Steering surface reconstruction of copper with electrolyte additives for CO2 electroreduction

Cu metal suffers from unavoidable and uncontrollable surface reconstruction during electrocatalysis. The authors here guide the reconstruction process in a favorable direction using trace amount of electrolyte additives, promoting CO2 electroreduction to CH4.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Zishan Han, Daliang Han, Zhe Chen, Jiachen Gao, Guangyi Jiang, Xinyu Wang, Shuaishuai Lyu, Yong Guo, Chuannan Geng, Lichang Yin, Zhe Weng, Quan-Hong Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30819-1