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Title: In Situ ATR–SEIRAS of Carbon Dioxide Reduction at a Plasmonic Silver Cathode

Abstract

Illumination of a voltage-biased plasmonic Ag cathode during CO2 reduction results in a suppression of the H2 evolution reaction while enhancing CO2 reduction. This effect has been shown to be photonic rather than thermal, but the exact plasmonic mechanism is unknown. Here in this paper, we conduct an in situ ATR–SEIRAS (attenuated total reflectance–surface-enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy) study of a sputtered thin film Ag cathode on a Ge ATR crystal in CO2-saturated 0.1 M KHCO3 over a range of potentials under both dark and illuminated (365 nm, 125 mW cm–2) conditions to elucidate the nature of this plasmonic enhancement. We find that the onset potential of CO2 reduction to adsorbed CO on the Ag surface is -0.25 VRHE and is identical in the light and the dark. As the production of gaseous CO is detected in the light near this onset potential but is not observed in the dark until -0.5 VRHE, we conclude that the light must be assisting the desorption of CO from the surface. Furthermore, the HCO3– wavenumber and peak area increase immediately upon illumination, precluding a thermal effect. We propose that the enhanced local electric field that results from the localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) ismore » strengthening the HCO3– bond, further increasing the local pH. This would account for the decrease in H2 formation and increase the CO2 reduction products in the light.« less

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  1. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
  2. Delft Univ. of Technology (Netherlands)
  3. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
  4. Delft Univ. of Technology (Netherlands); National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States); Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)
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National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Science Foundation (NSF); Dutch Research Council
OSTI Identifier:
1660043
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1631677
Report Number(s):
NREL/JA-5900-77272
Journal ID: ISSN 0002-7863; MainId:26218;UUID:943af55c-0d67-4fbd-a46f-0c16c7fcbb8e;MainAdminID:13811
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC36-08GO28308; CBET-1653430; SC0004993; DGE 1106400; AC02-05CH11231
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Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of the American Chemical Society
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 142; Journal Issue: 27; Journal ID: ISSN 0002-7863
Publisher:
American Chemical Society (ACS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; ATR-SEIRAS; attenuated total reflectance-surface-enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy; electrochemical structure; thin film

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Corson, Elizabeth R., Kas, Recep, Kostecki, Robert, Urban, Jeffrey J., Smith, Wilson A., McCloskey, Bryan D., and Kortlever, Ruud. In Situ ATR–SEIRAS of Carbon Dioxide Reduction at a Plasmonic Silver Cathode. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.1021/jacs.0c01953.
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Corson, Elizabeth R., Kas, Recep, Kostecki, Robert, Urban, Jeffrey J., Smith, Wilson A., McCloskey, Bryan D., & Kortlever, Ruud. In Situ ATR–SEIRAS of Carbon Dioxide Reduction at a Plasmonic Silver Cathode. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.0c01953
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Corson, Elizabeth R., Kas, Recep, Kostecki, Robert, Urban, Jeffrey J., Smith, Wilson A., McCloskey, Bryan D., and Kortlever, Ruud. Fri . "In Situ ATR–SEIRAS of Carbon Dioxide Reduction at a Plasmonic Silver Cathode". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.0c01953. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1660043.
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@article{osti_1660043,
title = {In Situ ATR–SEIRAS of Carbon Dioxide Reduction at a Plasmonic Silver Cathode},
author = {Corson, Elizabeth R. and Kas, Recep and Kostecki, Robert and Urban, Jeffrey J. and Smith, Wilson A. and McCloskey, Bryan D. and Kortlever, Ruud},
abstractNote = {Illumination of a voltage-biased plasmonic Ag cathode during CO2 reduction results in a suppression of the H2 evolution reaction while enhancing CO2 reduction. This effect has been shown to be photonic rather than thermal, but the exact plasmonic mechanism is unknown. Here in this paper, we conduct an in situ ATR–SEIRAS (attenuated total reflectance–surface-enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy) study of a sputtered thin film Ag cathode on a Ge ATR crystal in CO2-saturated 0.1 M KHCO3 over a range of potentials under both dark and illuminated (365 nm, 125 mW cm–2) conditions to elucidate the nature of this plasmonic enhancement. We find that the onset potential of CO2 reduction to adsorbed CO on the Ag surface is -0.25 VRHE and is identical in the light and the dark. As the production of gaseous CO is detected in the light near this onset potential but is not observed in the dark until -0.5 VRHE, we conclude that the light must be assisting the desorption of CO from the surface. Furthermore, the HCO3– wavenumber and peak area increase immediately upon illumination, precluding a thermal effect. We propose that the enhanced local electric field that results from the localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) is strengthening the HCO3– bond, further increasing the local pH. This would account for the decrease in H2 formation and increase the CO2 reduction products in the light.},
doi = {10.1021/jacs.0c01953},
journal = {Journal of the American Chemical Society},
number = 27,
volume = 142,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri May 29 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
month = {Fri May 29 00:00:00 EDT 2020}
}
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