Nature Communications (Sep 2017)

Controlling selectivities in CO2 reduction through mechanistic understanding

  • Xiang Wang,
  • Hui Shi,
  • János Szanyi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00558-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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Understanding the mechanism of CO2 reduction on a catalyst surface is essential for achieving the desired product selectivity. Here, the authors show an operando kinetic analysis of CO2 hydrogenation over a palladium catalyst in order to address the factors governing the selectivity of the process.