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Surface iodine and pyrenyl-graphdiyne co-modified Bi catalysts for highly efficient CO2 electroreduction in acidic electrolyte

Min Zhang§, Juan Wang§, Xin Rong, Xiu-Li Lu( ), Tong-Bu Lu( )
MOE International Joint Laboratory of Materials Microstructure, Institute for New Energy Materials and Low Carbon Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, China

§ Min Zhang and Juan Wang contributed equally to this work.

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The co-modification of iodine and pyrenyl-graphdiyne (PGDY) on the active Bi surface of PGDY@I-BOCR have greatly enhanced the activity and stability for electrocatalytic CO2-to-formate conversion in acidic electrolyte.

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CO2 electroreduction to formic acid/formate would contribute to alleviating the energy and climate crisis. This work reports a Bi-based catalyst derived from the in-situ electroreduction of Bi2O2CO3 modified with iodine and pyrenyl-graphdiyne (PGDY) on the surface for efficient electroreduction of CO2 in acidic electrolyte, with a high partial current density of 98.71 mA·cm−2 and high Faradaic efficiency (FE) > 90% over the potential range from −1.2 to −1.5 V vs. reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE), as well as the long-term operational stability over 240 h without degradation in H-type cell. Experimental results and density function theory calculations show that the synergistic effect of surface iodine and PGDY is responsible for this active and extremely stable process of CO2 electroreduction via lowering the energy barriers for formation of *OCHO intermediate, suppressing the competitive HER by enhancing the concentration of both K+ and CO2 at reaction interface, as well as preventing the dissolution and re-deposition of active Bi atoms on surface during catalytic reaction. This work provides new insight into designing highly active and stable electrocatalysts for CO2 reduction.

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CO2 reductionelectrocatalysisBi-based catalystsacidic electrolyte

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Nano Research
Volume 17 Issue 4,
April 2024
Pages 2381-2387
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-023-6073-4
Cite this article:
Zhang M, Wang J, Rong X, et al. Surface iodine and pyrenyl-graphdiyne co-modified Bi catalysts for highly efficient CO2 electroreduction in acidic electrolyte. Nano Research, 2024, 17(4): 2381-2387. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-023-6073-4
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Received: 26 June 2023
Revised: 29 July 2023
Accepted: 07 August 2023
Published: 31 August 2023
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