Nature Communications ( IF 14.7 ) Pub Date : 2022-12-09 , DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-35415-x
Zesong Ma 1 , Zhilong Yang 1 , Wenchuan Lai 1 , Qiyou Wang 2 , Yan Qiao 1 , Haolan Tao 3 , Cheng Lian 3 , Min Liu 2 , Chao Ma 1 , Anlian Pan 1 , Hongwen Huang 1, 4
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Electrochemical CO2 reduction to multicarbon products faces challenges of unsatisfactory selectivity, productivity, and long-term stability. Herein, we demonstrate CO2 electroreduction in strongly acidic electrolyte (pH ≤ 1) on electrochemically reduced porous Cu nanosheets by combining the confinement effect and cation effect to synergistically modulate the local microenvironment. A Faradaic efficiency of 83.7 ± 1.4% and partial current density of 0.56 ± 0.02 A cm−2, single-pass carbon efficiency of 54.4%, and stable electrolysis of 30 h in a flow cell are demonstrated for multicarbon products in a strongly acidic aqueous electrolyte consisting of sulfuric acid and KCl with pH ≤ 1. Mechanistically, the accumulated species (e.g., K+ and OH−) on the Helmholtz plane account for the selectivity and activity toward multicarbon products by kinetically reducing the proton coverage and thermodynamically favoring the CO2 conversion. We find that the K+ cations facilitate C-C coupling through local interaction between K+ and the key intermediate *OCCO.
中文翻译:

通过协同调节局部微环境,在强酸性电解质中将 CO2 电还原为多碳产物
电化学 CO 2还原为多碳产品面临着选择性、生产率和长期稳定性不尽如人意的挑战。在此,我们通过结合限制效应和阳离子效应协同调节局部微环境,在电化学还原的多孔 Cu 纳米片上展示了强酸性电解质 (pH ≤ 1) 中的 CO 2电还原。多碳产品在强酸性水溶液中的法拉第效率为 83.7 ± 1.4%,部分电流密度为 0.56 ± 0.02 A cm -2,单程碳效率为 54.4%,并且在流通池中稳定电解 30 小时由 pH ≤ 1 的硫酸和 KCl 组成的电解质。从机械上讲,积累的物质(例如,K +和 OH - ) 在亥姆霍兹平面上通过动力学降低质子覆盖率和热力学有利于 CO 2转化来解释对多碳产物的选择性和活性。我们发现 K +阳离子通过 K +和关键中间体 *OCCO之间的局部相互作用促进 CC 偶联。