Adsorption, activation, and conversion of carbon dioxide on small copper–tin nanoclusters
Akshayini Muthuperiyanayagam, Azeem Ghulam Nabi, Qi Zhao, Aman‐ur‐Rehman, Devis Di Tommaso
Abstract
Density functional theory calculations of the CO 2 reduction on Cu–Sn clusters, isolated or supported on graphene and γ-Al 2 O 3 , show Cu 2 Sn 2 on graphene to suppress the hydrogen evolution reaction and be highly selective towards the synthesis of formic acid.
Topics & Concepts
NanoclustersTin dioxideCopperTinAdsorptionCarbon dioxideInorganic chemistryChemistryCarbon fibersChemical engineeringMaterials scienceNanotechnologyOrganic chemistryComposite materialComposite numberEngineeringCO2 Reduction Techniques and CatalystsCatalytic Processes in Materials Sciencenanoparticles nucleation surface interactions