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Scalable synthesis of Cu-cluster catalysts via spark ablation for the electrochemical conversion of CO 2 to acetaldehyde

Wen Luo, Jie Zhang, Mo Li, Cedric David Koolen, Olga Safonova

The electrochemical conversion of CO 2 into acetaldehyde offers a sustainable and green alternative to the Wacker process. However, current electrocatalysts cannot effectively compete with heterogeneous processes owing to their limited selectivity towards ...

Springer Science and Business Media LLC2025

Low-temperature non-equilibrium synthesis of anisotropic multimetallic nanosurface alloys for electrochemical CO2 reduction

Emad Oveisi, Andreas Züttel, Jie Zhang, Mo Li, Cedric David Koolen

Multimetallic nanoparticles are of interest as functional materials due to their highly tunable properties. However, synthesizing congruent mixtures of immiscible components is limited by the need for high-temperature procedures followed by rapid quenching ...

Springernature2023

High-Throughput Sizing, Counting, and Elemental Analysis of Anisotropic Multimetallic Nanoparticles with Single-Particle Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry

Natalia Gasilova, Andreas Züttel, Wen Luo, Mo Li, Cedric David Koolen, Ayush Agarwal

Nanoparticles (NPs) have wide applications in physical and chemical processes, and their individual properties (e.g., shape, size, and composition) and ensemble properties (e.g., distribution and homogeneity) can significantly affect the performance. Howev ...

2022

Tandem effect of Ag@C@Cu catalysts enhances ethanol selectivity for electrochemical CO2 reduction in flow reactors

Thi Ha My Pham, Andreas Züttel, Wen Luo, Jie Zhang, Mo Li, Youngdon Ko, Cedric David Koolen, Liping Zhong

CO-selective metals (e.g., Ag) on Cu catalysts improve the selec-tivity of multi-carbon (C2+) products in electrochemical CO2 reduc-tion. However, the origin of the improvement remains unclear due to the convolution of tandem and interface effects. Here, A ...

ELSEVIER2022

High-efficiency perovskite photovoltaic modules achieved via cesium doping

Keith Gregory Brooks, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Andreas Züttel, Yi Zhang, Mo Li, Jianxing Xia

Perovskite solar modules have been attracting increasing attention due to their market potential, yet publications concerned with theintrinsic scale-up potential of different perovskite compositions remain relatively scarce. On the other hand, while great ...

ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA2022

Selective Borohydride Oxidation Reaction on Nickel Catalyst with Anion and Cation Exchange Ionomer for High-Performance Direct Borohydride Fuel Cells

Thi Ha My Pham, Loris Giovanni Lombardo, Andreas Züttel, Heena Yang, Mo Li, Youngdon Ko

Direct borohydride fuel cells (DBFCs) operate with liquid H2O2 and a high-energy-density NaBH4 solution. A facile, direct synthesis method using a non-noble nickel catalyst for the DBFC anode is shown. The complex anode reaction with an anion-exchange iono ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2022

Support-Dependent Cu-In Bimetallic Catalysts for Tailoring the Activity of Reverse Water Gas Shift Reaction

Thi Ha My Pham, Kun Zhao, Wen Luo, Mo Li, Youngdon Ko, Liping Zhong

Cu-based bimetallic catalysts have attracted great attention for the reverse water gas shift (RWGS) reaction due to their high activity and selectivity. This work reports the application of Cu-In bimetallic catalysts for the RWGS reaction and demonstrates ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2022

Halide exchange in the passivation of perovskite solar cells with functionalized ionic

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Rosario Scopelliti, Paul Joseph Dyson, Zhaofu Fei, Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani, Andreas Züttel, Yi Zhang, Wen Luo, Hiroyuki Kanda, Mousa Abdulla M E Abuhelaiqa, Mo Li, Bin Ding

Applying additives to perovskite precursor solutions is an effective way to passivate perovskite films for the construction of perovskite solar cells (PSCs) with increased power-conversion efficiencies (PCEs) and enhanced stabilities. Ionic liquids (ILs) w ...

