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Copper-on-nitride enhances the stable electrosynthesis of multi-carbon products from CO2

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  • Zhi-Qin Liang

    (University of Toronto
    Beijing Jiaotong University, Ministry of Education)

  • Tao-Tao Zhuang

    (University of Toronto)

  • Ali Seifitokaldani

    (University of Toronto)

  • Jun Li

    (University of Toronto
    University of Toronto)

  • Chun-Wei Huang

    (Industrial Technology Research Institute)

  • Chih-Shan Tan

    (University of Toronto)

  • Yi Li

    (University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Phil De Luna

    (University of Toronto)

  • Cao Thang Dinh

    (University of Toronto)

  • Yongfeng Hu

    (Canadian Light Source (CLS))

  • Qunfeng Xiao

    (Canadian Light Source (CLS))

  • Pei-Lun Hsieh

    (National Tsing Hua University)

  • Yuhang Wang

    (University of Toronto)

  • Fengwang Li

    (University of Toronto)

  • Rafael Quintero-Bermudez

    (University of Toronto)

  • Yansong Zhou

    (University of Toronto)

  • Peining Chen

    (University of Toronto)

  • Yuanjie Pang

    (University of Toronto
    University of Toronto)

  • Shen-Chuan Lo

    (Industrial Technology Research Institute)

  • Lih-Juann Chen

    (National Tsing Hua University)

  • Hairen Tan

    (University of Toronto)

  • Zheng Xu

    (Beijing Jiaotong University, Ministry of Education)

  • Suling Zhao

    (Beijing Jiaotong University, Ministry of Education)

  • David Sinton

    (University of Toronto)

  • Edward H. Sargent

    (University of Toronto)

Abstract

Copper-based materials are promising electrocatalysts for CO2 reduction. Prior studies show that the mixture of copper (I) and copper (0) at the catalyst surface enhances multi-carbon products from CO2 reduction; however, the stable presence of copper (I) remains the subject of debate. Here we report a copper on copper (I) composite that stabilizes copper (I) during CO2 reduction through the use of copper nitride as an underlying copper (I) species. We synthesize a copper-on-nitride catalyst that exhibits a Faradaic efficiency of 64 ± 2% for C2+ products. We achieve a 40-fold enhancement in the ratio of C2+ to the competing CH4 compared to the case of pure copper. We further show that the copper-on-nitride catalyst performs stable CO2 reduction over 30 h. Mechanistic studies suggest that the use of copper nitride contributes to reducing the CO dimerization energy barrier—a rate-limiting step in CO2 reduction to multi-carbon products.

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  • Zhi-Qin Liang & Tao-Tao Zhuang & Ali Seifitokaldani & Jun Li & Chun-Wei Huang & Chih-Shan Tan & Yi Li & Phil De Luna & Cao Thang Dinh & Yongfeng Hu & Qunfeng Xiao & Pei-Lun Hsieh & Yuhang Wang & Fengw, 2018. "Copper-on-nitride enhances the stable electrosynthesis of multi-carbon products from CO2," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 9(1), pages 1-8, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:9:y:2018:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-018-06311-0
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-06311-0
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