Advances and challenges in understanding the electrocatalytic conversion of carbon dioxide to fuels

Origin of the Overpotential for Oxygen Reduction at a Fuel-Cell Cathode

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Combining theory and experiment in electrocatalysis: Insights into materials design

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Benchmarking Heterogeneous Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction

McCrory, C. C. L., Jung, S., Peters, J. C., & Jaramillo, T. F. (2013) · Journal of the American Chemical Society · doi:10.1021/ja407115p · Cited by 7,026

Modern Aspects of Electrochemistry

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How copper catalyzes the electroreduction of carbon dioxide into hydrocarbon fuels

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New insights into the electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide on metallic copper surfaces

Kuhl, K. P., Cave, E. R., Abram, D. N., & Jaramillo, T. F. (2012) · Energy & Environmental Science · doi:10.1039/c2ee21234j · Cited by 3,160

CO 2 electroreduction to ethylene via hydroxide-mediated copper catalysis at an abrupt interface

Dinh, C.-T., Burdyny, T., Kibria, M. G., Seifitokaldani, A., Gabardo, C. M., García de Arquer, F. P., Kiani, A., Edwards, J. P., De Luna, P., Bushuyev, O. S., et al. (2018) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.aas9100 · Cited by 2,515

Catalysts and Reaction Pathways for the Electrochemical Reduction of Carbon Dioxide

Kortlever, R., Shen, J., Schouten, K. J. P., Calle‐Vallejo, F., & Koper, M. T. M. (2015) · The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters · doi:10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b01559 · Cited by 2,217

Electrocatalytic process of CO selectivity in electrochemical reduction of CO2 at metal electrodes in aqueous media

Hori, Y., Wakebe, H., Tsukamoto, T., & Koga, O. (1994) · Electrochimica Acta · doi:10.1016/0013-4686(94)85172-7 · Cited by 2,140

CO 2 Reduction at Low Overpotential on Cu Electrodes Resulting from the Reduction of Thick Cu 2 O Films

Li, C. W., & Kanan, M. W. (2012) · Journal of the American Chemical Society · doi:10.1021/ja3010978 · Cited by 2,000

N and OH-Immobilized Cu 3 Clusters In Situ Reconstructed from Single-Metal Sites for Efficient CO 2 Electromethanation in Bicontinuous Mesochannels

Pan, F., Fang, L., Li, B., Yang, X., O'Carroll, T., Li, H., Li, T., Wang, G., Chen, K., & Wu, G. (2024) · Journal of the American Chemical Society · doi:10.1021/jacs.3c10524 · Cited by 127

Alloyed Palladium–Silver Nanowires Enabling Ultrastable Carbon Dioxide Reduction to Formate

Han, N., Sun, M., Zhou, Y., Xu, J., Cheng, C., Zhou, R., Zhang, L., Luo, J., Huang, B., & Li, Y. (2020) · Advanced Materials · doi:10.1002/adma.202005821 · Cited by 124

Spectrometric Study of Electrochemical CO 2 Reduction on Pd and Pd-B Electrodes

Jiang, T., Zhou, Y.-W., Ma, X., Qin, X., Li, H., Ding, C., Jiang, B., Jiang, K. P., & Cai, W. (2021) · ACS Catalysis · doi:10.1021/acscatal.0c03725 · Cited by 124

Electrochemical Carbon Dioxide Reduction to Ethylene: From Mechanistic Understanding to Catalyst Surface Engineering

Qu, J., Cao, X., Li, G., Li, J., Li, L., Xie, Y., Zhao, Y., Zhang, J., Wu, M., & Liu, H. (2023) · Nano-Micro Letters · doi:10.1007/s40820-023-01146-x · Cited by 132

Water in Electrocatalysis

Yuan, Y., Li, J., Zhu, Y., Qiao, Y., Kang, Z., Wang, Z., Tian, X., Huang, H., & Lai, W. (2025) · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · doi:10.1002/anie.202425590 · Cited by 131

Dual‐metal single‐atomic catalyst: The challenge in synthesis, characterization, and mechanistic investigation for electrocatalysis

