{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Yoo JM"],"funding":["Schmidt Futures","European Research Council","Rhodes Trust, University of Oxford"],"pagination":["31768-31777"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11583205"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["146(46)"],"pubmed_abstract":["The electrochemical CO<sub>2</sub> reduction reaction (eCO<sub>2</sub>RR) offers a pathway to produce valuable chemical fuels from CO<sub>2</sub>. However, its efficiency in aqueous electrolytes is hindered by the concurrent H<sub>2</sub> evolution reaction (HER), which takes place at similar potentials. While the influence of cations on this process has been extensively studied, the influence of anions remains largely unexplored. In this work, we study how eCO<sub>2</sub>RR selectivity and activity on a gold catalyst are affected by a wide range of inorganic and carboxylate anions. We utilize <i>in situ</i> differential electrochemical mass spectrometry (DEMS) for real-time product monitoring coupled with molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. We show that anions significantly impact eCO<su"],"journal":["Journal of the American Chemical Society"],"pubmed_title":["Anion Effect in Electrochemical CO&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt; Reduction: From Spectators to Orchestrators."],"pmcid":["PMC11583205"],"funding_grant_id":["771294"],"pubmed_authors":["Yoo JM","Salanne M","Lukatskaya MR","Ingenmey J"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Anion Effect in Electrochemical CO&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt; Reduction: From Spectators to Orchestrators.","description":"The electrochemical CO<sub>2</sub> reduction reaction (eCO<sub>2</sub>RR) offers a pathway to produce valuable chemical fuels from CO<sub>2</sub>. However, its efficiency in aqueous electrolytes is hindered by the concurrent H<sub>2</sub> evolution reaction (HER), which takes place at similar potentials. While the influence of cations on this process has been extensively studied, the influence of anions remains largely unexplored. In this work, we study how eCO<sub>2</sub>RR selectivity and activity on a gold catalyst are affected by a wide range of inorganic and carboxylate anions. We utilize <i>in situ</i> differential electrochemical mass spectrometry (DEMS) for real-time product monitoring coupled with molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. We show that anions significantly impact eCO<su","dates":{"release":"2024-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2024 Nov","modification":"2025-04-22T02:42:43.115Z","creation":"2025-04-05T20:28:35.326Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC11583205","cross_references":{"pubmed":["39406354"],"doi":["10.1021/jacs.4c10661"]}}