Nature Communications (Feb 2022)

Unraveling the rate-limiting step of two-electron transfer electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide

  • Wanyu Deng,
  • Peng Zhang,
  • Brian Seger,
  • Jinlong Gong

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28436-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Electroreduction of CO2 is heavily investigated but its reaction mechanism needs to be further explored. Here, the authors investigate pH dependency and kinetic isotope effect with respect to the rate expression of CO2 electroreduction to gain further insights into the rate-limiting step.