Aqueous CO2 Reduction on Si Photocathodes Functionalized by Cobalt Molecular Catalysts/Carbon NanotubesShow others and affiliations
2022 (English)In: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, ISSN 1433-7851, E-ISSN 1521-3773, Vol. 61, no 24, article id e202201086Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Photoelectrochemical reduction of CO2 is a promising approach for renewable fuel production. We herein report a novel strategy for preparation of hybrid photocathodes by immobilizing molecular cobalt catalysts on TiO2-protected n+-p Si electrodes (Si|TiO2) coated with multiwalled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) by π–π stacking. Upon loading a composite of CoII(BrqPy) (BrqPy=4′,4′′-bis(4-bromophenyl)-2,2′ : 6′,2′′ : 6′′,2′′′-quaterpyridine) catalyst and CNT on Si|TiO2, a stable 1-Sun photocurrent density of −1.5 mA cm−2 was sustained over 2 h in a neutral aqueous solution with unity Faradaic efficiency and selectivity for CO production at a bias of zero overpotential (−0.11 V vs. RHE), associated with a turnover frequency (TOFCO) of 2.7 s−1. Extending the photoelectrocatalysis to 10 h, a remarkable turnover number (TONCO) of 57000 was obtained. The high performance shown here is substantially improved from the previously reported photocathodes relying on covalently anchored catalysts.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Wiley , 2022. Vol. 61, no 24, article id e202201086
Keywords [en]
Carbon dioxide, Catalyst selectivity, Cobalt compounds, Field emission cathodes, Multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCN), Photocathodes, Silicon, Titanium dioxide, Carbon dioxide reduction, CO 2 reduction, Cobalt complexes, Cobalt complexes (III), Functionalized, Hybrids material, Molecular catalysts, Photocathode, Photoelectrochemicals, ]+ catalyst, Hybrid materials
National Category
Chemical Sciences
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-322252DOI: 10.1002/anie.202201086ISI: 000771875300001PubMedID: 35225405Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85126867712OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-322252DiVA, id: diva2:1716453
Note
QC 20221206
2022-12-062022-12-062022-12-06Bibliographically approved