Improved electrochemical conversion of CO2 to multicarbon products by using molecular doping

Huali Wu; Ji Li; Kun Qi; Yang Zhang; Eddy Petit; Wensen Wang; Valérie Flaud; Nicolas Onofrio; Bertrand Rebiere; Lingqi Huang; Chrystelle Salameh; Luc Lajaunie; Philippe Miele; Damien Voiry

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-27456-5

Nature Communications (Dec 2021)

Improved electrochemical conversion of CO2 to multicarbon products by using molecular doping

Huali Wu,
Ji Li,
Kun Qi,
Yang Zhang,
Eddy Petit,
Wensen Wang,
Valérie Flaud,
Nicolas Onofrio,
Bertrand Rebiere,
Lingqi Huang,
Chrystelle Salameh,
Luc Lajaunie,
Philippe Miele,
Damien Voiry

Affiliations

Huali Wu: Institut Européen des Membranes, IEM, UMR 5635, Université Montpellier, ENSCM, CNRS
Ji Li: Institut Européen des Membranes, IEM, UMR 5635, Université Montpellier, ENSCM, CNRS
Kun Qi: Institut Européen des Membranes, IEM, UMR 5635, Université Montpellier, ENSCM, CNRS
Yang Zhang: Institut Européen des Membranes, IEM, UMR 5635, Université Montpellier, ENSCM, CNRS
Eddy Petit: Institut Européen des Membranes, IEM, UMR 5635, Université Montpellier, ENSCM, CNRS
Wensen Wang: Institut Européen des Membranes, IEM, UMR 5635, Université Montpellier, ENSCM, CNRS
Valérie Flaud: Institut Charles Gerhardt, ICGM, UMR 5253, University of Montpellier, ENSCM, CNRS
Nicolas Onofrio: Institut Européen des Membranes, IEM, UMR 5635, Université Montpellier, ENSCM, CNRS
Bertrand Rebiere: Institut Charles Gerhardt, ICGM, UMR 5253, University of Montpellier, ENSCM, CNRS
Lingqi Huang: School of Science and Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Chrystelle Salameh: Institut Européen des Membranes, IEM, UMR 5635, Université Montpellier, ENSCM, CNRS
Luc Lajaunie: Departamento de Ciencia de los Materiales e Ingeniería Metalúrgica y Química Inorgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Cádiz, Campus Río San Pedro S/N, Puerto Real
Philippe Miele: Institut Européen des Membranes, IEM, UMR 5635, Université Montpellier, ENSCM, CNRS
Damien Voiry: Institut Européen des Membranes, IEM, UMR 5635, Université Montpellier, ENSCM, CNRS

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27456-5
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Strategies to systematically tune CO2 electroreduction to multicarbon products are of high interests. Here the authors report electron withdrawing functional group alters the reaction pathway towards C2+ products by adjusting the oxidation state of surface copper.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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