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Area of Science:

  • Electrochemistry
  • Catalysis
  • Materials Science
  • Chemical Engineering

Background:

  • Electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) in acidic media offers high single-pass carbon efficiency.
  • Hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) competes with CO2 reduction, lowering selectivity.
  • Multicarbon (C2+) product formation requires CO generation and subsequent C-C coupling, needing distinct catalyst properties.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To decouple the CO2-to-C2+ reaction into two distinct steps: CO2-to-CO and CO-to-C2+.
  • To develop a tandem catalyst system with two layers to achieve high selectivity and efficiency in CO2 electroreduction.
  • To overcome the challenge of achieving distinct catalyst properties required for CO2 reduction and C-C coupling in a single catalyst.

Main Methods:

  • Designed a two-layer tandem electrode system.
  • The first layer utilized atomically dispersed cobalt phthalocyanine for selective CO2 to CO reduction.
  • The second layer employed a Cu nanocatalyst with a Cu-ionomer interface for enhanced C-C coupling.

Main Results:

  • The tandem electrode achieved 61% C2H4 and 82% C2+ Faradaic efficiency at 800 mA cm−2.
  • Optimized for single-pass utilization, the system demonstrated 90% ± 3% single-pass carbon efficiency.
  • Simultaneously achieved 55% ± 3% C2H4 and 76% ± 2% C2+ Faradaic efficiency at 800 mA cm−2 with a CO2 flow rate of 2 ml min−1.

Conclusions:

  • Decoupling the CO2-to-C2+ reaction into sequential steps using a tandem catalyst is an effective strategy.
  • The atomically dispersed cobalt phthalocyanine and Cu nanocatalyst system significantly enhances selectivity and efficiency.
  • This approach enables high single-pass carbon efficiency and substantial C2+ product yields for CO2 electroreduction.