Mechanistic insight into electrocatalytic glyoxal reduction on copper and its relation to CO<sub>2</sub> reduction
Andreas M. Reichert, Oriol Piqué, Walter A. Parada, Ioannis Katsounaros, Federico Calle‐Vallejo
Abstract
Glyoxal is not likely a key intermediate of CO 2 reduction to C 2 species, but its electroreduction on Cu yields the commodity chemicals ethylene glycol and ethanol, produced at Cu terraces and defects, respectively.
Topics & Concepts
GlyoxalReduction (mathematics)CopperChemistryEthylene glycolEthyleneEthanolElectrocatalystInorganic chemistryCombinatorial chemistryOrganic chemistryElectrochemistryElectrodeCatalysisPhysical chemistryMathematicsGeometryCO2 Reduction Techniques and CatalystsElectrocatalysts for Energy ConversionMachine Learning in Materials Science