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Carbon-Based Electrodes and Catalysts for the Electroreduction of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) to Value-Added Chemicals

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The electroreduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) to value-added carbon chemical feedstocks could be a sustainable approach for reducing and/or recycling excess CO2 emissions . However, key challenges remain in the development of low-cost catalysts and electrode materials that can enable the active, selective, and stable electroreduction of CO2 to a target product. This chapter highlights some of the recent advances in the development of carbon-based catalysts and electrodes for the electroreduction of CO2, advances that can in principle enable the development of low cost and tunable systems. Also, presented is a summary of the fundamental thermodynamics of CO2 electroreduction, commonly used performance metrics, as well as the overall status of the field.

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Verma, S., Nwabara, U.O., Kenis, P.J.A. (2019). Carbon-Based Electrodes and Catalysts for the Electroreduction of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) to Value-Added Chemicals. In: Nakashima, N. (eds) Nanocarbons for Energy Conversion: Supramolecular Approaches. Nanostructure Science and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92917-0_10

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