Self-supported ultrathin NiCo layered double hydroxides nanosheets electrode for efficient electrosynthesis of formate

doi:10.1016/j.jechem.2023.06.024

Abstract

Abstract: Electrochemical CO₂ reduction into energy-carrying compounds, such as formate, is of great importance for carbon neutrality, which however suffers from high electrical energy input and liquid products crossover. Herein, we fabricated self-supported ultrathin NiCo layered double hydroxides (LDHs) electrodes as anode for methanol electrooxidation to achieve a high formate production rate (5.89 mmol h^-1 cm^-2) coupled with CO₂ electro-reduction at the cathode. A total formate faradic efficiency of both anode for methanol oxidation and cathode for CO₂ reduction can reach up to 188% driven by a low cell potential of only 2.06 V at 100 mA cm^-2 in membrane-electrode assembly (MEA). Physical characterizations demonstrated that Ni³⁺ species, formed on the electrochemical oxidation of Ni-containing hydroxide, acted as catalytically active species for the oxidation of methanol to formate. Furthermore, DFT calculations revealed that ultrathin LDHs were beneficial for the formation of Ni³⁺ in hydroxides and introducing oxygen vacancy in NiCo-LDH could decrease the energy barrier of the rate-determining step for methanol oxidation. This work presents a promising approach for fabricating advanced electrodes towards electrocatalytic reactions.

Key words: CO₂ reduction, Methanol oxidation reaction, Formate, Layered double hydroxides, Oxygen vacancies

Haoyuan Chi, Jianlong Lin, Siyu Kuang, Minglu Li, Hai Liu, Qun Fan, Tianxiang Yan, Sheng Zhang, Xinbin Ma. Self-supported ultrathin NiCo layered double hydroxides nanosheets electrode for efficient electrosynthesis of formate[J]. Journal of Energy Chemistry, 2023, 85(10): 267-275.

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