CN111659437B - Preparation method of nitrogen-doped graphene-supported core-shell copper-carbon composite catalyst for producing formic acid by electrocatalytic carbon dioxide - Google Patents

Preparation method of nitrogen-doped graphene-supported core-shell copper-carbon composite catalyst for producing formic acid by electrocatalytic carbon dioxide Download PDF

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CN111659437B CN202010470059.2A CN202010470059A CN111659437B CN 111659437 B CN111659437 B CN 111659437B CN 202010470059 A CN202010470059 A CN 202010470059A CN 111659437 B CN111659437 B CN 111659437B
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The invention discloses a preparation method of a nitrogen-doped graphene-supported core-shell copper-carbon composite catalyst for producing formic acid by electrocatalytic carbon dioxide, and relates to a preparation method of a nitrogen-doped graphene-supported core-shell copper-carbon composite catalyst. The invention aims to solve the problems of poor product selectivity and low stability of the existing porous carbon supported metal catalyst. The method comprises the following steps: 1. preparing a precursor solution; 2. carrying out hydrothermal reaction; 3. cleaning and drying; 4. and carbonizing the product. The preparation method is used for preparing the nitrogen-doped graphene-supported core-shell copper-carbon composite catalyst for producing formic acid by carbon dioxide electrocatalysis.

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Preparation method of nitrogen-doped graphene-supported core-shell copper-carbon composite catalyst for producing formic acid by electrocatalytic carbon dioxide
Technical Field
The invention relates to a preparation method of a nitrogen-doped graphene-supported core-shell copper-carbon composite catalyst.
Background
The acceleration of human industrialization and urbanization processes has increased the demand for various fuels, and the fuel burns CO discharged 2 The global "greenhouse effect" is continuously aggravated, and thus the double problems of energy crisis and environmental pollution are increasingly serious. CO as a carbon-containing resource with abundant reserves 2 Not only can relieve CO in the atmosphere 2 Concentration, thereby reducing the greenhouse effect and alleviating the shortage crisis of increasingly short resources. Due to CO 2 The molecules are stable and require the application of higher energy to activate them, resulting in CO in the atmosphere 2 Deficiency of effective utilization5.5%. Therefore, searching for efficient transformation approaches, and constructing reasonable transformation methods has attracted global attention. Electrochemical catalytic reduction of CO compared to biological and photocatalytic methods 2 Can be realized at normal temperature and normal pressure. The method is simple and convenient to operate and easy to control, and the selection of the product can be effectively controlled by changing the electrolysis conditions. Thus, the designed synthesis of highly efficient, stable and highly selective catalysts is the electroreduction of CO 2 The key of the reaction is also the research focus and difficulty in the current field. The copper-based metal organic framework material (Cu-MOF) is a good precursor template due to the advantages of large specific surface area, high porosity, adjustable pore size, adjustable structure and the like, and the porous carbon-supported metal catalyst prepared by the method is used for CO 2 Catalytic studies of (2). However, this type of catalyst has poor selectivity to formic acid, often accompanied by the production of small molecule alcohols in the product, and has the significant disadvantage of low stability (typically less than 10 h).
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to solve the problems of poor product selectivity and low stability of the existing porous carbon supported metal catalyst, and provides a preparation method of a nitrogen-doped graphene supported core-shell copper-carbon composite catalyst for producing formic acid by carbon dioxide electrocatalysis.
