Ruud Kortlever

TL;DR: This Perspective highlights several heterogeneous and molecular electrocatalysts for the reduction of CO2 and discusses the reaction pathways through which they form various products, including copper, a unique catalyst as it yields hydrocarbon products with acceptable efficiencies.

TL;DR: Online mass spectroscopy studies combined with X-ray diffraction data suggest the reduction of the Cu2O films in the presence of CO2, generating a nanoparticulate Cu morphology, prior to the production of hydrogen, CO, and hydrocarbons.

TL;DR: A cobalt protoporphyrin immobilized on a pyrolytic graphite electrode that reduces carbon dioxide in an aqueous acidic solution at relatively low overpotential, with an efficiency and selectivity comparable to the best porphyrIn-based electrocatalyst in the literature.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors showed that PdxPt(100-x)/C nanoparticles have a very low onset potential for the reduction of CO2 to formic acid of ca. 0 V vs RHE.

TL;DR: In this article, an identical electrode covered with copper nanoparticles can yield either predominantly ethylene or methane, depending on the electrolyte concentration and applied CO2 pressure, and the conditions leading to the formation of significant amounts of methane result in rapid deterioration of hydrocarbon production rates, whereas electrode performance in conditions favoring ethylene production can be sustained for hours.