Sustainable and efficient production pathways for multi-carbon products via CO2 electrosynthesis: catalyst surface and interface engineering

Jiani Han, Yaodong Yu, Jiakuo Yang, Yuanduo Li, Yanxue Chao, Jiaxuan Zhou, Hongdong Li, Jingqi Chi, Jianping Lai and Lei Wang

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2026, 13, 2773
DOI: 10.1039/D5QI02512E

Covalent organic and metal organic frameworks based single atom catalysts for valorisation of CO2 to value added chemicals

Sowjanya Vallem, Malayil Gopalan Sibi, Rahul Patil, Vishakha Goyal, A. Giridhar Babu, EA. Lohith, K. Keerthi, Muhammad Umer, N. V. V. Jyothi, Matthias Vandichel, Daniel Ioan Stroe, Subhasmita Ray, Mani Balamurugan, Aristides Bakandritsos, Sada Venkateswarlu, Rajenahally V. Jagadeesh and Radek Zboril

Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, 18, 9632
DOI: 10.1039/D5EE02702K

Mass transport-dependent in situ Raman detection in CO/CO2 electrolysis

Wen Yan, Hangyu Bu, Xinjuan Du, Beining Xu, Jia Liu and Ming Ma

Chem. Sci., 2026, 17, 3563
DOI: 10.1039/D5SC07260C

Engineering the electronic structure of Ni–Co bimetallic sites toward efficient electrochemical biomass upgrading and CO2 reduction

Qing-Lian Yan, Xun-Bin Lin, Ji-dan Liu, Ting Ouyang and Zhao-Qing Liu

Chem. Sci., 2026, 17, 5430
DOI: 10.1039/D5SC10014C

MOF electrocatalysts in CO2 conversion: critical analysis of research trends, challenges and prospects

Oriyomi Ogunbanjo, Paramaconi Rodríguez and Paul Anderson

Mater. Chem. Front., 2025, 9, 1650
DOI: 10.1039/D4QM01060D

Cu–Ag tandem electrodes with controlled Ag overlayer thickness for tunable CO2 reduction

Yojiro Kimura and Miho Yamauchi

Nanoscale, 2026, 18, 5168
DOI: 10.1039/D5NR04783H

In Situ and Operando Analytical Techniques of Single‐Atom Catalysts for Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction

Rongbo Sun, Xingyun Liu, Jingyao Huang, Yuchao Wang, Hongwen Huang, Yongpeng Lei and Jingjie Ge

Small Methods, 2025, 9
DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202500516

Efficient CO2 Electroreduction to C2+ Products on Hydroxide-Metal Catalysts via Enhanced Asymmetric C–C coupling

Zeyu Guo, Chongqing Yang, Huiwen Zhu, Meizi He, Zijun Yan, Pengfei Cao, Angjian Wu, Zhifu Qi, Xiao Zhang, Lei Zhu, Kam Loon Fow, Tao Wu and Mengxia Xu

ACS Catal., 2026, 16, 6305
DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.5c07595

Electrochemical CO2 reduction: Converting greenhouse gas into high-value products for a sustainable future

Muhammad Wasim Afzal, Muhammad Imran Kanjal, RuiFeng Ren, Shazia Ashraf, Syed Rizwan Shafqat, Jiang Shao, Lutong Wang, Ma Jingye, Xue Liu, Yan Bai and Dongbin Dang

Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2025, 13, 120497
DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2025.120497

Plasmonic Gold Antenna–Copper Molecular Complex Reactor Assembly for Exclusive CO2 to Formate Conversion under White-Light Irradiation

Tannu Kaushik, Arkaprava Chowdhury, Manodip Pal, Saptarshi Ghosh Dastider, Thinles Dolkar, Vaibhav Trivedi, Rathindranath Biswas, Somnath Guria, Vikram Vishal, Krishnakanta Mondal, Anindya Datta and Arnab Dutta

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2026, 148, 6309
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c18872

Iron ion effects on sodium alginate-enhanced talc flotation and atomic-scale interfacial adsorption mechanisms

Binbin Li, Lidong Qiao and Yanfei Chen

Applied Surface Science, 2026, 725, 165768
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2025.165768

Towards sustainable chemistry: Advances, challenges and opportunities in organic electrosynthesis

Syeda Maria Hashmi, Yilin Wang, Nida Rehman, Xinyi Tan, Javier García-Martínez, Ume Aiman, Muhammad Sajid and Zhenyu Sun

Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2026, 82, 1
DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2067(25)64927-8

CO2 conversion into fuels and value-added chemicals: from molten salt catalysts to metal–organic and covalent–organic frameworks

