Electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide with nearly 100% carbon monoxide faradaic efficiency from vacancy-stabilized single-atom active sites
Chenbao Lu, Kaiyue Jiang, Diana Tranca, Ning Wang, Hui Zhu, F. Rodríguez-Hernández, Zhenying Chen, Chongqing Yang, Fan Zhang, Yuezeng Su, Changchun Ke, Jichao Zhang, Yu Han, Xiaodong Zhuang
Abstract
Unsaturated Ni centers are prepared through a CO 2 -to-carbon process and exhibit promising performance for electrochemical CO 2 reduction. As cathodes in flow cells, the catalysts exhibit nearly 100% selectivity for CO formation under a high current density of 51 mA cm −2 .
Topics & Concepts
Electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxideElectrochemistryCarbon monoxideFaraday efficiencyCarbon dioxideVacancy defectCathodeMaterials scienceCatalysisSelectivityCarbon fibersAtom (system on chip)Inorganic chemistryElectrodeChemistryPhysical chemistryOrganic chemistryCrystallographyComposite materialComputer scienceComposite numberEmbedded systemCO2 Reduction Techniques and CatalystsElectrocatalysts for Energy ConversionIonic liquids properties and applications