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For electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 to CO, the stabilization of intermediate COOH* and the desorption of CO* are two key steps. Pd can easily stabilize COOH*, whereas the strong CO* binding to Pd surface results in severe poisoning, thus lowering catalytic activity and stability for CO2 reduction. On Ag surface, CO* desorbs readily, while COOH* requires a relatively high formation energy, leading to a high overpotential. In light of the above issues, we successfully designed the PdAg bimetallic catalyst to circumvent the drawbacks of sole Pd and Ag. The PdAg catalyst with Ag-terminated surface not only shows a much lower overpotential (-0.55 V with CO current density of 1 mA/cm(2)) than Ag (-0.76 V), but also delivers a CO/H-2 ratio 18 times as high as that for Pd at the potential of -0.75 V vs. RHE. The issue of CO poisoning is significantly alleviated on Ag-terminated PdAg surface, with the stability well retained after 4 h electrolysis at -0.75 V vs. RHE. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations reveal that the Ag-terminated PdAg surface features a lowered formation energy for COOH* and weakened adsorption for CO*, which both contribute to the enhanced performance for CO2 reduction.
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NANO RESEARCH
ISSN: 1998-0124
Year: 2019
Issue: 11
Volume: 12
Page: 2866-2871
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JCR@2022
ESI Discipline: PHYSICS;
ESI HC Threshold:123
JCR Journal Grade:1
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WoS CC Cited Count: 69
SCOPUS Cited Count: 68
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