CO2 reduction to formic acid at low overpotential on BDD electrodes modified with nanostructured CeO2

Enrico Verlato; Simona Barison; Yasuaki Einaga; Stefano Fasolin; Marco Musiani; Lucia Nasi; Keisuke Natsui; Francesco Paolucci; Giovanni Valenti

doi:10.1039/c9ta01000a

CO₂ reduction to formic acid at low overpotential on BDD electrodes modified with nanostructured CeO₂

Enrico Verlato, Simona Barison, Yasuaki Einaga, Stefano Fasolin, Marco Musiani, Lucia Nasi, Keisuke Natsui, Francesco Paolucci, Giovanni Valenti

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Abstract

Ceria was deposited onto boron doped polycrystalline diamond (BDD) cathodes, through electrochemically induced precipitation from nitrate-based solutions. The deposits were characterized using SEM-EDS, HRTEM, XRD and XPS. The morphology, thickness and composition of ceria films, which besides CeO₂ contained Ce(OH)₃ when prepared at very negative potential, were controlled by tuning the deposition parameters. Thin Ce(OH)₃-free ceria films allowed CO₂ electrochemical reduction at overpotentials below 50 mV, yielding formic acid with faradaic yield higher than 40% and stable performance for many hours. Ceria seemed to act as a co-catalyst that activated CO₂ for reduction at the H-terminated BDD surface, because comparable results were not obtained with ceria-coated glassy carbon electrodes.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	17896-17905
Number of pages	10
Journal	Journal of Materials Chemistry A
Volume	7
Issue number	30
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/c9ta01000a
Publication status	Published - 2019

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