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 …

Molecular engineering of dispersed nickel phthalocyanines on carbon nanotubes for selective CO2 reduction

X Zhang, Y Wang, M Gu, M Wang, Z Zhang, W Pan… - Nature Energy, 2020 - nature.com
Electrochemical reduction of CO2 is a promising route for sustainable production of fuels. A
grand challenge is develo** low-cost and efficient electrocatalysts that can enable rapid …

Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction over Atomically Precise Metal Nanoclusters Protected by Organic Ligands

D Yang, J Wang, Q Wang, Z Yuan, Y Dai, C Zhou… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction reaction (CO2RR) is a promising method to
realize carbon recycling and sustainable development because of its mild reaction …

In Situ Observation of the pH Gradient near the Gas Diffusion Electrode of CO2 Reduction in Alkaline Electrolyte

X Lu, C Zhu, Z Wu, J Xuan, JS Francisco… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The local pH variation near the surface of CO2 reduction electrodes is important but hard to
study. We develop a continuous-flow Raman electrochemical cell that enables the first …

Boosting CO Production in Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction on Highly Porous Zn Catalysts

W Luo, J Zhang, M Li, A Züttel - ACS Catalysis, 2019 - ACS Publications
Earth-abundant electrocatalysts are desirable for the efficient and selective reduction of CO2
to value-added chemicals. Here, a low-cost porous Zn electrocatalyst is synthesized using a …

Interplay of Homogeneous Reactions, Mass Transport, and Kinetics in Determining Selectivity of the Reduction of CO2 on Gold Electrodes

BA Zhang, T Ozel, JS Elias, C Costentin… - ACS Central …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Gold electrocatalysts have been a research focus due to their ability to reduce CO2 into CO,
a feedstock for further conversion. Many methods have been employed to modulate CO2 …

High-Performance Electrochemical CO2 Reduction Cells Based on Non-noble Metal Catalysts

X Lu, Y Wu, X Yuan, L Huang, Z Wu, J Xuan… - ACS Energy …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The promise and challenge of electrochemical mitigation of CO2 calls for innovations on
both catalyst and reactor levels. In this work, enabled by our high-performance and earth …

Importance of Substrate Pore Size and Wetting Behavior in Gas Diffusion Electrodes for CO2 Reduction

A Senocrate, F Bernasconi, D Rentsch… - ACS Applied Energy …, 2022 - ACS Publications
We study the effect of substrate pore size and wetting behavior on the performance of
polymer-based Ag gas diffusion electrodes (GDEs) for electrochemical CO2 reduction. We …

A New Pathway for CO2 Reduction Relying on the Self-Activation Mechanism of Boron-Doped Diamond Cathode

J Du, A Fiorani, T Inagaki, A Otake, M Murata… - JACS Au, 2022 - ACS Publications
By means of an initial electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction reaction (eCO2RR), both
the reaction current and Faradaic efficiency of the eCO2RR on boron-doped diamond (BDD) …

Probing the catalytically active region in a nanoporous gold gas diffusion electrode for highly selective carbon dioxide reduction

AQ Fenwick, AJ Welch, X Li, I Sullivan… - ACS Energy …, 2022 - ACS Publications
We report the use of a nanoporous gold (np-Au) catalyst for CO2 reduction in a gas diffusion
electrode (GDE) and characterize the role of wetting in electrochemical performance. The np …