The preparation method of the nitrogen-doped graphene-supported core-shell copper-carbon composite catalyst for producing formic acid by electrocatalytic carbon dioxide comprises the following steps:
1. preparing a precursor solution:
adding nitrogen doped reduced graphene oxide into a mixed solution of N, N-dimethylformamide and ethanol for full dispersion, and then adding Cu (NO 3 ) 2 ·3H 2 Continuously stirring O until the O is completely dissolved to obtain a mixed solution; dissolving benzimidazole in a mixed solution of N, N-dimethylformamide and ethanol, and stirring until the benzimidazole is dissolved to obtain a benzimidazole solution; dissolving trimesic acid in a mixed solution of N, N-dimethylformamide and ethanol, and stirring until the trimesic acid is dissolved to obtain a trimesic acid solution;
cu (NO) in the mixed solution 3 ) 2 ·3H 2 O (O)The concentration is 2.5 mg/mL-3.0 mg/mL; cu (NO) in the mixed solution 3 ) 2 ·3H 2 The mass ratio of O to the nitrogen doped reduced graphene oxide is 1 (0.1-0.3); the concentration of benzimidazole in the benzimidazole solution is 10 mg/mL-15 mg/mL; the concentration of the trimesic acid in the trimesic acid solution is 1.0 mg/mL-1.5 mg/mL;
2. hydrothermal reaction:
mixing and stirring the mixed solution and the benzimidazole solution until the mixed solution is bright blue, adding the trimesic acid solution into the mixed solution, continuously mixing and stirring the mixed solution to obtain a precursor solution, transferring the precursor solution into a stainless steel reaction kettle with a polytetrafluoroethylene lining, and performing hydrothermal reaction for 5-8 h under the constant temperature condition of 80-100 ℃ to obtain a Cu-MOF precursor loaded by the nitrogen-doped graphene;
cu (NO) in the precursor solution 3 ) 2 ·3H 2 The mass ratio of O to benzimidazole is 1 (3-5); cu (NO) in the precursor solution 3 ) 2 ·3H 2 The mass ratio of O to trimesic acid is 1 (0.7-1.0);
3. cleaning and drying:
centrifuging a Cu_MOF precursor loaded by nitrogen-doped graphene, washing the precursor for a plurality of times by using absolute ethyl alcohol, and then placing the precursor in a vacuum drying oven for drying to obtain a dried product;
4. carbonizing the product:
placing the dried product into a tubular furnace, introducing high-purity Ar gas, heating to 700-1000 ℃ at a heating rate of 1-5 ℃/min, and calcining for 3-8 h at 700-1000 ℃ to obtain the nitrogen-doped graphene-loaded core-shell structure Cu 2 O/Cu@C composite catalyst.
The beneficial effects of the invention are as follows:
1. the invention adopts a simple hydrothermal synthesis method to prepare the Cu-MOF precursor loaded by the nitrogen-doped graphene, and prepares the Cu with the core-shell structure loaded by the nitrogen-doped graphene by a high-temperature carbonization method 2 The O/Cu@C composite catalyst effectively improves the electrochemical activity of the catalyst.
2. The invention introduces nitrogen doped graphene and Cu 2 Compared with the O/Cu@C catalyst, the nitrogen doped graphene can disperse effective metal sites, so that the electrochemical active surface area of the catalyst is increased by 4.3 times and reaches 47.2mF/cm 2 The internal resistance of charge transfer is reduced to 3.91 omega, which is reduced by 48.8%; in addition, the catalyst pair CO 2 The adsorption capacity of the catalyst is increased by 2.3 times and reaches 0.95mmol/g, thereby obviously improving the electrocatalytic reduction of CO by the Cu catalyst 2 Activity. Nitrogen-doped graphene-loaded core-shell structure Cu 2 The Faraday efficiency of the O/Cu@C composite catalyst on reducing carbon dioxide to formic acid is up to 82.9%, and the synthesis rate of formic acid is up to 430.2mg/L/h/m 2
3. The nitrogen-doped graphene-loaded core-shell structure Cu prepared by the invention 2 The O/Cu@C composite catalyst has good stability, and after continuous electrolysis for 30 hours, the Faraday current efficiency of formic acid is still maintained to be more than 73%.
The invention relates to a preparation method of a nitrogen-doped graphene-supported core-shell copper-carbon composite catalyst for producing formic acid by carbon dioxide electrocatalysis.
