Citation: Xue Dong, Xiaofu Sun, Shuaiqiang Jia, Shitao Han, Dawei Zhou, Ting Yao, Min Wang, Minghui Fang, Haihong Wu, Buxing Han. Electrochemical CO2 Reduction to C2+ Products with Ampere-Level Current on Carbon-Modified Copper Catalysts[J]. Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica, ;2025, 41(3): 100024. doi: 10.3866/PKU.WHXB202404012 shu

Electrochemical CO2 Reduction to C2+ Products with Ampere-Level Current on Carbon-Modified Copper Catalysts

  • Corresponding author: Xiaofu Sun, sunxiaofu@iccas.ac.cn Haihong Wu, hhwu@chem.ecnu.edu.cn Buxing Han, hanbx@iccas.ac.cn
  • Received Date: 8 April 2024
    Revised Date: 7 May 2024
    Accepted Date: 7 May 2024

    Fund Project: the National Key Research and Development Program of China 2023YFA1507901the National Key Research and Development Program of China 2020YFA0710201National Natural Science Foundation of China 22293015National Natural Science Foundation of China 22121002

  • Copper-based electrocatalysts have great potential to produce high-value products in CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR), offering a promising way to achieve negative carbon emissions. Additionally, achieving ampere-level currents is crucial for realizing the industrialization of multi-carbon (C2+) products. However, the C2+ selectivity at industrial current densities remains unsatisfactory due to complex electron transport processes and inevitable side reactions. Herein, we developed a carbon-modification strategy aimed at optimizing the local environment and regulating the adsorption of intermediates at Cu active sites. Our findings demonstrated the effectiveness of Cu-Cx catalysts (where 'x' denoted the atomic percentage of C in the catalysts) in facilitating CO2RR for producing C2+ products. Especially, over Cu-C6%, the current density could reach to 1.25 A∙cm-2 at -0.72 V vs. RHE (versus reversible hydrogen electrode) in a flow cell, and the Faradaic efficiency (FE) of C2H4 and C2+ products could reach to 54.4% and 80.2%, respectively. In situ spectral analysis and density functional theory (DFT) calculations showed that the presence of C regulated the adsorption of *CO on Cu surface, reduced the energy barrier of C—C coupling, thus promoting the production of C2+ products.
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