Electrochemical Reduction of CO2 to Formate on Easily Prepared Carbon-Supported Bi Nanoparticles
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Título: | Electrochemical Reduction of CO2 to Formate on Easily Prepared Carbon-Supported Bi Nanoparticles |
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Autor/es: | Avila-Bolivar, Beatriz | García Cruz, Leticia | Montiel, Vicente | Solla-Gullón, José |
Grupo/s de investigación o GITE: | Electroquímica Aplicada y Electrocatálisis |
Centro, Departamento o Servicio: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Química Física | Universidad de Alicante. Instituto Universitario de Electroquímica |
Palabras clave: | Electrocatalysis | CO2 reduction | Bi electrodes | Formate |
Área/s de conocimiento: | Química Física |
Fecha de publicación: | 28-may-2019 |
Editor: | MDPI |
Cita bibliográfica: | Ávila-Bolívar B, García-Cruz L, Montiel V, Solla-Gullón J. Electrochemical Reduction of CO2 to Formate on Easily Prepared Carbon-Supported Bi Nanoparticles. Molecules. 2019; 24(11):2032. doi:10.3390/molecules24112032 |
Resumen: | Herein, the electrochemical reduction of CO2 to formate on carbon-supported bismuth nanoparticles is reported. Carbon-supported Bi nanoparticles (about 10 nm in size) were synthesized using a simple, fast and scalable approach performed under room conditions. The so-prepared Bi electrocatalyst was characterized by different physicochemical techniques, including transmission electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and X-ray diffraction and subsequently air-brushed on a carbon paper to prepare electrodes. These electrodes were characterized by scanning electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy and also by cyclic voltammetry. Finally, CO2 electroreduction electrolyses were performed at different electrode potentials for 3 h. At the optimal electrode potential (−1.6 V vs AgCl/Ag), the concentration of formate was about 77 mM with a faradaic efficiency of 93 ± 2.5%. A 100% faradaic efficiency was found at a lower potential (−1.5 V vs AgCl/Ag) with a formate concentration of about 55 mM. In terms of stability, we observed that after about 70 h (in 3 h electrolysis experiments at different potentials), the electrode deactivates due to the gradual loss of metal as shown by SEM/EDX analyses of the deactivated electrodes. |
Patrocinador/es: | This research was funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness (MINECO), project CTQ2016-76231-C2-2-R (AEI/FEDER, UE). |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/92550 |
ISSN: | 1420-3049 |
DOI: | 10.3390/molecules24112032 |
Idioma: | eng |
Tipo: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Derechos: | © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
Revisión científica: | si |
Versión del editor: | https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules24112032 |
Aparece en las colecciones: | INV - LEQA - Artículos de Revistas |
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