Chen, C., Sun, M., Wang, K., & Li, Y. (2022) · SmartMat · doi:10.1002/smm2.1085 · Cited by 123

Ceria -Mediated Dynamic Sn0/Snδ+ Redox Cycle for CO2 Electroreduction

Liu, H., Li, B., Liu, Z., Liang, Z., Chuai, H., Wang, H., Lou, S. N., Su, Y., Zhang, S., & Ma, X. (2023) · ACS Catalysis · doi:10.1021/acscatal.2c06135 · Cited by 123

Electronic Structure Design of Transition Metal-Based Catalysts for Electrochemical Carbon Dioxide Reduction

Guo, L., Zhou, J., Liu, F., Meng, X., Ma, Y., Hao, F., Xiong, Y., & Fan, Z. (2024) · ACS Nano · doi:10.1021/acsnano.4c01456 · Cited by 125

Atmosphere Induces Tunable Oxygen Vacancies to Stabilize Single‐Atom Copper in Ceria for Robust Electrocatalytic CO 2 Reduction to CH 4

Huang, F., Chen, X., Sun, H., Zeng, Q., Ma, J., Wei, D., Zhu, J., Chen, Z., Liang, T., Yin, X., et al. (2024) · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · doi:10.1002/anie.202415642 · Cited by 123

Constructing Catalytic Crown Ether-Based Covalent Organic Frameworks for Electroreduction of CO 2

An, S., Lu, C., Xu, Q., Lian, C., Peng, C., Hu, J., Zhuang, X., & Liu, H. (2021) · ACS Energy Letters · doi:10.1021/acsenergylett.1c01681 · Cited by 122

Selective CO2 electroreduction to methanol via enhanced oxygen bonding

Zhang, G., Wang, T., Zhang, M., Li, L., Cheng, D., Zhen, S., Wang, Y., Qin, J., Zhao, Z., & Gong, J. (2022) · Nature Communications · doi:10.1038/s41467-022-35450-8 · Cited by 132

Anion Effect in Electrochemical CO 2 Reduction: From Spectators to Orchestrators

Yoo, J. M., Ingenmey, J., Salanne, M., & Lukatskaya, M. R. (2024) · Journal of the American Chemical Society · doi:10.1021/jacs.4c10661 · Cited by 122

Inversely Tuning the CO 2 Electroreduction and Hydrogen Evolution Activity on Metal Oxide via Heteroatom Doping

Wang, J., Wang, G., Zhang, J., Wang, Y., Wu, H., Zheng, X., Ding, J., Han, X., Deng, Y., & Hu, W. (2021) · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · doi:10.1002/anie.202016022 · Cited by 121

Polyoxometalate-based nanostructures for electrocatalytic and photocatalytic CO 2 reduction

Zang, D., & Wang, H. (2022) · Polyoxometalates · doi:10.26599/pom.2022.9140006 · Cited by 121

Sn Dopants with Synergistic Oxygen Vacancies Boost CO 2 Electroreduction on CuO Nanosheets to CO at Low Overpotential

Zhong, X., Liang, S., Yang, T., Zeng, G., Zhong, Z., Deng, H., Zhang, L., & Sun, X. A. (2022) · ACS Nano · doi:10.1021/acsnano.2c08436 · Cited by 121

Symmetry‐Broken Au–Cu Heterostructures and their Tandem Catalysis Process in Electrochemical CO2 Reduction

Jia, H., Yang, Y., Chow, T. H., Zhang, H., Liu, X., Wang, J., & Zhang, C. (2021) · Advanced Functional Materials · doi:10.1002/adfm.202101255 · Cited by 120

Size‐Dependent Selectivity of Electrochemical CO 2 Reduction on Converted In 2 O 3 Nanocrystals

Huang, Y., Mao, X., Yuan, G., Zhang, D., Pan, B., Deng, J., Shi, Y., Han, N., Li, C., Zhang, L., et al. (2021) · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · doi:10.1002/anie.202105256 · Cited by 120

Local CO2 reservoir layer promotes rapid and selective electrochemical CO2 reduction

