Citation: Xiangyu Chen, Aihao Xu, Dong Wei, Fang Huang, Junjie Ma, Huibing He, Jing Xu. Atomic cerium-doped CuO_x catalysts for efficient electrocatalytic CO₂ reduction to CH₄[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2025, 36(1): 110175. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2024.110175 shu

Atomic cerium-doped CuO_x catalysts for efficient electrocatalytic CO₂ reduction to CH₄

Xiangyu Chen ^a ,
Aihao Xu ^a ,
Dong Wei ^a ,
Fang Huang ^a ,
Junjie Ma ^a ,
Huibing He ^{a, *,} ,
Jing Xu ^{a, b, c, *,}

a.
Guangxi Key Laboratory of Petrochemical Resource Processing and Process Intensification Technology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
b.
State Key Laboratory of Featured Metal Materials and Life-cycle Safety for Composite Structures, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
c.
State Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Engineering and Industrial Catalysis, School of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China

huibinghe@gxu.edu.cn

xujing@ecust.edu.cn

Received Date: 5 April 2024
Revised Date: 21 June 2024
Accepted Date: 24 June 2024
Available Online: 27 June 2024

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Copper (Cu) is widely used in the electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction reaction (ECO₂RR) for efficient methane (CH₄) product. However, the morphology and valence of Cu-based catalysts are usually unstable under reaction conditions. In this work, we prepared Ce-doped MOF-199 precursor (Ce/HKUST-1) and further obtained nanoparticle electrocatalyst Ce/CuO_x-NPs by cyclic voltammetry (CV) pretreatment. The Faradic efficiency of methane () maintains above 62% within a broad potential window of 350 mV and the maximum reaches 67.4% with a partial current density of 293 mA/cm² at −1.6 V vs. a reversible hydrogen electrode. Catalyst characterization and theoretical calculations revealed that the unique electronic structure and large ionic radius of Cerium (Ce) not only promoted the generation of key intermediate *CO but also lowered energy barrier of the *CO to *CHO step. This study provides a novel and efficient catalyst for methane production in ECO₂RR and offers profound insights into constructing high performance Cu-based catalysts.
- ECO₂RR,
- Cu-based catalyst,
- Structure evolution,
- DFT calculation
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