Bimetallic In₂O₃/Bi₂O₃ Catalysts Enable Highly Selective CO₂ Electroreduction to Formate within Ultra-Broad Potential Windows

Abstract

CO₂ electrochemical reduction reaction (CO₂RR) to formate is a hopeful pathway for reducing CO₂ and producing high-value chemicals, which needs highly selective catalysts with ultra-broad potential windows to meet the industrial demands. Herein, the nanorod-like bimetallic In₂O₃/Bi₂O₃ catalysts were successfully synthesized by pyrolysis of bimetallic InBi-MOF precursors. The abundant oxygen vacancies generated from the lattice mismatch of Bi₂O₃ and In₂O₃ reduced the activation energy of CO₂ to ^*CO₂.^- and improved the selectivity of ^*CO₂.^- to formate simultaneously. Meanwhile, the carbon skeleton derived from the pyrolysis of organic framework of InBi-MOF provided a conductive network to accelerate the electrons transmission. The catalyst exhibited an ultra-broad applied potential window of 1200 mV (from -0.4 to -1.6 V vs RHE), relativistic high Faradaic efficiency of formate (99.92%) and satisfactory stability after 30 h. The in situ FT-IR experiment and DFT calculation verified that the abundant oxygen vacancies on the surface of catalysts can easily absorb CO₂ molecules, and oxygen vacancy path is dominant pathway. This work provides a convenient method to construct high-performance bimetallic catalysts for the industrial application of CO₂RR.

Keywords

bimetallic catalyst / CO ₂ electrochemical reduction reaction / formate / oxygen vacancy / wide potential window

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