Activity Descriptors for CO 2 Electroreduction to Methane on Transition-Metal Catalysts
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The electrochemical reduction of CO 2 into hydrocarbons and alcohols would allow renewable energy sources to be converted into fuels and chemicals. However, no electrode catalysts have been developed that can perform this transformation with a low overpotential at reasonable current densities. In this work, we compare trends in binding energies for the intermediates in CO 2 electrochemical reduction and present an activity “volcano” based on this analysis. This analysis describes the experimentally observed variations in transition-metal catalysts, including why copper is the best-known metal electrocatalyst. The protonation of adsorbed CO is singled out as the most important step dictating the overpotential. New strategies are presented for the discovery of catalysts that can operate with a reduced overpotential.
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For transition metals in general, the binding behaviors of *H, *COOH, and *CO all have the same tendency due to a well-known scaling relation.
“due to a well-known scaling relation, the binding behaviors of *H, *COOH, and *CO all have the same tendency for transition metals in general.3,7”
From Single-atom catalysts for CO <sub>2</sub> electroreduction with significant activity and selectivity improvements (2017) · cites this paper as [7]
A strong correlation between binding energies of various reaction intermediates on transition metals and a lack of ability to independently control them poses a significant intrinsic limitation in developing suitable catalysts for large-scale commercialization of the CO2 reduction reaction.
“general understanding at present is that a strong correlation between binding energies of various reaction intermediates on transition metals and a lack of ability to independently control them poses a significant intrinsic limitation in developing suitable catalysts for large-scale commercialization of the CO2 reduction reaction.”
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- Authors
- Peterson, A. A., & Nørskov, J. K.
- Affiliations
- Technical University of Denmark (DK)
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US)
- Corresponding author
- Nørskov, Jens K.
- Venue
- The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Published
- 2012-01-10
- Volume
- 3
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 251-258
- ISSN
- 1948-7185 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2314642759
- Cited by
- 1,667
- References
- 63
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 19.38
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- University of California, San Diego
- Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
- Physical Sciences › Chemical Engineering › Catalysis › Catalysts for Methane Reforming
- Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
- Keywords
- electrochemical CO2 reduction, methane synthesis, transition metal catalysts, electrocatalysis, binding energy, copper catalysts, overpotential, reaction intermediates, catalyst discovery
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