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Green Chem., 2025, 27, 9016
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Progress and prospects of high-pressure CO2 electrocatalytic reduction

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Breaking the C–C coupling barrier in pressurized CO2RR: local alkalinity control against buffering of CO2 species at industrial current densities

Shilei Zhang, Hang Wang, Yang Wang, Min Zhang, Weimin Wang, Liang Zhang, Jun Li, Xun Zhu, Qian Fu and Qiang Liao

Green Chem., 2025, 27, 11065
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Scalable fabrication of multi-layered Cu-based electrodes via solvent-free method for the selective electrochemical conversion of CO2 to C2+ products

Qinhao Chen, Alexander Kube, Bhawna Rana, Indro Biswas, Tobias Morawietz, Dennis Kopljar and Kaspar Andreas Friedrich

Green Chem., 2024, 26, 7038
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Reactor operating parameters and their effects on the local reaction environment of CO(2) electroreduction

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Efficient electrochemical CO2 reduction in acidic electrolytes using armor-like iron nanoparticles/porous nitrogen-doped carbon

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Green Chem., 2024, 26, 5832
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A molecular view of single-atom catalysis toward carbon dioxide conversion

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Chem. Sci., 2024, 15, 4631
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Activating dynamic Zn–ZnO interface with controllable oxygen vacancy in CO2 electroreduction for boosting CO production

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Green Chem., 2025, 27, 6133
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Beyond catalysts: enhancing electrocatalytic CO2 reduction through diverse strategies

Lu Liu, Mingzhu Yue, Bingkun Li, Wenfu Xie, Nana Peng and Qiang Wang

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Cooperative promotion of electroreduction of CO to n-propanol by *CO enrichment and proton regulation

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Chem. Sci., 2025, 16, 8897
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Pressure regulated CO2 electrolysis on two-dimensional Bi2O2Se

Ruofan Sun, Jiwu Zhao, Hang Liu, Yanrong Xue and Xu Lu

Chem. Commun., 2025, 61, 2071
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Electrochemical acetate production from high-pressure gaseous and liquid CO2

Jiachen Li, Yun Kuang, Xiao Zhang, Wei-Hsuan Hung, Ching-Yu Chiang, Guanzhou Zhu, Gan Chen, Feifei Wang, Peng Liang and Hongjie Dai

Nat Catal, 2023, 6, 1151
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Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction to C2 Products via Enhanced C─C Coupling Over Cu‐based Catalysts: Dynamic Reaction and Regulation Mechanism

Meidan Que, Bin Wang and Yawei Yang

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Role of pressure and current density on the cathodic conversion of CO2 using Ag, Sn, Bi and Ni cathodes

Federica Proietto, Silvia Lo Raso, Claudia Prestigiacomo, Alessandro Galia and Onofrio Scialdone

Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2025, 13, 117871
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Pressurized CO2 electrochemical conversion into formate using an undivided cell equipped with large-area Sn electrodes

Pengfei Ma, Xinya Wang, Federica Proietto, Xianming Zhang and Onofrio Scialdone

Chemical Engineering Science, 2026, 329, 123782
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Electrocatalytic CO2 reduction for the selective production of liquid oxygenates

Jiapeng Ji, Junnan Chen, Juxia Xiong, Xiaolong Zhang and Hui-Ming Cheng

Journal of Energy Chemistry, 2025, 103, 568
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Recent advances in selective electrochemical reduction of CO<sub>2</sub>/CO at elevated pressures

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Sci. Sin.-Chim, 2023, 53, 1405
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Ethylene Electrosynthesis via Selective CO2 Reduction: Fundamental Considerations, Strategies, and Challenges

Thomas O' Carroll, Xiaoxuan Yang, Kenneth J. Gordon, Ling Fei and Gang Wu

Advanced Energy Materials, 2024, 14
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Promoting acetate production on the in situ reconstructed Cu nanoislands via pressure-regulated CO adsorption and electroreduction

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Science Bulletin, 2025, 70, 3794
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Ag+‐Doped InSe Nanosheets for Membrane Electrode Assembly Electrolyzer toward Large‐Current Electroreduction of CO2to Ethanol

Xiangyu Wang, Zhiwei Jiang, Peng Wang, Zheng Chen, Tian Sheng, Zhengcui Wu and Yujie Xiong

Angewandte Chemie, 2023, 135
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Selective Electroreduction of CO2 to Ethanol: Mechanistic Understanding and Catalyst Development

Suwon Rhi, Sungwook Park, Do Yeon Heo, Soshi Iimura and Soo Young Kim

MetalMat, 2026, 3
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Advances in copper-based electrocatalysts for electrochemical reduction of CO2 to ethanol: Operando, theoretical, and empirical perspectives

