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Electrochemical CO2 reduction

Boosting chemical and fuel production

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Catalysts are the heart of CO2 electroreduction technology. Now, a catalyst has been developed that converts CO2 into C2+ products with very high selectivity, stability, and energy efficiency at industrially relevant current densities.

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Fig. 1: CO2 electroreduction on F–Cu catalysts loaded on a gas diffusion electrode.

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Dinh, CT. Boosting chemical and fuel production. Nat Catal 3, 474–475 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41929-020-0467-4

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