ELSEVIER2022

Near ambient-pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy study of CO2 activation and hydrogenation on indium/copper surface

Andreas Züttel, Wen Luo, Mo Li

Indium-based catalysts exhibit excellent performance for CO2 hydrogenation to methanol, yet their nature and chemical evolution under reaction conditions are still elusive, thus hindering an understanding of their reaction mechanism. In this work, near amb ...

2021

Carbon dioxide activation and hydrogenation over copper-based catalysts studied by near-ambient pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

Mo Li

Carbon neutrality has been proposed as a commitment by the international communities for the well-being of human. To achieve carbon neutrality, one practical approach is to synthesize fuels and chemicals through CO2 hydrogenation to replace fossil fuels. C ...

EPFL2021

Revealing the Surface Chemistry for CO2 Hydrogenation on Cu/CeO2–x Using Near-Ambient-Pressure X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy

Emad Oveisi, Young Jun Ko, Thi Ha My Pham, Andreas Züttel, Wen Luo, Mo Li

Catalytic reduction of CO2 to valuable products is an attractive route for CO2 recycling. CeO2-supported Cu catalysts have shown high activity and selectivity for the hydrogenation of CO2 to CO. To uncover the origin of their high performance, we prepared ...

ACS2021

Universal approach toward high-efficiency two-dimensional perovskite solar cells via a vertical-rotation process

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Tom Theodorus Antonius Lummen, Cristina Roldán Carmona, Filippo de Angelis, Pascal Alexander Schouwink, Mo Li, Yong Ding, Cheng Liu

The emerging 2D perovskites exhibit superior stability and similar optoelectronic attributes compared to the 3D analogues, but their strong exciton-binding energy and inferior interlayer charge-transport reduce dramatically the device performance. Herein, ...

2020

Band-bending induced passivation: high performance and stable perovskite solar cells using a perhydropoly(silazane) precursor

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Mounir Driss Mensi, Valentin Ianis Emmanuel Queloz, Yonghui Lee, Kyung Taek Cho, Sanghyun Paek, Cristina Roldán Carmona, Aron Joel Huckaba, Giulia Grancini, Yi Zhang, Hiroyuki Kanda, Nadja Isabelle Desiree Klipfel, Mo Li

Surface passivation of the perovskite photo absorber is a key factor to improve the photovoltaic performance. So far robust passivation strategies have not yet been revealed. Here, we demonstrate a successful passivation strategy which controls the Fermi-l ...

2020

Unraveling and optimizing the metal-metal oxide synergistic effect in a highly active Co (CoO)1– catalyst for CO2 hydrogenation

Loris Giovanni Lombardo, Alexandre Borsay, Andreas Züttel, Kun Zhao, Robin Tobias Andreas Mutschler, Marco Calizzi, Wen Luo, Emanuele Moioli, Mo Li

The relation between catalytic reactivities and metal/metal oxide ratios, as well as the functions of the metal and the metal oxides were investigated in the CO2 hydrogenation reaction over highly active Cox(CoO)1–x catalysts in operando. The catalytic rea ...

2020

Interfacial Effect between Aluminum-Based Complex Hydrides and Nickel-Containing Porous Carbon Sheets

Emad Oveisi, Loris Giovanni Lombardo, Andreas Züttel, Heena Yang, Mo Li, Youngdon Ko

Supported aluminum-based complex hydrides (alanates) were investigated in view of their interaction at the interface. Nickel-containing porous carbon sheets (Ni-PCSs) were combined with various alanates, resulting in a decrease of the decomposition tempera ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2020

Thermal stability of size-selected copper nanoparticles: Effect of size, support and CO2 hydrogenation atmosphere

Alexandre Borsay, Andreas Züttel, Kun Zhao, Mostapha Dakhchoune, Wen Luo, Mo Li

Metal nanoparticles with a precisely controlled particle size distribution are ideal model catalysts for fundamental studies in catalysis. In this work, the thermal stability of size-selected Cu nanoparticles (Cu NPs) were deposited by magnetron sputtering ...

2020