Large-Scale and Highly Selective CO2 Electrocatalytic Reduction on Nickel Single-Atom Catalyst

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General synthesis and definitive structural identification of MN4C4 single-atom catalysts with tunable electrocatalytic activities

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Electrocatalytic Conversion of Carbon Dioxide to Methane and Methanol on Transition Metal Surfaces

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New Horizon in stabilization of single atoms on metal-oxide supports for CO2 reduction

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Porosity engineering of biochar‐based single‐atom Ni catalysts to promote CO2 electroreduction over a broad potential window

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Post-modification of MOF to fabricate single-atom dispersed hollow nanocages catalysts for enhancing CO2 conversion

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Single-atomic-Ni electrocatalyst derived from phthalocyanine-modified MOF for convoying CO 2 intelligent utilization

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Metal–nitrogen–carbon catalysts for electrochemical CO 2 reduction: from design to industrial applications

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Advancing electrocatalytic CO 2 reduction: key strategies for scaling up to industrial applications

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Noble metal-free single-atom electrocatalysts and reactor engineering for enhanced hydrogen peroxide generation via two-electron oxygen reduction reaction

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Universal Principle to Describe Reactivity and Selectivity of CO 2 Electroreduction on Transition Metals and Single-Atom Catalysts

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Improving CO2 Electroreduction Activity by Creating an Oxygen Vacancy-Rich Surface with One-Dimensional In–SnO2 Hollow Nanofiber Architecture

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Single-Atom Catalysts for the Electro-Reduction of CO2 to Syngas with a Tunable CO/H2 Ratio: A Review

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The Role of Interfacial Water in CO2 Electrolysis over Ni‐N‐C Catalyst in a Membrane Electrode Assembly Electrolyzer

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Regulating the coordination environment of single-atom catalysts for electrocatalytic CO2 reduction

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Laser direct overall water splitting for H 2 and H 2 O 2 production

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Facile and Scalable Synthesis of Metal- and Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanotubes for Efficient Electrochemical CO2 Reduction

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Coupling electrochemical CO 2 reduction with value-added anodic oxidation reactions: progress and challenges

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High-pressure synthesis of CO and syngas from CO2 reduction using Ni−N-doped porous carbon electrocatalyst

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Two-Electron Electrochemical Reduction of CO2 on B-Doped Ni–N–C Catalysts: A First-Principles Study

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Understanding the effect of transition metals and vacancy boron nitride catalysts on activity and selectivity for CO2 reduction reaction to valuable products: A DFT-D3 study

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Effect of the nitrogen/carbon ratio in the organic ligand of a nickel single-atom catalyst on its electrochemical activity in CO2 reduction

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Unlocking CO2 conversion potential with single atom catalysts and machine learning in energy application

Kotob, E., Awad, M. M., Umar, M., Taialla, O. A., Hussain, I., Alsabbahen, S. I., Alhooshani, K. R., & Ganiyu, S. A. (2025) · iScience · doi:10.1016/j.isci.2025.112306 · Cited by 24

Electrochemical Reduction of CO 2 to Multicarbon Products: A Review on Catalysts and System Optimization toward Industrialization

Zheng, H., Shi, K., Dong, H., Yang, Y., Yin, P., Shen, B., & Wang, J. (2025) · Energy & Fuels · doi:10.1021/acs.energyfuels.5c00893 · Cited by 24

Single‐Atom Catalysts‐Enabled Reductive Upgrading of CO2

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A novel π-d conjugated cobalt tetraaza[14]annulene based atomically dispersed electrocatalyst for efficient CO2 reduction

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New perspectives, rational designs, and engineering of Tin (Sn)-based materials for electrochemical CO2 reduction

Shaikh, N. S., Shaikh, J. S., Márquez, V., Pathan, S. C., Mali, S. S., Patil, J. V., Hong, C. K., Kanjanaboos, P., Fontaine, O., Tiwari, A., et al. (2023) · Materials Today Sustainability · doi:10.1016/j.mtsust.2023.100384 · Cited by 26

Recent Advances in CO2 Reduction Reaction to Value-added C1 Products by Single-atom Catalysts

Li, B., Ou, H., Chen, S., Su, Y., & Wang, D. S. (2023) · Chemical Research in Chinese Universities · doi:10.1007/s40242-023-3001-9 · Cited by 24

Collaborative CuMn diatomic nanozyme to boost nanocatalytic/mild photothermal/chemo-therapy through overcoming therapeutic resistance

