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SUMMARY:Rational Design of the Catalysts Microenvironment to Effectively Bo
 ost the Carbon Dioxide Electrochemical Reduction 
DESCRIPTION:<p style="text-align: justify\;"><strong>HYBRID&nbsp\;EVENT VIA
  ZOOM - REGISTER <a href="https://icn2.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Ps_sDUI
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 ign: justify\;">PhD:&nbsp\;<strong>Xu Han</strong></p>\n<p style="text-ali
 gn: justify\;"><strong>Director</strong>:&nbsp\;<strong>Prof. Jordi Arbiol
 \, <a href="/en/advanced-electron-nanoscopy-group">Advanced Electron Nanos
 copy Group</a></strong>&nbsp\;Leader<strong>&nbsp\;</strong>at ICN2<strong
 >&nbsp\;</strong></p>\n<p style="text-align: justify\;"><strong>Abstract</
 strong>: The excessive combustion of fossil fuels results in the emission 
 of carbon dioxide (CO2)\, which triggers increasing environmental problems
 \, such as global warming\, rising sea levels\, extreme weather\, and spec
 ies extinction. Conversion of CO2 into other value products plays a vital 
 role to eliminate anthropogenic CO2 in the atmosphere. Thereinto\, electro
 chemical conversion of CO2 powered by renewable energy to useful chemicals
  is considered as an elegant solution to achieve the carbon cycle.</p>\n<p
  style="text-align: justify\;">In this dissertation we focused on CO2-to-C
 O conversion. Since CO is one of the most promising target products when i
 t is evaluated between the marking prices and the cost of electricity. Bes
 ides\, it is the simplest product only going through two electrons and two
  protons transform which is easier to explore and analyse optimized strate
 gies. We will optimize different key steps of CO2-to-CO conversion by taki
 ng different strategies. The goal of the present dissertation is to improv
 e certain steps on certain catalysts to realize improved activity and sele
 ctivity of the CO2-to-CO conversion. The main idea is changing the local e
 nvironment of active sites to make them more favourable for conversion. Th
 e whole work includes three parts\, focusing on improving adsorption of CO
 2\, the transformation of CO2 and desorption of CO2 respectively to optimi
 ze activity and selectivity on catalysts.</p>
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LOCATION:ICN2 Seminar Room\, ICN2 Building\, UAB - Hybrid Event
CATEGORIES:ICN2 Theses Defence
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