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Multi-shelled CuO microboxes for carbon dioxide reduction to ethylene

Show Author's Information Dongxing Tan1,2,  Jianling Zhang1,2,3( ),  Lei Yao4,  Xiuniang Tan1,2,  Xiuyan Cheng1,2,  Qiang Wan1,2,  Buxing Han1,2,3,  Lirong Zheng4,  Jing Zhang4
Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid, Interface and Chemical Thermodynamics, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Physical Science Laboratory, Huairou National Comprehensive Science Center, Beijing 101400, China
Beijng Synchrotron Radiation Facility (BSRF), Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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nanocrystals, CO2 reduction, multi-shelled CuO microboxes, C2H4
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Tan D, Zhang J, Yao L, et al. Multi-shelled CuO microboxes for carbon dioxide reduction to ethylene. Nano Research, 2020, 13(3): 768-774. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-020-2692-1
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The electroreduction of CO2 to valuable chemicals and fuels offers an effective mean for energy storage. Although CO2 has been efficiently converted into C1 products (e.g., carbon monoxide, formic acid, methane and methanol), its convention into high value-added multicarbon hydrocarbons with high selectivity and activity still remains challenging. Here we demonstrate the formation of multi-shelled CuO microboxes for the efficient and selective electrocatalytic CO2 reduction to C2H4. Such a structure favors the accessibility of catalytically active sites, improves adsorption of reaction intermediate (CO), inhibits the diffusion of produced OH- and promotes C-C coupling reaction. Owing to these unique advantages, the multi-shelled CuO microboxes can effectively convert CO2 into C2H4 with a maximum faradaic efficiency of 51.3% in 0.1 M K2SO4. This work provides an effective way to improve CO2 reduction efficiency via constructing micro- and nanostructures of electrocatalysts.


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Multi-shelled CuO microboxes for carbon dioxide reduction to ethylene

Show Author's information Dongxing Tan1,2, Jianling Zhang1,2,3( ), Lei Yao4, Xiuniang Tan1,2, Xiuyan Cheng1,2, Qiang Wan1,2, Buxing Han1,2,3, Lirong Zheng4, Jing Zhang4
Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid, Interface and Chemical Thermodynamics, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Physical Science Laboratory, Huairou National Comprehensive Science Center, Beijing 101400, China
Beijng Synchrotron Radiation Facility (BSRF), Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

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The electroreduction of CO2 to valuable chemicals and fuels offers an effective mean for energy storage. Although CO2 has been efficiently converted into C1 products (e.g., carbon monoxide, formic acid, methane and methanol), its convention into high value-added multicarbon hydrocarbons with high selectivity and activity still remains challenging. Here we demonstrate the formation of multi-shelled CuO microboxes for the efficient and selective electrocatalytic CO2 reduction to C2H4. Such a structure favors the accessibility of catalytically active sites, improves adsorption of reaction intermediate (CO), inhibits the diffusion of produced OH- and promotes C-C coupling reaction. Owing to these unique advantages, the multi-shelled CuO microboxes can effectively convert CO2 into C2H4 with a maximum faradaic efficiency of 51.3% in 0.1 M K2SO4. This work provides an effective way to improve CO2 reduction efficiency via constructing micro- and nanostructures of electrocatalysts.

Keywords: nanocrystals, CO2 reduction, multi-shelled CuO microboxes, C2H4

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Received: 01 December 2019
Revised: 06 January 2020
Accepted: 29 January 2020
Published: 26 February 2020
Issue date: March 2020

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We thank the financial supports from Ministry of Science and Technology of China (No. 2017YFA0403003), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 21525316 and 21673254), Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. QYZDY-SSW-SLH013) and Beijing Municipal Science & Technology Commission (No. Z191100007219009).

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