Promoting electrocatalytic CO<sub>2</sub> reduction to <i>n</i>-propanol over ethanol at Cu step sites
Yuanyuan Xue, Ximeng Lv, Chao Yang, Song Lu, Lijuan Zhang, Gengfeng Zheng
Abstract
We demonstrate a selectivity descriptor to evaluate the competition between the CH 3 CHO* protonation and the coupling of CH 3 CHO* and CO*, which are the selectivity-determining steps for the ethanol pathway versus the n -propanol pathway, respectively.
Topics & Concepts
Reduction (mathematics)EthanolPropanol1-PropanolChemistryAlcoholElectrocatalystCombinatorial chemistryOrganic chemistryMathematicsElectrodePhysical chemistryElectrochemistryGeometryCO2 Reduction Techniques and CatalystsIonic liquids properties and applicationsElectrocatalysts for Energy Conversion