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- Title
Polymer Modification Strategy to Modulate Reaction Microenvironment for Enhanced CO<sub>2</sub> Electroreduction to Ethylene.
- Authors
Deng, Ting; Jia, Shuaiqiang; Chen, Chunjun; Jiao, Jiapeng; Chen, Xiao; Xue, Cheng; Xia, Wei; Xing, Xueqing; Zhu, Qinggong; Wu, Haihong; He, Mingyuan; Han, Buxing
- Abstract
Modulation of the microenvironment on the electrode surface is one of the effective means to improve the efficiency of electrocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction (eCO2RR). To achieve high conversion rates, the phase boundary at the electrode surface should be finely controlled to overcome the limitation of CO2 solubility in the aqueous electrolyte. Herein, we developed a simple and efficient method to structure electrocatalyst with a superhydrophobic surface microenvironment by one‐step co‐electrodeposition of Cu and polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) on carbon paper. The super‐hydrophobic Cu‐based electrode displayed a high ethylene (C2H4) selectivity with a Faraday efficiency (FE) of 67.3 % at −1.25 V vs. reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE) in an H‐type cell, which is 2.5 times higher than a regular Cu electrode without PTFE. By using PTFE as a surface modifier, the activity of eCO2RR is enhanced and water (proton) adsorption is inhibited. This strategy has the potential to be applied to other gas‐conversion electrocatalysts.
- Subjects
POLYTEF; HYDROPHOBIC surfaces; STANDARD hydrogen electrode; CARBON dioxide reduction; ELECTROLYTIC reduction; ETHYLENE; SUPERHYDROPHOBIC surfaces
- Publication
Angewandte Chemie, 2024, Vol 136, Issue 2, p1
- ISSN
0044-8249
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1002/ange.202313796