Enhancing C <sub>≥2</sub> product selectivity in electrochemical CO <sub>2</sub> reduction by controlling the microstructure of gas diffusion electrodes
Francesco Bernasconi, Alessandro Senocrate, Peter Kraus, Corsin Battaglia
Abstract
Cu gas diffusion electrodes based on hydrophobic polymer substrates show an enhanced selectivity towards C 2 H 4 and C ≥2 products during the electrochemical reduction of CO 2 upon decreasing substrate pore size.
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