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Facile and Cost Effective Synthesis of Oxide-Derived Silver Catalyst Electrodes via Chemical Solution Deposition for CO2 Electro-Reduction

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Electrochemical CO2 reduction to useful fuels is a promising strategy for the sustainable energy production. However, because CO2 reduction reaction involves sluggish kinetics, the development of high performing catalyst is a first priority for the success in this system. Herein, cost effective fabrication of oxide-derived silver catalyst for CO2 electro-reduction was successfully prepared by simple chemical solution deposition involving the following steps: (i) spin-coating of precursor solution, (ii) oxidation by air-annealing, and (iii) electrochemical reduction. The prepared silver catalyst achieved 83.7% of CO Faradaic efficiency at − 1.19 VRHE with an outstanding mass activity of 465.04 A g− 1 which was originated from the unique features of the catalyst as well as precursor solution. With the introduced fabrication method, the precursor solution containing relatively low silver concentration was preferred to form small silver particles, resulting in high catalytic activity. We anticipate the developed method to be widely applied for the preparation of oxide-derived metal catalysts and metal alloy nanostructured catalysts in advanced CO2 conversion system.

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This work was supported by the program of the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) and partly by the KU-KIST program by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning.

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  1. Eduardus Budi Nursanto, Da Hye Won have contributed equally to this work.

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  1. Clean Energy Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Hwarangno 14-gil 5, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, 02792, Republic of Korea

    Eduardus Budi Nursanto,  Da Hye Won, Michael Shincheon Jee, Haeri Kim, Kwang Deog Jung, Yun Jeong Hwang & Byoung Koun Min

  2. Division of Energy and Environmental Technology, KIST School Korea University of Science and Technology, Seoul, 02792, Republic of Korea

    Eduardus Budi Nursanto, Kwang Deog Jung & Yun Jeong Hwang

  3. Advanced Analysis Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Hwarangno 14-gil 5, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, 02792, Republic of Korea

    Nak-Kyoon Kim

  4. Green School, Korea University, 145, Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, 02841, Republic of Korea

    Byoung Koun Min

  5. Department of Chemical Engineering, Universitas Pertamina, Kebayoran Lama, Jakarta Selatan, 12220, Indonesia

    Eduardus Budi Nursanto

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Nursanto, E.B., Da Hye Won, Jee, M.S. et al. Facile and Cost Effective Synthesis of Oxide-Derived Silver Catalyst Electrodes via Chemical Solution Deposition for CO2 Electro-Reduction. Top Catal 61, 389–396 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11244-017-0870-5

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