High efficiency graphene/Cu2O electrode for the electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide to ethanol
By Geioushy, R. A.; Khaled, Mazen M.; Hakeem, Abbas S.; Alhooshani, Khalid; Basheer, Chanbasha
Published in Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry
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2017
Abstract
Abstract Fabrication of an efficient catalyst for the electrochemical reduction of {CO2} to valuable products at low overpotential remains a severe challenge. Herein, graphene (GN)/Cu2O catalyst, with an average particle size of 20-50 nm has been synthesized and coated on copper foil. The linear seep voltammetry studies showed that the 0.1 mg of GN/Cu2O loaded catalyst exhibited the highest current density in {CO2} saturated 0.5 M NaHCO3 electrolyte. The GN/Cu2O electrode was significantly more active towards {CO2} reduction showing a current density of approximately 12.2 mA/cm2 at ? 1.7 V versus Ag/AgCl, which is higher than Cu2O electrode (8.4 mA/cm2). Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis of the liquid products revealed that ethanol ( 0.34 ppm) was found to be the predominant product at ? 0.9 V with high reasonably Faradaic efficiency up to 9.93%. These results suggest that graphene may be used as a promising non-metallic support for the electrochemical reduction of CO2.
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