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Inside Cover: Electrochemical Reduction of CO 2 to Ethane through Stabilization of an Ethoxy Intermediate (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 44/2020)
Author(s) -
Vasileff Anthony,
Zhu Yanping,
Zhi Xing,
Zhao Yongqiang,
Ge Lei,
Chen Hao Ming,
Zheng Yao,
Qiao ShiZhang
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.202012170
Subject(s) - selectivity , copper , iodide , alkoxy group , chemistry , catalysis , electrochemistry , cover (algebra) , raman spectroscopy , absorption (acoustics) , inorganic chemistry , kinetics , materials science , electrode , organic chemistry , alkyl , mechanical engineering , physics , optics , quantum mechanics , engineering , composite material
Iodide‐derived copper shows higher selectivity and faster kinetics towards ethane production from CO 2 than other catalyst systems. In their Communication on page 19649, H. M. Chen, Y. Zheng, S. Z. Qiao, and co‐workers use in situ X‐ray absorption fine structure and in situ Raman techniques to show that trace iodine and positively charged copper species better stabilize the ethoxy intermediate, which was found to be the selectivity‐determining intermediate towards ethane production.