Recent progress of amorphous nanomaterials

J Kang, X Yang, Q Hu, Z Cai, LM Liu, L Guo - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Amorphous materials are metastable solids with only short-range order at the atomic scale,
which results from local intermolecular chemical bonding. The lack of long-range order …

Electrochemical C–N coupling of CO 2 and nitrogenous small molecules for the electrosynthesis of organonitrogen compounds

X Peng, L Zeng, D Wang, Z Liu, Y Li, Z Li… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Electrochemical C–N coupling reactions based on abundant small molecules (such as CO2
and N2) have attracted increasing attention as a new “green synthetic strategy” for the …

Surface passivation for highly active, selective, stable, and scalable CO2 electroreduction

J Zhu, J Li, R Lu, R Yu, S Zhao, C Li, L Lv, L Xia… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Electrochemical conversion of CO2 to formic acid using Bismuth catalysts is one the most
promising pathways for industrialization. However, it is still difficult to achieve high formic …

Close to 90% Single-Pass Conversion Efficiency for CO2 Electroreduction in an Acid-Fed Membrane Electrode Assembly

B Pan, J Fan, J Zhang, Y Luo, C Shen, C Wang… - ACS Energy …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The formation of (bi) carbonates is a pressing issue for CO2 electroreduction in neutral or
alkaline solutions. It adversely causes low single-pass conversion efficiency as a result of …

A Nanocomposite of Bismuth Clusters and Bi2O2CO3 Sheets for Highly Efficient Electrocatalytic Reduction of CO2 to Formate

L Lin, X He, XG Zhang, W Ma, B Zhang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The renewable‐electricity‐driven CO2 reduction to formic acid would contribute to
establishing a carbon‐neutral society. The current catalyst suffers from limited activity and …

Membrane Electrode Assembly for Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction: Principle and Application

Z Zhang, X Huang, Z Chen, J Zhu… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Electrocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) in membrane electrode assembly (MEA)
systems is a promising technology. Gaseous CO2 can be directly transported to the cathode …

Carbon-efficient carbon dioxide electrolysers

A Ozden, FP García de Arquer, JE Huang, J Wicks… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The electroreduction of CO2 (CO2R) is the conversion of CO2 to renewable fuels and
feedstocks, a promising technology that could support the transition from fossil to renewable …

Electrocatalytic Valorization of Poly(ethylene terephthalate) Plastic and CO2 for Simultaneous Production of Formic Acid

J Wang, X Li, M Wang, T Zhang, X Chai, J Lu… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The electro-reforming of polymer plastic waste and CO2 has the merits for producing value-
added chemicals and alleviating environmental pollution. Herein, we report an …

Selective CO2 electrolysis to CO using isolated antimony alloyed copper

J Li, H Zeng, X Dong, Y Ding, S Hu, R Zhang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Renewable electricity-powered CO evolution from CO2 emissions is a promising first step in
the sustainable production of commodity chemicals, but performing electrochemical CO2 …

Selective production of ethylene glycol at high rate via cascade catalysis

L Fan, Y Zhao, L Chen, J Chen, J Chen, H Yang… - Nature Catalysis, 2023 - nature.com
Ethylene glycol is currently produced via an energy-intensive two-step thermocatalytic
process that results in substantial CO2 emissions. Sustainable ethylene glycol production …