Nature Communications (Mar 2021)

Isolated copper–tin atomic interfaces tuning electrocatalytic CO2 conversion

  • Wenhao Ren,
  • Xin Tan,
  • Jiangtao Qu,
  • Sesi Li,
  • Jiantao Li,
  • Xin Liu,
  • Simon P. Ringer,
  • Julie M. Cairney,
  • Kaixue Wang,
  • Sean C. Smith,
  • Chuan Zhao

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21750-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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The understanding of catalytic reactions at the atomic interface is vital; however, the characterization and mechanism studies of atomically dispersed catalysts remain challenging. Here, the authors demonstrate Cu–Sn surface alloys with isolated Sn atoms on a Cu host to achieve efficient CO2 to CO conversion.