Solar conversion of co2 to CO using earth-abundant electrocatalysts prepared by atomic layer modification of CuO

Nature Energy

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2017, Pages

  Schreier, Marcel ^a   Héroguel, Florent ^a   Steier, Ludmilla ^a   Ahmad, Shahzada ^b   Luterbacher, Jeremy S ^a   Mayer, Matthew T ^a   Luo, Jingshan ^a   Grätzel, Michael ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b ABENGOA RESEARCH   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATALYST ACTIVITY; COPPER OXIDES; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; GERMANIUM COMPOUNDS; LINEAR TRANSFORMATIONS; OXYGEN; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

ANTHROPOGENIC CARBON; BIPOLAR MEMBRANES; CATHODE AND ANODE; ELECTROCHEMICAL REDUCTIONS; ELECTROLYTE ENVIRONMENT; OXYGEN EVOLUTION; PRODUCT DISTRIBUTIONS; TRANSFORMATION REACTIONS;

GALLIUM COMPOUNDS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CATALYST; ELECTROKINESIS; ELECTROLYTE; OXYGEN; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM;

EID: 85030663314     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20587546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nenergy.2017.87     Document Type: Article

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