Inhibited proton transfer enhances Au-catalyzed CO2-to-fuels selectivity

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 113, Issue 32, 2016, Pages E4585-E4593

  Wuttig, Anna ^a   Yaguchi, Momo ^b   Motobayashi, Kenta ^b,c   Osawa, Masatoshi ^b   Surendranath, Yogesh ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide reduction; Catalyst selectivity; In situ spectroscopy; Proton coupled electron transfer

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; BRIDGED COMPOUND; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONIC ACID; FUEL; GOLD; HYDROGEN; HYDRONIUM ION; PROTON;

ADSORPTION; CARBON DIOXIDE EVOLUTION; CATALYST; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROCATALYST; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; REDUCTION; SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE ENHANCED INFRARED ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 84981187947     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1602984113     Document Type: Article

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