Journal of East China Normal University(Natural Science) ›› 2023, Vol. 2023 ›› Issue (1): 129-139.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-5641.2023.01.013

• CO2 Utilization • Previous Articles    

Electrodeposition performance of a copper-based catalyst for the electroreduction of CO2

Meng’en CHU1,2(), Chunjun CHEN3, Haihong WU1,2,*(), Mingyuan HE1,2, Buxing HAN1,2,3   

  1. 1. Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
    2. Institute of Eco-Chongming, Shanghai 202162, China
    3. CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface and Thermodynamics, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
  • Received:2022-07-15 Accepted:2022-07-15 Online:2023-01-25 Published:2023-01-07
  • Contact: Haihong WU E-mail:mengcme@163.com;hhwu@chem.ecnu.edu.cn

Abstract:

To improve the catalytic performance of copper-based catalysts in the electroreduction of CO2, nitrotriacetic acid (NTA) was used as an additive to prepare copper-based catalysts having a three-dimensional structure by applying electrodeposition. The prepared catalysts exhibited excellent selectivity and activity for the electroreduction of CO2 to multi-carbon (C2+) products. At –1.26 V vs. RHE, the faradaic efficiency of C2H4 and C2+ products over the Cu-0.5/CP electrode reached 44.0% and 61.6%, respectively, and the total current density reached 12.3 mA·cm–2. In addition, Pd- and Zn-based catalysts were prepared by employing electrodeposition; the results showed that their selectivity for CO was significantly improved, proving that NTA has a certain universality in the preparation of electrocatalysts by using electrodeposition.

Key words: electroreduction, carbon dioxide, copper-based catalysts, ethylene

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