Highly selective plasma-activated copper catalysts for carbon dioxide reduction to ethylene

作者: Hemma Mistry , Ana Sofia Varela , Cecile S. Bonifacio , Ioannis Zegkinoglou , Ilya Sinev

DOI: 10.1038/NCOMMS12123

关键词: CatalysisElectrochemical reduction of carbon dioxideChemistryHydrocarbonEthyleneCopperElectrochemistrySelectivityChemical engineeringCarbon dioxide

摘要: There is an urgent need to develop technologies that use renewable energy to convert waste products such as carbon dioxide into hydrocarbon fuels. Carbon dioxide can be electrochemically reduced to hydrocarbons over copper catalysts, although higher efficiency is required. We have developed oxidized copper catalysts displaying lower overpotentials for carbon dioxide electroreduction and record selectivity towards ethylene (60%) through facile and tunable plasma treatments. Herein we provide insight into the improved …

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