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Nanostructured β‐Bi2O3 Fractals on Carbon Fibers for Highly Selective CO2 Electroreduction to Formate

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3D Bi2O3 fractal nanostructures (f‐Bi2O3) are directly self‐assembled on carbon fiber papers (CFP) using a scalable hot‐aerosol synthesis strategy. This approach provides high versatility in modulating the physiochemical properties of… Click to show full abstract

3D Bi2O3 fractal nanostructures (f‐Bi2O3) are directly self‐assembled on carbon fiber papers (CFP) using a scalable hot‐aerosol synthesis strategy. This approach provides high versatility in modulating the physiochemical properties of the Bi2O3 catalyst by a tailorable control of its crystalline size, loading, electron density as well as providing exposed stacking of the nanomaterials on the porous CFP substrate. As a result, when tested for electrochemical CO2 reduction reactions (CO2RR), these f‐Bi2O3 electrodes demonstrate superior conversion of CO2 to formate (HCOO−) with low onset overpotential and a high mass‐specific formate partial current density of −52.2 mA mg−1, which is ≈3 times higher than that of the drop‐casted control Bi2O3 catalyst (−15.5 mA mg−1), and a high Faradaic efficiency (FEHCOO−) of 87% at an applied potential of −1.2 V versus reversible hydrogen electrode. The findings reveal that the high exposure of roughened β‐phase Bi2O3/Bi edges and the improved electron density of these fractal structures are key contributors in attainment of high CO2RR activity.

Keywords: nanostructured bi2o3; co2; bi2o3 fractals; fibers highly; carbon fibers; fractals carbon

Journal Title: Advanced Functional Materials
Year Published: 2019

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