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Thomas Jaramillo and co-workers developed of a very sensitive experiment to identify and quantify CO₂ electroreduction products. Their results, presented in their recent EES article, provide a comprehensive view of the reaction chemistry.

A recent C&EN article discusses the work of Jaramillo’s group. The C&EN article focuses on recent developments towards the interesting goal of converting CO₂ into useful products using electrochemistry: “Carbon dioxide gets a lot of attention—most of it negative—as a greenhouse gas. But if CO₂ could be converted in a cost-effective manner to valuable products, the ubiquitous small molecule so often reviled for its role in climate change might start to lose its bad rap.”

Read more in the C&EN article here…

…and read the article in EES:

New insights into the electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide on metallic copper surfaces
Kendra P. Kuhl, Etosha R. Cave, David N. Abram and Thomas F. Jaramillo
DOI: 10.1039/C2EE21234J