Seeing is believing: in-situ visualising dynamic evolution in CO2 electrolysis
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CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR), as a promising carbon-neutral strategy, enables the production of valuable chemicals and fuels from greenhouse gas. Despite tremendous efforts in developing CO2RR catalysts to improve activity, selectivity, and stability, mechanisms behind the catalytic ...
See moreCO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR), as a promising carbon-neutral strategy, enables the production of valuable chemicals and fuels from greenhouse gas. Despite tremendous efforts in developing CO2RR catalysts to improve activity, selectivity, and stability, mechanisms behind the catalytic performance, however, are still under-explored due largely to limited characterisation capability. In this review, advances of in-situ imaging technologies for studying CO2RR have been overviewed. These technologies emerge as powerful tools to track the transformation of catalyst materials over real-time and space, under CO2RR operating conditions. The review discusses emerging opportunities in the direction of combined in-situ characterisation techniques as well as machine learning to aid further discovery of structure-function relationships in CO2RR.
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See moreCO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR), as a promising carbon-neutral strategy, enables the production of valuable chemicals and fuels from greenhouse gas. Despite tremendous efforts in developing CO2RR catalysts to improve activity, selectivity, and stability, mechanisms behind the catalytic performance, however, are still under-explored due largely to limited characterisation capability. In this review, advances of in-situ imaging technologies for studying CO2RR have been overviewed. These technologies emerge as powerful tools to track the transformation of catalyst materials over real-time and space, under CO2RR operating conditions. The review discusses emerging opportunities in the direction of combined in-situ characterisation techniques as well as machine learning to aid further discovery of structure-function relationships in CO2RR.
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Date
2021Source title
Current Opinion in ElectrochemistryVolume
31Publisher
ElsevierFunding information
ARC DE200100477Licence
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Faculty of Engineering, School of Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringShare