Mechanistic Pathway in the Electrochemical Reduction of CO2 on RuO2

Karamad, Mohammadreza

Wednesday, June 17, 2015: 2:10 PM

408-410 (Lawrence Convention Center)

Mohammadreza Karamad¹, Heine Anton Hansen¹, Jan Rossmeisl² and Jens K. Nørskov^1,3, (1)Stanford University, USA, (2)Technical University of Denmark, Denmark, (3)SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, USA.

We use density functional theory (DFT) to gain insight into the mechanism for CO₂ reduction on RuO₂(110). We identify the lowest free energy pathways for CO₂ reduction, and we find that the mechanism for CO₂ reduction on RuO₂ is different from that on Cu.

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O-W-408-11 Mechanistic Pathway in the Electrochemical Reduction of CO2 on RuO2