Multi-dimensional designer catalysts for negative emissions science (NES): bridging the gap between synthesis, simulations, and analysis

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Jose L. Mendoza-Cortes¹  Luisa Whittaker-Brooks²  Jesús M. Velázquez³  Caleb M. Hill⁴ 

[1]Corresponding author

[2]Materials Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA

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[4]Department of Chemical Engineering &Department of Chemistry, University of Wyoming, 1000 E University Avenue, Laramie, WY 82071, USA

关键词: Catalysis;    Electrochemistry;    Materials science;    Materials synthesis;    Computational materials science;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Summary: Negative emissions technologies will play a critical role in limiting global warming to sustainable levels. Electrocatalytic and/or photocatalytic CO2 reduction will likely play an important role in this field moving forward, but efficient, selective catalyst materials are needed to enable the widespread adoption of these processes. The rational design of such materials is highly challenging, however, due to the complexity of the reactions involved as well as the large number of structural variables which can influence behavior at heterogeneous interfaces. Currently, there is a significant disconnect between the complexity of materials systems that can be handled experimentally and those that can be modeled theoretically with appropriate rigor and bridging these gaps would greatly accelerate advancements in the field of Negative Emissions Science (NES). Here, we present a perspective on how these gaps between materials design/synthesis, characterization, and theory can be resolved, enabling the rational development of improved materials for CO2 conversion and other NES applications.

【 授权许可】

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