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2023 , Vol. 2023 >Issue 1: 149 - 159

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3969/j.issn.1000-5641.2023.01.015

CO2 Utilization

Application of Cu-based catalysts in the electroreduction of carbon dioxide

  • Jing TANG ,
  • Zining ZHANG ,
  • Xiang ZHENG
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  • Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, Shanghai　200062, China

Received date: 2022-06-30

  Accepted date: 2022-09-02

  Online published: 2023-01-07

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Abstract

To achieve the national strategy of carbon neutralization, the electroreduction of carbon dioxide into usable reagents via renewable energy has caused widespread concern in the scientific community. Cu-based electrocatalysts can reduce carbon dioxide to high value-added multi carbon products, but the catalytic mechanism still needs to be studied to improve its selectivity and efficiency. Depending on the state of the Cu, Cu-based catalysts can be divided into Cu alloy/composite catalysts, single-atom, oriented crystalline, and oxidized Cu-based catalysts. This paper introduced the common preparation methods, structural characteristics, effect of electro catalytic reduction of carbon dioxide, and possible catalytic mechanism of the four types of Cu-based catalysts mentioned above.

Key words： Cu-based catalysts; electrocatalysis; carbon dioxide reduction

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Jing TANG , Zining ZHANG , Xiang ZHENG . Application of Cu-based catalysts in the electroreduction of carbon dioxide[J]. Journal of East China Normal University(Natural Science), 2023 , 2023(1) : 149 -159 . DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-5641.2023.01.015

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