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Designing materials for electrochemical carbon dioxide recycling

Journal Article · · Nature Catalysis
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  1. Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States); Canadian Inst. for Advanced Research, Toronto, ON (Canada)
  2. Canadian Inst. for Advanced Research, Toronto, ON (Canada); Univ. of Toronto, ON (Canada)
  3. Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
  4. Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
  5. Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Kavli Energy Nanoscience Inst.; Canadian Inst. for Advanced Research, Toronto, ON (Canada); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
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Electrochemical carbon dioxide recycling provides an attractive approach to synthesizing fuels and chemical feedstocks using renewable energy. On the path to deploying this technology, basic and applied scientific hurdles remain. Integrating catalytic design with mechanistic understanding yields scientific insights and progresses the technology towards industrial relevance. Catalysts must be able to generate valuable carbon-based products with better selectivity, lower overpotentials and improved current densities with extended operation. Here, we describe progress and identify mechanistic questions and performance metrics for catalysts that can enable carbon-neutral renewable energy storage and utilization.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences & Biosciences Division; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada; Samsung Scholarship
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-05CH11231
OSTI ID:
1601205
Journal Information:
Nature Catalysis, Journal Name: Nature Catalysis Journal Issue: 8 Vol. 2; ISSN 2520-1158
Publisher:
Springer NatureCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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