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FIG. 1 is a nitrogen-doped graphene-supported core-shell structure Cu prepared in example one 2 Scanning electron microscope image of O/Cu@C composite catalyst, wherein A is octahedral Cu 2 O/Cu@C, wherein B is Cu particles, and C is nitrogen-doped graphene;
FIG. 2 is a nitrogen-doped graphene-supported core-shell structure Cu prepared in example one 2 Testing an obtained LSV graph of the O/Cu@C composite catalyst under the condition of nitrogen and carbon dioxide, wherein A is an LSV curve obtained under the condition of nitrogen, and B is an LSV curve under the condition of carbon dioxide;
FIG. 3 is a core-shell Cu structure prepared by a comparative experiment 2 Testing an obtained LSV graph of the O/Cu@C catalyst under the condition of nitrogen and carbon dioxide, wherein A is an LSV curve obtained under the condition of nitrogen, and B is an LSV curve under the condition of carbon dioxide;
FIG. 4 is a catalyst in CO 2 Faraday efficiency map of formic acid production by electrolysis of 1 hour in saturated 0.1mol/L potassium bicarbonate solution, a being trueNitrogen-doped graphene-supported core-shell structure Cu prepared in embodiment 2 O/Cu@C composite catalyst, b is core-shell structure Cu prepared by comparison experiment 2 O/Cu@C catalyst;
FIG. 5 is a catalyst in CO 2 Formic acid production rate chart of 1 hour of electrolysis in saturated 0.1mol/L potassium bicarbonate solution, wherein a is nitrogen-doped graphene-loaded core-shell structure Cu prepared in example one 2 O/Cu@C composite catalyst, b is core-shell structure Cu prepared by comparison experiment 2 O/Cu@C catalyst;
FIG. 6 is a catalyst in CO 2 A linear fit plot of current in saturated 0.1mol/L potassium bicarbonate solution versus sweep rate; a is Cu of a nitrogen-doped graphene-supported core-shell structure prepared in the first embodiment 2 O/Cu@C composite catalyst, b is core-shell structure Cu prepared by comparison experiment 2 O/Cu@C catalyst;
FIG. 7 is a catalyst in CO 2 Nyquist pattern in saturated 0.1mol/L potassium bicarbonate solution; a is Cu of a nitrogen-doped graphene-supported core-shell structure prepared in the first embodiment 2 O/Cu@C composite catalyst, b is core-shell structure Cu prepared by comparison experiment 2 O/Cu@C catalyst;
FIG. 8 catalyst vs. CO 2 Adsorption curve of (2); a is Cu of a nitrogen-doped graphene-supported core-shell structure prepared in the first embodiment 2 O/Cu@C composite catalyst, b is core-shell structure Cu prepared by comparison experiment 2 O/Cu@C catalyst;
FIG. 9 is a nitrogen-doped graphene-supported core-shell structure Cu prepared in example one 2 Stability test curve of O/Cu@C composite catalyst, 1 is current density, and 2 is Faraday efficiency.
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The technical scheme of the invention is not limited to the specific embodiments listed below, but also includes any combination of the specific embodiments.
The first embodiment is as follows: the embodiment is a preparation method of a nitrogen-doped graphene-supported core-shell copper-carbon composite catalyst for producing formic acid by electrocatalytic carbon dioxide, which comprises the following steps:
1. preparing a precursor solution:
adding nitrogen doped reduced graphene oxide into a mixed solution of N, N-dimethylformamide and ethanol for full dispersion, and then adding Cu (NO 3 ) 2 ·3H 2 Continuously stirring O until the O is completely dissolved to obtain a mixed solution; dissolving benzimidazole in a mixed solution of N, N-dimethylformamide and ethanol, and stirring until the benzimidazole is dissolved to obtain a benzimidazole solution; dissolving trimesic acid in a mixed solution of N, N-dimethylformamide and ethanol, and stirring until the trimesic acid is dissolved to obtain a trimesic acid solution;
cu (NO) in the mixed solution 3 ) 2 ·3H 2 The concentration of O is 2.5 mg/mL-3.0 mg/mL; cu (NO) in the mixed solution 3 ) 2 ·3H 2 The mass ratio of O to the nitrogen doped reduced graphene oxide is 1 (0.1-0.3); the concentration of benzimidazole in the benzimidazole solution is 10 mg/mL-15 mg/mL; the concentration of the trimesic acid in the trimesic acid solution is 1.0 mg/mL-1.5 mg/mL;
2. hydrothermal reaction:
mixing and stirring the mixed solution and the benzimidazole solution until the mixed solution is bright blue, adding the trimesic acid solution into the mixed solution, continuously mixing and stirring the mixed solution to obtain a precursor solution, transferring the precursor solution into a stainless steel reaction kettle with a polytetrafluoroethylene lining, and performing hydrothermal reaction for 5-8 h under the constant temperature condition of 80-100 ℃ to obtain a Cu-MOF precursor loaded by the nitrogen-doped graphene;
cu (NO) in the precursor solution 3 ) 2 ·3H 2 The mass ratio of O to benzimidazole is 1 (3-5); cu (NO) in the precursor solution 3 ) 2 ·3H 2 The mass ratio of O to trimesic acid is 1 (0.7-1.0);
3. cleaning and drying:
centrifuging a Cu_MOF precursor loaded by nitrogen-doped graphene, washing the precursor for a plurality of times by using absolute ethyl alcohol, and then placing the precursor in a vacuum drying oven for drying to obtain a dried product;
4. carbonizing the product:
placing the dried product in a tube furnace, introducing high-purity Ar gas,heating to 700-1000 ℃ at a heating rate of 1-5 ℃/min, and calcining for 3-8 h at 700-1000 ℃ to obtain the nitrogen-doped graphene-loaded core-shell structure Cu 2 O/Cu@C composite catalyst.
