Surface regulated Ni nanoparticles on N-doped mesoporous carbon as an efficient electrocatalyst for CO2 reduction

doi:10.1016/S1872-2067(21)63903-7

Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2021, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (12): 2306-2312.DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2067(21)63903-7

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Surface regulated Ni nanoparticles on N-doped mesoporous carbon as an efficient electrocatalyst for CO₂ reduction

Min Wang^†, Qi Xie^†, Huimin Chen, Guangbo Liu, Xuejing Cui, Luhua Jiang^*()

Nanomaterials and Electrocatalysis Laboratory, College of Materials and Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, Shandong, China

Received:2020-12-12 Accepted:2020-12-12 Online:2021-12-18 Published:2021-09-10
Contact: Luhua Jiang
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^†These authors contributed equally to this work.
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This work was supported by Taishan Scholar Program of Shandong Province(ts201712046);Key Research and Development Programme of Shandong Province(2019JZZY010905);Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province(ZR2020MB025)

Abstract

Abstract:

Low cost, highly selective and efficient electrocatalysts for CO₂ reduction reaction (CO2RR) is crucial for lowering the global carbon footprint and mitigating energy shortages. Here, we first report a highly selective and efficient electrocatalyst for CO₂RR to CO using a surface-regulated Ni nanoparticles supported on N-doped CMK-3 (N,O-Ni/CMK3). Compared with most Ni metal catalysts previously reported with severe competitive hydrogen evolution during the CO2RR, the N,O-Ni/CMK3 catalyst presents a superior CO faradaic efficiency of about 97%, a high CO partial current density (13.01 mA cm^-1) and turnover frequency (4.25 s^-1). The comprehensive characterization provides evidence that the N,O co-regulated Ni acts as the active center. Taking advantage of the N, O co-regulated chemical environment, N,O-Ni/CMK3 also displays a decent stability at negative potentials. Our work paves a novel approach for developing transition metal catalysts for CO2RR with enhanced activity and selectivity via regulating surface chemical environment.

Key words: CO₂ electro-reduction reaction, Ni nanoparticle, N-doped mesoporous carbon, Surface regulation, High selectivity

Min Wang, Qi Xie, Huimin Chen, Guangbo Liu, Xuejing Cui, Luhua Jiang. Surface regulated Ni nanoparticles on N-doped mesoporous carbon as an efficient electrocatalyst for CO₂ reduction[J]. Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2021, 42(12): 2306-2312.

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Fig. 1. (a) XRD patterns of the as-synthesized catalysts; SEM images of N,O-Ni/CMK3 (b), O-Ni/CMK3 (c) and N-CMK3 (d).

Fig. 2. TEM (a), HRTEM (b) and HAADF-STEM (c) images and the corresponding elemental mapping (d-g) of N,O-Ni/CMK3.

Fig. 3. High resolution XPS spectra of N,O-Ni/CMK3, O-Ni/CMK3 and N-CMK3. (a) C 1s; (b) Ni 2p; (c) O 1s; (d) N 1s.

Fig. 4. LSV curves (a), FEs (b), partial current densities (c) and CO evolution amounts of N,O-Ni/CMK3, O-Ni/CMK3 and N-CMK3 at different potentials (d).

Fig. 5. Capacitive currents (Δj0 = ja - jc ) (a), TOFs for CO production (b), Tafel plots (c), and Nyquist plots at -0.66 V (d) of the prepared N,O-Ni/CMK3 with different Ni loading in 0.5 M KHCO3.

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