Highly selective plasma-activated copper catalysts for carbon dioxide reduction to ethylene

oleh: Hemma Mistry, Ana Sofia Varela, Cecile S. Bonifacio, Ioannis Zegkinoglou, Ilya Sinev, Yong-Wook Choi, Kim Kisslinger, Eric A. Stach, Judith C. Yang, Peter Strasser, Beatriz Roldan Cuenya

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2016-06-01

Deskripsi

Carbon dioxide electroreduction is a promising route to hydrocarbon synthesis, but more efficient and selective catalysts are needed. Here the authors show that plasma-activated copper can catalyse the reduction of carbon dioxide to ethylene with high efficiency and reveal cationic copper as the active site.