Citation: Ke YE, Guo-Xiong WANG, Xin-He BAO. Electrodeposited Sn-based Catalysts for CO₂ Electroreduction[J]. Chinese Journal of Structural Chemistry, ;2020, 39(2): 206-213. doi: 10.14102/j.cnki.0254–5861.2011–2011-2756 shu

Electrodeposited Sn-based Catalysts for CO₂ Electroreduction

Ke YE ^{a, b} ,
Guo-Xiong WANG ^a,, ,
Xin-He BAO ^a

a.
State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
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Key Laboratory of Superlight Materials and Surface Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, China

Corresponding author: Guo-Xiong WANG, wanggx@dicp.ac.cn
Received Date: 30 January 2020
Accepted Date: 4 February 2020

Fund Project: the National Key R&D Program of China 2017YFA0700102Dalian Outstanding Young Scientist Foundation 2017RJ03the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation 2018M630307the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation 2019T120220

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Electrochemical CO₂ reduction reaction (CO₂RR) has been considered as a feasible avenue for simultaneous conversion of renewable energy and CO₂. Economic and technical analysis suggests that the production of valuable C₁ chemicals such as formic acid and CO is the most economically practicable route for CO₂RR. This perspective summarizes the performance of electrodeposited Sn-based catalysts for C₁ chemicals production and the relative mechanism of CO₂RR. Further fundamental understanding and industrial applications of electrodeposited Sn-based catalysts in CO₂ electrolyzer device are also discussed.
- tin-based catalysts,
- electrodeposition technology,
- alloy,
- interface,
- electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction reaction
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