Enrichment of reactants and intermediates for electrocatalytic CO 2 reduction

PP Yang, MR Gao - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The electrocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction reaction (CO2RR) presents a sustainable
route to convert renewable electricity to value-added fuels and feedstocks in the form of …

Energy applications of ionic liquids: recent developments and future prospects

T Zhou, C Gui, L Sun, Y Hu, H Lyu, Z Wang… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Ionic liquids (ILs) consisting entirely of ions exhibit many fascinating and tunable properties,
making them promising functional materials for a large number of energy-related …

S-scheme heterojunction photocatalysts for CO2 reduction

L Wang, B Zhu, J Zhang, JB Ghasemi, M Mousavi, J Yu - Matter, 2022 - cell.com
Summary Step-scheme (S-scheme) heterojunctions have been widely applied in
photocatalytic CO 2 reduction because they facilitate the spatial separation of …

Unifying views on catalyst deactivation

AJ Martín, S Mitchell, C Mondelli, S Jaydev… - Nature Catalysis, 2022 - nature.com
Berzelius stated that catalysts remain unaltered in their reaction environment. However,
catalyst deactivation always becomes noticeable at certain timescales, frequently hindering …

Progress and perspective for conversion of plastic wastes into valuable chemicals

K Zheng, Y Wu, Z Hu, S Wang, X Jiao, J Zhu… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Today, discarded plastics in nature have caused serious “white pollution”, however these
plastic wastes contain abundant carbon resources that could serve as the feedstock to …

Boosting electrocatalytic CO2–to–ethanol production via asymmetric C–C coupling

P Wang, H Yang, C Tang, Y Wu, Y Zheng… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Electroreduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) into multicarbon products provides possibility of
large-scale chemicals production and is therefore of significant research and commercial …

Ambient electrosynthesis of urea with nitrate and carbon dioxide over iron‐based dual‐sites

J Geng, S Ji, M **, C Zhang, M Xu… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The development of efficient electrocatalysts to generate key* NH2 and* CO intermediates is
crucial for ambient urea electrosynthesis with nitrate (NO3−) and carbon dioxide (CO2) …

Bifunctional ionomers for efficient co-electrolysis of CO2 and pure water towards ethylene production at industrial-scale current densities

W Li, Z Yin, Z Gao, G Wang, Z Li, F Wei, X Wei, H Peng… - Nature Energy, 2022 - nature.com
Many CO2 electrolysers under development use liquid electrolytes (KOH solutions, for
example), yet using solid-state polymer electrolytes can in principle improve efficiency and …

Unlocking direct CO2 electrolysis to C3 products via electrolyte supersaturation

K Qi, Y Zhang, N Onofrio, E Petit, X Cui, J Ma, J Fan… - Nature Catalysis, 2023 - nature.com
The electroreduction of CO2 has recently achieved notable progress in the formation of C2
products such as ethylene and ethanol. However, the direct synthesis of C3 products is …

Design strategies for markedly enhancing energy efficiency in the electrocatalytic CO 2 reduction reaction

W Lai, Y Qiao, J Zhang, Z Lin, H Huang - Energy & Environmental …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The electrocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) offers a promising approach to
ameliorate global warming and the energy crisis. On the route to deploying this technology …