Nature Communications (Jan 2021)

Fast operando spectroscopy tracking in situ generation of rich defects in silver nanocrystals for highly selective electrochemical CO2 reduction

  • Xinhao Wu,
  • Yanan Guo,
  • Zengsen Sun,
  • Fenghua Xie,
  • Daqin Guan,
  • Jie Dai,
  • Fengjiao Yu,
  • Zhiwei Hu,
  • Yu-Cheng Huang,
  • Chih-Wen Pao,
  • Jeng-Lung Chen,
  • Wei Zhou,
  • Zongping Shao

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-20960-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Efficient electrocatalysts are crucial to the electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction. Here, the authors use the fast operando technique to explore a silver-based catalyst with improved catalytic performance benefiting from the suitable defect structures.