Promoting electrocatalytic oxidation of methanol to formate through interfacial interaction in NiMo oxide-CoMo oxide mixture-derived catalysts

doi:10.1016/S1872-2067(23)64565-6

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Designing efficient, stable, and easily scaled-up catalysts for nucleophile oxidation reactions (NOR) is a key step in promoting the industrial application of NOR. Here, a simple physical mixing strategy is adopted to prepare a mixture of NiMo oxide and CoMo oxide as catalyst for methanol electrocatalytic oxidation reaction (MOR). The mixture exhibits high catalytic activity for MOR and its performance far exceeds that of a single component. The interaction at the contact interface between nickel and cobalt components is clarified through operando electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, in-situ Raman spectroscopy, and a series of electrochemical tests. The interfacial interaction enhances the charge transport and promotes the formation of electrophilic OH* species, which significantly boosts the methanol oxidation reaction. This work provides a new idea for the design of efficient and easily scaled-up catalysts for nucleophile oxidation reactions.

Key words: Nucleophile oxidation reaction, Electrocatalysis, Methanol electrocatalytic oxidation, Large-scale preparation, Interfacial interaction

Yanbin Qi, Yihua Zhu, Hongliang Jiang, Chunzhong Li. Promoting electrocatalytic oxidation of methanol to formate through interfacial interaction in NiMo oxide-CoMo oxide mixture-derived catalysts[J]. Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2024, 56: 139-149.

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Fig. 1. (a) TEM image and elemental mapping images of Ni100Co0. (b) High-resolution TEM (HRTEM) image of Ni100Co0. (c) SEM image of Ni0Co100. (d) TEM image and elemental mapping images of Ni0Co100. (e) TEM image of Ni50Co50-m coated on the GCE (fresh). (f) TEM image of Ni50Co50-m coated on the GCE (after immersion in KOH-containing electrolyte).

Fig. 2. (a) Comparison of performance of different samples in electrolytes containing 1 mol L?1 MeOH and different concentrations of KOH at 1.51 V. (b) CV curves of Ni50Co50-m for MOR and OER. (c) SCV curves of different samples for MOR in 1 mol L?1 KOH + 1 mol L?1 MeOH electrolyte. (d) Tafel slopes for MOR. (e) Stability test of different samples at 1.51 V. (f) Arrhenius plots of the current densities at 1.46 V. (g) LSV curves with RRDE for MOR. (h) FE of formate obtained at different potentials on Ni50Co50-m.

Fig. 3. (a,b) 2D-Bode plots of Ni100Co0 for OER and MOR. (c) In-situ Raman spectra of Ni100Co0 for MOR. (d) Possible NOR mechanisms of different nickel-based catalysts. (e,f) 2D-Bode plots of Ni0Co100 for OER and MOR. (g) In-situ Raman spectra of Ni0Co100 for MOR.

Fig. 4. (a) Schematic illustration of the working electrode used to simulate the absence of interaction between nickel and cobalt components and the corresponding equivalent circuit model. (b,c) 2D-Bode plots of Ni50|Co50-m and Ni50Co50-m ( for MOR. (d,e) The equivalent circuit models of Ni50Co50-m for MOR before and after simplification.

Fig. 5. (a) Surface coverage of Ni2+/Ni3+ redox species and proton diffusion coefficients of different samples obtained in 1 mol L?1 KOH. (b) FTACV curves for MOR. (c) Charge transfer resistance of different samples obtained in 1 mol L?1 KOH + 1 mol L?1 MeOH. (d,e) LSV curves with RRDE and the calculated FE of OER and MOR. (f) In-situ Raman spectra of Ni50Co50-m for MOR. (g) Schematic illustration of interfacial interaction.

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