Hybrid catalyst to the rescue
Résumé
A hybrid carbon nanotube/molecular catalyst achieves highly selective electrochemical conversion of CO to methanol via mechanistic-guided optimizations.
Electrochemical reduction of CO 2 is an attractive pathway for the sustainable production of fuels and commodity chemicals. However, the reaction pathway is complex, with many roads, various destinations and high mountains to climb. Catalysis is therefore required to selectively reach a targeted product (such as carbon monoxide, formic acid, methanol, methane, ethylene, ethanol or acetic acid) in an efficient manner (at high current density and low overpotential).
Although the electrochemical conversion of CO 2 -to-CO is well-established using either electrocatalysts (such as gold or silver) or molecular catalysts, going beyond CO selectively is still challenging. One interesting strategy which has emerged for methanol production
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