Citation: Fan Liao, Xing Fan, Huixian Shi, Qing Li, Mengjie Ma, Wenxiang Zhu, Haiping Lin, Youyong Li, Mingwang Shao. Boosting electrocatalytic selectivity in carbon dioxide reduction: The fundamental role of dispersing gold nanoparticles on silicon nanowires[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2022, 33(9): 4380-4384. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2021.12.034 shu

Boosting electrocatalytic selectivity in carbon dioxide reduction: The fundamental role of dispersing gold nanoparticles on silicon nanowires

Fan Liao ^{a, 1} ,
Xing Fan ^{a, 1} ,
Huixian Shi ^a ,
Qing Li ^b ,
Mengjie Ma ^a ,
Wenxiang Zhu ^a ,
Haiping Lin ^{b, 1,} ,
Youyong Li ^a ,
Mingwang Shao ^{a, *,}

a.
Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
b.
School of Physics and Information Technology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710062, China

hplin@snnu.edu.cn

mwshao@suda.edu.cn

Received Date: 12 October 2021
Revised Date: 12 November 2021
Accepted Date: 14 December 2021
Available Online: 20 December 2021

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Carbon dioxide electrochemical reduction (CO₂RR) has been recognized as an efficient way to mitigate CO₂ emissions and alleviate the pressure on global warming and associated environmental consequences. Gold (Au) is reported as stable and active electrocatalysts to convert CO₂ to CO at low overpotential due to its moderate adsorption strength of ^*COOH and ^*CO. The request for improved catalytic performance, however, is motivated by current unsatisfied catalytic selectivity because of the side hydrogen evolution reaction. In this context, the design of Au based binary catalysts that can boost CO selectivity is of great interest. In the present work, we report that Au nanoparticles can be feasibly dispersed and anchored on silicon nanowires to form Au-Si binary nanomaterials. The Au-Si may stably drive CO₂RR with a CO Faraday efficiency of 95.6% at −0.6 V vs. RHE in 0.5 mol/L KHCO₃ solution. Such selectivity outperforms Au particles by up to 61%. Controlled experiments illustrate that such catalytic enhancement can chiefly be ascribed to electronic effects of binary catalysts. Theoretical calculations reveal that spontaneously produced silicon oxide may not only inhibit hydrogen evolution reaction, but also stabilize the key intermediate ^*COOH in CO formation.
- Gold nanoparticles,
- Silicon nanowires,
- Electrocatalysis,
- Carbon dioxide reduction,
- Noble metals
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