Achieving electroreduction of CO2 to CH3OH with high selectivity using a pyrite–nickel sulfide nanocomposite* | |
作者: | Siqi Zhao, Sijie Guo, Cheng Zhu, Jin Gao, Hao Li, Hui Huang,* Yang Liu* and Zhenhui Kang* |
单位: | Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Institute of Functional Nano & SoMaterials (FUNSOM), Soochow University, 199 Ren'ai Road, Suzhou, 215123, Jiangsu, PR China.Email:zhkang@suda.edu.cn;yangl@suda.edu.cn;hhuang0618@suda.edu.cn |
摘要: | Electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) to methanol (CH3OH) catalyzed by transition metals has been proved feasible and effective in aqueous electrolytes. In this work, we introduce a FeS2/NiS nanocomposite electrocatalyst synthesized by traditional hydrothermal method, which selectively reduces CO2 to CH3OH with an unprecedented overpotential of 280 mV and a high faradaic efficiency up to 64% at the potential of -0.6 V vs. reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE). The FeS2/NiS nanocomposite electrocatalyst exhibits a stable current density of 3.1 mA cm2 over a 4 hour stability test. The high selectivity towards CO2 electroreduction to CH3OH may be attributed to the special ladder structure of the FeS2/NiS nanocomposite. The active sites are located at the interface between FeS2 and NiS which can effectively suppress the side reaction hydrogen evolution reaction and facilitate the CO2 reduction reaction. |
影响因子: | 3.289 |
分区情况: | 2区 |
链接: | http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2017/ra/c6ra26868d#!divAbstract |