Issue 95, 2020

An efficient method to prepare supported bismuth nanoparticles as highly selective electrocatalyst for the conversion of CO2 into formate

Abstract

We report a cost-effective, straightforward synthesis of a novel electrocatalyst for the reduction of CO2 to formate, which achieves nearly complete Faradaic efficiency (FE) at an overpotential (η) of 0.88 V under ambient conditions. The electrocatalyst was prepared using bismuth subsalicylate as precursor and consists of bismuth nanoparticles (Bi NPs) with an average diameter of 5.5 nm supported on activated carbon.

Graphical abstract: An efficient method to prepare supported bismuth nanoparticles as highly selective electrocatalyst for the conversion of CO2 into formate

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Article type
Communication
Submitted
12 Oct 2020
Accepted
03 Nov 2020
First published
03 Nov 2020
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Chem. Commun., 2020,56, 14992-14995

An efficient method to prepare supported bismuth nanoparticles as highly selective electrocatalyst for the conversion of CO2 into formate

M. Miola, B. C. A. de Jong and P. P. Pescarmona, Chem. Commun., 2020, 56, 14992 DOI: 10.1039/D0CC06818G

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