A tandem effect of atomically isolated copper–nitrogen sites and copper clusters enhances CO<sub>2</sub> electroreduction to ethylene-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

A tandem effect of atomically isolated copper–nitrogen sites and copper clusters enhances CO₂ electroreduction to ethylene

Published:2023 Issue:3 Volume:15 Page:1092-1098
ISSN:2040-3364
Container-title:Nanoscale
language:en
Short-container-title:Nanoscale

Author:

Zhang Ying¹,Gui Jianing¹,Wang Dan¹,Mao Junjun¹,Zhang Chenchen¹,Li Fengwang²^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China

2. School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, the University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia

Abstract

A Cu-based tandem catalyst shows high ethylene selectivity from the electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction. In the catalyst, high-concentration CO is generated at one site and then converted with low energy barrier to ethylene at another site.

Funder

Jiangnan University

National Natural Science Foundation of China

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

General Materials Science

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2023/NR/D2NR06009D

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