Cu-CO2RR
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Confinement effects in CO2 electroreduction – mechanistic studies on surface-active, porous Cu electrodes
The electrochemical conversion of CO2 (CO2RR) into basic chemicals offers not only the possibility of a CO2-neutral fuel cycle but also a sustainable synthesis route for industrially required basic and value-added chemicals. Copper holds a special position as a CO2RR catalyst because it can produce hydrocarbons and oxygenates with high efficiency. The presence of confined spaces in the catalysts can support the C-C coupling of lower reaction intermediates or products to form C2 or higher hydrocarbons/oxygenates, which is insufficiently researched.
In this project, the extensive expertise of the Chair of Materials Processing Technology (University of Bayreuth) and the Dau research group (Freie Universität Berlin) in the field of electrochemical and operando spectroscopic investigations is combined to understand the factors crucial for the selectivity and activity of hierarchically porous bimetallic catalysts for CO2RR.
Project Profile
Duration: 06.2022 - 07.2025
Funding: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
Project Partners:
Contact: Mina Attia Nayrouz Attia, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christina Roth