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Competition between Hydrogen Evolution and Carbon Dioxide Reduction on Copper Electrodes in Mildly Acidic Media
[Image: see text] Understanding the competition between hydrogen evolution and CO(2) reduction is of fundamental importance to increase the faradaic efficiency for electrocatalytic CO(2) reduction in aqueous electrolytes. Here, by using a copper rotating disc electrode, we find that the major hydrog...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5607460/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28453940 http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b00696 |
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author | Ooka, Hideshi Figueiredo, Marta C. Koper, Marc T. M. |
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description | [Image: see text] Understanding the competition between hydrogen evolution and CO(2) reduction is of fundamental importance to increase the faradaic efficiency for electrocatalytic CO(2) reduction in aqueous electrolytes. Here, by using a copper rotating disc electrode, we find that the major hydrogen evolution pathway competing with CO(2) reduction is water reduction, even in a relatively acidic electrolyte (pH 2.5). The mass-transport-limited reduction of protons takes place at potentials for which there is no significant competition with CO(2) reduction. This selective inhibitory effect of CO(2) on water reduction, as well as the difference in onset potential even after correction for local pH changes, highlights the importance of differentiating between water reduction and proton reduction pathways for hydrogen evolution. In-situ FTIR spectroscopy indicates that the adsorbed CO formed during CO(2) reduction is the primary intermediate responsible for inhibiting the water reduction process, which may be one of the main mechanisms by which copper maintains a high faradaic efficiency for CO(2) reduction in neutral media. |
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spelling | pubmed-56074602017-09-22 Competition between Hydrogen Evolution and Carbon Dioxide Reduction on Copper Electrodes in Mildly Acidic Media Ooka, Hideshi Figueiredo, Marta C. Koper, Marc T. M. Langmuir [Image: see text] Understanding the competition between hydrogen evolution and CO(2) reduction is of fundamental importance to increase the faradaic efficiency for electrocatalytic CO(2) reduction in aqueous electrolytes. Here, by using a copper rotating disc electrode, we find that the major hydrogen evolution pathway competing with CO(2) reduction is water reduction, even in a relatively acidic electrolyte (pH 2.5). The mass-transport-limited reduction of protons takes place at potentials for which there is no significant competition with CO(2) reduction. This selective inhibitory effect of CO(2) on water reduction, as well as the difference in onset potential even after correction for local pH changes, highlights the importance of differentiating between water reduction and proton reduction pathways for hydrogen evolution. In-situ FTIR spectroscopy indicates that the adsorbed CO formed during CO(2) reduction is the primary intermediate responsible for inhibiting the water reduction process, which may be one of the main mechanisms by which copper maintains a high faradaic efficiency for CO(2) reduction in neutral media. American Chemical Society 2017-04-28 2017-09-19 /pmc/articles/PMC5607460/ /pubmed/28453940 http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b00696 Text en Copyright © 2017 American Chemical Society This is an open access article published under a Creative Commons Non-Commercial No Derivative Works (CC-BY-NC-ND) Attribution License (http://pubs.acs.org/page/policy/authorchoice_ccbyncnd_termsofuse.html) , which permits copying and redistribution of the article, and creation of adaptations, all for non-commercial purposes. |
spellingShingle | Ooka, Hideshi Figueiredo, Marta C. Koper, Marc T. M. Competition between Hydrogen Evolution and Carbon Dioxide Reduction on Copper Electrodes in Mildly Acidic Media |
title | Competition between Hydrogen Evolution and Carbon
Dioxide Reduction on Copper Electrodes in Mildly Acidic Media |
title_full | Competition between Hydrogen Evolution and Carbon
Dioxide Reduction on Copper Electrodes in Mildly Acidic Media |
title_fullStr | Competition between Hydrogen Evolution and Carbon
Dioxide Reduction on Copper Electrodes in Mildly Acidic Media |
title_full_unstemmed | Competition between Hydrogen Evolution and Carbon
Dioxide Reduction on Copper Electrodes in Mildly Acidic Media |
title_short | Competition between Hydrogen Evolution and Carbon
Dioxide Reduction on Copper Electrodes in Mildly Acidic Media |
title_sort | competition between hydrogen evolution and carbon
dioxide reduction on copper electrodes in mildly acidic media |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5607460/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28453940 http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b00696 |
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