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Cuivre et CO₂ : plongée au cœur d’une alliance clé pour un avenir décarboné

CNRS CHIMIE “En direct des Labos” press release on the work of the TEMiC and TheoSim groups

CNRS Chimie highlights recent work by Zhiwen Jiang, Carine Clavaguéra, Sergey A. Denisov, Jun Ma & Mehran Mostafavi

"Cuivre et CO₂ : plongée au cœur d’une alliance clé pour un avenir décarboné"

Researchers reveal the crucial role of copper and its mechanisms of action in the early stages of CO₂ reduction into high value-added products. The study, which combines pulsed radiolysis and molecular simulations, shows which copper catalyst species are most effective and why. A key step towards sustainable CO₂ recovery and a circular carbon economy.

Link to the press release

Link to the article in Journal of the American Chemical Society

"Role of Oxide-Derived Cu on the Initial Elementary Reaction Intermediate During Catalytic CO2 Reduction"