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@ARTICLE{Han:893904,
author = {Han, Lijuan and González-Cobos, Jesús and
Sánchez-Molina, Irene and Giancola, Stefano and Folkman,
Scott J. and Tang, Pengyi and Heggen, Marc and
Dunin-Borkowski, Rafal E. and Arbiol, Jordi and Giménez,
Sixto and Galan-Mascaros, Jose Ramon},
title = {{C}obalt {H}exacyanoferrate as a {S}elective and {H}igh
{C}urrent {D}ensity {F}ormate {O}xidation {E}lectrocatalyst},
journal = {ACS applied energy materials},
volume = {3},
number = {9},
issn = {2574-0962},
address = {Washington, DC},
publisher = {ACS Publications},
reportid = {FZJ-2021-02916},
pages = {9198 - 9207},
year = {2020},
abstract = {Herein we report the selectivity, stability, and
electrochemical characterization of cobalt hexacyanoferrate,
the Co–Fe Prussian Blue derivative (CoFePB), as a
formate/formic acid oxidation electrocatalyst in aqueous
media. CoFePB is able to quantitatively catalyze $(100\%$
Faradaic efficiency within less than $8\%$ standard error at
pH 5) the electrochemical oxidation of formate to CO2 over a
pH range of 1–13. This quantitative formate
elecrooxidation is possible due to the exclusive selectivity
of the catalyst in a wide potential window (from ca. 1.2 to
1.7 V vs RHE), where no other substrate in aqueous
conditions is activated: neither other organic molecules,
such as alcohols or acids, nor water itself. CoFePB is one
of the first heterogeneous noble-metal-free catalysts
reported for the electrooxidation of small hydrocarbon
molecules. Importantly, the catalyst showed a very high
tolerance against surface poisoning during the reaction, as
supported by the cyclic voltammetry and electrochemical
impedance spectroscopy data, thereby allowing CoFePB to
operate at greater current density than state-of-the-art
noble metal catalysts. For example, we observed that CoFePB
is able to achieve a formate oxidation current ∼10 mA
cm–2 at pH 5, 0.4 M formate at 1.4 V vs RHE, whereas a Pt
disk and $Pd(5\%)/C$ electrodes had currents of 0.4 and 1.4
mA cm–2, respectively, under identical conditions. The
remarkable selectivity, stability, and high current density
of CoFePB, in contrast to state-of-the-art catalysts based
on platinum-group metals, is an important step in the search
for inexpensive earth-abundant materials for oxidation of
organic molecules for use in liquid fuel cells or for
selective organic molecule sensors. Furthermore, because
CoFePB is not poisoned by intermediates and can achieve
higher current density than Pt or Pd, improvement of the
catalyst onset potential can lead to higher power density
formate oxidation fuel cells using earth-abundant metals
than with Pt or Pd.},
cin = {ER-C-1},
ddc = {540},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)ER-C-1-20170209},
pnm = {5351 - Platform for Correlative, In Situ and Operando
Characterization (POF4-535)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-5351},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000576676900115},
doi = {10.1021/acsaem.0c01548},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/893904},
}