In Situ Topotactic Transformation of an Interstitial Alloy for CO Electroreduction

Changming Zhao; Gan Luo; Xiaokang Liu; Wei Zhang; Zhijun Li; Qian Xu; Qinghua Zhang; Huijuan Wang; Deming Li; Fangyao Zhou; Yunteng Qu; Xiao Han; Zezhou Zhu; Geng Wu; Jing Wang; Junfa Zhu; Tao Yao; Yafei Li; Henny J.M. Bouwmeester; Yuen Wu

doi:10.1002/adma.202002382

In Situ Topotactic Transformation of an Interstitial Alloy for CO Electroreduction

Changming Zhao
, Gan Luo
, Xiaokang Liu
, Wei Zhang
, Zhijun Li
, Qian Xu
, Qinghua Zhang
, Huijuan Wang
, Deming Li
, Fangyao Zhou
, Yunteng Qu
, Xiao Han
, Zezhou Zhu
, Geng Wu
, Jing Wang
, Junfa Zhu
, Tao Yao^*
, Yafei Li^*
, Henny J.M. Bouwmeester
, Yuen Wu^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Electrochemical reduction of CO to value-added products holds promise for storage of energy from renewable sources. Copper can convert CO into multi-carbon (C₂₊) products during CO electroreduction. However, developing a Cu electrocatalyst with a high selectivity for CO reduction and desirable production rates for C₂₊ products remains challenging. Herein, highly lattice-disordered Cu₃N with abundant twin structures as a precursor electrocatalyst is examined for CO reduction. Through in situ activation during the CO reduction reaction (CORR) and concomitant release of nitrogen, the obtained metallic Cu° catalyst particles inherit the lattice dislocations present in the parent Cu₃N lattice. The de-nitrified catalyst delivers an unprecedented C₂₊ Faradaic efficiency of over 90% at a current density of 727 mA cm⁻² in a flow cell system. Using a membrane electrode assembly (MEA) electrolyzer with a solid-state electrolyte (SSE), a 17.4 vol% ethylene stream and liquid streams with concentration of 1.45 m and 230 × 10⁻³ m C₂₊ products at the outlet of the cathode and SSE-containment layer are obtained.

Original language	English
Article number	2002382
Journal	Advanced Materials
Volume	32
Issue number	39
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202002382
Publication status	Published - 1 Oct 2020
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

CO electroreduction
Cu N
high concentration products streams
lattice dislocations
multi-carbon products

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Zhao, C., Luo, G., Liu, X., Zhang, W., Li, Z., Xu, Q., Zhang, Q., Wang, H., Li, D., Zhou, F., Qu, Y., Han, X., Zhu, Z., Wu, G., Wang, J., Zhu, J., Yao, T., Li, Y., Bouwmeester, H. J. M., & Wu, Y. (2020). In Situ Topotactic Transformation of an Interstitial Alloy for CO Electroreduction. Advanced Materials, 32(39), Article 2002382. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202002382

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