Boron Dopant Modulated Electron Localization of Tin Oxide for Efficient Electrochemical CO2 Reduction to Formate

Author:

Zhong Xiaohui1ORCID,Yang Tingting2,Liang Shujie1,Zhong Zuqi1,Deng Hong1ORCID

Affiliation:

1. School of Environment and Energy Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Solid Wastes Pollution Control and Recycling South China University of Technology Guangzhou Guangdong 510006 China

2. Centre for Ordered Materials Organometallics and Catalysis (COMOC) Department of Chemistry Ghent University Krijgslaan 281‐S3 Ghent 9000 Belgium

Abstract

AbstractSn‐based electrocatalysts have great economic potential in the reduction of CO2 to HCOOH, while they still suffer from low current density, dissatisfactory selectivity, and poor stability. Inspired by electronic modification engineering, boron‐doped SnO2 nanospheres (B‐SnO2) are successfully synthesized to achieve high‐efficiency CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR). It is found that the introduction of boron dopants can increase the number of active sites and facilitate the formation of the electron‐rich Sn sites in its structure, thus enhancing the activation of CO2 molecules and reducing the energy barrier of *OCHO intermediates on the SnO2 surface. Thus, the B‐doped SnO2 electrocatalyst exhibits a remarkable FEHCOOH above 90% within a broad potential window of −0.7 to −1.3 V versus reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE) (600 mV) and obtains the maximum value of 95.1% (the partial current density of HCOOH is 42.35 mA cm−2) at −1 V versus RHE. In conclusion, this work provides a novel strategy for optimizing the intrinsic properties of electrocatalysts for CO2RR by the method of tuning the electronic structure.

Funder

National Key Research and Development Program of China

Publisher

Wiley

Subject

Biomaterials,Biotechnology,General Materials Science,General Chemistry

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