CO_(2)electroreduction to formate is technically feasible and economically viable,but still suffers from low selectivity and high overpotential at industrial current densities.Here,lattice-distorted metallic nanosheet...CO_(2)electroreduction to formate is technically feasible and economically viable,but still suffers from low selectivity and high overpotential at industrial current densities.Here,lattice-distorted metallic nanosheets with disorder-engineered metal sites are designed for industrial-current-density CO_(2)-to-formate conversion at low overpotentials.As a prototype,richly lattice-distorted bismuth nanosheets are first constructed,where abundant disorder-engineered Bi sites could be observed by high-angle annular dark-field scanning transmission electron microscopy image.In-situ Fourier-transform infrared spectra reveal the CO_(2)•−*group is the key intermediate,while theoretical calculations suggest the electron-enriched Bi sites could effectively lower the CO_(2)activation energy barrier by stabilizing the CO_(2)•−*intermediate,further affirmed by the decreased formation energy from 0.49 to 0.39 eV.As a result,the richly lattice-distorted Bi nanosheets exhibit the ultrahigh current density of 800 mA·cm^(−2)with 91%Faradaic efficiencies for CO_(2)-to-formate electroreduction,and the formate selectivity can reach nearly 100%at the current density of 200 mA·cm^(−2)with a very low overpotential of ca.570 mV,outperforming most reported metal-based electrocatalysts.展开更多
基金the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2019YFA0210004)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.22125503,21975242,U2032212,and 21890754)+5 种基金the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences(No.XDB36000000)Youth Innovation Promotion Association of CAS(No.CX2340007003)the Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences of CAS(No.QYZDY-SSW-SLH011)the Major Program of Development Foundation of Hefei Center for Physical Science and Technology(No.2020HSC-CIP003)Users with Excellence Program of Hefei Science Center CAS(No.2020HSC-UE001)the University Synergy Innovation Program of Anhui Province(No.GXXT-2020-001)。
文摘CO_(2)electroreduction to formate is technically feasible and economically viable,but still suffers from low selectivity and high overpotential at industrial current densities.Here,lattice-distorted metallic nanosheets with disorder-engineered metal sites are designed for industrial-current-density CO_(2)-to-formate conversion at low overpotentials.As a prototype,richly lattice-distorted bismuth nanosheets are first constructed,where abundant disorder-engineered Bi sites could be observed by high-angle annular dark-field scanning transmission electron microscopy image.In-situ Fourier-transform infrared spectra reveal the CO_(2)•−*group is the key intermediate,while theoretical calculations suggest the electron-enriched Bi sites could effectively lower the CO_(2)activation energy barrier by stabilizing the CO_(2)•−*intermediate,further affirmed by the decreased formation energy from 0.49 to 0.39 eV.As a result,the richly lattice-distorted Bi nanosheets exhibit the ultrahigh current density of 800 mA·cm^(−2)with 91%Faradaic efficiencies for CO_(2)-to-formate electroreduction,and the formate selectivity can reach nearly 100%at the current density of 200 mA·cm^(−2)with a very low overpotential of ca.570 mV,outperforming most reported metal-based electrocatalysts.
