Gold-like activity copper-like selectivity of heteroatomic transition metal carbides for electrocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction reaction

Mohammadreza Esmaeilirad; Artem Baskin; Alireza Kondori; Ana Sanz-Matias; Jin Qian; Boao Song; Mahmoud Tamadoni Saray; Kamil Kucuk; Andres Ruiz Belmonte; Pablo Navarro Munoz Delgado; Junwon Park; Rahman Azari; Carlo U. Segre; Reza Shahbazian-Yassar; David Prendergast; Mohammad Asadi

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-25295-y

Nature Communications (Aug 2021)

Gold-like activity copper-like selectivity of heteroatomic transition metal carbides for electrocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction reaction

Mohammadreza Esmaeilirad,
Artem Baskin,
Alireza Kondori,
Ana Sanz-Matias,
Jin Qian,
Boao Song,
Mahmoud Tamadoni Saray,
Kamil Kucuk,
Andres Ruiz Belmonte,
Pablo Navarro Munoz Delgado,
Junwon Park,
Rahman Azari,
Carlo U. Segre,
Reza Shahbazian-Yassar,
David Prendergast,
Mohammad Asadi

Affiliations

Mohammadreza Esmaeilirad: Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology
Artem Baskin: Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Alireza Kondori: Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology
Ana Sanz-Matias: Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Jin Qian: Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Boao Song: Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago
Mahmoud Tamadoni Saray: Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago
Kamil Kucuk: Department of Physics & CSRRI, Illinois Institute of Technology
Andres Ruiz Belmonte: Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology
Pablo Navarro Munoz Delgado: Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology
Junwon Park: Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology
Rahman Azari: Department of Architecture, Pennsylvania State University
Carlo U. Segre: Department of Physics & CSRRI, Illinois Institute of Technology
Reza Shahbazian-Yassar: Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago
David Prendergast: Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Mohammad Asadi: Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25295-y
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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It is of high interests to develop new catalysts for selective CO2 electroreduction. Here the authors investigate two-dimensional transition metal carbides for CO2 to methane conversion with superior activity, selectivity and low overpotentials.

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ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
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Country of publisher: United Kingdom
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