Tracking heterogeneous structural motifs and the redox behaviour of copper–zinc nanocatalysts for the electrocatalytic CO<sub>2</sub> reduction using operando time resolved spectroscopy and machine learning
Martina Rüscher, Antonia Herzog, Janis Timoshenko, Hyo Sang Jeon, Wiebke Frandsen, Stefanie Kühl, Beatriz Roldán Cuenya
Abstract
product selectivity to the formation of Cu-rich CuZn alloys in samples with low Zn content, while Zn-rich alloy phases result in an increased formation of CO paralleled by an increase of the parasitic hydrogen evolution reaction.
Topics & Concepts
Bimetallic stripNanomaterial-based catalystCatalysisRedoxCopperChemical engineeringChemistryInorganic chemistryElectrochemistryMaterials scienceElectrodePhysical chemistryOrganic chemistryEngineeringCO2 Reduction Techniques and CatalystsIonic liquids properties and applicationsElectrocatalysts for Energy Conversion