Boosting Formate Production in Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction over Wide Potential Window on Pd Surfaces

• Published in: Journal of the American Chemical Society Vol. 140; no. 8; pp. 2880 - 2889
• Main Authors: Jiang, Bei, Zhang, Xia-Guang, Jiang, Kun, Wu, De-Yin, Cai, Wen-Bin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: American Chemical Society 28.02.2018
• Subjects: carbon; carbon dioxide; carbon monoxide; catalysts; dehydrogenation; density functional theory; electrochemistry; electrolysis; electrolytes; energy; formates; formic acid; palladium; potassium bicarbonate

Facile interconversion between CO2 and formate/formic acid (FA) is of broad interest in energy storage and conversion and neutral carbon emission. Historically, electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction to formate on Pd surfaces was limited to a narrow potential range positive of −0.25 V (vs RHE). Here...