Electrochemical Carbon dioxide reduction on Bimetallic Nanoporous Catalyst

Electrochemical reduction of CO₂ to more useful products will be investigated. The multi-step CO₂ reduction process involves multi-electron charge transfer steps. Electrocatalysts are central to the design of efficient electrochemical systems with the ability to decrease kinetic activation barriers and increase reaction efficiency. In this work, we synthesize will nanoporous metal by selective dissolution of the second metal from the bimetallic sample. The morphology of the resulting material will be characterized at the nanoscales. The active sites on the nanoporous catalyst are to be probed. The high roughness levels with a high density of low-coordinated sites (edges, steps, defects) are expected to result in the high intrinsic catalytic activity. Rates of CO₂ reduction will be measured.