Microenvironment Matters: Copper–Carbon Composites Enable a Highly Efficient Carbon Dioxide Reduction Reaction to C2 Products

• Published in: ACS applied materials & interfaces Vol. 17; no. 6; pp. 9378 - 9390
• Main Authors: Shen, Yu-Jhih, Hsu, Yung-Hsi, Chang, Yu-Chia, Ma, Jian-Jie, Peng, Kang-Shun, Lu, Ying-Rui, Hsu, Shao-Hui, Hung, Sung-Fu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: American Chemical Society 12.02.2025
• Subjects: carbon; carbon dioxide; catalysts; catalytic activity; coordination polymers; copper; Energy, Environmental, and Catalysis Applications; environmental sustainability; ethanol; ethylene; Raman spectroscopy; transmission electron microscopy; X-ray absorption spectroscopy; CO2RR; metal organic framework; MOF-derived catalyst; X-ray absorption spectroscopy; in situ

Copper is the catalyst widely used to produce multicarbon products for the carbon dioxide reduction reaction (CO2RR). The surrounding microenvironment of copper plays a crucial role in determining its catalytic activity and selectivity. In this study, we compare three copper electrocatalysts with di...