Novel Perovskite Oxide Hybrid Nanofibers Embedded with Nanocatalysts for Highly Efficient and Durable Electrodes in Direct CO2 Electrolysis

Abstract

Highlights The novel hybrid structured nanofiber electrode, incorporating crushed nanofibers into the nanofiber network, is designed to effectively resolve the issue of insufficient interfacial bonding of porous nanofiber electrodes on solid electrolyte interfaces. The hybrid nanofibers are covered with in situ exsolved metal nanocatalysts to enhance CO2 reduction reaction rate. Electrochemical and microstructure 3D reconstruction analyses confirmed the hybrid structure’s efficiency in improving the contact area at the porous-solid interface, leading to an increase in reaction sites.

Keywords

• Nanofibers
• Fuel electrodes
• Digital twinning
• CO2 reduction reaction
• Solid oxide electrolysis cells