Mukhopadhyay, S., Naeem, M. S., Shanker, G. S., Ghatak, A., Kottaichamy, A. R., Shimoni, R., Avram, L., Liberman, I., Balilty, R., Ifraemov, R., et al. (2024) · Nature Communications · doi:10.1038/s41467-024-47498-9 · Cited by 120

Bipolar membranes for intrinsically stable and scalable CO2 electrolysis

Petrov, K. V., Koopman, C. I., Subramanian, S., Koper, M. T. M., Burdyny, T., & Vermaas, D. A. (2024) · Nature Energy · doi:10.1038/s41560-024-01574-y · Cited by 120

A Facile Strategy for Constructing a Carbon‐Particle‐Modified Metal–Organic Framework for Enhancing the Efficiency of CO2 Electroreduction into Formate

Zhu, Z., Zhao, B., Hou, S., Jiang, X., Liang, Z., Zhang, B., & Zhao, B. (2021) · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · doi:10.1002/anie.202110387 · Cited by 119

Carbon Catalysts for Electrochemical CO2 Reduction toward Multicarbon Products

Pan, F., Yang, X., O'Carroll, T., Li, H., Chen, K., & Wu, G. (2022) · Advanced Energy Materials · doi:10.1002/aenm.202200586 · Cited by 120

Atomic Replacement of PtNi Nanoalloys within Zn-ZIF-8 for the Fabrication of a Multisite CO2 Reduction Electrocatalyst

Wang, X., Fu, N., Liu, J., Yu, K. X., Li, Z., Xu, Z., Liang, X., Zhu, P., Ye, C., Zhou, A., et al. (2022) · Journal of the American Chemical Society · doi:10.1021/jacs.2c11497 · Cited by 119

In Situ Carbon-Encapsulated Copper-Doped Cerium Oxide Derived from MOFs for Boosting CO 2 -to-CH 4 Electro-Conversion

Zhang, Y., Zhang, X., & Sun, W. (2023) · ACS Catalysis · doi:10.1021/acscatal.2c05538 · Cited by 120

Coordination Environment Engineering of Metal Centers in Coordination Polymers for Selective Carbon Dioxide Electroreduction toward Multicarbon Products

Wang, J., Sun, M., Xu, H., Hao, F., Wa, Q., Su, J., Zhou, J., Wang, Y., Yu, J., Zhang, P., et al. (2024) · ACS Nano · doi:10.1021/acsnano.3c12389 · Cited by 119

The importance of pH in controlling the selectivity of the electrochemical CO2 reduction

Varela, A. S. (2020) · Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry · doi:10.1016/j.cogsc.2020.100371 · Cited by 119

Solar‐Driven Electrochemical CO2 Reduction with Heterogeneous Catalysts

Creissen, C. E., & Fontecave, M. (2020) · Advanced Energy Materials · doi:10.1002/aenm.202002652 · Cited by 118

Integrating CO 2 Capture with Electrochemical Conversion Using Amine-Based Capture Solvents as Electrolytes

Pérez‐Gallent, E., Vankani, C., Sánchez-Martínez, C., Anastasopol, A., & Goetheer, E. L. V. (2021) · Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research · doi:10.1021/acs.iecr.0c05848 · Cited by 118

A review of non‐noble metal‐based electrocatalysts for CO 2 electroreduction

Wang, J., Li, X., Cui, B., Zhang, Z., Hu, X., Ding, J., Deng, Y., Han, X., & Hu, W. (2021) · Rare Metals · doi:10.1007/s12598-021-01736-x · Cited by 118

Graphitic-N highly doped graphene-like carbon: A superior metal-free catalyst for efficient reduction of CO2

Li, J., Zan, W., Kang, H., Dong, Z., Zhang, X., Lin, Y., Mu, Y., Zhang, F., Zhang, X., & Gu, J. H. (2021) · Applied Catalysis B: Environmental · doi:10.1016/j.apcatb.2021.120510 · Cited by 118

Cobalt‐Doped Bismuth Nanosheet Catalyst for Enhanced Electrochemical CO 2 Reduction to Electrolyte‐Free Formic Acid

