Electrochemical CO2 Reduction Using Gas Diffusion Electrode Loading Ni-doped Covalent Triazine Frameworks in Acidic Electrolytes

Ni-doped covalent triazine frameworks (Ni-CTF) has been known as an efficient electrocatalysts that achieve conversion of carbon dioxide (CO2) to carbon monoxide (CO) with the faradaic efficiency (FE) exceeding 90% in neutral electrolytes. Here we report that the FE can reach 60% even in acidic elec...

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Published in:Denki kagaku oyobi kōgyō butsuri kagaku 2020/09/05, Vol.88(5), pp.359-364
Main Authors: WU, Yuxin, KAMIYA, Kazuhide, HASHIMOTO, Takuya, SUGIMOTO, Rino, HARADA, Takashi, FUJII, Katsushi, NAKANISHI, Shuji
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Carbon dioxide
Carbon monoxide
CO2 Reduction
Covalent Organic Frameworks
Electrocatalysts
Electrochemistry
Electrodes
Electrolytes
Gas Diffusion Electrode
Gaseous diffusion
Hydrogen evolution
Metal hydroxides
Nickel
pH effects
Triazine
Zinc
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Summary:Ni-doped covalent triazine frameworks (Ni-CTF) has been known as an efficient electrocatalysts that achieve conversion of carbon dioxide (CO2) to carbon monoxide (CO) with the faradaic efficiency (FE) exceeding 90% in neutral electrolytes. Here we report that the FE can reach 60% even in acidic electrolytes, where the hydrogen evolution can proceed competitively, by loading Ni-CTF on gas diffusion electrode (GDE). In the presence of Zn(II) ions, zinc hydroxide analogues that can be formed only in alkaline conditions were deposited on the GDE during the CO2 reduction in an electrolyte with a bulk pH of 2. On the other hand, when a normal plate electrode (PE) was used, the FE was only 1.2% in an electrolyte with the same pH, and the zinc hydroxide analogues were not formed. These results indicate that the local pH around GDE increased during the cathodic process, which led to an increasing FE of CO2 reduction even in an acidic electrolyte.
ISSN:1344-3542
2186-2451
DOI:10.5796/electrochemistry.20-64036