Lianteng Liu, Reza Behmadi, Rongrong Tan, Hamed Rahimi, Reza Shoja Razavi, Yao Liu, Hesam Kamyab, Lalitha Gnanasekaran, Akbar Hojjati-Najafabadi and Yezeng He

J Mater Sci, 2026, 61, 16157
DOI: 10.1007/s10853-026-12789-7

Advances in machine learning applications for thiolate‐protected metal nanoclusters with potential metallic core exploration

Xiwen Mo, Jing Zhang, Yonghui Li and Xiao‐Dong Zhang

Journal of Intelligent Medicine, 2025, 2, 44
DOI: 10.1002/jim4.70004

Advances for in situ characterization techniques applied to gas-solid heterogeneous catalysis under reaction conditions

Chunli Ai, Zeyu Jiang, Fan Dang, Chi Ma, Dong Guo, Yuying Shao, Jialei Wan and Chi He

Front. Chem. Sci. Eng., 2025, 19
DOI: 10.1007/s11705-025-2602-x

Anisotropic Yttrium Alloying in Bismuth for Facet-Specific Carbon Dioxide Reduction

Mamoni Maji, Krishna Murari, Ankita Kumari, Surajit Mondal, Dibyajyoti Ghosh and Sayan Bhattacharyya

ACS Catal., 2025, 15, 19934
DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.5c06373

Logic-Gated Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Nanoplatform for Dual-Amplified Cancer Cell Imaging and Targeted Photothermal Ablation

Zhichao Xia, Jiayi Zeng, Junjian Lu, Chen Wang, Xing-Hua Xia and Jin Wang

Anal. Chem., 2025, 97, 24753
DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.5c05156

Stable Cu(I) release from multivalent Cu-MOFs: Achieving long-lasting antifouling performance in marine coatings

Xinyu Ren, Lu Wang, Zhipeng Xie, Congshu Huang, Jingjing Wang, Shihao Zhang and Bin Liu

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2025, 524, 169242
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2025.169242

Coupling Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction with Methanol Oxidation for Dual Formate Electrosynthesis: A Review

Faiza Zulfiqar, Farhan Arshad, Aleena Tahir, Mohammed A. Gondal and Falak Sher

Energy Fuels, 2026, 40, 9757
DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.6c00034

Structurally and electronically coupled Bi/Bi3Ni–carbon dot catalyst for efficient and long-lived CO2 electroreduction to formate

Sung Yeol Choi, Yiming Liu, Chaeheon Woo, Yejung Choi, Won Jun Kang, Geunhee Yuk, Hyeon-Seok Bang, Jiho Jeon, Geon Choi, Jung Kyu Kim, Hyun You Kim, Dong Ki Lee, Hyesung Park, Jae-Young Choi, Hyung-Suk Oh and Jeong Min Baik

Nano Energy, 2026, 148, 111690
DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2025.111690

Raman Evidence for the Mechanism of Enhanced C–C Coupling during CO2RR on CuSnx Bimetallic Electrocatalysts at Dilute Sn Levels

Mritunjay Mishra, Emmanuel Obetta, Monsuru Olatunji Dauda, John Flake and Koffi P. C. Yao

J. Electrochem. Soc., 2025, 172, 124501
DOI: 10.1149/1945-7111/ae2160

Nonaqueous electrochemical reactive CO2 capture and conversion of 10 % CO2 feed to mixed carboxylic acids

Rohan Sartape, Luis F. Zimmermann, Prashant Sharan, Vamsi V. Gande, Rajan R. Bhawnani, Sophia Johnson, Joseph A. Gauthier and Meenesh R. Singh

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2025, 526, 171274
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2025.171274

Synergy in metal-nonmetal dual sites: Design, mechanisms, and perspectives toward CO2 photoreduction

Jiaxin Li, Peisen Luo, kangjie Gao, Huanhuan Liu, Linfeng Jin and Yong Hu

Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2026, 563, 218031
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2026.218031

In operando optical characterization of organic mixed ionic–electronic conductors for unraveling charge transport and doping dynamics—A perspective

Linqi Chen, Yingying Ma and Peijun Guo

The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2025, 163
DOI: 10.1063/5.0274369

Multi-model synergy for hypergravity silica gel–water vapor adsorption isotherms: experimental validation and predictive modeling.

