{"oa_version":"None","publication_status":"published","isi":1,"acknowledgement":"The authors also acknowledge financial support from the University Research Fund (BOF-GOA-PS ID No. 33928). S.L. has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Grant Agreement No. 665385.","article_type":"original","intvolume":"        10","date_created":"2020-12-06T23:01:15Z","volume":10,"date_updated":"2023-08-24T10:52:32Z","month":"11","page":"13468-13478","title":"Ligand-mode directed selectivity in Cu-Ag core-shell based gas diffusion electrodes for CO2 electroreduction","_id":"8926","department":[{"_id":"MaIb"}],"author":[{"full_name":"Irtem, Erdem","last_name":"Irtem","first_name":"Erdem"},{"first_name":"Daniel","full_name":"Arenas Esteban, Daniel","last_name":"Arenas Esteban"},{"first_name":"Miguel","full_name":"Duarte, Miguel","last_name":"Duarte"},{"last_name":"Choukroun","full_name":"Choukroun, Daniel","first_name":"Daniel"},{"full_name":"Lee, Seungho","last_name":"Lee","id":"BB243B88-D767-11E9-B658-BC13E6697425","first_name":"Seungho","orcid":"0000-0002-6962-8598"},{"orcid":"0000-0001-5013-2843","last_name":"Ibáñez","full_name":"Ibáñez, Maria","id":"43C61214-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","first_name":"Maria"},{"first_name":"Sara","full_name":"Bals, Sara","last_name":"Bals"},{"full_name":"Breugelmans, Tom","last_name":"Breugelmans","first_name":"Tom"}],"type":"journal_article","year":"2020","citation":{"ieee":"E. Irtem <i>et al.</i>, “Ligand-mode directed selectivity in Cu-Ag core-shell based gas diffusion electrodes for CO2 electroreduction,” <i>ACS Catalysis</i>, vol. 10, no. 22. American Chemical Society, pp. 13468–13478, 2020.","ama":"Irtem E, Arenas Esteban D, Duarte M, et al. Ligand-mode directed selectivity in Cu-Ag core-shell based gas diffusion electrodes for CO2 electroreduction. <i>ACS Catalysis</i>. 2020;10(22):13468-13478. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.0c03210\">10.1021/acscatal.0c03210</a>","chicago":"Irtem, Erdem, Daniel Arenas Esteban, Miguel Duarte, Daniel Choukroun, Seungho Lee, Maria Ibáñez, Sara Bals, and Tom Breugelmans. “Ligand-Mode Directed Selectivity in Cu-Ag Core-Shell Based Gas Diffusion Electrodes for CO2 Electroreduction.” <i>ACS Catalysis</i>. American Chemical Society, 2020. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.0c03210\">https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.0c03210</a>.","mla":"Irtem, Erdem, et al. “Ligand-Mode Directed Selectivity in Cu-Ag Core-Shell Based Gas Diffusion Electrodes for CO2 Electroreduction.” <i>ACS Catalysis</i>, vol. 10, no. 22, American Chemical Society, 2020, pp. 13468–78, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.0c03210\">10.1021/acscatal.0c03210</a>.","ista":"Irtem E, Arenas Esteban D, Duarte M, Choukroun D, Lee S, Ibáñez M, Bals S, Breugelmans T. 2020. Ligand-mode directed selectivity in Cu-Ag core-shell based gas diffusion electrodes for CO2 electroreduction. ACS Catalysis. 10(22), 13468–13478.","apa":"Irtem, E., Arenas Esteban, D., Duarte, M., Choukroun, D., Lee, S., Ibáñez, M., … Breugelmans, T. (2020). Ligand-mode directed selectivity in Cu-Ag core-shell based gas diffusion electrodes for CO2 electroreduction. <i>ACS Catalysis</i>. American Chemical Society. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.0c03210\">https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.0c03210</a>","short":"E. Irtem, D. Arenas Esteban, M. Duarte, D. Choukroun, S. Lee, M. Ibáñez, S. Bals, T. Breugelmans, ACS Catalysis 10 (2020) 13468–13478."},"scopus_import":"1","doi":"10.1021/acscatal.0c03210","user_id":"4359f0d1-fa6c-11eb-b949-802e58b17ae8","publisher":"American Chemical Society","abstract":[{"lang":"eng","text":"Bimetallic nanoparticles with tailored size and specific composition have shown promise as stable and selective catalysts for electrochemical reduction of CO2 (CO2R) in batch systems. Yet, limited effort was devoted to understand the effect of ligand coverage and postsynthesis treatments on CO2 reduction, especially under industrially applicable conditions, such as at high currents (>100 mA/cm2) using gas diffusion electrodes (GDE) and flow reactors. In this work, Cu–Ag core–shell nanoparticles (11 ± 2 nm) were prepared with three different surface modes: (i) capped with oleylamine, (ii) capped with monoisopropylamine, and (iii) surfactant-free with a reducing borohydride agent; Cu–Ag (OAm), Cu–Ag (MIPA), and Cu–Ag (NaBH4), respectively. The ligand exchange and removal was evidenced by infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR) analysis, whereas high-resolution scanning transmission electron microscopy (HAADF-STEM) showed their effect on the interparticle distance and nanoparticle rearrangement. Later on, we developed a process-on-substrate method to track these effects on CO2R. Cu–Ag (OAm) gave a lower on-set potential for hydrocarbon production, whereas Cu–Ag (MIPA) and Cu–Ag (NaBH4) promoted syngas production. The electrochemical impedance and surface area analysis on the well-controlled electrodes showed gradual increases in the electrical conductivity and active surface area after each surface treatment. We found that the increasing amount of the triple phase boundaries (the meeting point for the electron–electrolyte–CO2 reactant) affect the required electrode potential and eventually the C+2e̅/C2e̅ product ratio. This study highlights the importance of the electron transfer to those active sites affected by the capping agents—particularly on larger substrates that are crucial for their industrial application."}],"language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"issue":"22","article_processing_charge":"No","publication":"ACS Catalysis","quality_controlled":"1","external_id":{"isi":["000592978900031"]},"publication_identifier":{"eissn":["21555435"]},"date_published":"2020-11-20T00:00:00Z","project":[{"grant_number":"665385","_id":"2564DBCA-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425","call_identifier":"H2020","name":"International IST Doctoral Program"}],"status":"public","ec_funded":1,"day":"20"}