Sakshi, Pankaj Kumar, Suraj Prakash Singh Rana, Abdulaziz A.M. Abahussain and Lakhveer Singh

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Urea electrosynthesis via an integrated Pd1-Cu interface strategy

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Hydrothermal Conditions Enhance Electrochemical CO2 Reduction Reaction: A Sustainable Path to Efficient Carbon Recycling

Takaaki Tomai, Alexander Guzman‐Urbina, Takafumi Sato and Kazuyuki Iwase

Advanced Sustainable Systems, 2025, 9
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Dynamic valence engineering of CuOx catalysts for selective and stable CO2 electroreduction to ethylene and ethanol

Huiting Huang, Jia Tian, Mingkun Jiang and Dan Wu

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Electrothermally Catalytic CO2 Selective Hydrogenation to Methanol on Electric Field‐Responsive Cu/in2O3 Catalyst

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Synergistic electroreduction of CO2 to C1-C3 gas products in a pressure-tolerant MEA system

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International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2025, 119, 73
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Electrochemical CO2 Reduction Using Industrial Flue Gas Stream as Feedstocks: Recent Advances and Future Perspectives

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Regulating the Oxophilicity of Cu Sites on Cu–Sn Heterostructures to Ultrahigh Selective Electroreduction of CO2 to Ethanol

Jiahui Bi, Yiyuan Xu, Yunxiu Zhao, Jing Zhang, Changle Yue, Fengyue Sun, Na Liu, Fan Wang, Yanwei Ju, Chongzheng Xu and Yukun Lu

ACS Catal., 2025, 15, 19861
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Pressure‐Boosted C–C Coupling for CO2 Electroreduction to Ethanol over the Cascade Sites of Cu Single‐Atom and Cu Cluster

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Molecular Engineering of Catalyst–Electrolyte Interfaces With Hydrophobic and CO2‐Capturing Cucurbit[6]uril for Enhanced CO2 Electroreduction

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Optimization strategies for carbon dioxide electroreduction to ethylene

Yingying Duan, Weidong Ruan and Jingqi Guan

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Efficient Electroreduction of High-Pressure Gaseous and Supercritical CO2 to CO in a Zero-Gap Electrolyzer

Xiongwei Tian, Zheng Chen, Francesco Iacoviello, Mengyin Xie, Wenqing Chu and Yuqun Zhuo

ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2025, 13, 10495
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Recent progress on copper catalysts with different surface states for CO2 electroreduction

Wenjun Zhang, Yang Yang, Donggang Guo and Lu Liu

Journal of Energy Chemistry, 2024, 88, 10
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Boosting electrochemical CO2 reduction to CO by regulating pressure in zero-gap electrolyzer

Muhammad Shakir Hussain, Sheraz Ahmed, Chirong Sun, Hyung-Suk Oh and Jaehoon Kim

Journal of CO2 Utilization, 2025, 100, 103179
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Ag+‐Doped InSe Nanosheets for Membrane Electrode Assembly Electrolyzer toward Large‐Current Electroreduction of CO2to Ethanol

Xiangyu Wang, Zhiwei Jiang, Peng Wang, Zheng Chen, Tian Sheng, Zhengcui Wu and Yujie Xiong

Angew Chem Int Ed, 2023, 62
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Influence of Environmental Conditions on Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction

Lang Hu, Xuxu Sai, Xiaoju Liu, Zhou Chen, Guoxiong Wang and Xiaodong Yi

ChemCatChem, 2024, 16
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Electrochemical CO2 Reduction to Multicarbon Products on Non‐Copper Based Catalysts

Jiayi Huang, Qianwen Liu, Jianmei Huang, Ming Xu, Wenchuan Lai and Zhiyuan Gu

ChemSusChem, 2025, 18
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Recent Breakthroughs in CO2 Electroreduction for Efficient Ethanol Production: A Review

Samah A. Mahyoub, Fahim A. Qaraah, Fatima O. Alqwairi, Abdulwahab Salah, Esraa Kotob, Saheed A. Ganiyu, Turki N. Baroud and Qasem A. Drmosh

Advanced Sustainable Systems, 2025, 9
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The combined effect of temperature and pressure on the electrochemical CO2 reduction on Cu

Rafaël E. Vos, Daniel Schauermann and Marc T.M. Koper

Electrochimica Acta, 2026, 551, 148199
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Performing electrocatalytic CO2 reduction reactions at a high pressure

Boxu Chen, Manshuo Feng, Yi Chen, Jirui Yang and Ya Liu

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