Citation: Xudong Lv, Tao Shao, Junyan Liu, Meng Ye, Shengwei Liu. Paired Electrochemical CO₂ Reduction and HCHO Oxidation for the Cost-Effective Production of Value-Added Chemicals[J]. Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica, ;2024, 40(5): 230502. doi: 10.3866/PKU.WHXB202305028 shu

Paired Electrochemical CO₂ Reduction and HCHO Oxidation for the Cost-Effective Production of Value-Added Chemicals

Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China

Corresponding author: Shengwei Liu, liushw6@mail.sysu.edu.cn
Received Date: 15 May 2023
Revised Date: 27 May 2023
Accepted Date: 27 May 2023
Available Online: 25 June 2023
Fund Project: the National Natural Science Foundation of China 51872341the Tip-top Scientific and Technical Innovative Youth Talents of Guangdong Special Support Program, China 2019TQ05L196the Science and Technology Planning Project of Guangdong Province, China 2021A1515010147

Due to rapid industrial development and human activities, CO₂ emissions have led to serious environmental/ecological problems and climate changes such as global warming. Due to this situation, achieving carbon neutrality has become an urgent mission to improve the future of mankind. The use of the electrocatalytic CO₂ reduction reaction (CO₂RR) to produce higher-value fuels and chemicals is an effective strategy for reducing CO₂ emissions and easing the energy crisis. The water oxidation half-reaction (WOR), which occurs at the anode in a traditional CO₂RR system, typically suffers from slow kinetics, a large overpotential, and high energy consumption. The organic pollutant formaldehyde (HCHO) is oxidized into industrial materials (such as formic acid) under neutral conditions, which is of great significance for the sustainable production of energy and lessening environmental pollution. In addition, the number of electron transfers involved and the required potential for the HCHO oxidation half-reaction (FOR) are smaller than those of WOR, suggesting that FOR could potentially replace WOR as a coupling reaction with CO₂ reduction. In this study, FOR at a MnO₂/CP anode is introduced to produce a novel paired CO₂RR/FOR system. The current density and generation rate of CO₂RR products in this paired CO₂RR/FOR system are generally larger than those of conventional CO₂RR/WOR systems at the same applied potential. Moreover, in paired CO₂RR/FOR systems, HCHO can be selectively converted into HCOOH at certain applied potentials. Nearly 90% of the HCHO can be selectively converted to HCOOH with a conversion efficiency of about 48% at a cell voltage of 3.5 V in a two-electrode paired CO₂RR/FOR system. More significantly, under a different working current, the potentials required for FOR are systemically smaller than those for WOR. At −10 mA∙cm⁻², the cell voltage of the paired CO₂RR/FOR system can be reduced by 210 mV, and the required electric energy for the paired CO₂RR/FOR system can be reduced by 45.13% compared with the sum of single CO₂RR and FOR systems. Notably, when a commercial polysilicon solar cell is used as the power supply, improvements in the current density, the generation rate of CO₂RR products, and the HCHO to HCOOH selectivity can be still achieved in the paired CO₂RR/FOR system. The present work will inspire further studies for developing novel paired CO₂RR systems for the cost-effective, simultaneous conversion of CO₂ and organic pollutants into valuable chemicals.
- CO₂ reduction,
- HCHO oxidation,
- Paired electrochemical system,
- Cu,
- MnO₂
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