Porous Copper Microspheres for Selective Production of Multicarbon Fuels via CO2 Electroreduction

• Published in: Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) Vol. 15; no. 42; pp. e1902582 - n/a
• Main Authors: Zou, Chengqin, Xi, Cong, Wu, Deyao, Mao, Jing, Liu, Min, Liu, Hui, Dong, Cunku, Du, Xi‐Wen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Weinheim Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.10.2019
• Subjects: Carbon dioxide; carbon dioxide electroreduction; Chemical synthesis; coordination number; Coordination numbers; Copper; Electrowinning; Environmental impact; Fuels; Microspheres; multicarbon fuels; Nanotechnology; Organic chemistry; porous copper microspheres

The electroreduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) toward high‐value fuels can reduce the carbon footprint and store intermittent renewable energy. The iodide‐ion‐assisted synthesis of porous copper (P‐Cu) microspheres with a moderate coordination number of 7.7, which is beneficial for the selective elect...