In the embodiment, the graphene is used as a carrier to load Cu 2 The O/Cu@C constructed composite catalyst can obviously improve the electrocatalytic performance of the catalyst. The graphene can disperse metal catalytic sites, and doping of hetero atoms can improve the conductivity of the whole composite catalyst and CO 2 Adsorption of molecules, cu 2 O/Cu@C serving as catalytic site improves CO under the action of nitrogen doped graphene 2 The activation of the molecules and the synergistic effect of the molecules improve the catalysis of the composite catalyst.
The beneficial effects of this embodiment are: 1. in the embodiment, a simple hydrothermal synthesis method is adopted to prepare a Cu-MOF precursor loaded by the nitrogen-doped graphene, and a high-temperature carbonization method is adopted to prepare Cu with a core-shell structure loaded by the nitrogen-doped graphene 2 The O/Cu@C composite catalyst effectively improves the electrochemical activity of the catalyst.
2. In the embodiment, nitrogen doped graphene and Cu are introduced 2 Compared with the O/Cu@C catalyst, the nitrogen doped graphene can disperse effective metal sites, so that the electrochemical active surface area of the catalyst is increased by 4.3 times and reaches 47.2mF/cm 2 The internal resistance of charge transfer is reduced to 3.91 omega, which is reduced by 48.8%; in addition, the catalyst pair CO 2 The adsorption capacity of the catalyst is increased by 2.3 times and reaches 0.95mmol/g, thereby obviously improving the electrocatalytic reduction of CO by the Cu catalyst 2 Activity. Nitrogen-doped graphene-loaded core-shell structure Cu 2 The Faraday efficiency of the O/Cu@C composite catalyst on reducing carbon dioxide to formic acid is up to 82.9%, and the synthesis rate of formic acid is up to 430.2mg/L/h/m 2 。。
3. Nitrogen-doped graphene-loaded core-shell structure Cu prepared in this embodiment 2 The O/Cu@C composite catalyst has good stability, and after continuous electrolysis for 30 hours, the Faraday current efficiency of formic acid is still maintained to be more than 73%.
The second embodiment is as follows: the first difference between this embodiment and the specific embodiment is that: the nitrogen-doped reduced graphene oxide in the first step is specifically prepared by the following steps: adding graphene oxide powder into deionized water, adding urea, transferring to a reaction kettle, and reacting for 3-8 hours at the temperature of 150-200 ℃ to obtain nitrogen-doped reduced graphene oxide; the volume ratio of the graphene oxide powder to the deionized water is 1mg (1-5) mL; the mass ratio of the graphene oxide powder to the urea is 1 (20-40). The other is the same as in the first embodiment.
And a third specific embodiment: this embodiment differs from one or both of the embodiments in that: the purity of the high-purity Ar gas in the fourth step is 99.99%. The other is the same as the first or second embodiment.
The specific embodiment IV is as follows: this embodiment differs from one of the first to third embodiments in that: the volume ratio of the N, N-dimethylformamide to the ethanol in the mixed solution of the N, N-dimethylformamide and the ethanol in the step one is 1 (0.5-2.0). The other embodiments are the same as those of the first to third embodiments.
Fifth embodiment: this embodiment differs from one to four embodiments in that: and in the third step, drying in a vacuum drying oven, specifically in a vacuum drying oven with the temperature of 60 ℃. The other embodiments are the same as those of the first to fourth embodiments.
