A novel 3D porous silver foam catalyst for effective CO2 reduction reaction

One of the common problems in using electrocatalyst in the CO2 reduction process is a trade-off between product selectivity and product generation rate, where Hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and CO2RRR compete with each other. Herein, we present a novel three-dimensional porous silver electrocatalyst for CO2RR, fabricated using an inexpensive and simple scalable electrodeposition method. For the first time, these AgFoam electrodes were applied as a working electrode for selective conversion of CO2 to CO. Comparing to other silver-based catalysts, the AgFoam electrode exhibits one of the highest Faradaic Efficiency (FEs), as well as one of the largest current densities for CO generation.

Read more in Chem Select (2017), doi:10.1002/slct.201601980

 

TOC silver foam

3D porous silver foam electrocatalyst is demonstrated to convert CO2 to CO with both high efficiency and current density.