Inside Back Cover: Tailoring *H Intermediate Coverage on the CuAl2O4/CuO Catalyst for Enhanced Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction to Ethanol (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 29/2023)

Abstract

An active hydrogen (*H)-mediated strategy paves a way for enhancing ethanol production from CO2 electroreduction. In their Research Article (e202302096), Xu Xiang, Jing He and co-workers unveil that the increased *H coverage on a layered precursor-derived Cu-based catalyst favors hydrogenation of *HCCOH to *HCCHOH and prioritizes the ethanol pathway, enabling highly efficient and durable production of ethanol. Such a strategy could be of potential use in *H-involved reduction reactions.