Nature Communications (Jun 2021)
Gold-in-copper at low *CO coverage enables efficient electromethanation of CO2
- Xue Wang,
- Pengfei Ou,
- Joshua Wicks,
- Yi Xie,
- Ying Wang,
- Jun Li,
- Jason Tam,
- Dan Ren,
- Jane Y. Howe,
- Ziyun Wang,
- Adnan Ozden,
- Y. Zou Finfrock,
- Yi Xu,
- Yuhang Li,
- Armin Sedighian Rasouli,
- Koen Bertens,
- Alexander H. Ip,
- Michael Graetzel,
- David Sinton,
- Edward H. Sargent
Affiliations
- Xue Wang
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto
- Pengfei Ou
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto
- Joshua Wicks
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto
- Yi Xie
- Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Ying Wang
- Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Jun Li
- Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
- Jason Tam
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Toronto
- Dan Ren
- Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
- Jane Y. Howe
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Toronto
- Ziyun Wang
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto
- Adnan Ozden
- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto
- Y. Zou Finfrock
- Science Division, Canadian Light Source
- Yi Xu
- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto
- Yuhang Li
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto
- Armin Sedighian Rasouli
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto
- Koen Bertens
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto
- Alexander H. Ip
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto
- Michael Graetzel
- Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
- David Sinton
- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto
- Edward H. Sargent
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23699-4
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 12,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 7
Abstract
The electroreduction of CO2 offers a promising approach to produce carbon-neutral methane using renewable electricity. This study shows that the introduction of Au in Cu enables selective methane production from CO2 by regulating *CO availability.
