David Sinton

Feb 25, 2024 | nature.com | Jun Li |Haibin Wang |Yongchang Liu |Yongfeng Hu |Ziyun Wang |David Sinton

AbstractThe copper (Cu)-catalyzed electrochemical CO2 reduction provides a route for the synthesis of multicarbon (C2+) products. However, the thermodynamically favorable Cu surface (i.e. Cu(111)) energetically favors single-carbon production, leading to low energy efficiency and low production rates for C2+ products. Here we introduce in situ copper faceting from electrochemical reduction to enable preferential exposure of Cu(100) facets.