Nankya, R., Xu, Y., Elgazzar, A., Zhu, P., Wi, T., Qiu, C. J., Feng, Y., Che, F., & Wang, H. (2024) · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · doi:10.1002/anie.202403671 · Cited by 120

Toward understanding the role of the electric double layer structure and electrolyte effects on well-defined interfaces for electrocatalysis

Pascual, P. S., Shao‐Horn, Y., & Escudero‐Escribano, M. (2021) · Current Opinion in Electrochemistry · doi:10.1016/j.coelec.2021.100918 · Cited by 117

Isotopic labelling of water reveals the hydrogen transfer route in electrochemical CO2 reduction

Zhang, J., Zhang, C., Wang, M., Mao, Y., Wu, B., Yang, Q., Wang, B. X., Mi, Z., Zhang, M., Ling, N., et al. (2025) · Nature Chemistry · doi:10.1038/s41557-024-01721-8 · Cited by 117

Synergized Cu/Pb Core/Shell Electrocatalyst for High-Efficiency CO2 Reduction to C2+ Liquids

Wang, P., Yang, H., Xu, Y. S., Huang, X., Wang, J., Zhong, M., Cheng, T., & Shao, Q. (2020) · ACS Nano · doi:10.1021/acsnano.0c07869 · Cited by 116

Achieving high current density for electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 to formate on bismuth-based catalysts

Fan, T., Ma, W., Xie, M., Liu, H., Zhang, J., Yang, S., Huang, P., Dong, Y., Chen, Z., & Yi, X. (2021) · Cell Reports Physical Science · doi:10.1016/j.xcrp.2021.100353 · Cited by 116

Thermochemical aerobic oxidation catalysis in water can be analysed as two coupled electrochemical half-reactions

Ryu, J., Bregante, D. T., Howland, W. C., Bisbey, R. P., Kaminsky, C. J., & Surendranath, Y. (2021) · Nature Catalysis · doi:10.1038/s41929-021-00666-2 · Cited by 116

A Triptycene‐Based 2D MOF with Vertically Extended Structure for Improving the Electrocatalytic Performance of CO2 to Methane

Lv, J., Li, W., Li, J., Zhu, Z., Dong, A., Lv, H., Li, P., & Wang, B. (2023) · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · doi:10.1002/anie.202217958 · Cited by 116

Two-Dimensional Mesoporous Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion: Current Status, Chemical Synthesis and Challenging Perspectives

Qin, J., Yang, Z., Xing, F., Zhang, L., Zhang, H., & Wu, Z. (2023) · Electrochemical Energy Reviews · doi:10.1007/s41918-022-00177-z · Cited by 116

Gel Electrocatalysts: An Emerging Material Platform for Electrochemical Energy Conversion

Fang, Z., Li, P., & Yu, G. (2020) · Advanced Materials · doi:10.1002/adma.202003191 · Cited by 115

Interfacial electric field effect on electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction reaction

Yu, J., Yin, J., Li, R., Ma, Y., & Fan, Z. (2022) · Chem Catalysis · doi:10.1016/j.checat.2022.07.024 · Cited by 116

Dynamic Surface Chemistry of Catalysts in Oxygen Evolution Reaction

Kou, Z., Li, X., Zhang, L., Zang, W., Gao, X., & Wang, J. (2021) · Small Science · doi:10.1002/smsc.202100011 · Cited by 114

Rational confinement engineering of MOF ‐derived carbon‐based electrocatalysts toward CO2 reduction and O2 reduction reactions

Zhang, X., Xue, D., Jiang, S., Xia, H., Yang, Y., Yan, W., Hu, J., & Zhang, J. (2021) · InfoMat · doi:10.1002/inf2.12257 · Cited by 115

Customizable CO2 Electroreduction to C1 or C2+ Products through Cuy/CeO2 Interface Engineering

Yin, J., Gao, Z., Wei, F., Liu, C., Gong, J. Y., Li, J., Li, W., Xiao, L., Wang, G., Lu, J., et al. (2022) · ACS Catalysis · doi:10.1021/acscatal.1c04714 · Cited by 114

