Insights on forming N,O-coordinated Cu single-atom catalysts for electrochemical reduction CO2 to methane

Yanming Cai; Jiaju Fu; Yang Zhou; Yu-Chung Chang; Qianhao Min; Jun-Jie Zhu; Yuehe Lin; Wenlei Zhu

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-20769-x

Nature Communications (Jan 2021)

Insights on forming N,O-coordinated Cu single-atom catalysts for electrochemical reduction CO2 to methane

Yanming Cai,
Jiaju Fu,
Yang Zhou,
Yu-Chung Chang,
Qianhao Min,
Jun-Jie Zhu,
Yuehe Lin,
Wenlei Zhu

Affiliations

Yanming Cai: State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University
Jiaju Fu: State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University
Yang Zhou: School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Washington State University
Yu-Chung Chang: School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Washington State University
Qianhao Min: State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University
Jun-Jie Zhu: State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University
Yuehe Lin: School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Washington State University
Wenlei Zhu: School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Washington State University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20769-x
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Single-atom catalysts (SACs) are promising candidates to catalyze CO2 reduction for the formation of high value hydrocarbons but most of the reactions yield CO. Here, the authors show a low-temperature calcining process to fabricate a carbon-dots-based SAC to efficiently convert CO2 to methane.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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