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Tailoring co-catalysts on Si photocathodes for efficient photoelectrochemical CO2 reduction: recent progress and prospects of deposition methods

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Understanding the synergistic effect of piezoelectric polarization and the extra electrons contributed by oxygen vacancies on an efficient piezo-photocatalysis CO2 reduction

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Cu2O-based catalysts applied for electrocatalytic CO2 reduction: a review

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Electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide to multicarbon (C2+) products: challenges and perspectives

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Molecular modification of planar four-coordinated cobalt active site for the electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide: a density functional theory study

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Facet junction engineering for enhanced SERS activity of Ag/Cu2O composite substrates

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Synergistic modulation of valence state and oxygen vacancy induced by surface reconstruction of the CeO2/CuO catalyst toward enhanced electrochemical CO2 reduction

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Carbon Energy, 2024, 6
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Unconventional grain fragmentation creates high-density boundaries for efficient CO2-to-C2+ electro-conversion at ampere-level current density

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Enhancing the Selectivity of Cu2O-Based Catalysts for Multicarbon Products via Interface Engineering

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Copper/metal oxide heterostructures for electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction

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Electrochemical Reduction of Flue Gas Denitrification Wastewater to Ammonia Using a Dual-Defective Cu2O@Cu Heterojunction Electrode

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Tailoring surface charge distribution via lattice Cl-doping on Cu2O nanocubes for high-selectivity CO2-to-C2+ electroreduction via asymmetric C–C coupling

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Carbothermal shock fabrication of CoO‐Cu2O nanocomposites on N‐doped porous carbon for enhanced hydrolysis of ammonia borane

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Dynamic valence engineering of CuOx catalysts for selective and stable CO2 electroreduction to ethylene and ethanol

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Nanocavity enriched CuPd alloy with high selectivity for CO2 electroreduction toward C2H4

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Cu–O geometric coordination induced facet evolution of derived Cu catalysts for efficient CO2 electroreduction

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Photo-/electrocatalytic approaches to CO2 conversion on Cu2O-based catalysts

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Role of Interfacial Water Structure in the Electroreduction of NO over Cu2O

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ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2024, 16, 46384
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Facile one−step synthesis of Ag anchoring on Cu2O for enhanced SERS activity: Efficient charge transfer and adsorption

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Promoting the electrocatalytic conversion of CO2 to ethanol at ultra-low potential by fully exposing periodic low-index facets in hexagonal pyramidal Cu

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Metal phthalocyanine-based catalysts for electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide: Advances and prospects

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Dual active site accelerated hydrogenation facilitates efficient electrochemical reduction of nitrate to ammonia

Jinlong Wei, Junli Wang, Wanqiang Yu, Jiawei Li, Ye Yang, Yunpeng Wang, Nan Li, Ruidong Xu, Linjing Yang, Guixiang Li and Paul J. Dyson

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Enhanced Electrocatalytic Conversion of CO2 to C2+ Products via Intermediate Stabilized Cu+/Cu0 Interface Catalysts

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ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2025, 13, 11503
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Heterointerfaces engineering in porous Cu/Cu2O/Cu7S4 heterojunctions: Towards high-performance room-temperature NO2 sensing in wireless applications

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Recent advances in dynamic reconstruction of electrocatalysts for carbon dioxide reduction

Jianfang Zhang, Shuai Xia, Yan Wang, Jingjie Wu and Yucheng Wu

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