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Effects of Surface Roughness on the Electrochemical Reduction of CO2 over Cu

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Jiang, Kun, Huang, Yufeng, Zeng, Guosong, Toma, Francesca M., Goddard, William A., Bell, Alexis T.·2020·ACS Energy Letters

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We have investigated the role of surface roughening on the CO 2 reduction reaction (CO 2 RR) over Cu. The activity and product selectivity of Cu surfaces roughened by plasma pretreatment in Ar, O 2, or N 2 were compared with that of electrochemically polished Cu samples. Differences in total and product current densities, the ratio of current densities for HER (the hydrogen evolution reaction) to CO 2 RR, and the ratio of current densities for C 2+ to C 1 products depend on the electrochemically active surface and are nearly independent of plasma composition. Theoretical analysis of an electropolished and roughened Cu surface reveals a higher fraction of undercoordinated Cu sites on the roughened surface, sites that bind CO preferentially. Roughened surfaces also contain square sites similar to those on a Cu(100) surface but with neighboring step sites, which adsorb OC–COH, a precursor to C 2+ products. These findings explain the increases in the formation of oxygenates and hydrocarbons relative to CO and the ratio of oxygenates to hydrocarbons observed with increasing surface roughness.

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Authors
Jiang, K., Huang, Y., Zeng, G., Toma, F. M., Goddard, W. A., & Bell, A. T.
Venue
ACS Energy Letters
Published
2020-03-19
Volume
5
Issue
4
Pages
1206-1214
ISSN
2380-8195 (ISSN-L)
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W3012290812
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311
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15
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journal article
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en
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Jiang, K., Huang, Y., Zeng, G., Toma, F. M., Goddard, W. A., & Bell, A. T. (2020). Effects of Surface Roughness on the Electrochemical Reduction of CO2 over Cu. ACS Energy Letters. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.0c00482

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