Ampere-level CO2 electroreduction with single-pass conversion exceeding 85% in acid over silver penetration electrodes

Shoujie Li, Xiao Dong, Gangfeng Wu, Yanfang Song, Jianing Mao, Aohui Chen, Chang Zhu, Guihua Li, Yiheng Wei, Xiaohu Liu, Jiangjiang Wang, Wei Chen () and Wei Wei ()
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Shoujie Li: Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xiao Dong: Chinese Academy of Sciences
Gangfeng Wu: Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yanfang Song: Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jianing Mao: Chinese Academy of Sciences
Aohui Chen: Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chang Zhu: Chinese Academy of Sciences
Guihua Li: Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yiheng Wei: Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xiaohu Liu: Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jiangjiang Wang: Chinese Academy of Sciences
Wei Chen: Chinese Academy of Sciences
Wei Wei: Chinese Academy of Sciences

Nature Communications, 2024, vol. 15, issue 1, 1-13

Abstract: Abstract Synthesis of valuable chemicals from CO2 electroreduction in acidic media is highly desirable to overcome carbonation. However, suppressing the hydrogen evolution reaction in such proton-rich environments remains a considerable challenge. The current study demonstrates the use of a hollow fiber silver penetration electrode with hierarchical micro/nanostructures to enable CO2 reduction to CO in strong acids via balanced coordination of CO2 and K+/H+ supplies. Correspondingly, a CO faradaic efficiency of 95% is achieved at a partial current density as high as 4.3 A/cm2 in a pH = 1 solution of H2SO4 and KCl, sustaining 200 h of continuous electrolysis at a current density of 2 A/cm2 with over 85% single-pass conversion of CO2. The experimental results and density functional theory calculations suggest that the controllable CO2 feeding induced by the hollow fiber penetration configuration primarily coordinate the CO2/H+ balance on Ag active sites in strong acids, favoring CO2 activation and key intermediate *COOH formation, resulting in enhanced CO formation.

Date: 2024
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