High-Throughput Synthesis of Mixed-Metal Electrocatalysts for CO2Reduction.
The utilization of CO2as a feedstock requires fundamental breakthroughs in catalyst design. The efficiencies and activities of pure metal electrodes towards the CO2reduction reaction are established, but the corresponding data on mixed-metal systems are not as well developed. In this study we show that the near-infrared driven decomposition (NIRDD) of solution-deposited films of metal salts and subsequent electrochemical reduction offers the unique opportunity to form an array of mixed-metal electrocatalyst coatings with excellent control of the metal stoichiometries. This synthetic method enabled us to develop an empirical structure-property correlation to help inform the development of optimized CO2catalyst compositions.
Department of Chemistry, The University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T1Z1, Canada.
Jingfu
J
He
Department of Chemistry, The University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T1Z1, Canada.
Kevan E
KE
Dettelbach
Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, The University of British Columbia, 2306 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T1Z1, Canada.
Danielle A
DA
Salvatore
Department of Chemistry, The University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T1Z1, Canada.
Tengfei
T
Li
Department of Chemistry, The University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T1Z1, Canada.|Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, The University of British Columbia, 2306 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T1Z1, Canada.
Curtis P
0000-0001-6875-849X
CP
Berlinguette
CO evolution; CO2 reduction; electrocatalysis; high-throughput synthesis; mixed-metal catalysts