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Facet ratio engineering of CuO dictates C2+ product selectivity in CO2 electroreduction

Xu Yang,†a   Wei Fan,†a   Jiayao Fan,ab   Chongyang Zhou,a   Lizhi Jiang, ORCID logo a   Naien Shi*ac  and  Min Han ORCID logo *ab  

* Corresponding authors

a Strait Institute of Flexible Electronics (SIFE, Future Technologies), Fujian Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350117, China
E-mail: ifeneshi@fjnu.edu.cn, ifemhan@fjnu.edu.cn

b Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Biofunctional Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China

c State Key Laboratory of Organic Electronics and Information Displays & Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications, 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing 210023, China

Abstract

Three CuO catalysts (denoted as CuO-1, CuO-2 and CuO-3) with different (111) to (11−1) facet ratios were fabricated for CO2 electroreduction. Among them, CuO-2 with a balanced (111)/(11−1) facet ratio manifests the highest faradaic efficiency (73.2%) toward C2+ products.

Graphical abstract: Facet ratio engineering of CuO dictates C2+ product selectivity in CO2 electroreduction

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/D6CC00724D
Article type
Communication
Submitted
03 Feb 2026
Accepted
07 May 2026
First published
07 May 2026

Chem. Commun., 2026, Advance Article

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Facet ratio engineering of CuO dictates C2+ product selectivity in CO2 electroreduction

X. Yang, W. Fan, J. Fan, C. Zhou, L. Jiang, N. Shi and M. Han, Chem. Commun., 2026, Advance Article , DOI: 10.1039/D6CC00724D

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