Incorporation of Nitrogen Defects for Efficient Reduction of CO2 via Two-Electron Pathway on Three-Dimensional Graphene Foam

• Published in: Nano letters Vol. 16; no. 1; pp. 466 - 470
• Main Authors: Wu, Jingjie, Liu, Mingjie, Sharma, Pranav P, Yadav, Ram Manohar, Ma, Lulu, Yang, Yingchao, Zou, Xiaolong, Zhou, Xiao-Dong, Vajtai, Robert, Yakobson, Boris I, Lou, Jun, Ajayan, Pulickel M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Chemical Society 13.01.2016
• Subjects: electrocatalyst; N-doped 3D graphene foam; first-principles theory; low overpotential; CO2 reduction

The practical recycling of carbon dioxide (CO2) by the electrochemical reduction route requires an active, stable, and affordable catalyst system. Although noble metals such as gold and silver have been demonstrated to reduce CO2 into carbon monoxide (CO) efficiently, they suffer from poor durabilit...