Copper-Based Catalysts for Electrochemical Carbon Dioxide Reduction to Multicarbon Products

doi:10.1007/s41918-022-00139-5

Electrochemical Energy Reviews ›› 2022, Vol. 5 ›› Issue (3): 4-.doi: 10.1007/s41918-022-00139-5

Copper-Based Catalysts for Electrochemical Carbon Dioxide Reduction to Multicarbon Products

Fangfang Chang¹, Meiling Xiao², Ruifang Miao¹, Yongpeng Liu¹, Mengyun Ren¹, Zhichao Jia¹, Dandan Han¹, Yang Yuan¹, Zhengyu Bai¹, Lin Yang¹

1. Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Province for Green Manufacturing of Fine Chemicals, Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Media and Reactions, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, Henan, China;
2. Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada

收稿日期:2021-02-05 修回日期:2021-08-23 出版日期:2022-09-20 发布日期:2022-10-25
通讯作者: Zhengyu Bai,E-mail:baizhengyu@htu.edu.cn;Lin Yang,E-mail:yanglin@htu.edu.cn E-mail:baizhengyu@htu.edu.cn;yanglin@htu.edu.cn
基金资助:
This work was supported by the Higher Education Discipline Innovation Project (Grant No. D17007), Henan Center for Outstanding Overseas Scientists (Grant No. GZS2022017), National Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 21908045, 51922008, 52072114 and 51872075), China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Grant No. 2018M642754) and Talent Postdoctoral Program for Henan Province (Grant No. ZYQR201810170).

Copper-Based Catalysts for Electrochemical Carbon Dioxide Reduction to Multicarbon Products

Fangfang Chang¹, Meiling Xiao², Ruifang Miao¹, Yongpeng Liu¹, Mengyun Ren¹, Zhichao Jia¹, Dandan Han¹, Yang Yuan¹, Zhengyu Bai¹, Lin Yang¹

1. Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Province for Green Manufacturing of Fine Chemicals, Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Media and Reactions, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, Henan, China;
2. Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada

Received:2021-02-05 Revised:2021-08-23 Online:2022-09-20 Published:2022-10-25
Contact: Zhengyu Bai,E-mail:baizhengyu@htu.edu.cn;Lin Yang,E-mail:yanglin@htu.edu.cn E-mail:baizhengyu@htu.edu.cn;yanglin@htu.edu.cn
Supported by:
This work was supported by the Higher Education Discipline Innovation Project (Grant No. D17007), Henan Center for Outstanding Overseas Scientists (Grant No. GZS2022017), National Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 21908045, 51922008, 52072114 and 51872075), China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Grant No. 2018M642754) and Talent Postdoctoral Program for Henan Province (Grant No. ZYQR201810170).

摘要/Abstract

摘要： Electrochemical conversion of carbon dioxide into fuel and chemicals with added value represents an appealing approach to reduce the greenhouse effect and realize a carbon-neutral cycle, which has great potential in mitigating global warming and effectively storing renewable energy. The electrochemical CO₂ reduction reaction (CO₂RR) usually involves multiproton coupling and multielectron transfer in aqueous electrolytes to form multicarbon products (C₂₊ products), but it competes with the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), which results in intrinsically sluggish kinetics and a complex reaction mechanism and places higher requirements on the design of catalysts. In this review, the advantages of electrochemical CO₂ reduction are briefly introduced, and then, different categories of Cu-based catalysts, including monometallic Cu catalysts, bimetallic catalysts, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) along with MOF-derived catalysts and other catalysts, are summarized in terms of their synthesis method and conversion of CO₂ to C₂₊ products in aqueous solution. The catalytic mechanisms of these catalysts are subsequently discussed for rational design of more efficient catalysts. In response to the mechanisms, several material strategies to enhance the catalytic behaviors are proposed, including surface facet engineering, interface engineering, utilization of strong metal-support interactions and surface modification. Based on the above strategies, challenges and prospects are proposed for the future development of CO₂RR catalysts for industrial applications.

关键词: C₂ products, Carbon dioxide, Nanocatalysts, Electrochemical reduction, Mechanism

Abstract: Electrochemical conversion of carbon dioxide into fuel and chemicals with added value represents an appealing approach to reduce the greenhouse effect and realize a carbon-neutral cycle, which has great potential in mitigating global warming and effectively storing renewable energy. The electrochemical CO₂ reduction reaction (CO₂RR) usually involves multiproton coupling and multielectron transfer in aqueous electrolytes to form multicarbon products (C₂₊ products), but it competes with the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), which results in intrinsically sluggish kinetics and a complex reaction mechanism and places higher requirements on the design of catalysts. In this review, the advantages of electrochemical CO₂ reduction are briefly introduced, and then, different categories of Cu-based catalysts, including monometallic Cu catalysts, bimetallic catalysts, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) along with MOF-derived catalysts and other catalysts, are summarized in terms of their synthesis method and conversion of CO₂ to C₂₊ products in aqueous solution. The catalytic mechanisms of these catalysts are subsequently discussed for rational design of more efficient catalysts. In response to the mechanisms, several material strategies to enhance the catalytic behaviors are proposed, including surface facet engineering, interface engineering, utilization of strong metal-support interactions and surface modification. Based on the above strategies, challenges and prospects are proposed for the future development of CO₂RR catalysts for industrial applications.

Key words: C₂ products, Carbon dioxide, Nanocatalysts, Electrochemical reduction, Mechanism

Fangfang Chang, Meiling Xiao, Ruifang Miao, Yongpeng Liu, Mengyun Ren, Zhichao Jia, Dandan Han, Yang Yuan, Zhengyu Bai, Lin Yang. Copper-Based Catalysts for Electrochemical Carbon Dioxide Reduction to Multicarbon Products[J]. Electrochemical Energy Reviews, 2022, 5(3): 4-.

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