Computational and experimental demonstrations of one-pot tandem catalysis for electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction to methane

Haochen Zhang; Xiaoxia Chang; Jingguang G. Chen; William A. Goddard; Bingjun Xu; Mu-Jeng Cheng; Qi Lu

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-11292-9

Nature Communications (Jul 2019)

Computational and experimental demonstrations of one-pot tandem catalysis for electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction to methane

Haochen Zhang,
Xiaoxia Chang,
Jingguang G. Chen,
William A. Goddard,
Bingjun Xu,
Mu-Jeng Cheng,
Qi Lu

Affiliations

Haochen Zhang: State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University
Xiaoxia Chang: Center for Catalytic Science and Technology, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Delaware
Jingguang G. Chen: Department of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University
William A. Goddard: Materials and Process Simulation Center, California Institute of Technology
Bingjun Xu: Center for Catalytic Science and Technology, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Delaware
Mu-Jeng Cheng: Department of Chemistry, National Cheng Kung University
Qi Lu: State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11292-9
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Carbon dioxide can be electrocatalytically reduced to valuable fuels and chemicals, but is hindered by poor catalytic efficiency and selectivity. Here the authors report improved electrocatalytic conversion of carbon dioxide into methane using a tandem catalysis strategy.

Published in Nature Communications

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