Abstract
CO2 electroreduction is a promising technique for the management of the global carbon balance by low-grade renewable electricity. However, the lack of high efficient and selective catalyst has frustrated the development of this area. Here, we report a poly-phenylenediamine-derived atomically dispersed Ni catalyst as a highly efficient and selective electrocatalyst for the conversion of CO2 to CO. The catalyst exhibited efficient production of CO with high Faradaic efficiency (FE) (90%) and a large current density of 11.6 mA cm-2 at −0.8 V vs. reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE). An excellent turnover frequency (TOF) of 3079 h−1 for electroreduction of CO2 was also achieved at −0.8 V vs. RHE.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1729-1734 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2019 |
Bibliographical note
KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01Acknowledgements: The authors acknowledge financial support from National Key Basic Research Program of China (2014CB931801 and 2016YFA0200700, Z.Y.T.), National Natural Science Foundation of China (21890381, 21721002, 21475029 Z.Y.T. and 51772957, Y.G.), Frontier Science Key Project of Chinese Academy of Sciences (QYZDJ-SSW-SLH038, Z.Y.T.), and K.C.Wong Education Foundation (Z.Y.T.).
