Park, Dong Gyu Choi, Jae Won Chun, Hoje Jang, Hae Sung Lee, Heebin Choi, Won Ho Moon, Byeong Cheul Kim, Keon-Han Kim, Min Gyu Choi, Kyung Min Han, Byungchan Kang, Jeung Ku 2024-01-19T09:04:42Z 2024-01-19T09:04:42Z 2023-07-13 2023-07 2155-5435 https://pubs.kist.re.kr/handle/201004/113535 Cu is considered as the most promising catalyst for theelectrochemicalcarbon dioxide reduction reaction (CO2RR) to produce C2+ hydrocarbons, but achieving high C2+ productselectivity and efficiency with long-term stability remains one ofgreat challenges. Herein, we report a strategy to realize the CO2RR catalyst allowing high C2+ product selectivityand stable catalytic properties by utilizing the benefits of oxygen-plasma-assistednitrogen doping on CuO. It is exhibited that the defects such as oxygenvacancies and grain boundaries suitable for CO2RR are generatedby N-2 plasma radicals on CuO. Also, the oxidation stateof Cu is maintained without Cu reduction by O-2 plasma.Indeed, ON-CuO synthesized through oxygen-plasma-assisted nitrogendoping is demonstrated to enable a high C2+ product selectivityof 77% (including a high C2H4 selectivity of56%) with a high current density of -34.6 mA/cm(2) at -1.1 V vs RHE, as well as a long-term stability for 22h without performance degradation. High CO2RR performancesare ascribed to the increased CO binding energy and catalytic sitesin N-doped CuO. Furthermore, an in situ X-ray absorption near-edgestructure analysis reveals that the defects in ON-CuO are favorablefor C-C coupling leading to C2+ products. English American Chemical Society Increasing CO Binding Energy and Defects by Preserving Cu Oxidation State via O-2-Plasma-Assisted N Doping on CuO Enables High C2+ Selectivity and Long-Term Stability in Electrochemical CO2 Reduction Article 10.1021/acscatal.3c01441 1 ACS Catalysis, v.13, no.13, pp.9222 - 9233 ACS Catalysis 13 13 9222 9233 N scie scopus 001016029000001 Chemistry, Physical Chemistry Article UNDERPOTENTIAL DEPOSITION ELECTROREDUCTION COPPER MORPHOLOGY CATALYST DIOXIDE ETHANOL electrochemical CO2 reduction to C2+ product O-2-plasma-assisted N doping increasing CObinding energy and defect sites preserving Cu oxidationstate in situ X-ray absorption spectroscopy