Recent advances in metal–organic framework-derived materials for electrocatalytic and photocatalytic CO2 reduction

Zheng, Y., Li, S., Huang, N., Li, X., & Xü, Q. (2024) · Coordination Chemistry Reviews · doi:10.1016/j.ccr.2024.215858 · Cited by 114

Roles of copper(I) in water-promoted CO2 electrolysis to multi-carbon compounds

He, X., Li, L., Li, X.-Y., Zhu, M., Zhang, Q., Xie, S., Mei, B., Sun, F., Jiang, Z. R., Cheng, J. J., et al. (2024) · Nature Communications · doi:10.1038/s41467-024-54282-2 · Cited by 141

Resolving local reaction environment toward an optimized CO 2 -to-CO conversion performance

Ye, K., Zhang, G., Ma, X., Deng, C., Huang, X. M., Yuan, C., Meng, G., Cai, W., & Jiang, K. P. (2021) · Energy & Environmental Science · doi:10.1039/d1ee02966e · Cited by 113

In situ spectroelectrochemical probing of CO redox landscape on copper single-crystal surfaces

Shao, F., Wong, J. K., Low, Q. H., Iannuzzi, M., Li, J., & Lan, J. (2022) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.2118166119 · Cited by 113

Partially Nitrided Ni Nanoclusters Achieve Energy‐Efficient Electrocatalytic CO 2 Reduction to CO at Ultralow Overpotential

Zhao, R., Wang, Y., Ji, G., Zhong, J., Zhang, F., Chen, M., Tong, S., Wang, P., Wu, Z., Han, B., et al. (2022) · Advanced Materials · doi:10.1002/adma.202205262 · Cited by 113

Intermediate-regulated dynamic restructuring at Ag-Cu biphasic interface enables selective CO2 electroreduction to C2+ fuels

Gao, X., Jiang, Y., Liu, J., Shi, G., Yang, C., Xu, Q., Yun, Y., Shen, Y., Chang, M., Zhu, C., et al. (2024) · Nature Communications · doi:10.1038/s41467-024-54630-2 · Cited by 135

Zero-Gap Bipolar Membrane Electrolyzer for Carbon Dioxide Reduction Using Acid-Tolerant Molecular Electrocatalysts

Siritanaratkul, B., Forster, M., Greenwell, F., Sharma, P. K., Yu, E. H., & Cowan, A. J. (2022) · Journal of the American Chemical Society · doi:10.1021/jacs.1c13024 · Cited by 114

Innovations in catalysis towards efficient electrochemical reduction of CO2 to C1 chemicals

Ahmed, S., Hussain, M. S., Khan, M. K. I., & Kim, J. (2025) · Journal of Energy Chemistry · doi:10.1016/j.jechem.2025.03.055 · Cited by 113

Interface‐Induced Electrocatalytic Enhancement of CO2‐to‐Formate Conversion on Heterostructured Bismuth‐Based Catalysts

Sui, P., Xu, C., Zhu, M., Liu, S., Liu, Q., & Luo, J. (2021) · Small · doi:10.1002/smll.202105682 · Cited by 111

Tuning the Product Selectivity of the Cu Hollow Fiber Gas Diffusion Electrode for Efficient CO 2 Reduction to Formate by Controlled Surface Sn Electrodeposition

Rabiee, H., Zhang, X., Ge, L., Hu, S., Li, M., Smart, S., Zhu, Z., & Yuan, Z. (2020) · ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces · doi:10.1021/acsami.0c03681 · Cited by 110

Enhancing a Molecular Electrocatalyst’s Activity for CO 2 Reduction by Simultaneously Modulating Three Substituent Effects

Nie, W., Tarnopol, D. E., & McCrory, C. C. L. (2021) · Journal of the American Chemical Society · doi:10.1021/jacs.0c09357 · Cited by 110

Progress and Understanding of CO 2 /CO Electroreduction in Flow Electrolyzers

Wu, D., Jiao, F., & Lu, Q. (2022) · ACS Catalysis · doi:10.1021/acscatal.2c03348 · Cited by 111

