Issue 46, 2022

Current state of copper-based bimetallic materials for electrochemical CO2 reduction: a review

Abstract

The increasing CO2 concentration in the atmosphere has caused profound environmental issues such as global warming. The use of CO2 as a feedstock to replace traditional fossil sources holds great promise to reduce CO2 emissions. The electrochemical conversion of CO2 has attracted much attention because it can be powered by renewable sources such as solar energy. In this review article, we provide insight into the important parameters when studying CO2RR and give a comprehensive review on the description of synthesis methods with electrocatalytic CO2 reduction over bimetallic copper-based materials. Due to the important bibliographic data on Cu bimetallic materials, we have limited this review to Sn, In, Pd, Zn and Ag. At the end of this review, challenges and perspectives for further upgrading have been included to briefly highlight the important future considerations of this rapidly growing technology.

Graphical abstract: Current state of copper-based bimetallic materials for electrochemical CO2 reduction: a review

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
27 Aug. 2022
Accepted
13 Okt. 2022
First published
21 Okt. 2022
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

RSC Adv., 2022,12, 30056-30075

Current state of copper-based bimetallic materials for electrochemical CO2 reduction: a review

O. Zoubir, L. Atourki, H. Ait Ahsaine and A. BaQais, RSC Adv., 2022, 12, 30056 DOI: 10.1039/D2RA05385C

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