Investigation into the Re-Arrangement of Copper Foams Pre- and Post-CO2 Electrocatalysis

Rudd, Jennifer; Aldave, Sandra Hernandez; Kazimierska, Ewa; Hamdy, Louise; Bain, Odin; Barron, Andrew; Andreoli, Enrico

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Investigation into the Re-Arrangement of Copper Foams Pre- and Post-CO2 Electrocatalysis

Jennifer Rudd

, Sandra Hernandez Aldave, Ewa Kazimierska, Louise Hamdy, Odin Bain, Andrew Barron, Enrico Andreoli

Chemistry, Volume: 3, Issue: 3, Pages: 687 - 703

Swansea University Authors: Jennifer Rudd , Sandra Hernandez Aldave, Ewa Kazimierska, Louise Hamdy, Odin Bain, Andrew Barron, Enrico Andreoli

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The utilization of carbon dioxide is a major incentive for the growing field of carbon capture. Carbon dioxide could be an abundant building block to generate higher-value chemical products. Herein, we fabricated a porous copper electrode capable of catalyzing the reduction of carbon dioxide into hi...

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Investigation into the Re-Arrangement of Copper Foams Pre- and Post-CO2 Electrocatalysis

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