Nature Communications (Aug 2022)

Electrocatalytic CO2 reduction to alcohols by modulating the molecular geometry and Cu coordination in bicentric copper complexes

  • Baiyu Yang,
  • Ling Chen,
  • Songlin Xue,
  • Hao Sun,
  • Kun Feng,
  • Yufeng Chen,
  • Xiang Zhang,
  • Long Xiao,
  • Yongze Qin,
  • Jun Zhong,
  • Zhao Deng,
  • Yan Jiao,
  • Yang Peng

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32740-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 into multi-carbon alcohols of high economic merit offers an effective means to close the carbon cycle. Here the authors show the synergy between inorganic and organic phases derived from rationally designed molecular precursors to produce alcohols in high efficiency.