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The copper-based electrocatalysts feature attractive potentials of converting CO2 into multi-carbon (C2+) products, while the instability of Cu-O often induces the reduction of Cu+ /Cu0 catalytic sites at the cathode and refrains the capability of stable electrolysis especially at high powers. In this work, we developed an Erbium (Er) oxide-modified Cu (Er-O-Cu) catalyst with enhanced covalency of Cu-O and more stable active sites. The f-p-d coupling strengthens the covalency of Cu-O, and the stability of Cu+ sites under electroreduction condition is critical for promoting the C-C coupling and improving the C2+ product selectivity. As a result, the Er-O-Cu sites exhibited a high Faradaic efficiency of C2+ products (FEC2+) of 86 % at 2200 mA cm-2 , and a peak partial current density of |jC2+| of 1900 mA cm-2 , comparable to the best reported values for the CO2-to-C2+ electroreduction. The CO2 electrolysis by the Er-O-Cu sites was further scaled up to 100 cm2 to achieve high-power (similar to 200 W) electrolysis with ethylene production rate of 16 mL min-1 . (c) 2025 Science Press and Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Published by Elsevier B.V. and Science Press. All rights are reserved, including those for text and data mining, AI training, and similar technologies.
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JOURNAL OF ENERGY CHEMISTRY
ISSN: 2095-4956
Year: 2025
Volume: 108
Page: 239-245
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