Ye, Y.; et al. (2019): Dramatic differences in carbon dioxide adsorption and initial steps of reduction between silver and copper

Ye, Y.; Yang, H.; Qian, J.; Su, H.; Lee, K.; Cheng, T. et al. (2019): Dramatic differences in carbon dioxide adsorption and initial steps of reduction between silver and copper. In: Nat Comms 10 (1), S. 1875. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-09846-y.

„Converting carbon dioxide (CO₂) into liquid fuels and synthesis gas is a world-wide priority. But there is no experimental information on the initial atomic level events for CO₂ electroreduction on the metal catalysts to provide the basis for developing improved catalysts. Here we combine ambient pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy with quantum mechanics to examine the processes as Ag is exposed to CO₂ both alone and in the presence of H₂O at 298 K.“

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