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Electrochemical reconstruction of ZnO for selective reduction of CO2 to CO

Andreas Züttel, Wen Luo, Jie Zhang, Kun Zhao, Emanuele Moioli

Electrocatalytic conversion of CO2 to valuable chemicals is a highly promising route to close the carbon cycle. Herein, Zn catalysts derived from electrochemical reconstruction of ZnO materials are presented as efficient CO2-to-CO catalysts. We found that ...

2020

Fast real time and quantitative gas analysis method for the investigation of the CO2 reduction reaction mechanism

Andreas Züttel, Wen Luo, Robin Tobias Andreas Mutschler, Emanuele Moioli

We present a new fast real time and quantitative gas analysis method by means of mass spectrometry (MS), which has approximately an order of magnitude faster sampling rate in comparison with a traditional gas chromatography. The method is presented and dis ...

AMER INST PHYSICS2018

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

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

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

CO2 hydrogenation reaction over pristine Fe, Co, Ni, Cu and Al2O3 supported Ru: Comparison and determination of the activation energies

Andreas Züttel, Wen Luo, Noris André Gallandat, Robin Tobias Andreas Mutschler, Emanuele Moioli

Fe, Co, Ni and Cu are the main non-noble industrially significant catalysts in the CO2 and CO gas phase hydrogenation reaction towards hydrocarbons and alcohols. These catalysts are typically supported on metal oxides such as SiO2, TiO2, Al2O3 and ZnO, in ...

ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE2018

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

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Paul Joseph Dyson, Rosario Scopelliti, Andreas Züttel, Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani, Zhaofu Fei, Yi Zhang, Hiroyuki Kanda, Bin Ding, Wen Luo, Mo Li, Mousa Abdulla M E Abuhelaiqa

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

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

Andreas Züttel, Wen Luo, Loris Giovanni Lombardo, 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

Crossover of liquid products from electrochemical CO2 reduction through gas diffusion electrode and anion exchange membrane

Andreas Züttel, Wen Luo, Jie Zhang

We reveal that a significant amount (>30%) of the liquid products from electrochemical CO2 reduction (CO2RR) in a flow reactor can cross the gas diffusion electrode (GDE) and anion exchange membrane (AEM). Crossover of volatile products through the GDE occ ...

ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE2020

Unraveling and optimizing the metal-metal oxide synergistic effect in a highly active Co (CoO)1– catalyst for CO2 hydrogenation

Andreas Züttel, Wen Luo, Kun Zhao, Loris Giovanni Lombardo, Mo Li, Robin Tobias Andreas Mutschler, Emanuele Moioli, Marco Calizzi, Alexandre Borsay

The relation between catalytic reactivities and metal/metal oxide ratios, as well as the functions of the metal and the metal oxides were investigated in the CO2 hydrogenation reaction over highly active Cox(CoO)1–x catalysts in operando. The catalytic rea ...

2020

Thermal stability of size-selected copper nanoparticles: Effect of size, support and CO2 hydrogenation atmosphere

Andreas Züttel, Wen Luo, Kun Zhao, Mostapha Dakhchoune, Mo Li, Alexandre Borsay

Metal nanoparticles with a precisely controlled particle size distribution are ideal model catalysts for fundamental studies in catalysis. In this work, the thermal stability of size-selected Cu nanoparticles (Cu NPs) were deposited by magnetron sputtering ...

2020

Revealing the Surface Chemistry for CO2 Hydrogenation on Cu/CeO2–x Using Near-Ambient-Pressure X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy

Andreas Züttel, Emad Oveisi, Wen Luo, Thi Ha My Pham, Mo Li, Young Jun Ko

Catalytic reduction of CO2 to valuable products is an attractive route for CO2 recycling. CeO2-supported Cu catalysts have shown high activity and selectivity for the hydrogenation of CO2 to CO. To uncover the origin of their high performance, we prepared ...

ACS2021

Hydrogen Storage by Reduction of CO2 to Synthetic Hydrocarbons

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

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

Single-layer graphene membranes by crack-free transfer for gas mixture separation

Andreas Züttel, Emad Oveisi, Kumar Varoon Agrawal, Duncan Thomas Lindsay Alexander, Wen Luo, Shiqi Huang, Mostapha Dakhchoune, Guangwei He, Mojtaba Chevalier, Jing Zhao

The single-layer graphene film, when incorporated with molecular-sized pores, is predicted to be the ultimate membrane. However, the major bottlenecks have been the crack-free transfer of large-area graphene on a porous support, and the incorporation of mo ...

Nature Publishing Group2018

The MicroArray Quality Control (MAQC)-II study of common practices for the development and validation of microarray-based predictive models

Mauro Delorenzi, Li Zhang, Vlad Popovici, Jun Luo, Wen Luo, Wei Wang, Darlene Goldstein, Ying Liu, Chenxu Zhao, Jonathan Koh Boon Han, Chen Zhao

Gene expression data from microarrays are being applied to predict preclinical and clinical endpoints, but the reliability of these predictions has not been established. In the MAQC-II project, 36 independent teams analyzed six microarray data sets to gene ...

Nature Publishing Group2010

A Brief Review of the Synthesis and Catalytic Applications of Graphene-Coated Oxides

Wen Luo

The potential applications of graphene-based materials in catalysis have been intensively studied owing to the unique 2D structure of graphene and its superior physicochemical properties. Recently, graphene-coated oxide composites have been fabricated and ...

Wiley-VCH Verlag2017

Electrospun nanofibers for electrochemical reduction of CO2: A mini review

Andreas Züttel, Wen Luo, Jie Zhang

The electrochemical reduction of CO2 (CO2RR) into valuable products represents a step towards alleviating global warming and the energy crisis. However, the sluggish kinetics of the CO2RR and the competitive hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) still limit th ...

Elsevier2021

Engineering long-term stability into perovskite solar cells via application of a multi-functional TFSI-based ionic liquid

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

Organic-inorganic metal-halide perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have achieved a certified power-conversion efficiency (PCE) of 25.5%. However, long-term stability and air stability of the PSCs are still major concerns and hamper commercialization. Herein, we ...

2021

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

Andreas Züttel, Wen Luo

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

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

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

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

Synergistic Cu/CeO2 carbon nanofiber catalysts for efficient CO2 electroreduction

Andreas Züttel, Wen Luo, Jie Zhang

The electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2RR) has attracted enormous interest because of the energy crisis and climate change; however, more efficient catalysts are required for practical applications. Herein, we present electrospinning as a faci ...

Elsevier2020

Photocatalytic Hydrogen Generation from a Visible-Light-Responsive Metal–Organic Framework System: Stability versus Activity of Molybdenum Sulfide Cocatalysts

Berend Smit, Andreas Züttel, Kyriakos Stylianou, Wen Luo, Ngoc Tú Nguyên, Daniele Ongari, Stavroula Kampouri, Bardiya Valizadeh, Ophélie Marie Planes

We report the use of two earth abundant molybdenum sulfide-based cocatalysts, Mo(3)S(13)(2-)clusters and 1T-MoS2 nanoparticles (NPs), in combination with the visible-light active metal-organic framework (MOF) MIL-125-NH2 for the photocatalytic generation o ...

2018