Nanostructured Electrocatalysts for Clean Fuels Production

该项目旨在开发具有可控纳米结构的单组分和混合过渡金属和无金属电催化剂，以高效和选择性地催化二氧化碳还原和析氢反应，用于生产包括氢和低碳有机分子在内的清洁燃料。本项目拟通过实验和理论建模相结合，揭示这些反应的起源、机理和途径，以及催化剂组成和形态对其性能的影响。所制备的纳米结构催化剂对可行的清洁燃料生成和二氧化碳减排具有重要意义。

This project aims to develop single-component and hybrid transition-metal and metal-free electrocatalysts with controllable nanostructures to efficiently and selectively catalyse carbon dioxide reduction and hydrogen evolution reactions for clean fuels production including hydrogen and low-carbon organic molecules. By combining experimental and theoretical modelling, this project plans to reveal the origins, mechanism and pathway of these reactions, and the effect of catalyst composition and morphology on their performance. The resulting nanostructured catalysts are of great importance for feasible clean fuel generation and carbon dioxide reduction.