Huai Qin Fu, Le Zhang, Li Rong Zheng, Peng Fei Liu, Huijun Zhao and Hua Gui Yang
J. Mater. Chem. A, 2019,7, 12420-12425
DOI:
10.1039/C9TA02223F,
Communication
Ag nanoparticles with surface Cl− modification (Ag–Cl NPs) by in situ electroreduction of AgCl exhibit a high selectivity for CO2-to-CO conversion. The observed C–Cl bond suggests that electrons can be effectively transferred from the Cl− ions to the unoccupied orbital of CO2, and then activate nonpolar CO2 molecules on Cl− sites.