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Nanoporous Metal–Organic Framework-Based Ellipsoidal Nanoparticles for the Catalytic Electroreduction of CO2
journal contribution
posted on 2020-03-05, 00:29 authored by Jin-Han Guo, Xiao-Yu Zhang, Xiao-Yao Dao, Wei-Yin SunElectroreduction
of carbon dioxide (CO2) to carbon monoxide
(CO) is a promising strategy to reduce the superfluous CO2 in the atmosphere while simultaneously generating renewable fuel
and crucial raw materials for industrial manufacturing. Here, we report
a hierarchical nanoporous catalyst with ellipsoidal morphology to
achieve efficient CO production from CO2. By retaining
the micropores of the metal–organic framework (MOF) precursor
to enhance CO2 concentration in the gas-diffusion electrode
(GDE) and fabricating mesopores during pyrolysis to assist mass transfer,
the nanoporous catalyst delivers 200 mA cm–2 current
density at −0.30 V versus the reversible hydrogen electrode
(RHE) and near-unity Faradaic efficiency toward CO (FECO) of 98.7% under ambient conditions. It also achieved 645 mA cm–2 CO partial current density (jCO) at −0.53 V vs RHE with 86% FECO, allowing
a turnover frequency (TOF) of 159 s–1 normalized
to electrochemically active surface area (ECSA). Electrocatalytic
generation of CO and O2 from CO2 and water was
observed at a cell voltage of only 1.40 V, just slightly above the
equilibrium voltage of 1.34 V. Furthermore, the nanoporous catalyst
continually delivers CO at 100 mA cm–2 at −0.6
V vs RHE for 8 h with FECO greater than 98%.