Mechanistic insights into the selective electroreduction of carbon dioxide to ethylene on Cu2O-derived copper catalysts

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 120, Issue 36, 2016, Pages 20058-20067

  Handoko, Albertus D ^a   Ong, Cheng Wai ^a   Huang, Yun ^a   Lee, Zheng Guang ^a   Lin, Liyi ^a   Panetti, Grace B ^a   Yeo, Boon Siang ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATALYST SELECTIVITY; CATALYSTS; CHRONOAMPEROMETRY; CRYSTALLITE SIZE; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; ETHYLENE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; REACTION INTERMEDIATES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CHRONOPOTENTIOMETRY; COPPER CATALYST; ELECTRO REDUCTION; FARADAIC EFFICIENCIES; MASS TRANSPORT LIMITATION; ONLINE GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; STRONG CORRELATION; UNDERLYING CAUSE;

COPPER;

EID: 84987947951     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b07128     Document Type: Article

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