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Electrochemical CO2 reduction passes the acid test

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Electrochemical carbon dioxide (CO2) reduction in acid with a nano-structured tandem catalyst achieves high single-pass conversion efficiency and selectivity to useful C–C coupled products, bringing the process closer to commercial viability.

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Fig. 1: Tandem cascade with optimized transport.

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  1. Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA

    Calton J. Kong & Joel W. Ager

  2. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA

    Calton J. Kong & Joel W. Ager

  3. Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA

    Joel W. Ager

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Kong, C.J., Ager, J.W. Electrochemical CO2 reduction passes the acid test. Nat. Nanotechnol. 19, 269–270 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-023-01571-4

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