Effects of carbon support ozonation on the electrochemical reduction of CO2 to formate and syngas in a flow cell on Pd nanostructures

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A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä

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2024-12

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10

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Materials Today Energy, Volume 46

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Pd convers electrochemically CO2 into formate at the most positive known potentials but with low activity. Additionally, Pd is CO selective at more negative potentials, but is poisoned by the strongly bound CO∗ intermediate. Improving the activity and stability of Pd-based electrocatalysts holds promise for improving the electrochemical production of formic acid. Herein, we studied the effects of carbon support and its ozonation on the selectivity of electrochemical CO2 reduction on Pd. The ozone treatment is found to improve the activity and formate selectivity at low overpotentials on single-walled carbon nanotube-supported catalysts with partial current densities up to −12 mA cm−2 in 0.5 M KHCO3 at potentials of −0.35 V and −0.45 V (vs. RHE). At more negative potentials, the catalysts become more selective towards CO and an opposite trend for CO-selectivity and ozonation duration is demonstrated. Unfortunately, the materials show deactivation in the form of decreased formate selectivity and increased hydrogen and CO evolution, especially when supports treated with ozone for a longer duration. The results and possible mechanisms are discussed based on previous findings and the physicochemical characterizations of the prepared catalysts. This work shows that a simple ozone treatment of carbons changes the efficiency of CO2 electroreduction.

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Carbon support effect, Carbon support ozonation, Electrochemical reduction of CO, Pd

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Suominen, M, Shi, J, Sainio, J, Hammouali, A, Moumaneix, L, Kobets, A & Kallio, T 2024, ' Effects of carbon support ozonation on the electrochemical reduction of CO 2 to formate and syngas in a flow cell on Pd nanostructures ', Materials Today Energy, vol. 46, 101727 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtener.2024.101727