Aprotic electrolytes enhance the CO electro-reduction selectivity for C2 products

초록

Electrochemical conversion of CO to C-2 products with high selectivity and efficiency remains a major challenge. In March's issue of the Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chu and Surendranath reported that aprotic solvent-based electrolytes are more effective at converting CO to C-2 products compare to aqueous electrolytes.