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Title: Selective CO 2 reduction to C 3 and C 4 oxyhydrocarbons on nickel phosphides at overpotentials as low as 10 mV

Abstract

Bioinspired nickel phosphide electrocatalysts achieve breakthrough efficiency and selectivity for C 3 and C 4 products.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [1];  [1];  [2];  [1]; ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [3]
  1. Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, USA
  2. Waksman Institute of Microbiology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, USA
  3. Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, USA, Waksman Institute of Microbiology, Rutgers
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USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
OSTI Identifier:
1457793
Grant/Contract Number:  
EE0008083
Resource Type:
Publisher's Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Energy & Environmental Science
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Energy & Environmental Science Journal Volume: 11 Journal Issue: 9; Journal ID: ISSN 1754-5692
Publisher:
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Country of Publication:
United Kingdom
Language:
English

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Calvinho, Karin U. D., Laursen, Anders B., Yap, Kyra M. K., Goetjen, Timothy A., Hwang, Shinjae, Murali, Nagarajan, Mejia-Sosa, Bryan, Lubarski, Alexander, Teeluck, Krishani M., Hall, Eugene S., Garfunkel, Eric, Greenblatt, Martha, and Dismukes, G. Charles. Selective CO 2 reduction to C 3 and C 4 oxyhydrocarbons on nickel phosphides at overpotentials as low as 10 mV. United Kingdom: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1039/C8EE00936H.
Calvinho, Karin U. D., Laursen, Anders B., Yap, Kyra M. K., Goetjen, Timothy A., Hwang, Shinjae, Murali, Nagarajan, Mejia-Sosa, Bryan, Lubarski, Alexander, Teeluck, Krishani M., Hall, Eugene S., Garfunkel, Eric, Greenblatt, Martha, & Dismukes, G. Charles. Selective CO 2 reduction to C 3 and C 4 oxyhydrocarbons on nickel phosphides at overpotentials as low as 10 mV. United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8EE00936H
Calvinho, Karin U. D., Laursen, Anders B., Yap, Kyra M. K., Goetjen, Timothy A., Hwang, Shinjae, Murali, Nagarajan, Mejia-Sosa, Bryan, Lubarski, Alexander, Teeluck, Krishani M., Hall, Eugene S., Garfunkel, Eric, Greenblatt, Martha, and Dismukes, G. Charles. Mon . "Selective CO 2 reduction to C 3 and C 4 oxyhydrocarbons on nickel phosphides at overpotentials as low as 10 mV". United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8EE00936H.
@article{osti_1457793,
title = {Selective CO 2 reduction to C 3 and C 4 oxyhydrocarbons on nickel phosphides at overpotentials as low as 10 mV},
author = {Calvinho, Karin U. D. and Laursen, Anders B. and Yap, Kyra M. K. and Goetjen, Timothy A. and Hwang, Shinjae and Murali, Nagarajan and Mejia-Sosa, Bryan and Lubarski, Alexander and Teeluck, Krishani M. and Hall, Eugene S. and Garfunkel, Eric and Greenblatt, Martha and Dismukes, G. Charles},
abstractNote = {Bioinspired nickel phosphide electrocatalysts achieve breakthrough efficiency and selectivity for C 3 and C 4 products.},
doi = {10.1039/C8EE00936H},
journal = {Energy & Environmental Science},
number = 9,
volume = 11,
place = {United Kingdom},
year = {Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2018},
month = {Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2018}
}

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