Acta Chimica Sinica ›› 2024, Vol. 82 ›› Issue (4): 396-408.DOI: 10.6023/A23120529 Previous Articles     Next Articles

Original article

新型多孔三聚氰胺负载MnCe用于高选择性电催化CO2产甲酸

雷雅茹a, 熊廷楷a, 于湘涛b, 黄秀兵c, 唐晓龙a,*(), 易红宏a, 周远松a, 赵顺征a, 孙龙a, 高凤雨a,*()   

  1. a 北京科技大学能源与环境工程学院 工业典型污染物资源化处理北京市重点实验室 北京 100083
    b 北京科技大学 钢铁共性技术协同创新中心 北京 100083
    c 北京科技大学材料科学与工程学院 北京 100083
  • 投稿日期:2023-12-11 发布日期:2024-03-05

Novel Porous Melamine Foam Loaded with MnCe for Highly Selective Electrocatalytic CO2 to Formic Acid

Yaru Leia, Tingkai Xionga, Xiangtao Yub, Xiubing Huangc, Xiaolong Tanga,*(), Honghong Yia, Yuansong Zhoua, Shunzheng Zhaoa, Long Suna, Fengyu Gaoa,*()   

  1. a Beijing Key Laboratory of Resource-oriented Treatment of Industrial Pollutants, School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083
    b Collaborative Innovation Center of Steel Technology, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083
    c School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083
  • Received:2023-12-11 Published:2024-03-05
  • Contact: * E-mail: txiaolong@126.com; ahnuhkgao@163.com

A previously unreported CO2 reduction electrocatalyst consisting of MnCe as the active site and melamine foam (MS) as the carrier precursor is proposed. The MS were prepared into carbonized melamine foam (CMS) and graphene oxide- activated melamine foam (GOMS) by activation, respectively. And Mn and Ce were impregnated on the above substrates to synthesize MnCe-CMS and MnCe-GOMS catalysts for the electrocatalytic CO2 reduction to formic acid. It was found that MnCe-MS (MnCe-CMS and MnCe-GOMS) had a wide potential range (–0.2~–3 V vs. RHE) and better formic acid production ability. Among them, the Faraday efficiency of formic acid (FEf) on MnCe-CMS was 63.04% at –0.4 V, and the yield rate of formic acid (Yf) was 470.89 μg•h–1•cm–2 at –3.0 V. MnCe-GOMS showed better electrocatalytic activity, with a FEf of 75.72% at –0.6 V (when the Yf=661.99 μg•h–1•cm–2), and optimal Yf of 746.9 μg•h–1•cm–2 at –0.8 V. In addition, no other products (e.g., acetic acid, methanol, ethanol, CO, methane) were detected during the reaction, suggesting that MnCe-MS has a good formic acid selectivity. Compared with the MnCe-CC, which are based on the commonly used carbon cloth (CC) as a carrier, the Yf of MnCe-CMS and MnCe-GOMS were increased to 2.3 and 2.8 times, and the FEf were increased to 2.3 and 2.5 times, respectively, at the optimal potential of MnCe-CC of –0.4 V. This is attributed to the rich pore structure and large electrochemical surface area of the MS material, which can easily form carbon defects during the preparation, thus favoring the adsorption of CO2. Moreover, under the joint action of Mn and Ce, it effectively promotes electron transport, inhibits the competition reaction of hydrogen precipitation, and forms oxygen vacancies, which is conducive to the adsorption, activation and conversion of CO2, thus promoting the formation of formic acid.

Key words: electrocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction, formic acid, Mn, Ce, melamine foam, graphene oxide activation, high temperature carbonization