2020/02/07 by F. Pelayo Garcı́a de Arquer, Cao‐Thang Dinh, Adnan Ozden +14 · 8 citations
Chemical Engineering · Energy · Engineering · #Advanced battery technologies research #CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts #Ionic liquids properties and applications
paper · doi:10.1126/science.aay4217
openalex publication_date 2020/02/07 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30
Graceful choreography for CO 2 and H 2 O One challenge for efficient electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) is that the gas is hydrophobic, but many of its desirable reactions require water (H 2 O). García de Arquer et al. addressed this problem by combining a copper electrocatalyst with an ionomer assembly that intersperses sulfonate-lined paths for the H 2 O with fluorocarbon channels for the CO 2 . The electrode architecture enables production of two-carbon products such as ethylene and ethanol at current densities just over an ampere per square centimeter. Science , this issue p. 661