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Research Article | Open Access

CO2 electroreduction to acetate by enhanced tandem effects of surface intermediate over Co3O4 supported polyaniline catalyst

Liwen Wang1, Pengfei Liu2, Jie Yang1, Chenjia Liang1, Changshun Deng1, Yinxuan Zhao1, Xuefeng Guo1, Luming Peng1, Nianhua Xue1, Qiang Wang2( ), Weiping Ding1 ( )
Key Lab of Mesoscopic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211880, China
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we report a heterogeneous catalyst with Co3O4 nanoparticles immobilized on polyaniline (PANI) and co-supported by highly graphitized carbon (Co3O4/PANI/C) for electroreduction of CO2 to acetate with high activity and selectivity. Its excellent performance is attributed to the tandem effects between the Co3O4 nanoparticles with abundant oxygen vacancy and the PANI heterogeneous interface in a favorable configuration.

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The electroreduction of CO2 to produce acetate is an extremely important and widely studied reaction. Herein, we report a heterogeneous electrocatalyst with Co3O4 nanoparticles immobilized on polyaniline (PANI) and cosupported by highly graphitized carbon (Co3O4/PANI/C) for the electroreduction of CO2 to acetate with high activity and selectivity. Remarkably enhanced acetate Faraday efficiency (ca. 62%) and current density (ca. 35 mA∙cm−2) were obtained under conditions of static electroreduction at −0.95 V in 0.5 M KOH aqueous electrolyte while suppressing the competitive hydrogen evolution reaction. The excellent performance of Co3O4/PANI/C is attributed to the tandem effect of the Co3O4 nanoparticles with abundant oxygen vacancies and the PANI heterogeneous interface in a favorable configuration. Density functional theory calculations revealed that the tandem configuration of Co3O4/PANI/C facilitates the rapid delivery of the key *CO intermediate formed on Co3O4 to PANI, which increases the coverage of the intermediate *CO on the electrocatalyst surface, thus promoting acetate production during the CO2 electroreduction reaction.

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oxygen vacancyCO2 electroreductionacetateCo3O4/PANI/Ctandem effects

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Carbon Future
Volume 1 Issue 2,
June 2024
Article number: 9200013
DOI: 10.26599/CF.2024.9200013
Cite this article:
Wang L, Liu P, Yang J, et al. CO2 electroreduction to acetate by enhanced tandem effects of surface intermediate over Co3O4 supported polyaniline catalyst. Carbon Future, 2024, 1(2): 9200013. https://doi.org/10.26599/CF.2024.9200013

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Received: 24 March 2024
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