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Promoting electrocatalytic CO2 reduction to formate via sulfur-boosting water activation on indium surfaces

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Ma, Wenchao, Xie, Shunji, Zhang, Xia-Guang, Sun, Fanfei, Kang, Jincan, Jiang, Zheng, Zhang, Qinghong, Wu, De-Yin, Wang, Ye·2019·Nature Communications

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Electrocatalytic reduction of CO 2 to fuels and chemicals is one of the most attractive routes for CO 2 utilization. Current catalysts suffer from low faradaic efficiency of a CO 2-reduction product at high current density (or reaction rate). Here, we report that a sulfur-doped indium catalyst exhibits high faradaic efficiency of formate (>85%) in a broad range of current density (25–100 mA cm−2) for electrocatalytic CO 2 reduction in aqueous media. The formation rate of formate reaches 1449 μmol h−1 cm−2 with 93% faradaic efficiency, the highest value reported to date. Our studies suggest that sulfur accelerates CO 2 reduction by a unique mechanism. Sulfur enhances the activation of water, forming hydrogen species that can readily react with CO 2 to produce formate. The promoting effect of chalcogen modifiers can be extended to other metal catalysts. This work offers a simple and useful strategy for designing both active and selective electrocatalysts for CO 2 reduction.

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Authors
Ma, W., Xie, S., Zhang, X.-G., Sun, F., Kang, J., Jiang, Z., Zhang, Q., Wu, D.-Y., & Wang, Y.
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Nature Communications
Published
2019-02-21
Volume
10
Issue
1
Pages
892-892
ISSN
2041-1723 (ISSN-L)
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W2918009072
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701
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12
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journal article
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en
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Ma, W., Xie, S., Zhang, X.-G., Sun, F., Kang, J., Jiang, Z., Zhang, Q., Wu, D.-Y., & Wang, Y. (2019). Promoting electrocatalytic CO2 reduction to formate via sulfur-boosting water activation on indium surfaces. Nature Communications. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08805-x

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