Li, K., Miao, Y., Song, K., He, S., Zhang, G., Waterhouse, G. I. N., Guan, S., & Zhou, S. (2023) · Chemical Engineering Journal · doi:10.1016/j.cej.2023.144693 · Cited by 24

A Comprehensive Review on Electrocatalytic Applications of 2D Metallenes

Basyooni, M. A. (2023) · Nanomaterials · doi:10.3390/nano13222966 · Cited by 25

CeNCl‐CeO2 Heterojunction‐Modified Ni Catalysts for Efficient Electroreduction of CO2 to CO

Liu, L., Wang, F., Chu, X., Zhang, L., Zhang, S., Wang, X., Che, G., Song, S., & Zhang, H. (2023) · Advanced Energy Materials · doi:10.1002/aenm.202301575 · Cited by 24

Enabling direct flue gas electrolysis by clarifying impurity gas effects on CO2 electroreduction

Tian, D., Wang, Q., Qu, Z., & Zhang, H. (2024) · Nano Energy · doi:10.1016/j.nanoen.2024.110563 · Cited by 23

Electrolyte Design Using “Porous Water” for High‐purity Carbon Monoxide Electrosynthesis from Dilute Carbon Dioxide

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Isolated Ni atoms enable alkali-free photoreforming of waste polylactic acid plastic

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Electrochemical conversion of pressurized CO2 at simple silver-based cathodes in undivided cells: study of the effect of pressure and other operative parameters

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Boosting CO 2 electroreduction to CO with abundant nickel single atom active sites

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Synergistically electronic tuning of metalloid CdSe nanorods for enhanced electrochemical CO2 reduction

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Boosting the faradaic efficiency for carbon dioxide to monoxide on a phthalocyanine cobalt based gas diffusion electrode to higher than 99% via microstructure regulation of catalyst layer

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Recent progress in electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide on metal single‐atom catalysts

Huo, S., Lu, J., & Wang, X. (2021) · Energy Science & Engineering · doi:10.1002/ese3.1036 · Cited by 23

Atomically dispersed Ni anchored on polymer-derived mesh-like N-doped carbon nanofibers as an efficient CO2 electrocatalytic reduction catalyst

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Electrocatalytic Carbon Dioxide Reduction to Ethylene over Copper‐based Catalytic Systems

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Evolution of the porous structure for phosphoric acid etching carbon as cathodes in Li–O 2 batteries: Pyrolysis temperature‐induced characteristics changes

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Plasma-regulated N-doped carbon nanotube arrays for efficient electrosynthesis of syngas with a wide CO/H2 ratio

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Copper and silver gas diffusion electrodes performing CO 2 reduction studied through operando X-ray absorption spectroscopy

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Graphene-based single-atom catalysts for electrochemical CO 2 reduction: unraveling the roles of metals and dopants in tuning activity

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Establishing spatially elastic hydrogen-bonding interaction in electrochemical process for selective CO2-to-CH4 conversion

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Comparative life cycle and economic assessments of various value-added chemicals' production via electrochemical CO 2 reduction

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Boosting CO2Electroreduction over a Cadmium Single‐Atom Catalyst by Tuning of the Axial Coordination Structure

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Development of Crystalline Covalent Triazine Frameworks to Enable In Situ Preparation of Single-Atom Ni–N 3 –C for Efficient Electrochemical CO 2 Reduction

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Complex-confinement strategy to high-loading and structure-tunable indium single-atom catalysts toward efficient electrocatalytic CO2 reduction

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Electron Penetration Effect of Ni Single Atom Boosting CO 2 to CO in PH‐Universal Electrolytes

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Recent progress in rare earth element modulated electrocatalysts for CO2 electroreduction

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Zn-Modified Co@N–C composites with adjusted Co particle size as catalysts for the efficient electroreduction of CO 2

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N-doped carbon-encapsulated nickel on reduced graphene oxide materials for efficient CO2 electroreduction to syngas with potential-independent H2/CO ratios

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Carbon nanosheet-carbon nanocage encapsulated Cu composite from chemical vapor deposition of real-world plastic waste for tailored CO2 conversion to various products

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Atomically Dispersed Reactive Centers for Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction and Water Splitting

Zhang, H., Cheng, W., Luan, D., & Lou, X. W. (2020) · Angewandte Chemie · doi:10.1002/ange.202014112 · Cited by 21

