Experimental Platform for Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Carbon Dioxide Electroreduction products

二氧化碳是人类活动排放的最丰富的温室气体，对气候变化有很大影响。为了减少二氧化碳的排放，我们正在开发一种基于功能纳米材料的电化学反应器系统，该系统利用纳米晶体催化剂和绿色能源将二氧化碳转化为有用的产品，如燃料、化学原料和药品。这为在不使用石化原料的情况下生产需求产品的同时捕获二氧化碳提供了经济激励，帮助我们降低了碳足迹。为了开发一种高性能的系统，以丰富和高选择性地生产我们的目标产品，我们将创造新的纳米颗粒催化剂并优化我们的反应器设计。通过制备具有明确形状和表面化学性质的新型纳米催化剂，并设计优化二氧化碳消耗的反应器，我们将实现工业上可行的化学生产目标。

Carbon dioxide is the most abundant greenhouse gas emitted by human activities and greatly contributes to climate change. To reduce carbon dioxide emissions, we are developing an electrochemical reactor system based on functional nanomaterials that converts carbon dioxide into useful products such as fuels, chemical feedstocks and pharmaceuticals using nanocrystal catalysts and green energy. This provides an economic incentive to capturing carbon dioxide while producing in-demand products without the use of petrochemical feedstocks, helping us lower our carbon footprint. In order to develop a high-performing system that produces our target products in abundance and with high selectivity, we will create new nanoparticle catalysts and optimize our reactor design. By preparing novel nanocatalysts with well-defined shapes and surface chemistry and designing a reactor that optimizes the consumption of carbon dioxide, we will achieve industrially-viable targets for chemical production.