Dezhi Li, Xu Zheng, Suyun Yi and Ning Mei

The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 2026, 215, 107644
DOI: 10.1016/j.jct.2026.107644

Competitive Carbonate Binding Hinders Electrochemical CO2 Reduction to CO on Cu Surfaces at Low Overpotentials

Jinhui Meng, Jessica Freeze, Linsey Nowack, Chaoyu Li, Hongsen Wang, Héctor D. Abruña, Adam P. Willard, Victor S. Batista and Tianquan Lian

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2025, 147, 25361
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c04518

Visualizing the Destabilization of Carbon Intermediates on Pd Alloys: In Situ SERS Insights for Robust and Tunable Syngas Synthesis

Yujun Cheng, Jianping Guan, Zhipeng Zhang, Ziyi Gao, Yao Yao, Xiaotong Sun, HaiKun Xu, Qi Liu and Xiaoqing Chen

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2026, 65, 7852
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.5c05264

Tuning CO2 electroreduction selectivity by electrochemical nanostructuring of copper surfaces

Elena B. Molodkina, Maria R. Ehrenburg, Zi-Han Chen, Qiong-Qiong Li, Maxim A. Sharapov, Yulia P. Ivanova, Viktoria P. Chertkova, Vadim L. Filippov, Eduard E. Levin, Jian-Feng Li and Alexander V. Rudnev

Electrochimica Acta, 2026, 545, 147721
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2025.147721

Interactions between Graphene Nanosheets and Copper Oxide Promote C2 Formation in Rapid CO2 Electroreduction

Kang-Shun Peng, Yu-Cheng Liu, Yu-Jhih Shen, Chi Kang, Shuo-Peng Lin, Yu-Chia Chang, Shu-Chih Haw, Ting-Shan Chan, Ying-Rui Lu, Shao-Hui Hsu and Sung-Fu Hung

ACS Appl. Nano Mater., 2026
DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.6c00651

Nanomaterials for electrochemical CO2 conversion: mechanistic insights and emerging hybrid strategies

Barnali Pathak, Nilpawan Sarma, Kshirud Chandra Handique, Hirendra Das, Pranjal Saikia and Pradip Kumar Kalita

emergent mater., 2025, 8, 5387
DOI: 10.1007/s42247-025-01283-6

From Pure to Seawater Electrolysis: Unveiling the Impact of Ionic Species and Contaminants on Electrocatalysis

Sahanaz Parvin, Emmanuel Aransiola, Sonakshi Saini, Matthew T. McDowell, Seunghoon Lee, Juliane Weber, Yiqing Wu, Yuanyuan Li, Chang Liu, Zili Wu and Jonas Baltrusaitis

ACS Electrochem., 2026, 2, 43
DOI: 10.1021/acselectrochem.5c00381

Beyond overpotential: Mechanistic metrics for meaningful electrocatalysis evaluation

Anjan Kumar, Mustafa Abdullah, Praharshkumar B. Raj, Satish Kumar Samal, Pardeep Singh Bains, Abbas Hmyd Abdul, Gaganjot Kaur and Masoud Dehghanipour

Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2026, 1067, 188434
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2026.188434

Copper Coordination Materials for Selective CO2 Electroreduction Toward Multi‐Carbon Products

Jinze Yang, Xiaoqing Yao, Yan Wang, Siyu Lu, Jiajia Huang and Tanglue Feng

Carbon Neutralization, 2026, 5
DOI: 10.1002/cnl2.70133

Transition metal-based electrocatalysts for CO2 reduction towards ethanol

Guoqing Zhang, Xiayan Zhang, Jialu Liu, Jinhai He, Wanmiao Ge, Mingyu Sun, Shengwei Kong, Wanjun Cao, Dangyang Wang, Xinjian Shi, Zixu Sun, Huakun Liu and Shixue Dou

Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2026, 550, 217403
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2025.217403

Hyphenated scanning electrochemical microscopy with complementary microscopic techniques: comprehensive characterization from topography to function

Xinfang Zhang, JinPeng Bao, Ping Song, Ce Han and Weilin Xu

Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 2026, 1014, 120155
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2026.120155

Imidazole-based MOFs for Photo/Electrocatalytic CO2 Conversion: Controllable Construction, Mechanistic Investigation, and Machine Learning

Yayu Yan, Wan-Ting Xia, Sheng Hu, Qiao-Hong Li and Jian Zhang

EnergyChem, 2026, 100198
DOI: 10.1016/j.enchem.2026.100198

Catalysts and modification strategies for CO2 capture and in-situ electroreduction

Qingman Niu, Mingzhu Yue, Bingkun Li, Lu Liu, Wenfu Xie, Min Li, Tianyu Zhang and Qiang Wang

Journal of Energy Chemistry, 2026, 114, 287
DOI: 10.1016/j.jechem.2025.08.101