{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["15(1)"],"submitter":["Yao Z"],"pubmed_abstract":["The electrocatalytic reduction of CO<sub>2</sub> to CO is slowed by the energy cost of the hydrogenation step that yields adsorbed *COOH intermediate. Here, we report a hydrogen radical (H•)-transfer mechanism that aids this hydrogenation step, enabled by constructing Ni-partnered hetero-diatomic pairs, and thereby greatly enhancing CO<sub>2</sub>-to-CO conversion kinetics. The partner metal to the Ni (denoted as M) catalyzes the Volmer step of the water/proton reduction to generate adsorbed *H, turning to H•, which reduces CO<sub>2</sub> to carboxyl radicals (•COOH). The Ni partner then subsequently adsorbs the •COOH in an exothermic reaction, negating the usual high energy-penalty for the electrochemical hydrogenation of CO<sub>2</sub>. Tuning the H adsorption strength of the M site (wit"],"journal":["Nature communications"],"pagination":["9881"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11564623"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Hydrogen radical-boosted electrocatalytic CO&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt; reduction using Ni-partnered heteroatomic pairs."],"pmcid":["PMC11564623"],"pubmed_authors":["Xu L","Hao L","Xiong P","Yang M","Zhan X","Sun Z","Soo YL","Yao Z","Tan X","Robertson AW","Xu B","Li MM","Cheng H","Wu TS","Xu Y","Hong S"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Hydrogen radical-boosted electrocatalytic CO&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt; reduction using Ni-partnered heteroatomic pairs.","description":"The electrocatalytic reduction of CO<sub>2</sub> to CO is slowed by the energy cost of the hydrogenation step that yields adsorbed *COOH intermediate. Here, we report a hydrogen radical (H•)-transfer mechanism that aids this hydrogenation step, enabled by constructing Ni-partnered hetero-diatomic pairs, and thereby greatly enhancing CO<sub>2</sub>-to-CO conversion kinetics. The partner metal to the Ni (denoted as M) catalyzes the Volmer step of the water/proton reduction to generate adsorbed *H, turning to H•, which reduces CO<sub>2</sub> to carboxyl radicals (•COOH). The Ni partner then subsequently adsorbs the •COOH in an exothermic reaction, negating the usual high energy-penalty for the electrochemical hydrogenation of CO<sub>2</sub>. Tuning the H adsorption strength of the M site (wit","dates":{"release":"2024-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2024 Nov","modification":"2025-04-21T22:15:49.785Z","creation":"2025-04-05T18:40:40.995Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC11564623","cross_references":{"pubmed":["39543091"],"doi":["10.1038/s41467-024-53529-2"]}}