Efficient electrocatalytic conversion of carbon monoxide to propanol using fragmented copper

Yuanjie Pang; Jun Li; Ziyun Wang; Chih-Shan Tan; Pei-Lun Hsieh; Tao-Tao Zhuang; Zhi-Qin Liang; Chengqin Zou; Xue Wang; Phil De Luna; Jonathan P. Edwards; Yi Xu; Fengwang Li; Cao-Thang Dinh; Miao Zhong; Yuanhao Lou; Dan Wu; Lih-Juann Chen; Edward H. Sargent; David Sinton

doi:10.1038/s41929-019-0225-7

Efficient electrocatalytic conversion of carbon monoxide to propanol using fragmented copper

Yuanjie Pang
, Jun Li
, Ziyun Wang
, Chih-Shan Tan
, Pei-Lun Hsieh
, Tao-Tao Zhuang
, Zhi-Qin Liang
, Chengqin Zou
, Xue Wang
, Phil De Luna
, Jonathan P. Edwards
, Yi Xu
, Fengwang Li
, Cao-Thang Dinh
, Miao Zhong
, Yuanhao Lou
, Dan Wu
, Lih-Juann Chen
, Edward H. Sargent
, David Sinton^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The renewable-energy-powered electrocatalytic conversion of carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide into carbon-based fuels provides a means for the storage of renewable energy. We sought to convert carbon monoxide—an increasingly available and low-cost feedstock that could benefit from an energy-efficient upgrade in value—into n-propanol, an alcohol that can be directly used as engine fuel. Here we report that a catalyst consisting of highly fragmented copper structures can bring C ₁ and C ₂ binding sites together, and thereby promote further coupling of these intermediates into n-propanol. Using this strategy, we achieved an n-propanol selectivity of 20% Faradaic efficiency at a low potential of −0.45 V versus the reversible hydrogen electrode (ohmic corrected) with a full-cell energetic efficiency of 10.8%. We achieved a high reaction rate that corresponds to a partial current density of 8.5 mA cm ^–2 for n-propanol.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	251-258
Journal	Nature Catalysis
Volume	2
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41929-019-0225-7
Publication status	Published - 1 Mar 2019
Externally published	Yes

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Pang, Y., Li, J., Wang, Z., Tan, C.-S., Hsieh, P.-L., Zhuang, T.-T., Liang, Z.-Q., Zou, C., Wang, X., De Luna, P., Edwards, J. P., Xu, Y., Li, F., Dinh, C.-T., Zhong, M., Lou, Y., Wu, D., Chen, L.-J., Sargent, E. H., & Sinton, D. (2019). Efficient electrocatalytic conversion of carbon monoxide to propanol using fragmented copper. Nature Catalysis, 2(3), 251-258. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41929-019-0225-7

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