Synergistic geometric and electronic effects for electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide using gold-copper bimetallic nanoparticles

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Kim, Dohyung ^a   Resasco, Joaquin ^b   Yu, Yi ^b   Asiri, Abdullah Mohamed ^c   Yang, Peidong ^a,b,d  

^a Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d Kavli Energy NanoSciences Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; COPPER; GOLD; NANOPARTICLE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CATALYST; COPPER; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; GOLD; REDUCTION; SOLAR POWER;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

EID: 84919651639     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5948     Document Type: Article

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