串联
电催化剂
电解
催化作用
气体扩散电极
扩散
材料科学
可逆氢电极
碳纤维
氢
化学工程
无机化学
电解质
化学
电化学
工作电极
电极
复合数
复合材料
工程类
物理化学
有机化学
物理
热力学
作者
Chubai Chen,Yifan Li,Sunmoon Yu,Sheena Louisia,Jianbo Jin,Mufan Li,Michael B. Ross,Peidong Yang
出处
期刊:Joule
[Elsevier]
日期:2020-08-01
卷期号:4 (8): 1688-1699
被引量:238
标识
DOI:10.1016/j.joule.2020.07.009
摘要
Tandem electrocatalysis decouples individual steps within a chemically complicated pathway via multicomponent catalyst design. Such a concept is attractive for CO2 electro-conversion to multicarbons (C2+), especially at high rates. Here, we show that a Cu-Ag tandem catalyst on a gas diffusion electrode (GDE) can enhance the C2+ production rate from CO2 through CO2 reduction to CO on Ag and subsequent carbon coupling on Cu. With added Ag, the C2+ partial current over a Cu surface increases from 37 to 160 mA/cm2 at −0.70 V versus reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE) in 1 M KOH with no mutual interference between the two metals. Moreover, the intrinsic C2H4 and C2H5OH activity in the tandem platform is significantly higher than Cu alone under either pure CO2 or CO atmosphere. Our results indicate that the CO-enriched local environment generated by Ag can enhance C2+ formation on Cu beyond CO2 or CO feeding, suggesting new mechanisms in a tandem three-phase environment.
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