Abstract
Electrochemistry There's a wide-ranging effort to find an efficient means of using electricity to transform carbon dioxide into value-added compounds. One persistent challenge in this context is identification of inexpensive catalysts that avoid competing production of hydrogen at the cathode. Choi et al. found that pretreating silver with an oxygen plasma initially favored carbon dioxide reduction, but hydrogen concentration rose over time. Depositing a tin oxide layer kept the hydrogen production at bay for at least 20 hours. X-ray spectroscopy suggested that the selectivity ensues from enduring surface roughness. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 141 , 5261 (2019).
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