二氧化碳电还原制乙醇催化体系与材料研究进展

doi:10.19964/j.issn.1006-4990.2023-0600

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Carbon dioxide electrocatalytic reduction（CO₂RR） technology which converts CO₂ into fuel and high value⁃added chemicals is one of the effective ways to alleviate the current resources，environment，and many other problems.Among numerous products of CO₂RR，ethanol has a relatively high energy density and economic value.However，due to the complex elementary process，and it is affected by the mass transfer and by⁃product hydrogen evolution，the process of CO₂RR⁃to⁃ethanol is often accompanied by a series of problems such as high potential，low reaction，and low selectivity.Therefore，the current design ideas of CO₂RR to ethanol catalytic system and the research progress of catalytic materials by using the “tandem process” of system coupling，the “tandem reaction” of active site coupling，and the “synergy reaction” that highlights the “electronic effect”，“strain effect” and “confinement effect” were reviewed.It was proposed that “tandem catalysis” and “synergy catalysis” were the two main strategies for the design of electrocatalytic systems at present.It was also suggested that mechanism⁃based catalysts design was the key to improving the performance of CO₂RR to ethanol process under different electrocatalytic strategies.

Key words: carbon dioxide electrocatalytic reduction, tandem catalysis, synergy catalysis, electrochemistry, ethonal

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TQ127.1

WANG Ting, ZHANG Wenwen, MAO Qing, LÜ Li, LIU Changzhen. Research progress of catalytic system and materials for electrocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide to ethanol[J]. Inorganic Chemicals Industry, 2024, 56(7): 1-10.

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电催化剂	过电位/ （V vs.RHE）	乙醇法拉第效率/%	电流密度/ （mA∙cm^-2）
Cu（Ag-20）₂₀-M^［23］	-1.10	14.1	2.70
OD-Ag₁₅Cu₈₅^［26］	-1.00	33.7	8.67
Au/Cu^［27］	-0.90	—	—
AuCu/Cu-SCA^［28］	-1.00	29±4	—
Cu₄Zn^［29］	-1.05	29.1	8.20
Ag-G-NCF^［30］	-0.6~-0.7	82.0~85.2	—
BND^［31］	-1.00	93.2	—
RuPC/NPC^［32］	-0.87~-1.07	21.0~27.5	—
MC-CNT/Co^［15］	-0.32	60.1	5.10
Ag-Co^［33］	-0.80	72.3	7.40
Cu₂S@Cu（V） ^［34］	-0.95	23.1	—
Cu（N-C/Cu） ^［35］	-0.68	52±1	156±13
Au@Cu₂O^［36］	-0.30	52.3	—
SnS₂/Sn₁-O₃G^［37］	-0.90	97.0	17.80

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