Glycerol oxidation-assisted electrochemical CO2 reduction for the dual production of formate
Journal of materials chemistry. A, Materials for energy and sustainability(2022)
摘要
The sluggish oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is one of the main bottlenecks for efficient CO2 electroreduction (CO2ER). Seeking a suitable organic oxidation reaction with a lower redox potential to replace the OER is a promising method to boost the overall efficiency of the CO2ER. Here, we propose a method of substituting the OER with a glycerol oxidation reaction (GOR) for the CO2ER to achieve the coproduction of formate at both the cathode and anode. A two-electrode GOR-assisted CO2ER system is successfully established with a Ni foam-supported surface-sulfurized nickel-cobalt hydroxide nanoneedle catalytic anode (Ni0.33Co0.67(OH)(2)@HOS/NF) and a BiOI cathode. The simultaneous formation of formate from the anodic GOR and cathodic CO2ER with faradaic efficiencies (FEs) of 90% and 92%, respectively, is obtained at a cell voltage of 1.9 V (22.4 mA cm(-2)). More significantly, an overall electricity-to-formate energy conversion efficiency of 110% is obtained in our GOR-assisted CO2ER system. This work not only proposes an energy- and atom-efficient method for the CO2ER but also provides new insights for developing highly active non-noble metal catalysts for the GOR.
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electrochemical co<sub>2</sub>,dual production,oxidation-assisted
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