作者
Shihao Min,Shihao Min,Shihao Min,Shihao Min,Zhuoyue Wang,Zhuoyue Wang,Zhuoyue Wang,Zhuoyue Wang,Xiaowen Xu,Xiao Xu,Xiao Xu,Jie He,Jie He,Jie He,Jie He,Miao Sun,Miao Sun,Miao Sun,Wenbin Lin,Wenbin Lin,Wenbin Lin,Longtian Kang,Longtian Kang,Longtian Kang
摘要
The transition metal (Fe, Co, Ni)-doped cuprous oxide (Cu2O) nanowire arrays (M-Cu2O@CM, M = Fe, Co, Ni) are successfully synthesized for the electrocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) to ethylene (C2H4) through the simple calcination and impregnation-exchange methods. Systematic characterizations have demonstrated that the Ni/Co doping in Cu2O@CM is conducive to stabilizing the Cu+ sites due to the electron transfer from Cu2O to Ni/Co, while the Fe doping has the opposite effect. Consequently, they show the different electrocatalytic performances of Ni-Cu2O@CM > Co-Cu2O@CM > Cu2O@CM > Fe-Cu2O@CM for CO2RR to C2H4 in an H-cell. Among them, Ni-Cu2O@CM exhibits the ∼2.0-fold faradaic efficiency for C2H4 (58.2 % vs. 28.7 %) and the ∼2.5-fold current density (−37.6 vs. −15.0 mA·cm−2) at −1.1 V vs. RHE, as compared with Cu2O@CM. Further experiments reveal that during the electrocatalytic CO2RR, the Ni-Cu2O@CM can generate more *CO, which promotes the C–C coupling reaction. The activity of Co-Cu2O@CM is lower than Ni-Cu2O@CM because of the strong adsorption of *COOH, while the Fe-Cu2O@CM even exhibits a lower activity than Cu2O@CM. This work provides an insight into the effect of transition metal-doped Cu2O array on the electrocatalytic CO2RR to C2H4 products.