Progress and Perspectives of Electrochemical CO2 Reduction on Copper in Aqueous Electrolyte

S Nitopi, E Bertheussen, SB Scott, X Liu… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
To date, copper is the only heterogeneous catalyst that has shown a propensity to produce
valuable hydrocarbons and alcohols, such as ethylene and ethanol, from electrochemical …

Advances and challenges in understanding the electrocatalytic conversion of carbon dioxide to fuels

YY Birdja, E Pérez-Gallent, MC Figueiredo, AJ Göttle… - Nature Energy, 2019 - nature.com
The electrocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide is a promising approach for storing (excess)
renewable electricity as chemical energy in fuels. Here, we review recent advances and …

Understanding the Roadmap for Electrochemical Reduction of CO2 to Multi-Carbon Oxygenates and Hydrocarbons on Copper-Based Catalysts

Y Zheng, A Vasileff, X Zhou, Y Jiao… - Journal of the …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Electrochemical reduction of CO2 to high-energy-density oxygenates and hydrocarbons
beyond CO is important for long-term and large-scale renewable energy storage. However …

Complementary Operando Spectroscopy identification of in-situ generated metastable charge-asymmetry Cu2-CuN3 clusters for CO2 reduction to ethanol

X Su, Z Jiang, J Zhou, H Liu, D Zhou, H Shang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Copper-based materials can reliably convert carbon dioxide into multi-carbon products but
they suffer from poor activity and product selectivity. The atomic structure-activity relationship …

Surface and interface control in nanoparticle catalysis

C **e, Z Niu, D Kim, M Li, P Yang - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
The surface and interfaces of heterogeneous catalysts are essential to their performance as
they are often considered to be active sites for catalytic reactions. With the development of …

Interfacial Electrolyte Effects on Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction

B Deng, M Huang, X Zhao, S Mou, F Dong - ACS Catalysis, 2021 - ACS Publications
Electrocatalytic CO2 reduction (CO2RR), powered by renewable energy, has great potential
in decreasing the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere, as well as producing high value …

Microkinetic modeling: a tool for rational catalyst design

AH Motagamwala, JA Dumesic - Chemical Reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
The design of heterogeneous catalysts relies on understanding the fundamental surface
kinetics that controls catalyst performance, and microkinetic modeling is a tool that can help …

In Situ Infrared Spectroscopic Evidence of Enhanced Electrochemical CO2 Reduction and C–C Coupling on Oxide-Derived Copper

EP Delmo, Y Wang, Y Song, S Zhu… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The reaction mechanism of CO2 electroreduction on oxide-derived copper has not yet been
unraveled even though high C2+ Faradaic efficiencies are commonly observed on these …

Operando time-resolved X-ray absorption spectroscopy reveals the chemical nature enabling highly selective CO2 reduction

SC Lin, CC Chang, SY Chiu, HT Pai, TY Liao… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Copper electrocatalysts have been shown to selectively reduce carbon dioxide to
hydrocarbons. Nevertheless, the absence of a systematic study based on time-resolved …