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 …

Structural optimization of carbon-based diatomic catalysts towards advanced electrocatalysis

T Tang, Z Wang, J Guan - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
As an extension of single-atom catalysts (SACs), diatomic catalysts (DACs) perfectly inherit
the advantages of SACs but break some theoretical limitations of SACs due to the interaction …

Engineering single-atomic ruthenium catalytic sites on defective nickel-iron layered double hydroxide for overall water splitting

P Zhai, M **a, Y Wu, G Zhang, J Gao, B Zhang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Rational design of single atom catalyst is critical for efficient sustainable energy conversion.
However, the atomic-level control of active sites is essential for electrocatalytic materials in …

Single‐atom catalysis for carbon neutrality

L Wang, D Wang, Y Li - Carbon Energy, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Currently, more than 86% of global energy consumption is still mainly dependent on
traditional fossil fuels, which causes resource scarcity and even emission of high amounts of …

Electrocatalysis for CO 2 conversion: from fundamentals to value-added products

G Wang, J Chen, Y Ding, P Cai, L Yi, Y Li… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The continuously increasing CO2 released from human activities poses a great threat to
human survival by fluctuating global climate and disturbing carbon balance among the four …

Optimizing the electrocatalytic selectivity of carbon dioxide reduction reaction by regulating the electronic structure of single‐atom M‐N‐C materials

T Tang, Z Wang, J Guan - Advanced Functional Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction reaction (CO2RR) is an efficient strategy to relieve
global environmental and energy issues by converting excess CO2 from the atmosphere to …

Breaking the symmetry of single-atom catalysts enables an extremely low energy barrier and high stability for large-current-density water splitting

X Mu, X Gu, S Dai, J Chen, Y Cui, Q Chen… - Energy & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The instability and low large-current-density efficiency for a single atomic metal species
system have aroused widespread concern. Herein, the Ru single-atom system constructed …

Surface strategies for catalytic CO 2 reduction: from two-dimensional materials to nanoclusters to single atoms

L Wang, W Chen, D Zhang, Y Du, R Amal… - Chemical Society …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Redox catalysis, including photocatalysis and (photo) electrocatalysis, may alleviate global
warming and energy crises by removing excess CO2 from the atmosphere and converting it …

Rational catalyst and electrolyte design for CO2 electroreduction towards multicarbon products

D Gao, RM Arán-Ais, HS Jeon, B Roldan Cuenya - Nature Catalysis, 2019 - nature.com
The CO2 electroreduction reaction (CO2RR) to fuels and feedstocks is an attractive route to
close the anthropogenic carbon cycle and store renewable energy. The generation of more …

Selective electroreduction of CO2 to acetone by single copper atoms anchored on N-doped porous carbon

K Zhao, X Nie, H Wang, S Chen, X Quan, H Yu… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Efficient electroreduction of CO2 to multi-carbon products is a challenging reaction because
of the high energy barriers for CO2 activation and C–C coupling, which can be tuned by …