficiency, which limits their prospects for economic competitiveness. Here we present a materials processing strategy based on in situ electrodeposition of copper under CO₂ reduction conditions that preferentially expose and maintain Cu(100) facets, which favour the formation of C₂₊ products. We observe capping of facets during catalyst synthesis and achieve control over faceting to obtain a 70% increase in the ratio of Cu(100) facets to total facet area. We report a 90% Faradaic efficiency for C₂₊ products at a partial current density of 520 mA cm^–2 and a full-cell C₂₊ power conversion efficiency of 37%. We achieve nearly constant C2H4 selectivity over 65 h operation at 350 mA cm^–2 in a membrane electrode assembly electrolyser.

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

Sponsoring Organization:: TOTAL American Services; Connaught Fund; Ontario Research Fund; Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC); Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR); USDOE Office of Science (SC); Federal Economic Development Agency of Southern Ontario; Province of Ontario; IBM Canada; Ontario Centres of Excellence; Mitacs; Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI); Fonds de Recherche du Quebec-Nature et Technologies; Government of Canada

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1630297

Journal Information:: Nature Catalysis, Journal Name: Nature Catalysis Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 3; ISSN 2520-1158

Publisher:: Springer NatureCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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