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Regulating the selectivity toward a target hydrocarbon product is still the focus of CO2electroreduction. Here, we discover that the original surface Cu species in Cu gas‐diffusion electrodes plays a more important role than the surface roughness, local pH, and facet in governing the selectivity toward C1or C2hydrocarbons. The selectivity toward C2H4progressively increases, while CH4decreases steadily upon lowering the Cu oxidation species fraction. At a relatively low electrodeposition voltage of 1.5 V, the Cu gas‐diffusion electrode with the highest Cuδ+/Cu0ratio favors the pathways of hydrogenation to form CH4with maximum Faradaic efficiency of 65.4% and partial current density of 228 mA cm−2at −0.83 V vs RHE. At 2.0 V, the Cu gas‐diffusion electrode with the lowest Cuδ+/Cu0ratio prefers C–C coupling to form C2+products with Faradaic efficiency topping 80.1% at −0.75 V vs RHE, where the Faradaic efficiency of C2H4accounts for 46.4% and the partial current density of C2H4achieves 279 mA cm−2. This work demonstrates that the selectivity from CH4to C2H4is switchable by tuning surface Cu species composition of Cu gas‐diffusion electrodes.
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Rate-Based Model Simulation with Experimental Mixture Properties for R-410A Separation Using 1-Ethyl-3-methylimidazolium Bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide [C 2 C 1 im][Tf 2 N]
- Award ID(s):
- 2213965
- PAR ID:
- 10634631
- Publisher / Repository:
- ACS
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
- Volume:
- 64
- Issue:
- 8
- ISSN:
- 0888-5885
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 4604 to 4615
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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