The products of high rate, selective and stable electrochemical CO2 reduction are often restricted to molecules containing one or two carbon atoms, limiting market potential. Now, a catalyst with ionomer-coated surface-modified nanoparticles enables stable CO2 conversion to a three-carbon product with 90% Faradaic efficiency at high reaction rates.
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Crane, J., Dinh, CT. Moving beyond two-carbon products. Nat Energy 8, 785–786 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-023-01316-6
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