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.