A selective and efficient electrocatalyst for carbon dioxide reduction

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Lu, Qi ^a   Rosen, Jonathan ^a   Zhou, Yang ^a   Hutchings, Gregory S ^a   Kimmel, Yannick C ^a   Chen, Jingguang G ^b   Jiao, Feng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; SILVER NANOPARTICLE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CATALYST; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; ENERGY RESOURCE; NANOPARTICLE; REDUCTION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESEARCH METHOD; SILVER; SUSTAINABILITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE AREA; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84955248900     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4242     Document Type: Article

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