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Electronic structural engineering of bimetallic Bi-Cu alloying nanosheet for highly-efficient CO2 electroreduction and Zn-CO2 batteries

Wenbo Wu, Jiaye Zhu, Yun Tong( ), Shuangfei Xiang( ), Pengzuo Chen( )
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Science of Polymer Materials of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China
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A bimetallic Bi9Cu1 alloying nanosheet is developed by a facile electrochemical co-deposition strategy, which represents an excellent self-supporting electrode for the CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR). In-depth understanding of catalytic mechanism confirms the optimized electronic structure and surface property of Bi9Cu1 nanosheet for high catalytic performance.

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Regulating the electronic structure of Bi-based materials by alloying engineering is promising to promote the electrocatalytic activity, but it remains some challenges to be solved. In this study, a facile electrochemical co-deposition strategy is developed to synthesize the bimetallic Bi9Cu1 alloy nanosheet on carbon cloth (Bi9Cu1/CC), which represents a novel self-supporting electrode for the electrocatalytic carbon dioxide (CO2) reduction reaction (CO2RR). The Bi9Cu1/CC catalyst has achieved a remarkable catalytic performance with high Faradaic efficiencies (FE) of over 90% for formate at wide potentials from −0.7 to −1.2 V vs. reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE). Moreover, the reversible Zn-CO2 battery can be driven by Bi9Cu1/CC cathode with a largest power density of 1.4 mW·cm−2, and superior operating stability. The systematic characterizations and electrochemical results confirm that the improved catalytic active sites, the enhanced mass/charge transport and the optimal reaction kinetics of Bi nanosheet are realized for CO2RR by Cu alloying. In situ attenuated total reflection infrared (ATR-IR) result confirms the bimetallic Bi-Cu active sites prefer to follow the *OCHO conversion pathway. The density functional theory (DFT) calculations suggest that the Cu alloying contributes to the increased density of states near the Fermi surface of Bi and the optimized adsorption of *OCHO intermediates on the Bi sites, resulting in the excellent catalytic performance.

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electronic regulationbismuth nanosheetcopper alloyingCO2 electroreductionZn-CO2 batteries

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Nano Research
Volume 17 Issue 5,
May 2024
Pages 3684-3692
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-023-6269-7
Cite this article:
Wu W, Zhu J, Tong Y, et al. Electronic structural engineering of bimetallic Bi-Cu alloying nanosheet for highly-efficient CO2 electroreduction and Zn-CO2 batteries. Nano Research, 2024, 17(5): 3684-3692. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-023-6269-7
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Received: 29 August 2023
Revised: 04 October 2023
Accepted: 14 October 2023
Published: 24 November 2023
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