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Selective electroreduction of carbon dioxide to formic acid on electrodeposited SnO2@N-doped porous carbon catalysts

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Electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 is a promising route for energy storage and utilization. Herein we synthesized SnO2 nanosheets and supported them on N-doped porous carbon (N-PC) by electrodeposition for the first time. The SnO2 and N-PC in the SnO2@N-PC composites had exellent synergistic effect for electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 to HCOOH. The Faradaic efficiency of HCOOH could be as high as 94.1% with a current density of 28.4 mA cm−2 in ionic liquid-MeCN system. The reaction mechanism was proposed on the basis of some control experiments. This work opens a new way to prepare composite electrode for electrochemical reduction of CO2.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21673248, 21533011), the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2017YFA0403102), and Chinese Academy of Sciences (QYZDY-SSW-SLH013).

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  1. Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface and Thermodynamics, CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China

    Lu Lu, Xiaofu Sun, Jun Ma, Qinggong Zhu, Congyi Wu, Dexin Yang & Buxing Han

  2. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

    Lu Lu, Xiaofu Sun, Dexin Yang & Buxing Han

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Lu, L., Sun, X., Ma, J. et al. Selective electroreduction of carbon dioxide to formic acid on electrodeposited SnO2@N-doped porous carbon catalysts. Sci. China Chem. 61, 228–235 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11426-017-9118-6

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