Specific embodiment six: this embodiment differs from one of the first to fifth embodiments in that: cu (NO) in the mixed solution described in step one 3 ) 2 ·3H 2 The concentration of O is 2.7 mg/mL-3.0 mg/mL; cu (NO) in the mixed solution described in step one 3 ) 2 ·3H 2 The mass ratio of O to the nitrogen doped reduced graphene oxide is 1 (0.2-0.3); the concentration of benzimidazole in the benzimidazole solution in the first step is 11.2 mg/mL-15 mg/mL; the concentration of the trimesic acid in the trimesic acid solution in the step one is 1.2 mg/mL-1.5 mg/mL. The others are the same as in one of the first to fifth embodiments.
Seventh embodiment: this embodiment differs from one of the first to sixth embodiments in that: and step two, mixing and stirring the mixed solution and the benzimidazole solution until the mixed solution is bright blue, adding the trimesic acid solution into the mixed solution, continuously mixing and stirring the mixed solution to obtain a precursor solution, transferring the precursor solution into a stainless steel reaction kettle with a polytetrafluoroethylene lining, and performing hydrothermal reaction for 6-8 hours under the constant temperature condition of 90-100 ℃ to obtain the Cu-MOF precursor loaded by the nitrogen-doped graphene. The other embodiments are the same as those of the first to sixth embodiments.
Eighth embodiment: this embodiment differs from one of the first to seventh embodiments in that: cu (NO) in the precursor solution described in step two 3 ) 2 ·3H 2 The mass ratio of O to benzimidazole is 1 (4.2-5); cu (NO) in the precursor solution described in step two 3 ) 2 ·3H 2 The mass ratio of O to trimesic acid is 1 (0.88-1.0). The other is the same as in embodiments one to seven.
Detailed description nine: this embodiment differs from one to eight of the embodiments in that: and step four, heating to 800-1000 ℃ under the condition that the heating rate is 2-5 ℃/min. The others are the same as in embodiments one to eight.
Detailed description ten: this embodiment differs from one of the embodiments one to nine in that: and step four, calcining for 5 to 8 hours at the temperature of 800 to 1000 ℃. The others are the same as in embodiments one to nine.
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embodiment one:
the preparation method of the nitrogen-doped graphene-supported core-shell copper-carbon composite catalyst for producing formic acid by electrocatalytic carbon dioxide comprises the following steps:
1. preparing a precursor solution:
adding nitrogen doped reduced graphene oxide into a mixed solution of N, N-dimethylformamide and ethanol for full dispersion, and then adding Cu (NO 3 ) 2 ·3H 2 Continuously stirring O until O is completely dissolved to obtain a mixed solution, and mixing benzoImidazole is dissolved in a mixed solution of N, N-dimethylformamide and ethanol, and is stirred until the imidazole is dissolved, so that a benzimidazole solution is obtained, and trimesic acid is dissolved in a mixed solution of N, N-dimethylformamide and ethanol, and is stirred until the trimesic acid is dissolved, so that a trimesic acid solution is obtained;
cu (NO) in the mixed solution 3 ) 2 ·3H 2 The concentration of O is 2.7mg/L; cu (NO) in the mixed solution 3 ) 2 ·3H 2 The mass ratio of O to the nitrogen doped reduced graphene oxide is 1:0.2; the concentration of benzimidazole in the benzimidazole solution is 11.2mg/L; the concentration of trimesic acid in the trimesic acid solution is 1.2mg/L;
2. hydrothermal reaction:
mixing the mixed solution and the benzimidazole solution, stirring until the mixed solution is bright blue, adding the trimesic acid solution into the mixed solution, continuously mixing and stirring to obtain a precursor solution, transferring the precursor solution into a stainless steel reaction kettle with a polytetrafluoroethylene lining of 100mL, and performing hydrothermal reaction for 6 hours under the constant temperature condition of 90 ℃ to obtain a Cu-MOF precursor loaded by the nitrogen-doped graphene;
cu (NO) in the precursor solution 3 ) 2 ·3H 2 The mass ratio of O to benzimidazole is 1:4.2; cu (NO) in the precursor solution 3 ) 2 ·3H 2 The mass ratio of O to trimesic acid is 1:0.88;
3. cleaning and drying:
centrifuging a Cu_MOF precursor loaded by nitrogen-doped graphene, washing for several times by using absolute ethyl alcohol, and then drying in a vacuum drying oven at 60 ℃ to obtain a dried product;
4. carbonizing the product:
placing the dried product in a tube furnace, introducing high-purity Ar gas, heating to 800 ℃ at a heating rate of 2 ℃/min, and calcining for 5 hours at the temperature of 800 ℃ to obtain the nitrogen-doped graphene-loaded core-shell structure Cu 2 O/Cu@C composite catalyst.
