Highly CO selective trimetallic metal–organic framework electrocatalyst for the electrochemical reduction of CO2

Abstract

Pd, Cu, and Zn trimetallic metal–organic framework electrocatalysts (PCZs) based on benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxylic were synthesized using a simple solvothermal synthesis. The as-synthesized PCZ catalysts exhibited as much as 95% faradaic efficiency towards CO, with a high current density, low onset potential, and excellent long-term stability during the electrocatalytic reduction of CO2.