Nanoporous Au-Sn with solute strain for simultaneously enhanced selectivity and durability during electrochemical CO2 reduction

doi:10.1016/j.jmst.2019.11.007

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Abstract:

Electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction meditated by metallic catalysts suffers from restricted selectivity and competition from hydrogen evolution, which sensitively depends on ambiguous contributions of alloying and strain state in bimetallic catalysts. Herein, nanoporous Au-Sn (NPAS) containing trace tin solute in Au lattices is delicately designed to convince real strain effect, while eliminating other undesirable factors, such as alloying, crystal facets and surface composition. Compared with nanoporous gold (NPG), the NPAS with a solute strain of ～2.2 % enables more efficient CO₂-to-CO conversion, with an efficiency as high as 92 % at -0.85 V versus reversible hydrogen electrode (vs. RHE), and the high activity can retain for more than 8 h. The combination of HRTEM and surface valence band photoemission spectra reveals that the tensile strain on the surface of 3D nanoporous structure promotes the catalytic activity by shifting up the d-band center and strengthening the adsorption of key intermediate *COOH. A small amount of Sn solute in the nanoporous alloy can prevent ligament coarsening effectively and improve the electrochemical stability.

Key words: Nanoporous metals, Electrocatalysts, Electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction, Strain effect

Xianglong Lu, Tianshui Yu, Hailing Wang, Lihua Qian, Ruichun Luo, Pan Liu, Yao Yu, Lin Liu, Pengxiang Lei, Songliu Yuan. Nanoporous Au-Sn with solute strain for simultaneously enhanced selectivity and durability during electrochemical CO₂ reduction[J]. J. Mater. Sci. Technol., 2020, 43: 154-160.

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Fig. 1. Nanoporous structures of the NPG and NPAS. (a, b) SEM and TEM images of the NPG. (c, d) SEM and TEM images of the NPAS.

Fig. 2. Eletrocatalytic performances of the NPG and NPAS. (a, b) Faradaic efficiencies of CO and H2 at various potentials in CO2-saturated 0.1 M KHCO3 for the NPG and NPAS, respectively. (c) Comparisons of FEs for CO and H2 products between NPG and NPAS at various potentials. (d) The long-term stability tests for the NPG and NPAS at -0.85 V (vs. RHE). Total current density vs. time on (left axis) and CO Faradaic efficiency vs. time on (right axis).

Fig. 3. Electrokinetics of CDR and HER on the NPG and NPAS. (a) The HCO3- concentration effect of current density corresponding to the HER at -0.9 V and -1.0 V vs SCE. (b) Tafel plots of H2 product at various scan rates. (c) Schematic illustration for surface migration of HCO3- at different conditions.

Fig. 4. Strain distributions of the NPG and NPAS. HRTEM images of the NPG (a), and the NPAS (d). (b, e) Lattice strain maps corresponding to the ligaments in (a) and (d). (c, f) Quantitative strains extracted from the maps after linear scanning as indicated by red arrows in panels (a) and (d).

Fig. 5. (a) Surface valence band photoemission spectra of the NPG and NPAS. The d-band centers are marked with white lines. (b) The magnified region from 1.3 to 0.85 V in the negative scan of cyclic voltammograms for the NPG and NPAS in N2-saturated 0.1 M HClO4 solution with a scan rate of 5 mV/s.

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