The role of atomic carbon in directing electrochemical CO<sub>(2)</sub> reduction to multicarbon products

Authors: Hongjie Peng, Michael T. Tang, Xinyan Liu, Philomena Schlexer Lamoureux, Michal Bajdich, Frank Abild-Pedersen

Published: 2020-11-23

DOI: 10.1039/d0ee02826f

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Abstract

Atomic carbon plays a role in steering selectivity in electrochemical carbon mono-/dioxide reduction. Appropriate binding strengths of CO and C, combined with four-fold sites, constitute fundamental features toward selective multicarbon production.