Nature Communications (Dec 2019)
Hydroxide promotes carbon dioxide electroreduction to ethanol on copper via tuning of adsorbed hydrogen
- Mingchuan Luo,
- Ziyun Wang,
- Yuguang C. Li,
- Jun Li,
- Fengwang Li,
- Yanwei Lum,
- Dae-Hyun Nam,
- Bin Chen,
- Joshua Wicks,
- Aoni Xu,
- Taotao Zhuang,
- Wan Ru Leow,
- Xue Wang,
- Cao-Thang Dinh,
- Ying Wang,
- Yuhang Wang,
- David Sinton,
- Edward H. Sargent
Affiliations
- Mingchuan Luo
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto
- Ziyun Wang
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto
- Yuguang C. Li
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto
- Jun Li
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto
- Fengwang Li
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto
- Yanwei Lum
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto
- Dae-Hyun Nam
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto
- Bin Chen
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto
- Joshua Wicks
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto
- Aoni Xu
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto
- Taotao Zhuang
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto
- Wan Ru Leow
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto
- Xue Wang
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto
- Cao-Thang Dinh
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto
- Ying Wang
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto
- Yuhang Wang
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto
- 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/s41467-019-13833-8
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 10,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 7
Abstract
Producing ethanol from carbon dioxide, water, and renewable electricity offers a route to sustainable energy. Here, the authors enhance electrocatalytic activity for carbon dioxide reduction by tuning adsorbed hydrogen in a class of copper catalysts with oxide- and hydroxide-modified surfaces.