Enhanced CO 2 Electroreduction Selectivity toward Ethylene on Pyrazolate-Stabilized Asymmetric Ni–Cu Hybrid Sites

Huang, L., Liu, Z., Gao, G. F., Chen, C., Xue, Y., Zhao, J., Lei, Q., Jin, M., Zhu, C., Han, Y., et al. (2023) · Journal of the American Chemical Society · doi:10.1021/jacs.3c10600 · Cited by 110

Organic–Inorganic Hybrid Nanomaterials for Electrocatalytic CO 2 Reduction

Yang, C., Li, S., Zhang, Z., Wang, H., Liu, H., Jiao, F., Guo, Z., Zhang, X., & Hu, W. (2020) · Small · doi:10.1002/smll.202001847 · Cited by 109

Predesign of Catalytically Active Sites via Stable Coordination Cluster Model System for Electroreduction of CO 2 to Ethylene

Lu, Y., Dong, L., Liu, J., Yang, R., Liu, J., Zhang, Y., Zhang, L., Wang, Y., Li, S., & Lan, Y. (2021) · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · doi:10.1002/anie.202111265 · Cited by 109

Recent Advances and Perspectives of Electrochemical CO2 Reduction Toward C2+ Products on Cu-Based Catalysts

Wang, X., Hu, Q. L., Li, G., Yang, H., & He, C. (2022) · Electrochemical Energy Reviews · doi:10.1007/s41918-022-00171-5 · Cited by 113

Ultrafine Cu nanoclusters confined within covalent organic frameworks for efficient electroreduction of CO2 to CH4 by synergistic strategy

Zhang, M., Lu, M., Yang, M., Liao, J., Liu, Y., Yan, H.-J., Chang, J., Yu, T., Li, S., & Lan, Y. (2023) · eScience · doi:10.1016/j.esci.2023.100116 · Cited by 109

Transition Metal Chalcogenides as a Versatile and Tunable Platform for Catalytic CO 2 and N 2 Electroreduction

Giuffredi, G., Asset, T., Liu, Y., Atanassov, P. B., & Fonzo, F. D. (2021) · ACS Materials Au · doi:10.1021/acsmaterialsau.1c00006 · Cited by 109

Paper-based flexible devices for energy harvesting, conversion and storage applications: A review

Thakur, A., & Devi, P. (2022) · Nano Energy · doi:10.1016/j.nanoen.2022.106927 · Cited by 108

Understanding the complexity in bridging thermal and electrocatalytic methanation of CO 2

Kang, H. D., Ma, J., Perathoner, S., Chu, W., Centi, G., & Liu, Y. (2023) · Chemical Society Reviews · doi:10.1039/d2cs00214k · Cited by 108

Specific Adsorption of Alkaline Cations Enhances CO–CO Coupling in CO 2 Electroreduction

Qin, Y., Xia, C., Wu, T., Zhang, J., Gao, G., Xia, B. Y., Coote, M. L., Ding, S., & Su, Y. (2024) · Journal of the American Chemical Society · doi:10.1021/jacs.4c10455 · Cited by 108

Graphdiyne-Supported Single Iron Atom: A Promising Electrocatalyst for Carbon Dioxide Electroreduction into Methane and Ethanol

Liu, X., Wang, Z., Tian, Y., & Zhao, J. (2020) · The Journal of Physical Chemistry C · doi:10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b11649 · Cited by 107

Ampere-level CO 2 reduction to multicarbon products over a copper gas penetration electrode

Zhu, C., Song, Y., Dong, X., Li, G., Chen, A., Chen, W., Wu, G., Li, S., Wei, W., & Sun, Y. (2022) · Energy & Environmental Science · doi:10.1039/d2ee02121h · Cited by 107

Biohybrid CO 2 electrolysis for the direct synthesis of polyesters from CO 2

Lim, J., Choi, S. Y., Lee, J. W., Lee, S. Y., & Lee, H. (2023) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.2221438120 · Cited by 107

