{"id":16132,"date":"2026-08-19T09:33:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T09:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lequia-udg.com\/2026\/08\/19\/integrated-electrochemical-synthesis-of-sn-rgo-and-cu-rgo-composite-electrodes-for-co2-electroreduction\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T09:36:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T09:36:44","slug":"integrated-electrochemical-synthesis-of-sn-rgo-and-cu-rgo-composite-electrodes-for-co2-electroreduction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lequia-udg.com\/ca\/2026\/08\/19\/integrated-electrochemical-synthesis-of-sn-rgo-and-cu-rgo-composite-electrodes-for-co2-electroreduction\/","title":{"rendered":"Integrated electrochemical synthesis of Sn\/rGO and Cu\/rGO composite electrodes for CO2\u00a0electroreduction"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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CO2<\/sub>\u00a0electrochemical reduction reaction (CO2<\/sub>RR) enables CO2<\/sub>\u00a0conversion into liquid and gaseous products, alleviating CO2<\/sub>\u00a0concentration in the atmosphere while generating high-value compounds. Graphene-based materials have emerged as promising candidates among catalysts for CO2<\/sub>RR. However, improvements in reaction kinetics and products selectivity are still needed, along with efforts to streamline catalyst synthesis, which remains energy and resource intensive. In this study, a simple, sequential electrodeposition method was developed to synthesise metal nanoparticles (Sn or Cu) directly onto reduced graphene oxide (rGO) on glassy carbon (GC) supports. Through adjustment of the deposition conditions, metal nanoparticles were deposited on the surface of GC electrodes, modified with rGO, resulting in a significant performance enhancement of the CO2<\/sub>RR compared to the control tests. Not only rGO allowed an increase of electrode surface area available for nanoparticle deposition (up to 760% increase relative to the GC support area), but it also enhanced the catalytic activity through metal-support interactions. The Sn120\u202fs<\/sub>\/rGO40cyc<\/sub>\/GC composite achieved formate production rate of 0.110\u202fmmol\u202fh\u22121<\/sup>\u00a0cm\u22122<\/sup>, corresponding to 66% faradaic efficiency (at \u22121.4\u202fV\u00a0vs<\/em>\u00a0RHE and a current density of 8\u202fmA\u202fcm\u22122<\/sup>), while the Cu60\u202fs<\/sub>\/rGO40cyc<\/sub>\/GC electrode exhibited potential to generate a broader range of products, including carbon monoxide, formate, ethylene and methane. Although noting that further improvements are needed, this work provides a straightforward method to synthesise effective electrodes using an efficient, rapid, and cost-effective approach, demonstrating versatility in producing a wide range of CO2<\/sub>RR products achieved via the controlled deposition of metal nanoparticles on\u00a0in-situ<\/em>\u00a0rGO.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Year:<\/strong><\/td>\n2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Authors:<\/strong><\/td>\nHelena Matabosch Coromina, Gaia Boniardi, Chiara Limonta, Bogdan C. Donose, Sebasti\u00e0 Puig, Bernardino Virdis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Reference:<\/strong><\/td>\nJournal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, Volume 14, Issue 5, 2026, 124448, ISSN 2213-3437<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Authors: Helena Matabosch Coromina, Gaia Boniardi, Chiara Limonta, Bogdan C. Donose, Sebasti\u00e0 Puig, Bernardino Virdis Integrated electrochemical synthesis of Sn\/rGO and Cu\/rGO composite electrodes for CO2 electroreduction CO2\u00a0electrochemical reduction reaction (CO2RR) enables CO2\u00a0conversion into liquid and gaseous products, alleviating CO2\u00a0concentration in the atmosphere while generating high-value compounds. Graphene-based materials have emerged as promising candidates among … Integrated electrochemical synthesis of Sn\/rGO and Cu\/rGO composite electrodes for CO2\u00a0electroreduction<\/span>“>Continue reading Integrated electrochemical synthesis of Sn\/rGO and Cu\/rGO composite electrodes for CO2\u00a0electroreduction<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_header_footer","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles-ca"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lequia-udg.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lequia-udg.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lequia-udg.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lequia-udg.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lequia-udg.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16132"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lequia-udg.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16133,"href":"https:\/\/lequia-udg.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16132\/revisions\/16133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lequia-udg.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lequia-udg.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lequia-udg.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}