Nature Communications (Mar 2018)
Operando spectroscopy study of the carbon dioxide electro-reduction by iron species on nitrogen-doped carbon
- Chiara Genovese,
- Manfred E. Schuster,
- Emma K. Gibson,
- Diego Gianolio,
- Victor Posligua,
- Ricardo Grau-Crespo,
- Giannantonio Cibin,
- Peter P. Wells,
- Debi Garai,
- Vladyslav Solokha,
- Sandra Krick Calderon,
- Juan J. Velasco-Velez,
- Claudio Ampelli,
- Siglinda Perathoner,
- Georg Held,
- Gabriele Centi,
- Rosa Arrigo
Affiliations
- Chiara Genovese
- Department of Chemical, Biological Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina
- Manfred E. Schuster
- Johnson Matthey Technology Centre
- Emma K. Gibson
- UK Catalysis Hub, Research Complex at Harwell (RCaH)
- Diego Gianolio
- Diamond Light Source Ltd., Harwell Science and Innovation Campus
- Victor Posligua
- Department of Chemistry, University of Reading
- Ricardo Grau-Crespo
- Department of Chemistry, University of Reading
- Giannantonio Cibin
- Diamond Light Source Ltd., Harwell Science and Innovation Campus
- Peter P. Wells
- Diamond Light Source Ltd., Harwell Science and Innovation Campus
- Debi Garai
- Diamond Light Source Ltd., Harwell Science and Innovation Campus
- Vladyslav Solokha
- Diamond Light Source Ltd., Harwell Science and Innovation Campus
- Sandra Krick Calderon
- FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg
- Juan J. Velasco-Velez
- Max-Planck Institut für Chemische Energiekonversion
- Claudio Ampelli
- Department of Chemical, Biological Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina
- Siglinda Perathoner
- Department of Chemical, Biological Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina
- Georg Held
- Diamond Light Source Ltd., Harwell Science and Innovation Campus
- Gabriele Centi
- Department of Mathematical, Computer, Physical and Earth Sciences - University of Messina, ERIC aisbl and CASPE/INSTM, V.le F. Stagno d’Alcontres 31
- Rosa Arrigo
- Diamond Light Source Ltd., Harwell Science and Innovation Campus
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03138-7
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 9,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 12
Abstract
Trapping carbon dioxide within usable chemicals is a promising means to mitigate climate change, yet electrochemical C–C couplings are challenging to perform. Here, the authors prepared iron oxyhydroxides on nitrogen-doped carbon that efficiently convert carbon dioxide to acetic acid.