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Hydropathy modulation on Bi2S3 for enhanced electrocatalytic CO2 reduction

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Electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) is a promising way to achieve carbon neutrality. However, the activity and selectivity of CO2RR are limited by not only the development of earth-abundant catalysts but also the CO2 mass transfer during the CO2RR process. Herein, Bi2S3 nanorods were synthesized under a relatively mild route. Furthermore, benefitting to the modulation of the hydropathy, the optimized sample (BS-P1) achieved a Faradaic efficiency of HCOO− (> 90%) in the range from − 0.9 to − 1.2 V, a high current density of HCOO− (2.29 times larger than that of BS-P0 at − 1.2 V) and a prolonged stability from 12 to 20 h at − 1.1 V. When the temperature decreased from 25 to 0 °C and eventually to − 20 °C, the reaction kinetics of CO2RR was slowed down, the distribution of products was changed and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) was inhibited. This work provides a facile synthesis for Bi2S3 and highlights the importance of triple-phase interfaces in CO2RR.

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电化学CO2还原反应（CO2RR）是一种很有前途的有望实现碳中和的方法。然而，CO2RR的活性和选择性不仅受限于催化剂在地球上的储量而且涉及到在CO2RR过程中CO2的传质的问题。本文中，我们在一个相对温和的合成路线下合成了Bi2S3纳米棒。此外，最佳样品（BS-P1）在-0.9 ~ − 1.2 V范围内的FEHCOO-均大于90%，在− 1.2 V条件下的JHCOO-最高，比BS-P0大2.29倍，在− 1.1 V时的稳定性从12 h延长到20 h。当温度从25降到0 °C，最后降到− 20 °C的过程中，CO2RR反应动力学减缓，产物分布改变，析氢反应（HER）受到抑制。这项工作为Bi2S3提供了一个简单的合成方法，并强调了CO2RR中三相界面的重要性。

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Zhan, LS., Wang, YC., Liu, MJ. et al. Hydropathy modulation on Bi2S3 for enhanced electrocatalytic CO2 reduction. Rare Met. 42, 806–812 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12598-022-02212-w

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