Copper-based hybrid nanomaterials for the electrocatalytic reduction of CO2

Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV)

Confidenciality: No

Education area(s): Síntesi, Catàlisi i Disseny Molecular

APS: NO

Title in different languages: Copper-based hybrid nanomaterials for the electrocatalytic reduction of CO2

Abstract: The increasing levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in the atmosphere and the emerging worldwide energy crisis represent key challenges for modern society. These problems have prompted the research of new methods to transform CO2 back to fuels and value-added chemicals, arising the electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) powered by renewable energy sources as an attractive sustainable approach. Among the plethora of transition metal-based catalytic systems, copper (Cu)-based nanocatalyst present a unique capability to promote the CO2RR into multicarbon C2+ products. In this work, copper-based hybrid molecular-heterogeneous materials were developed and used as a catalyst to tune the CO2RR selectivity.

Subject: Electroquímica

Academic year: 2021-2022

Language: en

Work's public defense date: 2022-07-25

Subject areas: Chemistry

Student: Bondia Pedra, Joan Marc

Department: Química Física i Inorgànica

Creation date in repository: 2023-05-22

Keywords: cuprous oxide hybrid nanocubes, CO2RR, electrocatalysis

Title in original language: Copper-based hybrid nanomaterials for the electrocatalytic reduction of CO2

Access Rights: info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

Project director: Palomares Gil, Emilio J.; Franco, Federico