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To resolve mass-transport bottlenecks and flooding in conventional gas-diffusion electrodes to achieve high-rate, ampere-level electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide into multicarbon products.

August 14, 2026ACS Energy Letters

Nanowire-Based Composite Electrodes for Ampere-Level Electrochemical Reduction of CO2 to Multi-Carbon Productsvia Accelerated Mass Transport

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CSChao Song HHHaoliang Huang YZYang Zhao

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Experimental study demonstrates ampere-level electrochemical conversion of carbon dioxide to multicarbon products via a nanowire composite electrode, indicating a pathway for industrial deployment.

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To resolve mass-transport bottlenecks and flooding in conventional gas-diffusion electrodes to achieve high-rate, ampere-level electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide into multicarbon products.
Guided by mass-transport simulations, designed a composite gas-diffusion electrode featuring a Nafion-coated copper nanowire catalyst layer on a hydrophobic, microporous-layer-free polytetrafluoroethylene gas-diffusion layer.
Assessed electrochemical performance under pure and dilute (15%) carbon dioxide feedstocks while tracking intermediate behavior using operando spectroscopy.
The optimized electrode achieved a Faradaic efficiency of 88.1% with a partial current density of –1.19 A cm–2 for multicarbon (C2+) products.
The system maintained 71.9% C2+ selectivity under a dilute 15% carbon dioxide feed stream.
Operando spectroscopy demonstrated that enhanced carbon dioxide flux increased *CO surface coverage and lowered the onset of C–C coupling by ~60 mV.

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Song et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7ec79cb70b84ec8b91415d https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.6c01954

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August 14, 2026ACS Energy Letters

Nanowire-Based Composite Electrodes for Ampere-Level Electrochemical Reduction of CO2 to Multi-Carbon Productsvia Accelerated Mass Transport

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CSChao Song HHHaoliang Huang YZYang Zhao

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Experimental study demonstrates ampere-level electrochemical conversion of carbon dioxide to multicarbon products via a nanowire composite electrode, indicating a pathway for industrial deployment.

Key Points

To resolve mass-transport bottlenecks and flooding in conventional gas-diffusion electrodes to achieve high-rate, ampere-level electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide into multicarbon products.
Guided by mass-transport simulations, designed a composite gas-diffusion electrode featuring a Nafion-coated copper nanowire catalyst layer on a hydrophobic, microporous-layer-free polytetrafluoroethylene gas-diffusion layer.
Assessed electrochemical performance under pure and dilute (15%) carbon dioxide feedstocks while tracking intermediate behavior using operando spectroscopy.
The optimized electrode achieved a Faradaic efficiency of 88.1% with a partial current density of –1.19 A cm–2 for multicarbon (C2+) products.
The system maintained 71.9% C2+ selectivity under a dilute 15% carbon dioxide feed stream.
Operando spectroscopy demonstrated that enhanced carbon dioxide flux increased *CO surface coverage and lowered the onset of C–C coupling by ~60 mV.

Cite This Study

Song et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7ec79cb70b84ec8b91415d https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.6c01954

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