TY  - CONF
AU  - Stamatelos, Ilias
AU  - Dinh, Cao Thang
AU  - Lehnert, Werner
AU  - Pasel, Joachim
AU  - Shviro, Meital
TI  - Zn-Based Catalysts for Selective and Stable Electrochemical CO 2 Reduction at High Current Densities
SN  - 2151-2043
M1  - FZJ-2025-00894
PY  - 2023
AB  - The development of low-cost and stable catalysts is important for lowering the capital and operational cost of CO2 electro-reduction (ECR). Zinc (Zn) is an earth-abundant metal, with promising performance for the CO2-to-CO conversion.1 Zinc oxide (ZnO) has been recently employed for the CO2-to-CO conversion, recording promising selectivity (FECO) but short-term stability, in Flow-Cell configuration.2,3 ZnO phase has been proven critical for competent ECR performance, since both the oxidation state of Zn and the Zn/ZnO interface are proven critical for high FECO. 4,5In our work 6, we have synthesised various ZnO allotropes, the properties of which induced differences in their ECR performance. We have identified the ZnO nanorods (ZnO-NR) as the best performing catalyst. The latter was implemented in a zero-gap ECR electrolyser (MEA), recording partial current density for CO (jCO) of 160 mA cm-2 at cell voltage of 3.6 V. We have correlated the depletion of the ZnO phase in the MEA with the degradation of the performance (initially 15 h stability). We applied a periodic oxidation protocol in the MEA, causing the regeneration of ZnO-phase, allowing us to prolong the life-time of the catalyst. Through our strategy we were able to record 82% CO selectivity (FECO) for over 100 h, at -160 mA cm-2. This work provides an approach of practical use of inexpensive Zn-based catalysts for large-scale ECR applications.
T2  - 244th ECS Meeting
CY  - 8 Oct 2023 - 12 Oct 2023, Gothenburg (Sweden)
Y2  - 8 Oct 2023 - 12 Oct 2023
M2  - Gothenburg, Sweden
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)1
DO  - DOI:10.1149/MA2023-02582802mtgabs
UR  - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/1037734
ER  -