Chemical Research in Chinese Universities ›› 2020, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (3): 410-419.doi: 10.1007/s40242-020-0069-3

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Recent Progress on Bismuth-based Nanomaterials for Electrocatalytic Carbon Dioxide Reduction

YANG Chan1, CHAI Jiaxin1, WANG Zhe2, XING Yonglei1, PENG Juan1,2, YAN Qingyu2,3   

  1. 1. State Key Laboratory of High-efficiency Coal Utilization and Green Chemical Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, P. R. China;
    2. Energy Research Institute at Nanyang Technological University(ERI@N), Nanyang Technological University, 639798, Singapore;
    3. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 639798, Singapore
  • Received:2020-03-23 Revised:2020-04-27 Online:2020-06-01 Published:2020-05-30
  • Contact: PENG Juan, YAN Qingyu E-mail:alexyan@ntu.edu.sg;pengjuan@nxu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    Supported by Singapore MOE Tier 2(Nos.MOE2017-T2-2-069, MOE2018-T2-1-010), the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.21765016), the Ningxia Leading Scientific and Technological Innovation Talents Project, China (No.KJT2018002), the Natural Science Foundation of Ningxia, China(Nos.2018AAC03012, 2018AAC03051), the College Students' Innovative and Entrepreneurship Training Program of Ningxia University, China(No.Q2020107490041), and the National First-rate Discipline Construction Project of Ningxia, China(No.NXYLXK2017A04).

Abstract: Due to the burning of fossil fuels, the level of carbon dioxide(CO2) in the atmosphere gradually rises, leading to serious greenhouse effect and environmental problems. Electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 is currently an efficient way to convert CO2 to value-added products. Bismuth(Bi)-based nanomaterials have raised great interests due to their excellent activity and high selectivity to electrocatalytic CO2 reduction. In this review, the fundamental principles of electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction(CO2RR) are introduced at first. Moreover, the recent development of Bi-based electrocatalytic materials including Bi with various nanostructures(nanoparticle, nanosheet, etc.), Bi-based compounds(Bi oxide, bimetal chalcogenide, etc.), and Bi/C nanocomposites are summarized. In the end, the future prospects and challenges of electrocatalysts for CO2 reduction are discussed.

Key words: Electrocatalysis, Carbon dioxide reduction, Nanostructure, Compound, Nano-composite