Regular hexagonal CuBi nanosheets boost highly efficient CO 2 reduction to HCOOH in a solid-electrolyte cell

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Effect of Charge on Carbon Support on the Catalytic Activity of Cu2O toward CO2 Reduction to C2 Products

Wang, Y., Cheng, L., Ge, W., Zhu, Y., Zhang, J., Chen, R., Zhang, L., Li, Y., & Li, C. (2023) · ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces · doi:10.1021/acsami.3c03083 · Cited by 21

Highly efficient zinc electrode prepared by electro-deposition in a salt-induced pre-phase separation region solution

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Nickel-containing N-doped carbon as effective electrocatalysts for the reduction of CO 2 to CO in a continuous-flow electrolyzer

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Mechanistic understanding of CO2 Reduction Reaction Towards C1 products by molecular transition metal porphyrin catalysts

Guo, L., & Guo, S. (2021) · International Journal of Hydrogen Energy · doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2020.12.162 · Cited by 21

Dry‐Solid‐Electrochemical Synthesis: A General Method for Large Scale Synthesis of Single‐Atom Catalysts with High Metal loadings

Gong, X., Bao, J., Wang, X., Wan, X., Gu, Y., Han, C., Shui, J., Su, X., Ge, J., Xing, W., et al. (2025) · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · doi:10.1002/anie.202419374 · Cited by 21

Modulating Electronic Density of Single‐Atom Ni Center by Heteroatoms for Efficient CO 2 Electroreduction

Chen, Y., Pan, X., Li, L., Chen, M., Cao, H., Zhao, Y., Wang, X., & Lin, J. (2025) · Small · doi:10.1002/smll.202411249 · Cited by 20

Efficient electrochemical reduction of CO 2 promoted by the electrospun Cu 1.96 S/Cu tandem catalyst

Liu, S., Cao, Y., Liu, H., Wang, H., Zhang, B., Zhang, Y., Zhang, L., Zhang, S., & Sun, J. (2021) · Nanoscale · doi:10.1039/d1nr04802c · Cited by 21

Metal‐Organic‐Framework‐Based Single‐Atomic Catalysts for Energy Conversion and Storage: Principles, Advances, and Theoretical Understandings

Yang, X., Yan, L., Kong, X., Liu, S., & Zhao, X. (2021) · Advanced Sustainable Systems · doi:10.1002/adsu.202100281 · Cited by 20

A new strategy for mass production of single-atom catalysts for high performance of CO2 electrochemical reduction

Han, S., Jia, S., Xia, W., Xing, X., Qi, R., Wu, H., He, M., & Han, B. (2022) · Chemical Engineering Journal · doi:10.1016/j.cej.2022.140595 · Cited by 20

Highly selective CO 2 electroreduction to CO by the synergy between Ni–N–C and encapsulated Ni nanoparticles

Sun, Y., Liu, F., Wang, X., Lu, K., Liu, X., Huang, Y. H., Yu, F., & Chen, Y. (2023) · Dalton Transactions · doi:10.1039/d2dt03680k · Cited by 21

A Scientometric Review of CO2 Electroreduction Research from 2005 to 2022

Wang, H., Yu, Z., Zhou, J., Li, C., Jayanarasimhan, A., Zhao, X., & Zhang, H. (2023) · Energies · doi:10.3390/en16020616 · Cited by 20

Superior efficiency hydrogen peroxide production in acidic media through epoxy group adjacent to Co-O/C active centers on carbon black

Yuan, J., Yin, H., Ge, X., Pan, R., Huang, C., Chen, D., Hu, L., & Xie, H. (2023) · Chemical Engineering Journal · doi:10.1016/j.cej.2023.142691 · Cited by 20

Heterogeneous single-atom catalysts for energy process: recent progress, applications and challenges

Gong, X., Song, P., Han, C., Xiao, Y., Mei, X., & Xu, W. (2023) · Energy Materials · doi:10.20517/energymater.2022.82 · Cited by 20

Dual‐Site Metal Catalysts for Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction Reaction

Liu, L., Wu, X., Wang, F., Zhang, L., Wang, X., Song, S., & Zhang, H. (2023) · Chemistry - A European Journal · doi:10.1002/chem.202300583 · Cited by 21

A cascade of in situ conversion of bicarbonate to CO2 and CO2 electroreduction in a flow cell with a Ni-N-S catalyst

