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Title: pH effects on the electrochemical reduction of CO(2) towards C2 products on stepped copper

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 [1];  [1];  [2];  [3];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [4];  [1];  [5];  [6]
  1. Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA (United States); SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
  2. Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA (United States); Westlake Univ., Hangzhou (China)
  3. Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA (United States); SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); Guangzhou Univ., Guangzhou (China)
  4. SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
  5. Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA (United States); SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); Technical Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby (Denmark)
  6. SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); Technical Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby (Denmark)
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SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)
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1487380
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OSTI ID: 1529394
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AC02-76SF00515
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Accepted Manuscript
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Nature Communications
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Journal Volume: 10; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2041-1723
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Nature Publishing Group
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United States
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English
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37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

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Liu, Xianyan, Schlexer, Philomena, Xiao, Jianping, Ji, Yongfei, Wang, Lei, Sandberg, Robert B., Tang, Michael, Brown, Kris, Peng, Hongjie, Ringe, Stefan, Hahn, Christopher, Jaramillo, Thomas F., Norskov, Jens K., and Chan, Karen. pH effects on the electrochemical reduction of CO(2) towards C2 products on stepped copper. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1038/s41467-018-07970-9.
Liu, Xianyan, Schlexer, Philomena, Xiao, Jianping, Ji, Yongfei, Wang, Lei, Sandberg, Robert B., Tang, Michael, Brown, Kris, Peng, Hongjie, Ringe, Stefan, Hahn, Christopher, Jaramillo, Thomas F., Norskov, Jens K., & Chan, Karen. pH effects on the electrochemical reduction of CO(2) towards C2 products on stepped copper. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07970-9
Liu, Xianyan, Schlexer, Philomena, Xiao, Jianping, Ji, Yongfei, Wang, Lei, Sandberg, Robert B., Tang, Michael, Brown, Kris, Peng, Hongjie, Ringe, Stefan, Hahn, Christopher, Jaramillo, Thomas F., Norskov, Jens K., and Chan, Karen. Thu . "pH effects on the electrochemical reduction of CO(2) towards C2 products on stepped copper". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07970-9. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1487380.
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title = {pH effects on the electrochemical reduction of CO(2) towards C2 products on stepped copper},
author = {Liu, Xianyan and Schlexer, Philomena and Xiao, Jianping and Ji, Yongfei and Wang, Lei and Sandberg, Robert B. and Tang, Michael and Brown, Kris and Peng, Hongjie and Ringe, Stefan and Hahn, Christopher and Jaramillo, Thomas F. and Norskov, Jens K. and Chan, Karen},
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Figure 1 Figure 1: Reaction schemes of major pathways considered for CO reduction towards C1 and C2+ products.The green path denotes C2 production via OC-CHO coupling; the blue and red path represents C2 production via protonation of OCCO to form OCCHO and OCCOH, respectively; the yellow path represents C2 production via OC-CHOHmore » coupling. The black path denotes C1 production via CHOH and the dashed CH2O.« less

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