Selectivity of CO(2) reduction on copper electrodes: the role of the kinetics of elementary steps.
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl
; 52(9): 2459-62, 2013 Feb 25.
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| ID: mdl-23345201
ABSTRACT
On the right path Based on DFT calculations (incorporating the role of water solvation) of the activation barriers of elementary steps, a new path that leads to methane and ethylene for CO(2) electroreduction on Cu(111) was identified. Methane formation proceeds through reduction of CO to COH (path II, see picture), which leads to CH(x) species that can produce both methane and ethylene, as observed experimentally.
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Angew Chem Int Ed Engl
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2013
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