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Toward highly active electrochemical CO2 reduction to C2H4 by copper hydroxyphosphate

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Electrocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction reaction (CO2RR) is a promising method to deal with the greenhouse effect and the energy crisis. In a well-designed Cu-based catalyst, the unique crystal structure with active electronic properties is crucial for CO2RR. Here, a series of copper hydroxyphosphate catalysts were synthesized via one-step solvothermal process and applied in CO2RR. The concentration of hydroxide ion (OH−) and ammonium ion (NH4+) plays an important role in the formation and aggregation of the crystal architectures. Compared to copper monohydroxyphosphate (Cu2(OH)PO4), copper tetrahydroxyphosphate (Cu5(OH)4(PO4)2) exhibits superior selectivity and activity for CO2RR to C2H4. The Faradaic efficiency of C2H4 was achieved over 37.4% with the outstanding stability. The unique structure and morphology characteristics endow Cu5(OH)4(PO4)2 with more hydroxyl groups (− OH) and higher catalytic area. It affords the high CO2RR performance by not only increasing the interaction between the catalysts and CO2 molecules, but also providing more active sites for CO2RR. This work provides a new perspective for the design of stable novel Cu-based catalysts with tunable chemical environment for CO2RR.

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This work was supported by The National Natural Science Foundation of China (22101300), Shandong Natural Science Foundation, China (ZR2020ME053, ZR2020QB027 and ZR2022ME105), State Key Laboratory of Enhanced Oil Recovery of Open Fund Funded Project (2022-KFKT-28), Major Special Projects of CNPC (2021ZZ01-05), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (22CX03010A, 20CX06007A and 22CX01002A-1), the Entrepreneurship Practice Project of China University of Petroleum (202203007), and the Postgraduate Innovation Project of China University of Petroleum (YCX2021105).

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    Zhaojie Wang, Yizhu Shang, Shoufu Cao, Qiuying Zhu, Siyuan Liu & Xiaoqing Lu

  2. College of Science, China University of Petroleum, Huangdao District, No.66 Changjiang West Road, Qingdao, Shandong, 266580, People’s Republic of China

    Hongyu Chen & Shuxian Wei

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Wang, Z., Shang, Y., Chen, H. et al. Toward highly active electrochemical CO2 reduction to C2H4 by copper hydroxyphosphate. J Solid State Electrochem 27, 1279–1287 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-023-05465-2

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