journal article·2026-04Open access

High‐Performance Electrocatalytic Carbon Dioxide Reduction to Formic Acid on Cypress‐Like Enzyme‐Antimony‐Bismuth Biohybrid

Zhe Wang, Xiaohui Wang, Xueqing Gao, Bin Sun, Minli Shu, Yali Han, Yu Chen, Yucheng Jiang

Small· Volume 22· Issue 21

Abstract

ABSTRACT Electrocatalytic carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) reduction reaction (CO 2 RR) to valuable liquid fuels offers a promising solution for global warming. The challenges of low CO 2 delivery and poor product selectivity hinder the practical application of CO 2 RR technology. This study proposes electrocatalytic CO 2 ‐to‐formic acid (HCOOH) conversion using a cypress‐like carbonic anhydrase/antimony‐decorated bismuth (CA/Sb‐decorated Bi) biohybrid. The carbonic anhydrase (CA) as CO 2 shuttle can enrich CO 2 concentration on the electrode surface, accelerating the CO 2 hydration kinetics and reaction rate. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations indicate that the introduction of Sb can alter the adsorption energy of H* and HCOO*, which is beneficial for CO 2 RR to form HCOOH. Besides, CA/Sb‐decorated Bi biohybrid can suppress competitive hydrogen evolution reactions (HER). Consequently, the CA/Sb‐decorated Bi biohybrid achieves the Faradaic efficiency of 93.41% and 100% selectivity for HCOOH at −1.3 V. This work demonstrates the application potential of enzyme modification and metal decorating in CO 2 RR for the development of sustainable energy.
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OpenAlex topics: CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts · Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins · Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis

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Affiliations

Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Science of Shaanxi Province School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Shaanxi Normal University Xi'an P. R. China

College of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Engineering Hebei University of Science and Technology Shijiazhuang P. R. China

School of Materials Science and Engineering Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry (Ministry of Education) Shaanxi Normal University Xi'an P. R. China

Funding

National Key Research and Development Program of China

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