MOF-Transformed In2O3-x@C Nanocorn Electrocatalyst for Efficient CO2 Reduction to HCOOH

Qiu, Chen; Qian, Kun; Yu, Jun; Sun, Mingzi; Cao, Shoufu; Gao, Jinqiang; Yu, Rongxing; Fang, Lingzhe; Yao, Youwei; Lu, Xiaoqing; Li, Tao; Huang, Bolong; Yang, Shihe

doi:10.1007/s40820-022-00913-6

Title: MOF-Transformed In₂O_3-x@C Nanocorn Electrocatalyst for Efficient CO₂ Reduction to HCOOH

Journal Article · 16 August 2022 · Nano-Micro Letters

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-022-00913-6 · OSTI ID:2447078

Qiu, Chen ^[1]; Qian, Kun ^[2]; Yu, Jun ^[1]; Sun, Mingzi ^[3]; Cao, Shoufu ^[4]; Gao, Jinqiang ^[1]; Yu, Rongxing ^[5]; Fang, Lingzhe ^[2]; Yao, Youwei ^[6]; Lu, Xiaoqing ^[4]; Li, Tao ^[7]; Huang, Bolong ^[3]; Yang, Shihe ^[8]

Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School (China)
Northern Illinois Univ., DeKalb, IL (United States)
Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Hong Kong)
China University of Petroleum (China)
Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School (China); Tsinghua Univ. (China)
Tsinghua Univ. (China)
Northern Illinois Univ., DeKalb, IL (United States); Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School (China); Shenzhen Bay Laboratory (China)

For electrochemical CO₂ reduction to HCOOH, an ongoing challenge is to design energy efficient electrocatalysts that can deliver a high HCOOH current density (J_HCOOH) at a low overpotential. Indium oxide is good HCOOH production catalyst but with low conductivity. In this work, we report a unique corn design of In₂O_3-x@C nanocatalyst, wherein In₂O_3-x nanocube as the fine grains dispersed uniformly on the carbon nanorod cob, resulting in the enhanced conductivity. Excellent performance is achieved with 84% Faradaic efficiency (FE) and 11 mA cm^–2 J_HCOOH at a low potential of – 0.4 V versus RHE. At the current density of 100 mA cm^–2, the applied potential remained stable for more than 120 h with the FE above 90%. Density functional theory calculations reveal that the abundant oxygen vacancy in In₂O_3-x has exposed more In³⁺ sites with activated electroactivity, which facilitates the formation of HCOO* intermediate. Operando X-ray absorption spectroscopy also confirms In³⁺ as the active site and the key intermediate of HCOO* during the process of CO₂ reduction to HCOOH.

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

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 2447078

Journal Information:: Nano-Micro Letters, Journal Name: Nano-Micro Letters Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 14; ISSN 2311-6706

Publisher:: SpringerCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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