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Tunable CO 2 electroreduction to ethanol and ethylene with controllable interfacial wettability.
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Nature communications [Nat Commun] 2023 Jun 16; Vol. 14 (1), pp. 3575. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jun 16. - Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- The mechanism of how interfacial wettability impacts the CO <subscript>2</subscript> electroreduction pathways to ethylene and ethanol remains unclear. This paper describes the design and realization of controllable equilibrium of kinetic-controlled *CO and *H via modifying alkanethiols with different alkyl chain lengths to reveal its contribution to ethylene and ethanol pathways. Characterization and simulation reveal that the mass transport of CO <subscript>2</subscript> and H <subscript>2</subscript> O is related with interfacial wettability, which may result in the variation of kinetic-controlled *CO and *H ratio, which affects ethylene and ethanol pathways. Through modulating the hydrophilic interface to superhydrophobic interface, the reaction limitation shifts from insufficient supply of kinetic-controlled *CO to that of *H. The ethanol to ethylene ratio can be continuously tailored in a wide range from 0.9 to 1.92, with remarkable Faradaic efficiencies toward ethanol and multi-carbon (C <subscript>2+</subscript> ) products up to 53.7% and 86.1%, respectively. A C <subscript>2+</subscript> Faradaic efficiency of 80.3% can be achieved with a high C <subscript>2+</subscript> partial current density of 321 mA cm <superscript>-2</superscript> , which is among the highest selectivity at such current densities.<br /> (© 2023. The Author(s).)
- Subjects :
- Wettability
Ethanol
Carbon Dioxide
Ethylenes
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 2041-1723
- Volume :
- 14
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- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Nature communications
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 37328481
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-39351-2