Electrochemical CO 2 reduction on Cu single atom catalyst and Cu nanoclusters: an ab initio approach

JGR de la Cruz, M Fontecave - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The electrochemical CO2 reduction presents a sustainable route to the production of
chemicals such as ethylene or ethanol, however the design of selective catalysts is still …

Highly selective electrocatalytic CO2 reduction to ethanol by metallic clusters dynamically formed from atomically dispersed copper

H Xu, D Rebollar, H He, L Chong, Y Liu, C Liu, CJ Sun… - Nature Energy, 2020 - nature.com
Direct electrochemical conversion of CO2 to ethanol offers a promising strategy to lower
CO2 emissions while storing energy from renewable electricity. However, current …

Calculations of the effect of catalyst size and structure on the electrocatalytic reduction of CO 2 on Cu nanoclusters

GR Weal, KI Guðmundsson, FD Mackenzie, JR Whiting… - Nanoscale, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The structure and catalytic properties of Cu nanoclusters of sizes between 55 and 147 atoms
were examined to understand if small Cu clusters could provide enhancement over …

Accessing the Nature of Active Sites and Particle Size Effect for Reduction of Carbon Dioxide over Copper-Based Catalysts

S Zhen, X Lin, G Zhang, D Cheng, C Jiang… - The Journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Although electrocatalytic conversion of CO2 (CO2ER) over bimetallic Cu-based catalysts
has been regarded as a promising and compelling route for the sustainable synthesis of …

First-principles study of copper nanoclusters for enhanced electrochemical CO2 reduction to CH4

DY Shin, JS Won, JA Kwon, MS Kim, DH Lim - … and Theoretical Chemistry, 2017 - Elsevier
The conversion of carbon dioxide (CO 2) into usable hydrocarbon fuels is important for
recycling carbon resources and mitigating environmental problems. However, converting …

Graphite-supported single copper catalyst for electrochemical CO2 reduction: A first-principles approach

CM Lee, TG Senthamaraikannan, DY Shin… - Computational and …, 2021 - Elsevier
First-principles study explores the catalytic performance of the Cu (1 1 1) and Cu/G catalysts
for the electrochemical CO 2 reduction using computational hydrogen electrode model. Two …

[HTML][HTML] Ab initio random structure searching and catalytic properties of copper-based nanocluster with Earth-abundant metals for the electrocatalytic CO2-to-CO …

AG Nabi, A Hussain, D Di Tommaso - Molecular Catalysis, 2022 - Elsevier
Understanding the effect of nano-structuring and metal doping on the properties of copper-
based clusters is crucial to developing effective catalysts for the electrochemical conversion …

Cu-Based Single-Atom Catalysts Boost Electroreduction of CO2 to CH3OH: First-Principles Predictions

Z Zhao, G Lu - The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2019 - ACS Publications
Electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) to fuels represents one of the most
attractive approaches to mitigate our pressing energy and environmental threats. Cu is the …

Thermochemical and electrochemical CO2 reduction on octahedral Cu nanocluster: Role of solvent towards product selectivity

KS Rawat, A Mahata, B Pathak - Journal of Catalysis, 2017 - Elsevier
There has been a major interest in the development of efficient catalysts for the
electrochemical reduction of CO 2 into useful chemicals and fuels. In this work, the …

Ab initio study for late steps of CO 2 and CO electroreduction: from CHCO* toward C 2 products on Cu and CuZn nanoclusters

VK Ocampo-Restrepo, LG Verga… - Physical Chemistry …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Electroreduction of CO2 to C2 products such as ethanol is motivated by its potential
application to satisfy global energy demand in a more sustainable and renewable way …