Electrolyte Effects on CO2 Electrochemical Reduction to CO

G Marcandalli, MCO Monteiro, A Goyal… - Accounts of chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Conspectus The electrochemical reduction of CO2 (CO2RR) constitutes an alternative to
fossil fuel-based technologies for the production of fuels and commodity chemicals. Yet the …

Uniting biological and chemical strategies for selective CO2 reduction

HS Shafaat, JY Yang - Nature Catalysis, 2021 - nature.com
The electrochemical reduction of CO2 into useful fuels and chemical feedstocks offers great
promise for conversion to a carbon-neutral economy. However, challenges in product …

Unified mechanistic understanding of CO2 reduction to CO on transition metal and single atom catalysts

S Vijay, W Ju, S Brückner, SC Tsang, P Strasser… - Nature Catalysis, 2021 - nature.com
CO is the simplest product from CO2 electroreduction (CO2R), but the identity and nature of
its rate-limiting step remain controversial. Here we investigate the activity of transition metals …

How Temperature Affects the Selectivity of the Electrochemical CO2 Reduction on Copper

RE Vos, KE Kolmeijer, TS Jacobs, W van der Stam… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Copper is a unique catalyst for the electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) as it
can produce multi-carbon products, such as ethylene and propanol. As practical …

In operando investigations of oscillatory water and carbonate effects in MEA-based CO2 electrolysis devices

AB Moss, S Garg, M Mirolo, CAG Rodriguez, R Ilvonen… - Joule, 2023 - cell.com
Membrane electrode assembly (MEA) CO 2 electrolyzers are a promising approach toward
producing carbon-neutral chemicals; however, they often have stability issues related to …

A Cation Concentration Gradient Approach to Tune the Selectivity and Activity of CO2 Electroreduction

W Ren, A Xu, K Chan, X Hu - Angewandte Chemie, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The linear scaling relationship of the binding energies of different intermediates limits the
catalyst performance in CO2 electroreduction. Here we demonstrate a cation concentration …

Theories for Electrolyte Effects in CO2 Electroreduction

A Xu, N Govindarajan, G Kastlunger… - Accounts of Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Electrochemical CO2 reduction (eCO2R) enables the conversion of waste CO2
to high-value fuels and commodity chemicals powered by renewable electricity, thereby …

Templating Bicarbonate in the Second Coordination Sphere Enhances Electrochemical CO2 Reduction Catalyzed by Iron Porphyrins

JS Derrick, M Loipersberger, SK Nistanaki… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Bicarbonate-based electrolytes are ubiquitous in aqueous electrochemical CO2 reduction,
particularly in heterogenous catalysis, where they demonstrate improved catalytic …

Improving the intrinsic activity of electrocatalysts for sustainable energy conversion: where are we and where can we go?

N Govindarajan, G Kastlunger, HH Heenen… - Chemical Science, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
As we are in the midst of a climate crisis, there is an urgent need to transition to the
sustainable production of fuels and chemicals. A promising strategy towards this transition is …

In situ electrochemical Raman spectroscopy and ab initio molecular dynamics study of interfacial water on a single-crystal surface

YH Wang, S Li, RY Zhou, S Zheng, YJ Zhang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The dynamics and chemistry of interfacial water are essential components of electrocatalysis
because the decomposition and formation of water molecules could dictate the protonation …