Local microenvironment tuning induces switching between electrochemical CO2 reduction pathways

Gas diffusion layers (GDL) have become a critical component in electrochemical CO2 reduction (CO2R) systems because they can enable high current densities needed for industrially relevant productivity. Besides this function, it is often assumed that the choice of catalyst and electrolyte play much m...

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Published in:Journal of materials chemistry. A, Materials for energy and sustainability Materials for energy and sustainability, 2023-05, Vol.11 (25), p.13493-13501
Main Authors: Surani Bin Dolmanan, Böhme, Annette, Fan, Ziting, King, Alex J, Fenwick, Aidan Q, Albertus Denny Handoko, Leow, Wan Ru, Weber, Adam Z, Ma, Xinbin, Khoo, Edwin, Atwater, Harry A, Lum, Yanwei
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Carbon dioxide
Catalysts
Critical components
Diffusion layers
Electrochemistry
Gaseous diffusion
Hydrophobicity
INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Mass transport
Microenvironments
Pore size
Substrates
Switching
Tuning
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description Gas diffusion layers (GDL) have become a critical component in electrochemical CO2 reduction (CO2R) systems because they can enable high current densities needed for industrially relevant productivity. Besides this function, it is often assumed that the choice of catalyst and electrolyte play much more important roles than the GDL in influencing the observed product selectivity. Here, we show that tuning of the GDL pore size can be used to control the local microenvironment of the catalyst and hence, effect significant changes in catalytic outcomes. This concept is demonstrated using sputtered Ag films on hydrophobic PTFE substrates with 6 different pore sizes. Although Ag is known to be a predominantly CO generating catalyst, we find that smaller pore sizes favor the generation of formate up to a faradaic efficiency of 43%. Combined experimental and simulation results show that this is due to the influence of the pore size on CO2 mass transport, which alters the local pH at the electrode, resulting in reaction pathway switching between CO and formate. Our results highlight the importance of the local microenvironment as an experimental knob that can be rationally tuned for controlling product selectivity: a key consideration in the design of CO2R systems.
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Catalysts
Critical components
Diffusion layers
Electrochemistry
Gaseous diffusion
Hydrophobicity
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Mass transport
Microenvironments
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