Architectural Design for Enhanced C2 Product Selectivity in Electrochemical CO2 Reduction Using Cu-Based Catalysts: A Review

C Xiao, J Zhang - ACS nano, 2021 - ACS Publications
Electrochemical CO2 reduction to value-added chemicals and fuels is a promising approach
to mitigate the greenhouse effect arising from anthropogenic CO2 emission and energy …

Progress and Perspectives of Electrochemical CO2 Reduction on Copper in Aqueous Electrolyte

S Nitopi, E Bertheussen, SB Scott, X Liu… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
To date, copper is the only heterogeneous catalyst that has shown a propensity to produce
valuable hydrocarbons and alcohols, such as ethylene and ethanol, from electrochemical …

Surface and interface control in nanoparticle catalysis

C Xie, Z Niu, D Kim, M Li, P Yang - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
The surface and interfaces of heterogeneous catalysts are essential to their performance as
they are often considered to be active sites for catalytic reactions. With the development of …

Mechanistic Understanding of CO2 Reduction Reaction (CO2RR) Toward Multicarbon Products by Heterogeneous Copper-Based Catalysts

TK Todorova, MW Schreiber, M Fontecave - Acs Catalysis, 2019 - ACS Publications
In the recent years, significant progress has been made toward designing active and
selective catalysts for electrochemical CO2 reduction, with particular interest focused on the …

Metal ion cycling of Cu foil for selective C–C coupling in electrochemical CO2 reduction

K Jiang, RB Sandberg, AJ Akey, X Liu, DC Bell… - Nature Catalysis, 2018 - nature.com
Electrocatalytic CO2 reduction to higher-value hydrocarbons beyond C1 products is
desirable for applications in energy storage, transportation and the chemical industry. Cu …

Promoter effects of alkali metal cations on the electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide

J Resasco, LD Chen, E Clark, C Tsai… - Journal of the …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The electrochemical reduction of CO2 is known to be influenced by the identity of the alkali
metal cation in the electrolyte; however, a satisfactory explanation for this phenomenon has …

Understanding trends in electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction rates

X Liu, J Xiao, H Peng, X Hong, K Chan… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction to fuels presents one of the great challenges in
chemistry. Herein we present an understanding of trends in electrocatalytic activity for …

pH effects on the electrochemical reduction of CO(2) towards C2 products on stepped copper

X Liu, P Schlexer, J Xiao, Y Ji, L Wang… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
We present a microkinetic model for CO (2) reduction (CO (2) R) on Cu (211) towards C2
products, based on energetics estimated from an explicit solvent model. We show that the …

Copper-on-nitride enhances the stable electrosynthesis of multi-carbon products from CO2

ZQ Liang, TT Zhuang, A Seifitokaldani, J Li… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Copper-based materials are promising electrocatalysts for CO2 reduction. Prior studies
show that the mixture of copper (I) and copper (0) at the catalyst surface enhances multi …

Branched copper oxide nanoparticles induce highly selective ethylene production by electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction

J Kim, W Choi, JW Park, C Kim, M Kim… - Journal of the American …, 2019 - ACS Publications
For long-term storage of renewable energy, the electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction
reaction (CO2RR) offers a promising option for converting electricity to permanent forms of …