Stephanie A. Nitopi

TL;DR: A broad and historical view of different aspects and their complex interplay in CO2R catalysis on Cu is taken, with the purpose of providing new insights, critical evaluations, and guidance to the field with regard to research directions and best practices.

TL;DR: In this paper, the discovery of an electrocatalyst composed of gold nanoparticles on a polycrystalline copper foil (Au/Cu) that is highly active for CO2 reduction to alcohols was reported.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that epitaxy can be used to grow single-crystal analogous materials as large-format electrodes that provide insights on controlling electrocatalytic activity and selectivity for this reaction.

TL;DR: In this article, a planar polycrystalline copper as an electrocatalyst for CO reduction under alkaline conditions was used to investigate the surface reactivity of CO, which is a key intermediate during electrochemical CO2 reduction.

TL;DR: In this article, the roughness factor of an electrode has been used to increase total rates of production, although rarely as a means to improve selectivity, which is an effective design principle to direct the selectivity of CO reduction towards multicarbon oxygenates at low overpotentials and concurrently suppressing hydrocarbon and hydrogen production.