121st General Meeting of the KCS

Type Poster Presentation
Area Material Chemistry
Room No. Event Hall
Time 4월 20일 (금요일) 11:00~12:30
Code MAT.P-425
Subject ZnO nanoparticles for highly selective CO2 reduction reaction
Authors Gabin Jung, Yeron Lee, InHye Kwak, Kwon Ik Seon, jeunghee park1,*
Micro Device Engineering / Microdevices, Korea University, Korea
1Department of Materials Chemistry, Korea University, Korea
Abstract Nowadays, the increasing level of CO2 concentration from the use of fossil fuels has become the most serious environmental concern related to global warming and climate change. The electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) is a key reaction for CO2 conversion to valuable fuels and chemicals. In this work, we report a low-cost high-efficiency catalyst, zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles, synthesized by sol-gel methods using various precursors. They exhibit 80 % Faradic efficiency of CO2 reduction to CO at -1.0 V versus RHE. In order to understand the remarkable catalytic efficiency, the electronic structures were thoroughly investigated using synchrotron X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and extended X-ray absorption fine structures, in combination with various electrochemical analyses.
E-mail jgb0003@gmail.com