Unveiling Hydrocerussite As an Electrochemically Stable Active Phase for Efficient Carbon Dioxide Electroreduction to Formate

Overview

Journal Nat Commun

Specialty Biology

Date 2020 Jul 10

PMID 32641692

Citations 16

Authors

Yanmei Shi

Yan Ji

Jun Long

Yu Liang

Yang Liu

Yifu Yu

Jianping Xiao

Bin Zhang

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Abstract

For most metal-containing CO reduction reaction (CORR) electrocatalysts, the unavoidable self-reduction to zero-valence metal will promote hydrogen evolution, hence lowering the CORR selectivity. Thus it is challenging to design a stable phase with resistance to electrochemical self-reduction as well as high CORR activity. Herein, we report a scenario to develop hydrocerussite as a stable and active electrocatalyst via in situ conversion of a complex precursor, tannin-lead(II) (TA-Pb) complex. A comprehensive characterization reveals the in situ transformation of TA-Pb to cerussite (PbCO), and sequentially to hydrocerussite (Pb(CO)(OH)), which finally serves as a stable and active phase under CORR condition. Both experiments and theoretical calculations confirm the high activity and selectivity over hydrocerussite. This work not only offers a new approach of enhancing the selectivity in CORR by suppressing the self-reduction of electrode materials, but also provides a strategy for studying the reaction mechanism and active phases of electrocatalysts.

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