<p>Oxide-derived Cu catalysts with multiple chemical states have been shown to promote C-C coupling in electrochemical reduction of CO<sub>2</sub> (CO<sub>2</sub>RR) for forming valuable multi-carbon product, but their scalability has been strongly limited by using complex templates or reducing agents. In this work, we propose a simple yet highly controllable synthetic strategy to construct the Nafion fluorine-modified reduced graphene oxide (rGO-Nafion) modified Cu electrodes, which shows good activity for the production of C<sub>2</sub> products in CO<sub>2</sub>RR. XRD and XPS analyses reveal that the introduction of rGO-Nafion stabilizes the Cu/CuO heterostructure and promotes the partial conversion of Cu<sup>2+</sup> into Cu<sup>+</sup>/Cu<sup>0</sup>, in which metallic Cu, Cu<sup>+</sup> species, and rGO-Nafion act cooperatively to optimize intermediate adsorption and suppress competing hydrogen evolution, finally leading to significantly improved CO<sub>2</sub>RR activity and product selectivity. The optimized rGO-Nafion-Cu-60 + 60 µL electrode thus achieves a stable current density of approximately − 20&#xa0;mA cm<sup>− 2</sup> at − 1.0&#xa0;V vs. RHE, delivering a high C<sub>2</sub> (C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>4</sub>, C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>6</sub>, and C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>5</sub>OH) Faradaic efficiency of 39% and a total carbon-based Faradaic efficiency (CO, formate, and C<sub>2</sub> products) of 72%.</p>

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Nafion fluorine-modified rGO-modified Cu electrode for efficient electrocatalytic CO2 reduction

  • Wenjuan Shen,
  • Hang Wang

摘要

Oxide-derived Cu catalysts with multiple chemical states have been shown to promote C-C coupling in electrochemical reduction of CO2 (CO2RR) for forming valuable multi-carbon product, but their scalability has been strongly limited by using complex templates or reducing agents. In this work, we propose a simple yet highly controllable synthetic strategy to construct the Nafion fluorine-modified reduced graphene oxide (rGO-Nafion) modified Cu electrodes, which shows good activity for the production of C2 products in CO2RR. XRD and XPS analyses reveal that the introduction of rGO-Nafion stabilizes the Cu/CuO heterostructure and promotes the partial conversion of Cu2+ into Cu+/Cu0, in which metallic Cu, Cu+ species, and rGO-Nafion act cooperatively to optimize intermediate adsorption and suppress competing hydrogen evolution, finally leading to significantly improved CO2RR activity and product selectivity. The optimized rGO-Nafion-Cu-60 + 60 µL electrode thus achieves a stable current density of approximately − 20 mA cm− 2 at − 1.0 V vs. RHE, delivering a high C2 (C2H4, C2H6, and C2H5OH) Faradaic efficiency of 39% and a total carbon-based Faradaic efficiency (CO, formate, and C2 products) of 72%.