The nitrogen-doped reduced graphene oxide in the first step is specifically prepared by the following steps: 50mg of graphene oxide powder is added into 100mL of deionized water, then 1.5g of urea is added, and the mixture is transferred into a reaction kettle and reacted for 5 hours at the temperature of 180 ℃ to obtain the nitrogen-doped reduced graphene oxide.
The purity of the high-purity Ar gas in the fourth step is 99.99%.
The volume ratio of the N, N-dimethylformamide to the ethanol in the mixed solution of the N, N-dimethylformamide and the ethanol in the step one is 1:1.
Nitrogen-doped graphene-loaded core-shell structure Cu prepared in embodiment one by utilizing Prlington electrochemical workstation 2 The O/Cu@C composite catalyst is subjected to electrochemical property test, a nitrogen saturated 0.1mol/L potassium bicarbonate solution or a carbon dioxide saturated 0.1mol/L potassium bicarbonate solution is used as an electrolyte solution, the test result is shown in figure 2, and figure 2 shows the nitrogen doped graphene loaded core-shell structure Cu prepared in the first embodiment 2 The O/Cu@C composite catalyst is tested to obtain an LSV graph under the condition of nitrogen and carbon dioxide, wherein A is an LSV curve obtained under the condition of nitrogen, and B is an LSV curve under the condition of carbon dioxide. As can be seen from comparison of the two conditions, the current density obtained in the carbon dioxide saturated electrolyte is higher than the corresponding current density under nitrogen. Illustrating the nitrogen-doped graphene-supported core-shell structure Cu obtained in embodiment one 2 The O/Cu@C composite catalyst has a certain reduction effect on carbon dioxide reduction.
FIG. 1 is a nitrogen-doped graphene-supported core-shell structure Cu prepared in example one 2 Scanning electron microscope image of O/Cu@C composite catalyst, wherein A is octahedral Cu 2 O/Cu@C, wherein B is Cu particles, and C is nitrogen-doped graphene; from the figure, the octahedral Cu_MOF grows on the surface of the graphene and in the interlayer, and the carbonized Cu_MOF still maintains the original octahedral structure. These MOF particles exhibit a typical core-shell structure, each carbon core containing several Cu nanoparticles with a particle size in the range of 40-200 nm. From this, it is known that the use of nitrogen-doped graphene can effectively disperse metal sites.
Comparison experiment: the method comprises the following steps:
1. preparing a precursor solution:
cu (NO) 3 ) 2 ·3H 2 Adding O into the mixed solution of N, N-dimethylformamide and ethanol, and dispersing thoroughly to obtain Cu (NO) 3 ) 2 ·3H 2 O solution, namely dissolving benzimidazole in a mixed solution of N, N-dimethylformamide and ethanol, stirring until the benzimidazole is dissolved to obtain a benzimidazole solution, dissolving trimesic acid in a mixed solution of N, N-dimethylformamide and ethanol, and stirring until the trimesic acid is dissolved to obtain a trimesic acid solution;
said Cu (NO) 3 ) 2 ·3H 2 Cu (NO) in O solution 3 ) 2 ·3H 2 The concentration of O is 2.7mg/L; the concentration of benzimidazole in the benzimidazole solution is 11.2mg/L; the concentration of trimesic acid in the trimesic acid solution is 1.2mg/L;
2. hydrothermal reaction:
cu (NO) 3 ) 2 ·3H 2 Mixing the O solution and the benzimidazole solution, stirring until the mixed solution shows bright blue, adding the trimesic acid solution into the mixed solution, continuously mixing and stirring to obtain a precursor solution, transferring the precursor solution into a stainless steel reaction kettle with a polytetrafluoroethylene lining of 100mL for hydrothermal reaction, and reacting for 6h at the temperature of 90 ℃ to obtain a precursor;
cu (NO) in the precursor solution 3 ) 2 ·3H 2 The mass ratio of O to benzimidazole is 1:4.2; cu (NO) in the precursor solution 3 ) 2 ·3H 2 The mass ratio of O to trimesic acid is 1:0.88;
3. cleaning and drying:
centrifuging the precursor, washing the precursor for a plurality of times by using absolute ethyl alcohol, and then placing the precursor in a vacuum drying oven at 60 ℃ for drying to obtain a dried product;
4. carbonizing the product:
placing the dried product in a tubular furnace, introducing high-purity Ar gas, heating to 800 ℃ at a heating rate of 2 ℃/min, and calcining for 5 hours at 800 ℃ to obtain the core-shell structure Cu 2 O/Cu@C catalyst.
