TY - JOUR ID - 66836 TI - Understanding the Mechanism of Electrochemical Reduction of CO2 Using Cu/Cu-Based Electrodes: A Review JO - Asian Journal of Nanoscience and Materials JA - AJNM LA - en SN - 2645-775X AU - Amos, Pigewh AU - Louis, Hitler AU - Adesina Adegoke, Kayode AU - Eno, Ededet Akpan AU - Udochukwu, Akakuru Ozioma AU - Odey Magub, Thomas AD - Department of Chemistry, School of Physical Sciences, Modibbo Adama University of Technology, Yola, Adamawa State, Nigeria AD - Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of Calabar, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria AD - Department of Chemistry,University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0002, South Africa AD - Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of Calabar, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria Y1 - 2022 PY - 2022 VL - 5 IS - 4 SP - 252 EP - 293 KW - Copper electrode KW - Catalyst KW - Mechanism KW - CO2 reduction KW - Selectivity DO - 10.26655/AJNANOMAT.2022.4.2 N2 - Interestingly, copper has been identified as an ideal metal catalyst for an industrial scale electrochemical reduction of CO2 to various value-added chemicals relative to other metal catalysts reported so far. This is due to the fact that copper and copper-based materials have the potential to convert CO2 to oxygenates such as ethanol, methanol, formates etc. and hydrocarbons such as ethane, methane etc. Mechanistic details on how these products are formed on the catalyst-electrolyte interphase during the reduction process have remained relatively uncovered. This review, therefore, seeks to uncover the mechanism of electrochemical reduction of CO2 on Cu/Cu based electrodes, factors that affect catalytic activity and selectivity for these electrodes as reported in the various literature. This paper is therefore organized as follows: section 1 covers the introduction; an overview of some basic concepts in electrochemical CO2 reduction (ECR) was discussed in section 2, experimental studies were discussed in section 3, and finally the conclusion. UR - https://www.ajnanomat.com/article_66836.html L1 - https://www.ajnanomat.com/article_66836_53107790907d8b5c5c481cf48ea24f13.pdf ER -