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Driving up the Electrocatalytic Performance for Carbon Dioxide Conversion through Interface Tuning in Graphene Oxide–Bismuth Oxide Nanocomposites

Michele Melchionna, Miriam Moro, Simone Adorinni, Lucia Nasi, Sara Colussi, Lorenzo Poggini, Silvia Marchesan, Giovanni Valenti, Francesco Paolucci, Maurizio Prato, Paolo Fornasiero

ACS Applied Energy Materials· Volume 5· Issue 11
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Abstract

The integration of graphene oxide (GO) into nanostructured Bi2O3 electrocatalysts for CO2 reduction (CO2RR) brings up remarkable improvements in terms of performance toward formic acid (HCOOH) production. The GO scaffold is able to facilitate electron transfers toward the active Bi2O3 phase, amending for the high metal oxide (MO) intrinsic electric resistance, resulting in activation of the CO2 with smaller overpotential. Herein, the structure of the GO-MO nanocomposite is tailored according to two synthetic protocols, giving rise to two different nanostructures, one featuring reduced GO (rGO) supporting Bi@Bi2O3 core-shell nanoparticles (NP) and the other GO supporting fully oxidized Bi2O3 NP. The two structures differentiate in terms of electrocatalytic behavior, suggesting the importance of constructing a suitable interface between the nanocarbon and the MO, as well as between MO and metal.
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Research context

NanomaterialsCatalysis & surfaces

OpenAlex topics: CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts · Advanced battery technologies research · Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion

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Affiliations

Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Trieste and Consortium INSTM, Via L. Giorgieri 1, 34127Trieste, Italy

Department of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician”, University of Bologna and Consortium INSTM, via Selmi 2, 40126Bologna, Italy

CNR-IMEM Institute, Parco area delle Scienze 37/A, 43124Parma, Italy

Department Politecnico, University of Udine, Unità di Ricerca INSTM Udine, Via del Cotonificio 108, 33100Udine, Italy

Institute of Chemistry of Organometallic Compounds, National Research Council of Italy (ICCOM-CNR), Via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy

Carbon Nanobiotechnology Laboratory, CIC biomaGUNE, Paseo de Miramón 182, 20009Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain

Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science, 48013Bilbao, Spain

ICCOM-CNR, University of Trieste, Via L. Giorgieri 1, 34127Trieste, Italy

Funding

Ministero dell?Istruzione, dell?Universit? e della Ricerca · H2020 Industrial Leadership · Universit? degli Studi di Trieste · Fondazione Ente Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze

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