The conversion of carbon dioxide into multi-carbon alcohols would enable the synthesis of sustainable liquid fuels with high energy densities. Now, vacancy-engineered core–shell copper-based catalysts are able to shift the selectivity of electrochemical CO2 reduction into alcohols instead of alkenes, as obtained with bare-copper catalysts.
- Tao-Tao Zhuang
- Zhi-Qin Liang
- Edward H. Sargent
