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Title: Nanoassemblies of ultrasmall clusters with remarkable activity in carbon dioxide conversion into C1 fuels

Journal Article · · Nanoscale
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C8NR06664G · OSTI ID:1495230
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  1. Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, USA
  2. Department of Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, GR-54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
  3. X-ray Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, USA
  4. Nanoparticles by Design Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Okinawa 904-0495, Japan
  5. Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, USA, Institute for Molecular Engineering

Cu nanoassemblies formed transiently from cluster tetramer building blocks during reaction turn over CO 2 to methanol and hydrocarbons with leap in activity.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Lemont, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22). Scientific User Facilities Division
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-06CH11357
OSTI ID:
1495230
Journal Information:
Nanoscale, Journal Name: Nanoscale Journal Issue: 11 Vol. 11; ISSN NANOHL; ISSN 2040-3364
Publisher:
Royal Society of ChemistryCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United Kingdom
Language:
English

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