Tunable CO₂ electroreduction to ethanol and ethylene with controllable interfacial wettability.

ABSTRACT: The mechanism of how interfacial wettability impacts the CO₂ 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 CO₂ and H₂O 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 from insufficient supply of kinetic-controlled *CO to that of

SUBMITTER: Lin Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10275897 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature