Nature Communications (Jul 2020)

Operando time-resolved X-ray absorption spectroscopy reveals the chemical nature enabling highly selective CO2 reduction

  • Sheng-Chih Lin,
  • Chun-Chih Chang,
  • Shih-Yun Chiu,
  • Hsiao-Tien Pai,
  • Tzu-Yu Liao,
  • Chia-Shuo Hsu,
  • Wei-Hung Chiang,
  • Ming-Kang Tsai,
  • Hao Ming Chen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17231-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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A systematic time-resolved study can provide key insights on selective carbon dioxide electro-reduction. Here, the authors report operando seconds-resolved X-ray absorption spectroscopy to uncover the chemical state evolution of working catalysts in a carbon dioxide electroreduction process.