Tracking a common surface-bound intermediate during CO2-to- fuels catalysis

ACS Central Science

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 522-528

  Wuttig, Anna ^a   Liu, Can ^b   Peng, Qiling ^b   Yaguchi, Momo ^b   Hendon, Christopher H ^a   Motobayashi, Kenta ^b   Ye, Shen ^b   Osawa, Masatoshi ^b   Surendranath, Yogesh ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATALYSIS; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTRODES; ETHANOL FUELS; ETHYLENE; SPECTROELECTROCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMODYNAMICS;

ADSORBED CO SPECIES; ALKALINE ELECTROLYTES; CATALYTIC CONDITIONS; IR SPECTROELECTROCHEMISTRY; KINETICS AND THERMODYNAMICS; REVERSIBLE TRANSFORMATION; SURFACE-BOUND INTERMEDIATES; VALUE ADDED PRODUCTS;

COPPER;

EID: 85015227612     PISSN: 23747943     EISSN: 23747951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.6b00155     Document Type: Article

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