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Back Cover: Lateral Adsorbate Interactions Inhibit HCOO − while Promoting CO Selectivity for CO 2 Electrocatalysis on Silver (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 5/2019)
Author(s) -
Bohra Divya,
LedezmaYanez Isis,
Li Guanna,
de Jong Wiebren,
Pidko Evgeny A.,
Smith Wilson A.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201813890
Subject(s) - electrocatalyst , catalysis , formate , chemistry , cover (algebra) , selectivity , solvation , photochemistry , inorganic chemistry , ion , electrochemistry , electrode , organic chemistry , mechanical engineering , engineering
The complexity of CO 2 electrocatalytic systems arising from the solvation of reaction intermediates by water, and their lateral interactions on the catalyst surface, can be game‐changers for performance. In their Communication on page 1345 ff., W. Smith and co‐workers demonstrate that the formate‐pathway intermediate *OCHO is formed readily on the surface of a predominantly CO‐producing catalyst, such as Ag, where it reduces the surface coverage of *H and thereby enables the catalyst to be selective toward CO.