TY - CHAP

T1 - Nanostructures for CO2Reduction

T2 - From Theoretical Insight to Material Design

AU - Ju, Wen

AU - Bagger, Alexander

AU - Leonard, Nathaniel

AU - Wang, Xingli

AU - Rossmeisl, Jan

AU - Strasser, Peter

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2021 The Royal Society of Chemistry.

PY - 2021

Y1 - 2021

N2 - Direct electrochemical CO2 reduction is an important option for closing the carbon cycle by converting waste CO2 into valuable products. For this process, metal-based catalysts, carbon-based catalysts, and especially nanostructured catalysts have received much focus for their promising catalytic performance - yielding useful carbon-based chemicals and fuels, such as carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons, and alcohols. Significant advancements have been achieved in the past few decades due to improvements in catalyst design at the nanoscale. Rational nanoscale electrocatalysts have been achieved with tunable reactivity through the development of novel synthesis strategies, characterization techniques, and catalytic monitoring methods. This chapter provides a state-of-the-art descriptor framework to understand the reaction from first principles and basic knowledge of how nanostructured catalysts can be used for electrochemical CO2 reduction. The mechanisms of the various types of nanocatalysts, as well as control of intrinsic and extrinsic reactivity, are discussed. While examining the control of reactivity for these catalysts, this chapter provides in-depth knowledge of active site electronic structures, exposed interfacial area, and alloy catalyst systems for nanostructured CO2 reduction catalysts.

AB - Direct electrochemical CO2 reduction is an important option for closing the carbon cycle by converting waste CO2 into valuable products. For this process, metal-based catalysts, carbon-based catalysts, and especially nanostructured catalysts have received much focus for their promising catalytic performance - yielding useful carbon-based chemicals and fuels, such as carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons, and alcohols. Significant advancements have been achieved in the past few decades due to improvements in catalyst design at the nanoscale. Rational nanoscale electrocatalysts have been achieved with tunable reactivity through the development of novel synthesis strategies, characterization techniques, and catalytic monitoring methods. This chapter provides a state-of-the-art descriptor framework to understand the reaction from first principles and basic knowledge of how nanostructured catalysts can be used for electrochemical CO2 reduction. The mechanisms of the various types of nanocatalysts, as well as control of intrinsic and extrinsic reactivity, are discussed. While examining the control of reactivity for these catalysts, this chapter provides in-depth knowledge of active site electronic structures, exposed interfacial area, and alloy catalyst systems for nanostructured CO2 reduction catalysts.

U2 - 10.1039/9781788015844-00151

DO - 10.1039/9781788015844-00151

M3 - Book chapter

AN - SCOPUS:85095970487

SN - 978-1-78801-546-2

T3 - RSC Energy and Environment Series

SP - 151

EP - 196

BT - Carbon Dioxide Electrochemistry

A2 - Robert, Marc

A2 - Costentin, Cyrille

A2 - Daasbjerg, Kim

PB - Royal Society of Chemistry

ER -