TY - JOUR
T1 - Efficient Electrocatalytic Reduction of CO2 by Nitrogen-Doped Nanoporous Carbon/Carbon Nanotube Membranes - A Step Towards the Electrochemical CO2 Refinery
AU - Wang, Hong
AU - Jia, Jia
AU - Song, Pengfei
AU - Wang, Qiang
AU - Li, Debao
AU - Min, Shixiong
AU - Qian, Chenxi
AU - Wang, Lu
AU - Li, Young Feng
AU - Ma, Chun
AU - Wu, Tao
AU - Yuan, Jiayin
AU - Antonietti, Markus
AU - Ozin, Geoffrey A.
N1 - KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01
Acknowledgements: G.A.O. is a Government of Canada Research Chair in Materials Chem istry and Nanochemistry. Financial support for this work was provided by the Ontario Ministry of Research Innovation (MRI); Ministry of Economic Development, Employment and Infrastructure (MEDI); Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change; Connaught Innovation Fund; Connaught Global Challenge Fund; and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). S. M. acknowledges the financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21463001). J. Y. is grateful for financial support from the Max Planck society, Germany, Clarkson University, USA and the ERC (European Research Council) Starting Grant (project number 639720-NAPOLI).
PY - 2017/6/1
Y1 - 2017/6/1
N2 - The search for earth abundant, efficient and stable electrocatalysts that can enable the chemical reduction of CO2 to value-added chemicals and fuels at an industrially relevant scale, is a high priority for the development of a global network of renewable energy conversion and storage systems that can meaningfully impact greenhouse gas induced climate change. Here we introduce a straightforward, low cost, scalable and technologically relevant method to manufacture an all-carbon, electroactive, nitrogen-doped nanoporous carbon-carbon nanotube composite membrane. The membrane is demonstrated to function as a binder-free, high-performance electrode for the electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 to formate. The Faradaic efficiency for the production of formate is 81%. Furthermore, the robust structural and electrochemical properties of the membrane endow it with excellent long-term stability.
AB - The search for earth abundant, efficient and stable electrocatalysts that can enable the chemical reduction of CO2 to value-added chemicals and fuels at an industrially relevant scale, is a high priority for the development of a global network of renewable energy conversion and storage systems that can meaningfully impact greenhouse gas induced climate change. Here we introduce a straightforward, low cost, scalable and technologically relevant method to manufacture an all-carbon, electroactive, nitrogen-doped nanoporous carbon-carbon nanotube composite membrane. The membrane is demonstrated to function as a binder-free, high-performance electrode for the electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 to formate. The Faradaic efficiency for the production of formate is 81%. Furthermore, the robust structural and electrochemical properties of the membrane endow it with excellent long-term stability.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10754/623632
UR - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.201703720/abstract;jsessionid=9AC18E02CA45212A56BBE52387F9B336.f03t01
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85020121941&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/anie.201703720
DO - 10.1002/anie.201703720
M3 - Article
C2 - 28499080
SN - 1433-7851
VL - 56
SP - 7847
EP - 7852
JO - Angewandte Chemie International Edition
JF - Angewandte Chemie International Edition
IS - 27
ER -
