Electrochemical Reduction of Carbon Dioxide to Fuels and Chemicals
This community focuses on using electricity to convert carbon dioxide into useful products, primarily formic acid, ethylene, and ethanol. The work centers on designing catalysts that make this conversion efficient and selective.
The research is dominated by the development of electrocatalysts, with copper, cobalt, and bismuth appearing frequently as key materials. Recurring themes include the use of single-atom catalysts, metal-organic frameworks, and cobalt phthalocyanine to drive the reaction. A significant portion of the work targets the production of C2+ products like ethylene and ethanol, as well as formate. Methods emphasize enhancing efficiency and selectivity through precise control of active sites, gas diffusion layers, and interfacial chemistry. The titles consistently reference "highly efficient" and "highly selective" processes, indicating a strong focus on optimizing reaction pathways to favor specific chemical outputs over competing side reactions.
The largest share of the community's output is found in carbon research, accounting for 1.0% of all carbon research, and 8,102 papers here. Copper research also contributes significantly, with 1,819 papers representing 0.6% of all copper research.
The community comprises 11,035 papers, published most frequently in Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Journal of the American Chemical Society, and ACS Catalysis.
Recent work continues to refine copper-based catalysts for selective ethylene production and explores cobalt phthalocyanine for methanol synthesis in acidic media. Newer studies also investigate the role of interfacial water dynamics and the engineering of multimetal sites in metal-organic frameworks to improve selectivity for C2 products.