Issue 18, 2024

Beyond catalysts: enhancing electrocatalytic CO2 reduction through diverse strategies

Abstract

Electrocatalytic CO2 reduction carries extraordinary significance for curbing CO2 emissions while generating value-added chemicals with economic and environmental benefits. Despite significant progress in catalyst design and the regulation of intrinsic activity, there still exist huge challenges in the industrial application of CO2 reduction. In addition to catalysts, the regulation and optimization of electrodes, electrolytes, reactors, and external fields for CO2 reduction can also enhance performance, providing a feasible strategy for the industrial application of CO2 reduction. With this background, we present the recent progress on improving the performance of electrocatalytic CO2 reduction beyond catalysts, providing useful guidance and discussion on the intrinsic structure–activity relationships and reaction mechanisms, and existing challenges and prospects for electrocatalytic CO2 reduction in both fundamental research and application fields. We hope that this review can stimulate more insights and inspiration toward the development of CO2 reduction technology.

Graphical abstract: Beyond catalysts: enhancing electrocatalytic CO2 reduction through diverse strategies

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
20 Jun 2024
Accepted
27 Jul 2024
First published
29 Jul 2024

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024,14, 5176-5198

Beyond catalysts: enhancing electrocatalytic CO2 reduction through diverse strategies

L. Liu, M. Yue, B. Li, W. Xie, N. Peng and Q. Wang, Catal. Sci. Technol., 2024, 14, 5176 DOI: 10.1039/D4CY00767K

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