Electrocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide and methane at an immobilized cobalt protoporphyrin

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Shen, Jing ^a   Kortlever, Ruud ^a   Kas, Recep ^b   Birdja, Yuvraj Y ^a   Diaz Morales, Oscar ^a   Kwon, Youngkook ^a   Ledezma Yanez, Isis ^a   Schouten, Klaas Jan P ^a   Mul, Guido ^b   Koper, Marc T M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; GRAPHITE; METHANE; METHANOL; PROTOPORPHYRIN COBALT; RADICAL;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; COBALT; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; ELECTRODE; HYDROGEN; IMMOBILIZATION; METHANE; REDUCTION;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PH; REACTION ANALYSIS; REDUCTION;

EID: 84940707251     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9177     Document Type: Article

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