Electrocatalytic Reductive Functionalization of Carbon Dioxide

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Based on the results on electrochemical decomposition of amino acids in CO2-saturated solution, I have studied the amino acid decomposition chemistry on the parent bodies of carbonaceous chondrites and asteroid. The significance is that these extraterrestrial samples could have provided amino acids for seeding origin of life on Earth. These research results have resulted in one publishedpaper (Nature Communications, 2022) and one manuscript currently under review (Li et al., under review). Our major finding is that aqueous alteration can lead to complex behavior of organics on its parent body, including both synthetic and breakdown mechanisms. Our findings suggest that water/rock differentiated Solar System bodies could have generated the chemical heterogenity in various samples.