ERC Starting Grant · 2025
A Helicopter View on Electrocatalysis
Converting carbon dioxide, an unwanted by-product of industrial processes and combustion engines, into valuable chemical compounds is key for a cyclic carbon economy and can be achieved by the electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR). Despite the immense importance of this reaction in the fight against climate change, no catalyst to date meets the industrial requirements for product selectivity and catalyst stability. Theoretical models and simulations have played a fundamental role in the understanding of these and similar catalytic processes and aided the development of more efficient catalysts for this reaction. These models, however, assume few often idealized surface structures,…
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