Nature Communications (Dec 2022)

Selective CO2 electroreduction to methanol via enhanced oxygen bonding

  • Gong Zhang,
  • Tuo Wang,
  • Mengmeng Zhang,
  • Lulu Li,
  • Dongfang Cheng,
  • Shiyu Zhen,
  • Yongtao Wang,
  • Jian Qin,
  • Zhi-Jian Zhao,
  • Jinlong Gong

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35450-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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While the reduction of CO2 to specific products offers a valuable approach mitigating gas emissions, it is challenging to control the formation of crucial intermediates. Here, authors report a strategy to promote the formation of oxygen-bound intermediates and boost the methanol production.