Expires on: 04/25/2024
Copper and copper-based materials are promising catalysts for the electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) toward multicarbon products. However, the performance and product selectivity of the CO2 reduction varies with the catalyst surface structure and the geometry of the surface-active sites. In this project, you will electrochemically synthesize well-defined copper nanostructured surfaces and tune the active sites´ geometry to tune the selectivity of the CO2 reduction towards different carbon products. You will investigate the effect of different halides and electrolyte anions on the electrochemical surface nanostructuring of copper. The prepared catalysts will be characterized using electron and scanning probe microscopy and x-ray spectroscopy techniques in combination with cyclic voltammetry. For further details on the methods that we use to electrochemically modify copper, read more here. We are looking for a PhD candidate highly motivated and with a background in electrochemistry.