articleNature CommunicationsJun 16, 2023GOLD OA

Tunable CO2 electroreduction to ethanol and ethylene with controllable interfacial wettability

Tianjin University · Unité Matériaux et Transformations · +3 more institutions

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Abstract The mechanism of how interfacial wettability impacts the CO 2 electroreduction pathways to ethylene and ethanol remains unclear. This paper describes the design and realization of controllable equilibrium of kinetic-controlled *CO and *H via modifying alkanethiols with different alkyl chain lengths to reveal its contribution to ethylene and ethanol pathways. Characterization and simulation reveal that the mass transport of CO 2 and H 2 O is related with interfacial wettability, which may result in the variation of kinetic-controlled *CO and *H ratio, which affects ethylene and ethanol pathways. Through modulating the hydrophilic interface to superhydrophobic interface, the reaction limitation shifts…

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