Customizing CO 2 Electroreduction by Pulse-Induced Anion Enrichment

Wang, J., Qin, Y., Jin, S., Yang, Y., Zhu, J., Li, X., Lv, X., Fu, J., Hong, Z., Su, Y., et al. (2023) · Journal of the American Chemical Society · doi:10.1021/jacs.3c08748 · Cited by 108

Directing CO2 electroreduction pathways for selective C2 product formation using single-site doped copper catalysts

Li, Z., Wang, P., Lyu, X., Kondapalli, V. K. R., Xiang, S., Jiménez, J. D., Ma, L., Ito, T., Zhang, T., Raj, J., et al. (2024) · Nature Chemical Engineering · doi:10.1038/s44286-023-00018-w · Cited by 107

Coupling CO2 reduction with CH3OH oxidation for efficient electrosynthesis of formate on hierarchical bifunctional CuSn alloy

Li, Y., Huo, C., Wang, H., Ye, Z.-X., Luo, P., Cao, X., & Lu, T. (2022) · Nano Energy · doi:10.1016/j.nanoen.2022.107277 · Cited by 106

Nitrogen, Sulfur Co-Doped Hierarchically Porous Carbon as a Metal-Free Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Reduction and Carbon Dioxide Reduction Reaction

Li, R., Liu, F., Zhang, Y., Guo, M., & Liu, D. (2020) · ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces · doi:10.1021/acsami.0c06506 · Cited by 105

Controllable CO adsorption determines ethylene and methane productions from CO2 electroreduction

Bai, H., Cheng, T., Li, S., Zhou, Z., Yang, H., Li, J., Xie, M., Ye, J., Ji, Y., Li, Y., et al. (2020) · 中国科学通报：英文版 · doi:10.1016/j.scib.2020.06.023 · Cited by 104

CO 2 electrochemical reduction on metal–organic framework catalysts: current status and future directions

Narváez-Celada, D., & Varela, A. S. (2022) · Journal of Materials Chemistry A · doi:10.1039/d1ta10440c · Cited by 104

Phase engineering of metal nanocatalysts for electrochemical CO2 reduction

Zhai, Y., Han, P., Yun, Q., Ge, Y., Zhang, X., Chen, Y., & Zhang, H. (2022) · eScience · doi:10.1016/j.esci.2022.09.002 · Cited by 104

Activating inert non-defect sites in Bi catalysts using tensile strain engineering for highly active CO2 electroreduction

Chen, X., Lu, R., Li, C., Luo, W., Yu, R., Zhu, J., Lv, L., Dai, Y., Gong, S., Zhou, Y., et al. (2025) · Nature Communications · doi:10.1038/s41467-025-56975-8 · Cited by 104

Green Carbon Science: Efficient Carbon Resource Processing, Utilization, and Recycling towards Carbon Neutrality

He, M., Sun, Y., & Han, B. (2021) · Angewandte Chemie · doi:10.1002/ange.202112835 · Cited by 103

Gadolinium Changes the Local Electron Densities of Nickel 3d Orbitals for Efficient Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction

Liu, W., Bai, P., Wei, S., Yang, C., & Xu, L. (2022) · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · doi:10.1002/anie.202201166 · Cited by 103

Catalysis for e-Chemistry: Need and Gaps for a Future De-Fossilized Chemical Production, with Focus on the Role of Complex (Direct) Syntheses by Electrocatalysis

Papanikolaou, G., Centi, G., Perathoner, S., & Lanzafame, P. (2022) · ACS Catalysis · doi:10.1021/acscatal.2c00099 · Cited by 103

Gaseous CO 2 Coupling with N-Containing Intermediates for Key C–N Bond Formation during Urea Production from Coelectrolysis over Cu

Yang, G.-L., Hsieh, C.-T., Ho, Y., Kuo, T., Kwon, Y., Lu, Q., & Cheng, M. (2022) · ACS Catalysis · doi:10.1021/acscatal.2c02346 · Cited by 103

Advances in CO 2 activation by frustrated Lewis pairs: from stoichiometric to catalytic reactions

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