Nature Communications (Sep 2018)

Copper-on-nitride enhances the stable electrosynthesis of multi-carbon products from CO2

  • Zhi-Qin Liang,
  • Tao-Tao Zhuang,
  • Ali Seifitokaldani,
  • Jun Li,
  • Chun-Wei Huang,
  • Chih-Shan Tan,
  • Yi Li,
  • Phil De Luna,
  • Cao Thang Dinh,
  • Yongfeng Hu,
  • Qunfeng Xiao,
  • Pei-Lun Hsieh,
  • Yuhang Wang,
  • Fengwang Li,
  • Rafael Quintero-Bermudez,
  • Yansong Zhou,
  • Peining Chen,
  • Yuanjie Pang,
  • Shen-Chuan Lo,
  • Lih-Juann Chen,
  • Hairen Tan,
  • Zheng Xu,
  • Suling Zhao,
  • David Sinton,
  • Edward H. Sargent

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06311-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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While multi-carbon (C2+) products present high-value species attainable from emitted carbon dioxide, it is challenging to prepare stable, C2+ selective catalysts. Here, authors support copper on copper nitride to improve copper’s electrocatalytic stability and selectivity toward C2+ synthesis.