| Approaching the Carbon Dioxide Reduction Reaction with Ambient-Pressure X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy | |
| Presenter | Andre Eilert |
| Presentation Type | Poster |
| Full Author List |
A. Eilert, H. Ali-Löytty, S. Roberts, M. L. Ng, J. Osterwalder, D. Friebel, A. Nilsson |
| Affiliations |
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory; Stanford University |
| Abstract | The electrochemical, heterogeneously catalyzed carbon dioxide reduction reaction potentially plays a key role in our future energy system as it provides fuels and a feedstock for the chemical industry from renewable electricity sources. Thereby, the formation of multicarbon compounds such as ethylene is of high interest. Even though first catalysts with high selectivity for these molecules exist, such as copper nanostructures, their activity and selectivity as well as the reaction pathway itself is by far not understood. Ambient-Pressure electrochemical XPS can possibly provide valuable insights into this pathway as it is able to detect reaction intermediates on surfaces. The presented poster illustrates a variety of different designs, both published and unpublished, together with first results on this problem. |