Dutta, Abhijit; Kuzume, Akiyoshi; Rahaman, Motiar; Vesztergom, Soma; Broekmann, Peter (2015). Monitoring the Chemical State of Catalysts for CO 2 Electroreduction: An In Operando Study. ACS Catalysis, 5(12), pp. 7498-7502. American Chemical Society 10.1021/acscatal.5b02322
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A major concern of electrocatalysis research is to assess the structural and chemical changes that a catalyst may itself undergo in the course of the catalyzed process. These changes can influence not only the activity of the studied catalyst but also its selectivity toward the formation of a certain product. An illustrative example is the electroreduction of carbon dioxide on tin oxide nanoparticles, where under the operating conditions of the electrolysis (that is, at cathodic potentials), the catalyst undergoes structural changes which, in an extreme case, involve its reduction to metallic tin. This results in a decreased Faradaic efficiency (FE) for the production of formate (HCOO–) that is otherwise the main product of CO2 reduction on SnOx surfaces. In this study, we utilized potential- and time-dependent in operando Raman spectroscopy in order to monitor the oxidation state changes of SnO2 that accompany CO2 reduction. Investigations were carried out at different alkaline pH levels, and a strong correlation between the oxidation state of the surface and the FE of HCOO– formation was found. At moderately cathodic potentials, SnO2 exhibits a high FE for the production of formate, while at very negative potentials the oxide is reduced to metallic Sn, and the efficiency of formate production is significantly decreased. Interestingly, the highest FE of formate production is measured at potentials where SnO2 is thermodynamically unstable; however, its reduction is kinetically hindered.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
08 Faculty of Science > Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences (DCBP) |
UniBE Contributor: |
Dutta, Abhijit, Kuzume, Akiyoshi, Motiar Rahaman, Motiar Rahaman, Vesztergom, Soma, Broekmann, Peter |
Subjects: |
500 Science > 570 Life sciences; biology 500 Science > 540 Chemistry 500 Science |
ISSN: |
2155-5435 |
Publisher: |
American Chemical Society |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Beatrice Niederhauser |
Date Deposited: |
04 Feb 2016 07:56 |
Last Modified: |
02 Mar 2023 23:27 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1021/acscatal.5b02322 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.75080 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/75080 |
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