Kong, L., Wang, M., Tuo, Y., Zhou, S., Wang, J., Liu, G., Cui, X., Wang, J., & Jiang, L. (2023) · Journal of Energy Chemistry · doi:10.1016/j.jechem.2023.09.024 · Cited by 20

Breaking Scaling Relations for Highly Efficient Electroreduction of CO 2 to CO on Atomically Dispersed Heteronuclear Dual‐Atom Catalyst

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Iron clusters boosted performance in electrocatalytic carbon dioxide conversion

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Challenges and Opportunities in Electrocatalytic CO 2 Reduction to Chemicals and Fuels

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The relationship between electronic behavior of single atom catalysts and CO2 reduction to oxygenates

Cao, F., Liu, G., Wang, X., Tan, L., & Tsubaki, N. (2024) · EnergyChem · doi:10.1016/j.enchem.2024.100141 · Cited by 19

Solid-State-Electrolyte Reactor: New Opportunity for Electrifying Manufacture

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A review on carbon black production, properties, and its applications toward energy storage

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Effect of coordination surroundings of isolated metal sites on electrocatalytic performances

Guan, J. (2021) · Journal of Power Sources · doi:10.1016/j.jpowsour.2021.230143 · Cited by 19

Ultra‐low‐loaded Ni−Fe Dimer Anchored to Nitrogen/Oxygen Sites for Boosting Electroreduction of Carbon Dioxide

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Increasing exposure of atomically dispersed Ni sites via constructing hierarchically porous supports for enhanced electrochemical CO2 reduction

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Recent progress of electrochemical reduction of CO2 by single atom catalysts

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Theoretical study the electrocatalytic performance and mechanism of novel designed electrocatalyst Ru@2DMs for CO2RR

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Isolation of Highly Reactive Cobalt Phthalocyanine via Electrochemical Activation for Enhanced CO2 Reduction Reaction

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A self-driving laboratory optimizes a scalable process for making functional coatings

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Understanding the synergistic effects of dual-atom catalysts NiSn on carbon dioxide reduction

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Nitrogen-doping boosts ∗CO utilization and H2O activation on copper for improving CO2 reduction to C2+ products

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Modulating the Structure and Composition of Single‐Atom Electrocatalysts for CO 2 reduction

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Effect of Ammonium-Based Cations on CO2 Electroreduction

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An iron–nitrogen doped carbon and CdS hybrid catalytic system for efficient CO 2 photochemical reduction

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Tuning the local electronic structure of a single-site Ni catalyst by co-doping a 3D graphene framework with B/N atoms toward enhanced CO 2 electroreduction

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Spatial decoupling boosts CO2 electro-biofixation

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Protonation pathway for CO2 reduction mediated by coordinated H2O on active sites

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Click-locking strategy enables automated synthesis of single-atom catalysts with industrial compatibility

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Ligand centered electrocatalytic efficient CO2 reduction reaction at low overpotential on single-atom Ni regulated molecular catalyst

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Cu Modified TiO2 Catalyst for Electrochemical Reduction of Carbon Dioxide to Methane

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Gaseous CO2 Electrolysis: Progress, Challenges, and Prospects

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Improvement of carbon dioxide electroreduction by crystal surface modification of ZIF-8

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Deciphering mass transport behavior in membrane electrode assembly by manipulating porous structures of atomically dispersed Metal-Nx catalysts for High-Efficiency electrochemical CO2 conversion

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Electronic and Structural Engineering of Atomically Dispersed Isolated Single‐Atom and Alloy Architectures

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Tackling the activity and selectivity challenges of electrocatalysts towards CO2 reduction reaction via atomically dispersed dual atom catalysts

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A review of electroreduction of CO2 to C1 products: Catalysts design, characterizations and performance evaluation

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Single atoms in environmental catalysis: Breakthroughs in synthesis and application

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A robust Ni single-atom catalyst for industrial current and exceptional selectivity in electrochemical CO 2 reduction to CO

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Achieving highly efficient CO 2 to CO electroreduction exceeding 300 mA cm −2 with single-atom nickel electrocatalysts

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Electrochemical CO2 Reduction via Low-Valent Nickel Single-Atom Catalyst

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Facile synthesis of single-nickel-atomic dispersed N-doped carbon framework for efficient electrochemical CO2 reduction

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Electronic Regulation of Nickel Single Atoms by Confined Nickel Nanoparticles for Energy‐Efficient CO 2 Electroreduction

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