Tunable product selectivity on demand: a mechanism-guided Lewis acid co-catalyst for CO<sub>2</sub> electroreduction to ethylene glycol
Yifei Li, Karin U. D. Calvinho, Mahak Dhiman, Anders B. Laursen, Hengfei Gu, Dominick Santorelli, Zachary Clifford, G. Charles Dismukes
Abstract
This work illustrates the feasibility of using Lewis acid/base co-catalysts to change the established chemical reaction mechanism of an electrocatalyst to form a new, chemically predictable, more valuable product in high yield.
Topics & Concepts
Lewis acids and basesCatalysisElectrocatalystEthylene glycolSelectivityChemistryYield (engineering)ElectrochemistryEthyleneOrganic chemistryMaterials scienceElectrodePhysical chemistryMetallurgyCO2 Reduction Techniques and CatalystsIonic liquids properties and applicationsCarbon dioxide utilization in catalysis