{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Lu Y"],"funding":["National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China)"],"pagination":["2392"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11893893"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["16(1)"],"pubmed_abstract":["The synergistic Cu<sup>0</sup>-Cu<sup>+</sup> sites is regarded as the active species towards NH<sub>3</sub> synthesis from the nitrate electrochemical reduction reaction (NO<sub>3</sub><sup>-</sup>RR) process. However, the mechanistic understanding and the roles of Cu<sup>0</sup> and Cu<sup>+</sup> remain exclusive. The big obstacle is that it is challenging to effectively regulate the interfacial motifs of Cu<sup>0</sup>-Cu<sup>+</sup> sites. In this paper, we describe the tunable construction of Cu<sup>0</sup>-Cu<sup>+</sup> interfacial structure by modulating the size-effect of Cu<sub>2</sub>O nanocube electrocatalysts to NO<sub>3</sub><sup>-</sup>RR performance. We elucidate the formation mechanism of Cu<sup>0</sup>-Cu<sup>+</sup> motifs by correlating the macroscopic particle size wi"],"journal":["Nature communications"],"pubmed_title":["Size-effect induced controllable Cu&lt;sup&gt;0&lt;/sup&gt;-Cu&lt;sup&gt;+&lt;/sup&gt; sites for ampere-level nitrate electroreduction coupled with biomass upgrading."],"pmcid":["PMC11893893"],"funding_grant_id":["22402110","22162025","22332002,21925203","22222304, 22403048"],"pubmed_authors":["Jing Y","Yang H","Yue F","Fu F","Lu Y","Liu T","Huang YC","Yang C"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Size-effect induced controllable Cu&lt;sup&gt;0&lt;/sup&gt;-Cu&lt;sup&gt;+&lt;/sup&gt; sites for ampere-level nitrate electroreduction coupled with biomass upgrading.","description":"The synergistic Cu<sup>0</sup>-Cu<sup>+</sup> sites is regarded as the active species towards NH<sub>3</sub> synthesis from the nitrate electrochemical reduction reaction (NO<sub>3</sub><sup>-</sup>RR) process. However, the mechanistic understanding and the roles of Cu<sup>0</sup> and Cu<sup>+</sup> remain exclusive. The big obstacle is that it is challenging to effectively regulate the interfacial motifs of Cu<sup>0</sup>-Cu<sup>+</sup> sites. In this paper, we describe the tunable construction of Cu<sup>0</sup>-Cu<sup>+</sup> interfacial structure by modulating the size-effect of Cu<sub>2</sub>O nanocube electrocatalysts to NO<sub>3</sub><sup>-</sup>RR performance. We elucidate the formation mechanism of Cu<sup>0</sup>-Cu<sup>+</sup> motifs by correlating the macroscopic particle size wi","dates":{"release":"2025-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2025 Mar","modification":"2025-04-26T02:48:08.831Z","creation":"2025-04-06T10:34:29.877Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC11893893","cross_references":{"pubmed":["40064859"],"doi":["10.1038/s41467-025-57097-x"]}}