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05-04-2021 | Energy materials

Fragmenting C60 toward enhanced electrochemical CO₂ reduction

Authors: Dong Yan, Zhen Peng, Wei Wang, Peng Zeng, Yiyin Huang

Published in: Journal of Materials Science | Issue 19/2021

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Carbon-based metal-free catalysts exhibit great applications in electrochemical CO₂ reduction (ECR), while most studies merely focus on large-sized carbons with limited ratio of surface atoms for engineering to create surface active centers. Here, we report a joint treatment of C60 by heating and plasma to induce a dramatic performance promotion during ECR. The electrochemical measurements indicate the Faraday efficiency for ECR toward CO production kept at high level over 80% in a wide potential region from − 0.4 to − 0.7 V versus RHE, with the highest value reaching 96.8%. The physical characterization reveals that fragmentation of C60 occurs together with N/O doping, both of which could induce change in electron structure, causing the formation of *COOH intermediate and ultimately leading to the optimized activity and selectivity for CO production. This treatment route was further revealed to be applicative for other carbon materials, e.g., single-walled carbon nanotube, to promote its ECR activity and selectivity.

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Title: Fragmenting C60 toward enhanced electrochemical CO2 reduction
Authors: Dong Yan
Zhen Peng
Wei Wang
Peng Zeng
Yiyin Huang
Publication date: 05-04-2021
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Materials Science / Issue 19/2021
Print ISSN: 0022-2461
Electronic ISSN: 1573-4803
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-021-06061-3

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