Electroreduction of carbon monoxide (CO) possesses great potential for achieving the renewable synthesis of hydrocarbon chemicals from CO<sub>2</sub>. We report here selective reduction of CO to acetate using Cu-Pd bimetallic electrocatalysts. An asymmetrical C-C coupling mechanism is proposed to explain the composition-dependent catalytic performance and high selectivity toward acetate. This mechanism is supported by the computational modeling and kinetic studies. Our work highlights how heteroatomic alloy surfaces can be tailored to enable distinct reaction pathways and achieve advanced catalytic performance beyond monometallic catalysts.

Asymmetrical C-C Coupling for electroreduction of CO on bimetallic Cu-Pd catalysts

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