The purity of the high-purity Ar gas in the fourth step is 99.99%.
The volume ratio of the N, N-dimethylformamide to the ethanol in the mixed solution of the N, N-dimethylformamide and the ethanol in the step one is 1:1.
Core-shell structure Cu prepared by utilizing Prins ston electrochemical workstation contrast experiment 2 The O/Cu@C catalyst is subjected to electrochemical property test, a nitrogen saturated 0.1mol/L potassium bicarbonate solution or a carbon dioxide saturated 0.1mol/L potassium bicarbonate solution is used as an electrolyte solution, the test result is shown in figure 3, and figure 3 is core-shell structure Cu prepared by a comparison experiment 2 The O/Cu@C catalyst is tested under nitrogen and carbon dioxide to obtain an LSV graph, wherein A is an LSV curve obtained under the nitrogen condition, and B is an LSV curve under the carbon dioxide condition. As can be seen from comparison of the two conditions, the current density obtained in the carbon dioxide saturated electrolyte is higher than the corresponding current density under nitrogen. Illustrating core-shell structure Cu prepared by comparison experiment 2 The O/Cu@C catalyst has a certain reduction effect on carbon dioxide reduction.
As can be seen from comparison between fig. 2 and fig. 3, the current density of the catalyst obtained in the first embodiment is high under the condition of the same applied potential, i.e. the use of the nitrogen doped graphene effectively improves the Cu of the core-shell structure 2 Electrochemical activity of the O/Cu@C catalyst.
The catalyst obtained in example one and comparative experiments was used as a working electrode, a platinum sheet was used as a counter electrode, silver chloride was used as a reference electrode, and electrolysis was performed at-1.4V potential for 1 hour, and the faraday efficiency of formic acid production by reduction of carbon dioxide was analyzed and calculated, as shown in fig. 4. FIG. 4 is a catalyst in CO 2 Faraday efficiency graph of formic acid production by electrolysis for 1 hour in saturated 0.1mol/L potassium bicarbonate solution, wherein a is nitrogen-doped graphene-loaded core-shell structure Cu prepared in example one 2 O/Cu@C composite catalyst, b is core-shell structure Cu prepared by comparison experiment 2 O/Cu@C catalyst. From the figure, the nitrogen-doped graphene-supported core-shell structure Cu obtained in the first embodiment 2 O/Cu@C composite catalyst for reducing carbon dioxide to produce formic acidThe Faraday efficiency is up to 82.9%, and the contrast experiment is improved by 61.1%.
FIG. 5 is a catalyst in CO 2 Formic acid production rate chart of 1 hour of electrolysis in saturated 0.1mol/L potassium bicarbonate solution, wherein a is nitrogen-doped graphene-loaded core-shell structure Cu prepared in example one 2 O/Cu@C composite catalyst, b is core-shell structure Cu prepared by comparison experiment 2 O/Cu@C catalyst. As can be seen from the graph, compared with the comparative experiment, the synthesis rate of formic acid reaches 430.2mg/L/h/m 2 The improvement is 2.9 times.
FIG. 6 is a catalyst in CO 2 A linear fit plot of current in saturated 0.1mol/L potassium bicarbonate solution versus sweep rate; a is Cu of a nitrogen-doped graphene-supported core-shell structure prepared in the first embodiment 2 O/Cu@C composite catalyst, b is core-shell structure Cu prepared by comparison experiment 2 O/Cu@C catalyst. As can be seen from the figure, the electrochemically active surface area of example one was 47.2mF/cm 2 Compared with the comparative experiment, the method has the advantage of improving the yield by 4.3 times.
