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Our work highlighted by C&EN and Chemistry World!
Our recent paper on Cu dendrites with a superhydrophobic surface for CO2 reduction published in Nat. Mater. has been highlighted by C&EN and Chemistry World.
[Nat. Mater.] Bio-inspired hydrophobicity promotes CO2 reduction on a Cu surface
We reported that a superhydrophobic surface was generated by 1-octadecanethiol treatment of hierarchically structured Cu dendrites, inspired by the structure of gas-trapping cuticles on subaquatic spiders. The hydrophobic electrode attained a 56% Faradaic efficiency for ethylene and 17% for ethanol production at neutral pH, compared to 9% and 4% on a hydrophilic, wettable equivalent.