Photocatalytic CO2 reduction

S Fang, M Rahaman, J Bharti, E Reisner… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Using sunlight to power CO2 conversion into value-added chemicals and fuels is a
promising technology to use anthropogenic CO2 emissions for alleviating our dependence …

Multiscale CO2 Electrocatalysis to C2+ Products: Reaction Mechanisms, Catalyst Design, and Device Fabrication

T Yan, X Chen, L Kumari, J Lin, M Li, Q Fan… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Electrosynthesis of value-added chemicals, directly from CO2, could foster achievement of
carbon neutral through an alternative electrical approach to the energy-intensive …

Operando studies reveal active Cu nanograins for CO2 electroreduction

Y Yang, S Louisia, S Yu, J Jin, I Roh, C Chen… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Carbon dioxide electroreduction facilitates the sustainable synthesis of fuels and chemicals.
Although Cu enables CO2-to-multicarbon product (C2+) conversion, the nature of the active …

[HTML][HTML] Strain enhances the activity of molecular electrocatalysts via carbon nanotube supports

J Su, CB Musgrave III, Y Song, L Huang, Y Liu, G Li… - Nature Catalysis, 2023 - nature.com
Support-induced strain engineering is useful for modulating the properties of two-
dimensional materials. However, controlling strain of planar molecules is technically …

[HTML][HTML] Boosting electrocatalytic CO2–to–ethanol production via asymmetric C–C coupling

P Wang, H Yang, C Tang, Y Wu, Y Zheng… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Electroreduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) into multicarbon products provides possibility of
large-scale chemicals production and is therefore of significant research and commercial …

[HTML][HTML] Room-temperature photosynthesis of propane from CO2 with Cu single atoms on vacancy-rich TiO2

Y Shen, C Ren, L Zheng, X Xu, R Long… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Photochemical conversion of CO2 into high-value C2+ products is difficult to achieve due to
the energetic and mechanistic challenges in forming multiple CC bonds. Herein, an efficient …

[HTML][HTML] Atomic-scale surface restructuring of copper electrodes under CO2 electroreduction conditions

R Amirbeigiarab, J Tian, A Herzog, C Qiu… - Nature Catalysis, 2023 - nature.com
Potentiodynamic methods that induce structural changes in Cu catalysts for the
electrochemical reduction of CO2 (CO2RR) have been identified as a promising strategy for …

[HTML][HTML] Technologies and perspectives for achieving carbon neutrality

F Wang, JD Harindintwali, Z Yuan, M Wang, F Wang… - The Innovation, 2021 - cell.com
Global development has been heavily reliant on the overexploitation of natural resources
since the Industrial Revolution. With the extensive use of fossil fuels, deforestation, and other …

Electrocatalytic CO2-to-C2+ with Ampere-Level Current on Heteroatom-Engineered Copper via Tuning *CO Intermediate Coverage

M Zheng, P Wang, X Zhi, K Yang, Y Jiao… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
An ampere-level current density of CO2 electrolysis is critical to realize the industrial
production of multicarbon (C2+) fuels. However, under such a large current density, the poor …

Coverage-driven selectivity switch from ethylene to acetate in high-rate CO2/CO electrolysis

P Wei, D Gao, T Liu, H Li, J Sang, C Wang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Tuning catalyst microenvironments by electrolytes and organic modifications is effective in
improving CO2 electrolysis performance. An alternative way is to use mixed CO/CO2 feeds …