FIG. 7 is a catalyst in CO 2 Nyquist pattern in saturated 0.1mol/L potassium bicarbonate solution; a is Cu of a nitrogen-doped graphene-supported core-shell structure prepared in the first embodiment 2 O/Cu@C composite catalyst, b is core-shell structure Cu prepared by comparison experiment 2 O/Cu@C catalyst. As can be seen from the graph, the internal resistance of charge transfer in the first example was 3.91 Ω, which was reduced by 48.8% compared to the comparative experiment.
FIG. 8 catalyst vs. CO 2 Adsorption curve of (2); a is Cu of a nitrogen-doped graphene-supported core-shell structure prepared in the first embodiment 2 O/Cu@C composite catalyst, b is core-shell structure Cu prepared by comparison experiment 2 O/Cu@C catalyst. As can be seen, example one shows CO at a relative pressure of 1 2 The adsorption quantity of the catalyst is 0.95mmol/g, and is improved by 2.3 times compared with a comparison experiment.
FIG. 9 is a nitrogen-doped graphene-supported core-shell structure Cu prepared in example one 2 Stability test curve of O/Cu@C composite catalyst, 1 is current density, and 2 is Faraday efficiency. As can be seen from the graph, the composite catalyst has good stability, and after continuous electrolysis for 30 hours, the Faraday current efficiency of formic acid is still maintained at 73 percentAnd (3) upper part.

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1. The preparation method of the nitrogen-doped graphene-supported core-shell copper-carbon composite catalyst for producing formic acid by electrocatalytic carbon dioxide is characterized by comprising the following steps of:
1. preparing a precursor solution:
adding nitrogen doped reduced graphene oxide into a mixed solution of N, N-dimethylformamide and ethanol for full dispersion, and then adding Cu (NO 3 ) 2 ·3H 2 Continuously stirring O until the O is completely dissolved to obtain a mixed solution, stirring benzimidazole into a mixed solution of N, N-dimethylformamide and ethanol to obtain a benzimidazole solution, and stirring trimesic acid into a mixed solution of N, N-dimethylformamide and ethanol to obtain a trimesic acid solution;
cu (NO) in the mixed solution 3 ) 2 ·3H 2 The concentration of O is 2.7mg/L; cu (NO) in the mixed solution 3 ) 2 ·3H 2 The mass ratio of O to the nitrogen doped reduced graphene oxide is 1:0.2; the concentration of benzimidazole in the benzimidazole solution is 11.2mg/L; the concentration of trimesic acid in the trimesic acid solution is 1.2mg/L;
2. hydrothermal reaction:
mixing the mixed solution and the benzimidazole solution, stirring until the mixed solution is bright blue, adding the trimesic acid solution into the mixed solution, continuously mixing and stirring to obtain a precursor solution, transferring the precursor solution into a stainless steel reaction kettle with a polytetrafluoroethylene lining of 100mL, and performing hydrothermal reaction for 6 hours under the constant temperature condition of 90 ℃ to obtain a Cu-MOF precursor loaded by the nitrogen-doped graphene;
cu (NO) in the precursor solution 3 ) 2 ·3H 2 The mass ratio of O to benzimidazole is 1:4.2; cu (NO) in the precursor solution 3 ) 2 ·3H 2 The mass ratio of O to trimesic acid is 1:0.88;
3. cleaning and drying:
centrifuging a Cu_MOF precursor loaded by nitrogen-doped graphene, washing for several times by using absolute ethyl alcohol, and then drying in a vacuum drying oven at 60 ℃ to obtain a dried product;
4. carbonizing the product:
placing the dried product in a tube furnace, introducing high-purity Ar gas, heating to 800 ℃ at a heating rate of 2 ℃/min, and calcining for 5 hours at the temperature of 800 ℃ to obtain the nitrogen-doped graphene-loaded core-shell structure Cu 2 O/Cu@C composite catalyst;
the nitrogen-doped reduced graphene oxide in the first step is specifically prepared by the following steps: adding 50mg of graphene oxide powder into 100mL of deionized water, then adding 1.5g of urea, transferring into a reaction kettle, and reacting for 5 hours at 180 ℃ to obtain nitrogen-doped reduced graphene oxide;
the purity of the high-purity Ar gas in the fourth step is 99.99 percent;
the volume ratio of the N, N-dimethylformamide to the ethanol in the mixed solution of the N, N-dimethylformamide and the ethanol in the step one is 1:1.
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