Multiscale CO2 Electrocatalysis to C2+ Products: Reaction Mechanisms, Catalyst Design, and Device Fabrication

T Yan, X Chen, L Kumari, J Lin, M Li, Q Fan… - Chemical …, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
Electrosynthesis of value-added chemicals, directly from CO2, could foster achievement of
carbon neutral through an alternative electrical approach to the energy-intensive …

Electrochemical Approaches for CO2 Conversion to Chemicals: A Journey toward Practical Applications

S Overa, BH Ko, Y Zhao, F Jiao - Accounts of chemical research, 2022‏ - ACS Publications
Conspectus Carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration play an essential role to address
CO2 emissions. Among all carbon utilization technologies, CO2 electroreduction has gained …

Atomic-scale surface restructuring of copper electrodes under CO2 electroreduction conditions

R Amirbeigiarab, J Tian, A Herzog, C Qiu… - Nature Catalysis, 2023‏ - nature.com
Potentiodynamic methods that induce structural changes in Cu catalysts for the
electrochemical reduction of CO2 (CO2RR) have been identified as a promising strategy for …

Accelerating electrochemical CO2 reduction to multi-carbon products via asymmetric intermediate binding at confined nanointerfaces

J Zhang, C Guo, S Fang, X Zhao, L Li, H Jiang… - Nature …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Abstract Electrochemical CO2 reduction (CO2R) to ethylene and ethanol enables the long-
term storage of renewable electricity in valuable multi-carbon (C2+) chemicals. However …

Tunable CO2 electroreduction to ethanol and ethylene with controllable interfacial wettability

Y Lin, T Wang, L Zhang, G Zhang, L Li, Q Chang… - Nature …, 2023‏ - nature.com
The mechanism of how interfacial wettability impacts the CO2 electroreduction pathways to
ethylene and ethanol remains unclear. This paper describes the design and realization of …

High carbon utilization in CO2 reduction to multi-carbon products in acidic media

Y **e, P Ou, X Wang, Z Xu, YC Li, Z Wang, JE Huang… - Nature Catalysis, 2022‏ - nature.com
Renewable electricity-powered CO2 reduction to multi-carbon (C2+) products offers a
promising route to realization of low-carbon-footprint fuels and chemicals. However, a major …

Coverage-driven selectivity switch from ethylene to acetate in high-rate CO2/CO electrolysis

P Wei, D Gao, T Liu, H Li, J Sang, C Wang… - Nature …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Tuning catalyst microenvironments by electrolytes and organic modifications is effective in
improving CO2 electrolysis performance. An alternative way is to use mixed CO/CO2 feeds …

Solution-based Cu+ transient species mediate the reconstruction of copper electrocatalysts for CO2 reduction

J Vavra, GPL Ramona, F Dattila, A Kormányos… - Nature Catalysis, 2024‏ - nature.com
Understanding metal surface reconstruction is of the utmost importance in electrocatalysis,
as this phenomenon directly affects the nature of available active sites. However, its dynamic …

Insight into structural evolution, active sites, and stability of heterogeneous electrocatalysts

S Zhao, Y Yang, Z Tang - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Studying structure–activity correlations of electrocatalysts is essential for improving the
conversion of electrical to chemical energy. Recently, increasing evidence obtained by …

Spin states of metal centers in electrocatalysis

Y Zhang, Q Wu, JZY Seow, Y Jia, X Ren… - Chemical Society …, 2024‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Understanding the electronic structure of active sites is crucial in efficient catalyst design.
The spin state, spin configurations of d-electrons, has been frequently discussed recently …