CO 2 electrolysis to multicarbon products in strong acid
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Potassium helps CO 2 compete in acid Electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) is a promising means of converting this greenhouse gas into valuable fuels and chemicals. However, two competing reactions restrict the efficiency of this process. In base, much of the CO 2 is trapped as carbonate before reduction; in acid, protons outpace CO 2 at catching electrons from the cathode. Huang et al. report that a high dose of potassium ions can help to solve the latter problem. By concentrating potassium ions at the electrode, high selectivity toward CO 2 reduction at high current in acid is possible, which the authors attribute to electrostatic stabilization of the desired adsorbates. Science , abg6582, this issue p. 1074
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There has been increasing mechanistic understanding and many encouraging signs of experimental progress on the complicated multi-electron and multi-proton transfer reaction system of electrochemical CO2RR.
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Since pioneering works by Hori et al., massive efforts have been devoted to boost catalytic performance of electrochemical CO2RR, especially within the past decade.
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- Authors
- Huang, J. E., Li, F., Ozden, A., Sedighian Rasouli, A., García de Arquer, F. P., Liu, S., Zhang, S., Luo, M., Wang, X., Lum, Y., Xu, Y., Bertens, K., Miao, R. K., Dinh, C.-T., Sinton, D., & Sargent, E. H.
- Affiliations
- University of Toronto (CA)
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 1A4, Canada.
- Corresponding author
- Huang, Jianan Erick
- Li, Fengwang
- Ozden, Adnan
- Sinton, David
- Sargent, Edward H.
- ORCID
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 2021-06-04
- Volume
- 372
- Issue
- 6546
- Pages
- 1074-1078
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W3165555416
- Cited by
- 1,359
- References
- 46
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- 2026: 242 · 2025: 338 · 2024: 307 · 2023: 259 · 2022: 163 · 2021: 50
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- Funders
- Argonne National Laboratory, Office of Science (DE-AC02-06CH11357)
- Ontario Research Foundation
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
- Australian Research Council (DE200100477)
- Total SE
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
- Physical Sciences › Chemical Engineering › Process Chemistry and Technology › Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis
- Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
- Keywords
- CO2 electrolysis, electrochemical CO2 reduction, multi-carbon products, potassium ions, proton competition, reaction selectivity, electrostatic stabilization, adsorption orientation
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