Isolated Ni single atoms in graphene nanosheets for high-performance CO2 reduction

Jiang, Kun; Siahrostami, Samira; Zheng, Tingting; Hu, Yongfeng; Hwang, Sooyeon; Stavitski, Eli; Peng, Yande; Dynes, James; Gangisetty, Mehash; Su, Dong; Attenkofer, Klaus; Wang, Haotian

doi:10.1039/C7EE03245E

Title: Isolated Ni single atoms in graphene nanosheets for high-performance CO₂ reduction

Journal Article · 01 February 2018 · Energy & Environmental Science

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C7EE03245E · OSTI ID:1460822

^[1]; Siahrostami, Samira ^[2]; Zheng, Tingting ^[3]; Hu, Yongfeng ^[4]; Hwang, Sooyeon ^[5]; Stavitski, Eli ^[5]; Peng, Yande ^[3]; Dynes, James ^[4];

^[1]; Su, Dong ^[5]; Attenkofer, Klaus ^[5];

^[1]

Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States)
Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA (United States)
Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States); Univ. of Science and Technology of China, Hefei (China)
Univ. of Saskatchewan; Saskatoon (Canada)
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

High-performance electrocatalytic CO₂reduction to CO using Ni single-atom catalyst in an anion membrane electrode assembly.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012704

OSTI ID:: 1460822

Report Number(s):: BNL-207853-2018-JAAM; EESNBY

Journal Information:: Energy & Environmental Science, Vol. 11, Issue 4; ISSN 1754-5692

Publisher:: Royal Society of ChemistryCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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