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Scalable synthesis of Cu-cluster catalysts via spark ablation for the electrochemical conversion of CO 2 to acetaldehyde

Cedric David Koolen, Wen Luo, Jie Zhang, Mo Li, Olga Safonova

The electrochemical conversion of CO 2 into acetaldehyde offers a sustainable and green alternative to the Wacker process. However, current electrocatalysts cannot effectively compete with heterogeneous processes owing to their limited selectivity towards ...

Springer Science and Business Media LLC2025

High-Throughput Sizing, Counting, and Elemental Analysis of Anisotropic Multimetallic Nanoparticles with Single-Particle Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry

Andreas Züttel, Natalia Gasilova, Cedric David Koolen, Wen Luo, Mo Li, Ayush Agarwal

Nanoparticles (NPs) have wide applications in physical and chemical processes, and their individual properties (e.g., shape, size, and composition) and ensemble properties (e.g., distribution and homogeneity) can significantly affect the performance. Howev ...

2022

Single-crystalline TiO2 nanoparticles for stable and efficient perovskite modules

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Paul Joseph Dyson, Yong Ding, Bin Ding, Yen-Cheng Liu, Hiroyuki Kanda, Wen Luo, Valentin Ianis Emmanuel Queloz, Keith Gregory Brooks

The incorporation of electron transport layers based on single-crystalline TiO2 rhombohedral nanoparticles enables the realization of stable and efficient large-area perovskite solar cell modules. ...

Nature Portfolio2022

Tandem effect of Ag@C@Cu catalysts enhances ethanol selectivity for electrochemical CO2 reduction in flow reactors

Andreas Züttel, Thi Ha My Pham, Cedric David Koolen, Wen Luo, Jie Zhang, Mo Li, Youngdon Ko, Liping Zhong

CO-selective metals (e.g., Ag) on Cu catalysts improve the selec-tivity of multi-carbon (C2+) products in electrochemical CO2 reduc-tion. However, the origin of the improvement remains unclear due to the convolution of tandem and interface effects. Here, A ...

ELSEVIER2022

Support-Dependent Cu-In Bimetallic Catalysts for Tailoring the Activity of Reverse Water Gas Shift Reaction

Thi Ha My Pham, Wen Luo, Kun Zhao, Mo Li, Youngdon Ko, Liping Zhong

Cu-based bimetallic catalysts have attracted great attention for the reverse water gas shift (RWGS) reaction due to their high activity and selectivity. This work reports the application of Cu-In bimetallic catalysts for the RWGS reaction and demonstrates ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2022

Effect of Co-Substitution on Hydrogen Absorption and Desorption Reactions of YMgNi4-Based Alloys

Andreas Züttel, Loris Giovanni Lombardo, Wen Luo, Heena Yang

YMgNi4-based alloys exhibit reversible hydrogen absorption and desorption reactions at near room temperature. Here, we report that Co-substituted YMgNi4-based alloys exhibited higher hydrogen contents and lower hydrogen absorption and desorption reaction p ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2022

Halide exchange in the passivation of perovskite solar cells with functionalized ionic

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Paul Joseph Dyson, Rosario Scopelliti, Andreas Züttel, Zhaofu Fei, Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani, Bin Ding, Yi Zhang, Hiroyuki Kanda, Wen Luo

Applying additives to perovskite precursor solutions is an effective way to passivate perovskite films for the construction of perovskite solar cells (PSCs) with increased power-conversion efficiencies (PCEs) and enhanced stabilities. Ionic liquids (ILs) w ...

ELSEVIER2022

Near ambient-pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy study of CO2 activation and hydrogenation on indium/copper surface

Andreas Züttel, Wen Luo, Mo Li

Indium-based catalysts exhibit excellent performance for CO2 hydrogenation to methanol, yet their nature and chemical evolution under reaction conditions are still elusive, thus hindering an understanding of their reaction mechanism. In this work, near amb ...

2021

Surface Oxygenate Species on TiC Reinforce Cobalt-Catalyzed Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis

Andreas Züttel, Wen Luo, Qian Jiang

Carbide-supported metal catalysts attract extensive research interests owing to the special properties of metal carbide and the interactions between metals and the carbide supports. While surface oxide species are inevitable in carbide materials, their rol ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2021

Hydrogen Storage by Reduction of CO2 to Synthetic Hydrocarbons

Andreas Züttel, Noris André Gallandat, Wen Luo, Jie Zhang, Kun Zhao

The storage of renewable energy is crucial for the substitution of fossil fuels with renewable energy. Hydrogen is the first step in the conversion of electricity from renewable sources to an energy carrier. However, hydrogen is technically and economicall ...

2021