The role of metal accessibility on carbon dioxide electroreduction in atomically precise nanoclusters.

ABSTRACT: Atomically precise nanoclusters (NCs) can be designed with high faradaic efficiency for the electrochemical reduction of CO2 to CO (FECO) and provide useful model systems for studying the metal-catalysed CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR). While size-dependent trends are commonly evoked, the effect of NC size on catalytic activity is often convoluted by other factors such as changes to surface structure, ligand density, and electronic structure, which makes it challenging to establish rigorous structure-property relationships. Herein, we report a detailed investigation of a series of NCs [AunAg46-n(C[triple bond, length as m-dash]CR)24Cl4(PPh3)2, Au24Ag20(C[triple bond, length as m-dash]CR)24Cl2, and Au43(C[triple bond, length as m-dash]CR)20/Au42Ag1(C[triple bond, length as m-dash]CR)20] with

SUBMITTER: Li Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10631301 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature