CO2 electroreduction to multicarbon products in strongly acidic electrolyte via synergistically modulating the local microenvironment

Attaining high selectivity for CO2 electroreduction in acid is usually difficult due to competing hydrogen evolution. Here, the authors demonstrate efficient CO2 reduction to multicarbon products in strongly acidic medium (pH ≤ 1) on a porous Cu catalyst by combining confinement and cation effects....

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Main Authors: Zesong Ma, Zhilong Yang, Wenchuan Lai, Qiyou Wang, Yan Qiao, Haolan Tao, Cheng Lian, Min Liu, Chao Ma, Anlian Pan, Hongwen Huang
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Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-12-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35415-x
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author Zesong Ma
Zhilong Yang
Wenchuan Lai
Qiyou Wang
Yan Qiao
Haolan Tao
Cheng Lian
Min Liu
Chao Ma
Anlian Pan
Hongwen Huang
author_facet Zesong Ma
Zhilong Yang
Wenchuan Lai
Qiyou Wang
Yan Qiao
Haolan Tao
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Min Liu
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description Attaining high selectivity for CO2 electroreduction in acid is usually difficult due to competing hydrogen evolution. Here, the authors demonstrate efficient CO2 reduction to multicarbon products in strongly acidic medium (pH ≤ 1) on a porous Cu catalyst by combining confinement and cation effects.
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spelling doaj.art-9966965c4e3a49abb38f9ead52ea64252022-12-22T02:56:44ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232022-12-0113111110.1038/s41467-022-35415-xCO2 electroreduction to multicarbon products in strongly acidic electrolyte via synergistically modulating the local microenvironmentZesong Ma0Zhilong Yang1Wenchuan Lai2Qiyou Wang3Yan Qiao4Haolan Tao5Cheng Lian6Min Liu7Chao Ma8Anlian Pan9Hongwen Huang10College of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan UniversityCollege of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan UniversityCollege of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan UniversityState Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, School of Physical and Electronics, Central South UniversityCollege of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan UniversityState Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering and Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hierarchical Nanomaterials, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and TechnologyState Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering and Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hierarchical Nanomaterials, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and TechnologyState Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, School of Physical and Electronics, Central South UniversityCollege of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan UniversityCollege of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan UniversityCollege of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan UniversityAttaining high selectivity for CO2 electroreduction in acid is usually difficult due to competing hydrogen evolution. Here, the authors demonstrate efficient CO2 reduction to multicarbon products in strongly acidic medium (pH ≤ 1) on a porous Cu catalyst by combining confinement and cation effects.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35415-x
spellingShingle Zesong Ma
Zhilong Yang
Wenchuan Lai
Qiyou Wang
Yan Qiao
Haolan Tao
Cheng Lian
Min Liu
Chao Ma
Anlian Pan
Hongwen Huang
CO2 electroreduction to multicarbon products in strongly acidic electrolyte via synergistically modulating the local microenvironment
Nature Communications
title CO2 electroreduction to multicarbon products in strongly acidic electrolyte via synergistically modulating the local microenvironment
title_full CO2 electroreduction to multicarbon products in strongly acidic electrolyte via synergistically modulating the local microenvironment
title_fullStr CO2 electroreduction to multicarbon products in strongly acidic electrolyte via synergistically modulating the local microenvironment
title_full_unstemmed CO2 electroreduction to multicarbon products in strongly acidic electrolyte via synergistically modulating the local microenvironment
title_short CO2 electroreduction to multicarbon products in strongly acidic electrolyte via synergistically modulating the local microenvironment
title_sort co2 electroreduction to multicarbon products in strongly acidic electrolyte via synergistically modulating the local microenvironment
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35415-x
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