Recent Advances in Rechargeable Metal–CO2 Batteries with Nonaqueous Electrolytes

A Sarkar, VR Dharmaraj, CH Yi, K Iputera… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
This review article discusses the recent advances in rechargeable metal–CO2 batteries
(MCBs), which include the Li, Na, K, Mg, and Al-based rechargeable CO2 batteries, mainly …

Selective oxygen reduction reaction: mechanism understanding, catalyst design and practical application

S Li, L Shi, Y Guo, J Wang, D Liu, S Zhao - Chemical Science, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is a key component for many clean energy
technologies and other industrial processes. However, the low selectivity and the sluggish …

Efficient urea electrosynthesis from carbon dioxide and nitrate via alternating Cu–W bimetallic C–N coupling sites

Y Zhao, Y Ding, W Li, C Liu, Y Li, Z Zhao… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Electrocatalytic urea synthesis is an emerging alternative technology to the traditional
energy-intensive industrial urea synthesis protocol. Novel strategies are urgently needed to …

Improving CO2-to-C2+ Product Electroreduction Efficiency via Atomic Lanthanide Dopant-Induced Tensile-Strained CuOx Catalysts

J Feng, L Wu, S Liu, L Xu, X Song… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Cu is a promising electrocatalyst in CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) to high-value C2+
products. However, as important C–C coupling active sites, the Cu+ species is usually …

Modulating adsorbed hydrogen drives electrochemical CO2-to-C2 products

J Feng, L Zhang, S Liu, L Xu, X Ma, X Tan, L Wu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Electrocatalytic CO2 reduction is a typical reaction involving two reactants (CO2 and H2O).
However, the role of H2O dissociation, which provides active* H species to multiple …

Surface hydroxide promotes CO2 electrolysis to ethylene in acidic conditions

Y Cao, Z Chen, P Li, A Ozden, P Ou, W Ni… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Performing CO2 reduction in acidic conditions enables high single-pass CO2 conversion
efficiency. However, a faster kinetics of the hydrogen evolution reaction compared to CO2 …

Experimental evidence of distinct sites for CO2-to-CO and CO conversion on Cu in the electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction

W Gao, Y Xu, L Fu, X Chang, B Xu - Nature Catalysis, 2023 - nature.com
The electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction on Cu is widely believed to occur via two
consecutive and orthogonal reaction steps, that is, CO2-to-CO and CO-to-C2+, on the same …

Asymmetric Low-Frequency Pulsed Strategy Enables Ultralong CO2 Reduction Stability and Controllable Product Selectivity

XD Zhang, T Liu, C Liu, DS Zheng… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Copper-based catalysts are widely explored in electrochemical CO2 reduction (CO2RR)
because of their ability to convert CO2 into high-value-added multicarbon products …

Efficient electrosynthesis of formamide from carbon monoxide and nitrite on a Ru-dispersed Cu nanocluster catalyst

J Lan, Z Wei, YR Lu, DC Chen, S Zhao… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Conversion into high-value-added organic nitrogen compounds through electrochemical CN
coupling reactions under ambient conditions is regarded as a sustainable development …

Tailoring Coordination Microenvironment of Cu(I) in Metal–Organic Frameworks for Enhancing Electroreduction of CO2 to CH4

Y Zhang, Q Zhou, ZF Qiu, XY Zhang… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The coordination microenvironment of metal active sites in metal–organic frameworks
(MOFs) plays a crucial role in its performance for electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction …