Oxygen vacancies on CuGa<sub>2</sub> catalysts enhance CO<sub>2</sub> reduction to CO
Jiangfeng Mou, Jin Hu, Tianyou Chen, Kaizhao Wang, Kaijun Wang, Weijun Zhang, Shuai Wu, Jin Shi, Pengchong Zhao
Abstract
This study adopts a very simple and effective method to prepare the O–CuGa 2 catalyst electrode enriched with oxygen vacancies. Its Faraday efficiency for CO production reaches as high as 82.6%.
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CatalysisOxygenOxygen reductionReduction (mathematics)Oxygen reduction reactionMaterials scienceChemical engineeringChemistryEngineeringPhysical chemistryOrganic chemistryMathematicsElectrochemistryGeometryElectrodeCatalytic Processes in Materials ScienceCatalysts for Methane ReformingCO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts