Bicarbonate Is Not a General Acid in Au-Catalyzed CO2 Electroreduction
By Wuttig, Anna; Yoon, Youngmin; Ryu, Jaeyune; Surendranath, Yogesh
Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society
2017
Abstract
We show that bicarbonate is neither a general acid nor a reaction partner in the rate-limiting step of electrochemical CO2 reduction catalysis mediated by planar polycrystalline Au surfaces. We formulate microkinetic models and propose diagnostic criteria to distinguish the role of bicarbonate. Comparing these models with the observed zero-order dependence in bicarbonate and simulated interfacial concentration gradients, we conclude that bicarbonate is not a general acid cocatalyst. Instead, it acts as a viable proton donor past the rate-limiting step and a sluggish buffer that maintains the bulk but not local pH in CO2-saturated aqueous electrolytes.
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