Boosting electrocatalytic CO2–to–ethanol production via asymmetric C–C coupling

Pengtang Wang; Hao Yang; Cheng Tang; Yu Wu; Yao Zheng; Tao Cheng; Kenneth Davey; Xiaoqing Huang; Shi-Zhang Qiao

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-31427-9

Nature Communications (Jun 2022)

Boosting electrocatalytic CO2–to–ethanol production via asymmetric C–C coupling

Pengtang Wang,
Hao Yang,
Cheng Tang,
Yu Wu,
Yao Zheng,
Tao Cheng,
Kenneth Davey,
Xiaoqing Huang,
Shi-Zhang Qiao

Affiliations

Pengtang Wang: School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials, The University of Adelaide
Hao Yang: Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Joint International Research Laboratory of Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University
Cheng Tang: School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials, The University of Adelaide
Yu Wu: Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Joint International Research Laboratory of Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University
Yao Zheng: School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials, The University of Adelaide
Tao Cheng: Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials & Devices, Joint International Research Laboratory of Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University
Kenneth Davey: School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials, The University of Adelaide
Xiaoqing Huang: State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University
Shi-Zhang Qiao: School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials, The University of Adelaide

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31427-9
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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It is of high interest to convert CO2 into valuable ethanol product. Here the authors demonstrate the asymmetric C-C coupling triggered on Ag-modified oxide-derived Cu sites can accelerate and steer the reaction pathway for ethanol production with high faradaic efficiency and current density.

Published in Nature Communications

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