Electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2): bismuth-based electrocatalysts
With the fast consumption of fossil fuels, the concentration of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) in the atmosphere has increased considerably, leading to possible irreversible climate changes. The electrochemical reduction of CO 2 (ERCO 2 ) to value-added chemicals and low-carbon fuels is expected to be an ef...
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| Published in | Journal of Materials Chemistry A Vol. 9; no. 24; pp. 13770 - 13803 |
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| Main Authors | , , , , |
| Format | Journal Article |
| Language | English |
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Cambridge
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
22.06.2021
Royal Society of Chemistry |
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| Summary: | With the fast consumption of fossil fuels, the concentration of carbon dioxide (CO
2
) in the atmosphere has increased considerably, leading to possible irreversible climate changes. The electrochemical reduction of CO
2
(ERCO
2
) to value-added chemicals and low-carbon fuels is expected to be an effective method for CO
2
reduction and energy storage. In this review, the recent development of bismuth-based ERCO
2
catalysts is comprehensively reviewed in terms of catalyst material design, synthesis, reaction mechanisms, and performance validation/optimization. Some influencing factors on the catalytic performance including electrolytes, catalyst structure/morphology/composition, reaction active sites (defects and oxygen vacancies),
etc.
, are also discussed and analyzed. The main technical challenges and the possible future research directions are also proposed for overcoming the challenges toward the practical applications of such Bi-based electrocatalysts.
Bi-based catalysts for electrochemical reduction of CO
2
(ERCO
2
), including their preparation, electrochemical performance, reaction mechanisms and further challenges and research directions. |
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| Bibliography: | 2 electrolysis, fuel cells and metal-air batteries. Dr Jiujun Zhang is a Professor at Shanghai University, Adjunct Professor at the University of British Columbia and the University of Waterloo, and former Principal Research Officer at the National Research Council of Canada Energy. He received his BS and MSc from Peking University in 1982 and 1985, respectively, and PhD in electrochemistry from Wuhan University in 1988. He then carried out three terms of postdoctoral research at the California Institute of Technology, York University, and the University of British Columbia. Dr Zhang has over 35 years of scientific research experience, particularly in electrochemical energy storage and conversion. Dr Yayu Guan received her master's degree in materials engineering from the Taiyuan University of Technology in 2020. Her study was on the oxygen reduction reaction and hydrogen evolution reaction. In September of the same year, she joined the Department of Physics, School of Science, Shanghai University to pursue her doctoral degree, and her main research direction is electrocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction. Dr Minmin Liu received her PhD in Analytical Chemistry from the Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry (CIAC), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) under the direction of Professor Wei Chen in 2016. She was selected for the Shanghai Sailing Program in 2018. She is a lecturer at the Institute for Sustainable Energy/College of Sciences, Shanghai University. Her research interest focus on the design and application of carbon based nanomaterial electrocatalysts for electrochemical energy storage and conversion, including CO reduction and wastewater treatment. Prof Dr Yuyu Liu received his PhD in environmental engineering from Yamaguchi University in 2003. He then worked at the Kyushu Environmental Evaluation Association, Osaka Institute of Technology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, and Yokohama National University as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow. From October 2010 to June 2016, Dr Liu worked as an assistant and then an associate professor at Tohoku University. In July 2016, he became a professor at Shanghai University, and his research interest is in electrocatalytic CO N ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 14 content type line 23 |
| ISSN: | 2050-7488 2050-7496 2050-7496 |
| DOI: | 10.1039/d1ta01516h |