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Highly efficient CO2 electrolysis to CO on Ruddlesden–Popper perovskite oxide with in situ exsolved Fe nanoparticles

Title of paper
Highly efficient CO2 electrolysis to CO on Ruddlesden–Popper perovskite oxide with in situ exsolved Fe nanoparticles
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[김원배교수 연구실] CO2 전환 고효율 고체산화물 전해전지 촉매 개발
Publication in journal
Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 9 (2021) 8740
Publication date
20210407

[Abstract]
We prepared a highly active and stable cathode catalyst for a solid oxide electrolysis cell (SOEC), decorated with in situ exsolved Fe nanoparticles (NPs) socketed on La1.2Sr0.8Mn0.4Fe0.6O4−α (R.P.LSMF), toward the CO2 electrolysis reaction to produce CO selectively. This catalyst was derived from the perovskite structure of La0.6Sr0.4Mn0.2Fe0.8O3−δ (LSMF) by simple annealing in a H2 atmosphere and showed high current densities of 2.04, 1.43, and 0.884 A cm−2 at 850, 800, and 750 °C, respectively, at a voltage of 1.5 V with corresponding total polarization resistance values of 0.205, 0.326, and 0.587 Ω cm2, respectively, at an open circuit voltage. The highly improved performance should be ascribed to the in situ exsolved Fe NPs anchored on Ruddlesden–Popper oxide and to the increased contents of oxygen vacancies in R.P.LSMF. More importantly, this active catalyst also exhibited a stable voltage profile for 100 h operation at an constant current density of 1.8 A cm−2, suggesting that the catalyst Fe–R.P.LSMF proposed in this study is a highly promising candidate for use in an efficient SOEC cathode for CO2 electrolysis processes.


DOI: 10.1039/D0TA11328J  
Link: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2021/ta/d0ta11328j