Electrochemical CO_(2) reduction driven by renewable electricity is one of the promising strategies to store sus-tainable energy as fuels.However,the selectivity of value-added multi-carbon products remains poor for f...Electrochemical CO_(2) reduction driven by renewable electricity is one of the promising strategies to store sus-tainable energy as fuels.However,the selectivity of value-added multi-carbon products remains poor for further application of this process.Here,we regulate CO adsorption by forming a Nafion layer on the copper(Cu)electrode that is repulsive to OH^(-),contributing to enhanced selectivity of CO_(2) reduction to C_(2) products with the suppression of C 1 products.The operando Raman spectroscopy indicates that the local OH^(-)would adsorb on part of active sites and decrease the adsorption of CO.Therefore,the electrode with repulsive to OH^(-)can adjust the concentration of OH^(-),leading to the increased adsorption of CO and enhanced C–C coupling.This work shows that electrode design could be an effective strategy for improving the selectivity of CO_(2) reduction to multi-carbon products.展开更多
基金This work was supported by the following projects:INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION Projects of the Ministry of Science and Technology(2014DFE60170)the Strategic Japanese-Swiss Science and Technology Program from the Swiss National Science Foundation(project No.IZJSZ2_180176)+4 种基金the Sino-Swiss Science and Technology Cooperation(SSSTC)2016 project from the Swiss National Science Foundation(project No.IZLCZ2_170294)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.61674084)the Overseas Expertise Introduction Project for DisciplineInnovation of Higher Education of China(Grant No.B16027)Tianjin Science and Technology Project(Grant No.18ZXJMTG00220)the Fundamental Research Fund for the Central Universities of China.
文摘Electrochemical CO_(2) reduction driven by renewable electricity is one of the promising strategies to store sus-tainable energy as fuels.However,the selectivity of value-added multi-carbon products remains poor for further application of this process.Here,we regulate CO adsorption by forming a Nafion layer on the copper(Cu)electrode that is repulsive to OH^(-),contributing to enhanced selectivity of CO_(2) reduction to C_(2) products with the suppression of C 1 products.The operando Raman spectroscopy indicates that the local OH^(-)would adsorb on part of active sites and decrease the adsorption of CO.Therefore,the electrode with repulsive to OH^(-)can adjust the concentration of OH^(-),leading to the increased adsorption of CO and enhanced C–C coupling.This work shows that electrode design could be an effective strategy for improving the selectivity of CO_(2) reduction to multi-carbon products.
