Hydroxide promotes carbon dioxide electroreduction to ethanol on copper via tuning of adsorbed hydrogen

Producing ethanol from carbon dioxide, water, and renewable electricity offers a route to sustainable energy. Here, the authors enhance electrocatalytic activity for carbon dioxide reduction by tuning adsorbed hydrogen in a class of copper catalysts with oxide- and hydroxide-modified surfaces.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mingchuan Luo, Ziyun Wang, Yuguang C. Li, Jun Li, Fengwang Li, Yanwei Lum, Dae-Hyun Nam, Bin Chen, Joshua Wicks, Aoni Xu, Taotao Zhuang, Wan Ru Leow, Xue Wang, Cao-Thang Dinh, Ying Wang, Yuhang Wang, David Sinton, Edward H. Sargent
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-12-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13833-8